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• Lisandro Martinez's explosive rant unpacked: Why he was RIGHT to call out Jason Wilcox - and the nuclear ramifications that will follow, writes NATHAN SALT14 October 2026, 9:35 am
  NATHAN SALT: In the space of two minutes and 55 seconds, Lisandro Martinez eviscerated a Manchester United hierarchy that for too long have been hiding in the shadows.
  
• Thin-skinned Lisandro Martinez has exposed the insidious, destructive lack of accountability that's threatening to rip apart the Man United dressing room: IAN LADYMAN14 October 2026, 9:25 am
  At Old Trafford, too many people are happy to put their hand up when things are good but not when they are bad. That's a culture as insidious and destructive as cancer.
  
• Man United mutiny: Now Amad Diallo's 'f***ing disgrace' post follows Lisandro Martinez's rant, as Wayne Rooney fears dressing room could be 'ripped apart'14 October 2026, 9:16 am
  Amad Diallo has poured petrol on the fire after Lisandro Martinez's mutinous jibes at Man United's hierarchy. Diallo took to Snapchat in the wake of United's defeat.
  
• Eight Premier League clubs saw stars withdraw from international duty... here's who the big winners were from the break14 October 2026, 9:13 am
  Daily Mail Sport looks at which clubs benefited the most from their stars having some extra time off...
  
• Noni Madueke has the tools and ability but after another frustrating night for Arsenal, the England star MUST step up or see his side suffer, writes ISAAN KHAN14 October 2026, 9:08 am
  ISAAN KHAN AT THE EMIRATES: There is some player in Madueke. The sharp twists and turns, the watertight dribbling all point to a forward with spades of talent in his boots.
  
• Ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi misses Villarreal's Champions League win after he and his family are held at gunpoint in armed robbery at home14 October 2026, 8:44 am
  However, the Hungarian was ruled out of the fixture after a group of four masked intruders, armed with pistols, broke into their luxury home, which is located on an estate north of Valencia.
  
• The shocking bombed-out abandoned state of Ukrainian football giants' Shakhtar Donetsk home is revealed in new photos as they move to London to play in the Champions League tonight14 October 2026, 8:38 am
  Shakhtar moved into the Donbass Arena in 2009, with the ground one of the main venues at Euro 2012, but it hasn't hosted a football match since 2014.
  
• Both Man City and Paris Saint-Germain breached football's financial regulations, but the Gulf state rivals could not have dealt with scrutiny more differently, writes IAN HERBERT14 October 2026, 8:27 am
  IAN HERBERT: It's hard to avoid the sense that those arriving with PSG for the Champions League tie at Man City will consider City's guilty conviction to be anything less than comeuppance.
  
• OLIVER HOLT: Man City are poisoning the Premier League - how can Sky Sports and TNT possibly keep broadcasting their matches?14 October 2026, 8:26 am
  When broadcasters show City now, they showcase a team that is a symbol of everything that has gone wrong with the sport. They give more oxygen to a club whose owners have poisoned their lifeblood.
  
• Seething Lisandro Martinez hits out at Man United's hierarchy and technical director Jason Wilcox in explosive interview after Atletico loss - as Wayne Rooney calls Argentine out as 'disrespectful'14 October 2026, 6:03 am
  CHRIS WHEELER: Lisandro Martinez launched an extraordinary attack on the Old Trafford hierarchy and director of football Jason Wilcox over the club's transfer policy.
  
• Man City's cheating crushed Aston Villa's dreams. This is how an enormous financial black hole is still costing Unai Emery to this day - and the star names that would be playing for them if not for City's chicanery14 October 2026, 1:00 am
  They cannot feel robbed of major trophies because of Manchester City's behaviour but Aston Villa have as much reason to be angry with their Premier League rivals as anyone else.
  
• Man United will 'NEVER' win the Premier League with Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez at centre-back, insists Paul Scholes13 October 2026, 11:14 pm
  Scholes highlighted Lisandro Martinez's role in Tottenham's equalising goal in their 1-1 draw on Saturday by stressing that the centre-back had been 'bullied' by Solanke in a physical duel.
  
• Andoni Iraola defends under-fire Florian Wirtz and summer signing Bradley Barcola - as he insists they will give Liverpool 'good performances' and that he trusts duo '100 per cent'13 October 2026, 11:11 pm
  Andoni Iraola says he has '100 per cent trust' in Liverpool's misfiring, big-money duo Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz.
  
• Arsenal life president Ken Friar - who was behind their Emirates move - dies aged 92... with Gunners to pay tribute in Lille and Everton home matches13 October 2026, 11:09 pm
  Arsenal have paid tribute to life president Ken Friar, one of the most important figures in the club's history, who has died aged 92.
  
• Lexi Potter passes her audition and Alessia Russo seals her return to form as ruthless England put five past Greece in World Cup qualifying13 October 2026, 11:09 pm
  TARA ANSON-WALSH: Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses have a knack for showing these fans in Leicester a good time. The last time England played here was for their Euros send-off in June last year.