That was a close one. England have made the semi-finals of Euro 2024 after edging past Switzerland in a penalty shootout. Here are the player ratings.

It was a much-improved performance compared to last time, but s issues with chance creation still shone through as the game went the full distance.

Here are the player ratings.

Jordan Pickford
Up until Breel Embolo put one past him in the 75th minute, Pickford didn’t have much to do. He was almost caught out by a clever Xherdan Shaqiri corner in extra time, but thankfully the post came to his rescue.

The 30-year-old boasts a good record when it comes to saving penalties and the shootout was where he really came into his own.

After delaying Manuel Akanji for as long as human…

Fabrizio Romano has revealed Chelsea s three priorities for the transfer window and responds to the Blues links with Fulham star Andreas Pereira.

Chelsea have spent over £1bn in two seasons under their American owners but have been more circumspect so far this summer, bringing in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Omari Kellyman, Renato Veiga, Marc Guiu and Tosin Adarabioyo for around £65m.

Ian Maatsen, Lewis Hall and Omari Hutchinson have all been sold for a combined £90m as they look to comply with Premier League profit and sustainability rules, and further additions will be made with avoiding sanctions in mind.

They continue to look for buyers for Conor Gallagher, with Atletico Madrid, Tottenham and Aston Villa all interested in the midfielder, valued by the Chelsea c…

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has conceded that the pre-season has included some wasted efforts for the club in the transfer market and on the pitch.

Postecoglou has been forced to deploy players out of position in friendly matches ahead of the season.

He believes that the flat performances of the Spurs side is not an accurate reflection of the work that has been done by the group.

The coach also believes that were a little leggy in their friendly loss to Bayern as a result of pre-season conditioning work.

I thought it was a tough game for us, Postecoglou said after Tottenham s 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in South Korea on Saturday.

Fair to say the players are feeling the effects of us working hard for the last 10 days here and we didn …

According to reports, Liverpool are back in the market for a new centre-back and they are set to make a bid for Sporting Lisbon star Goncalo Inacio.

are the only Premier League club yet to make a summer signing, but they are expected to be active in the transfer market before the window closes at the end of the month.

Their priority in recent weeks has been to sign a new No.6 and they had their eye on £51m Real Sociedad star .

The Spain international was linked with Arsenal earlier this year, but they are now targeting Mikel Merino as a cheaper alternative.

It was initially suggested that he was expected to sign for Liverpool, but he performed a dramatic late U-turn and has decided to remain at his boyhood club.

Naturally, Liverpool are being li…

Rio Ferdinand has hit out at Man Utd over their decision to sell academy product Scott McTominay this summer with the Scot on the verge of a move to Napoli.

The Red Devils have been busy in the transfer market this summer with plenty of ins and outs at Old Trafford as the INEOS era gets underway.

Reports on Tuesday have indicated that Manuel Ugarte is now set for his medical with the Red Devils as they look to get their fifth signing of the summer over the line.

And, although separate to the Ugarte deal, now feel comfortable to allow McTominay to complete his move to Serie A side Napoli, who had a €30m offer accepted earlier this week.

that the deal now hinges on the Serie A side finalising personal terms with the midfielder .

Ornstein adde…

Newcastle sporting director Paul Mitchell has hit out a key club department over the club s summer transfer failings.

The Magpies signed Odysseas Vlachodimos from Nottingham Forest and William Oscula from Sheffield United while Lewis Hall s loan move from Chelsea became permanent and Lloyd Kelly joined on a free from Bournemouth.

But they over the line despite multiple bids for the England international, which has led to criticism from the fans and the media.

Mitchell, who only arrived at St James Park in early July, claims they need to improve their stragey in future, insisting they can t spend willy nilly and need to improve their scouting to source suitable players.

There are things we got wrong in our strategy for sure, Mitchell said. Me coming in…

Carney Chukwuemeka is reportedly an obsession for AC Milan, who are again looking to sign him, meaning his return to the Chelsea first team may have been short-lived.

Chukwuemeka is one of a few Blues players yet to be used this season. Indeed, they were looking to find a way to ship him out, and as such added him to their bomb squad .

That was a group of players who had been removed from first-team activities while their futures were resolved. For Chukwuemeka, that did not happen, and Enzo Maresca has since stated he really really likes the midfielder, and will use him.

But his return to the Chelsea first-team squad could be short-lived. At the back end of the summer, it was suggested that he was on the radar of AC Milan.

Now, Chukwuemeka is an obsessi…

It’s really busy but it’s what we want, we had an incredible week in every sense, emotionally, physically, in terms of learning as well as a coach, we had a issues we had to deal with it, and for what I had in my mind in the international break to actually what happened and the players we had available, it was very different, it’s been good.

On whether he has any hobbies outside of football, Arteta added: No, my biggest one is to spend time with my wife and my kids when I have time, yeah tennis is one of them I don’t have a lot of time to play my kids try to get me to play Playstation, Mario Kart these things, I’m not a big fan of that yet.

When asked what sets apart this current group of players in the Arsenal squad from previous, Arteta continued: Well I t…

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