In the Championship, things are not always simple. Players are under pressure from the public to take cuts, but it's not easy, as the discrepancy between what lads earn at this level can be huge.

The Cottagers, like every Championship club, have their players training individually at home while football is shut down due to the deadly pandemic, but some have coped better than others.

Although Karim Benzema is looking to switch allegiances after being snubbed for the French national team once again, it appears he won't be going to play for Algeria. 

Champions League holders Liverpool overcame Monterrey 2-1 on December 18 thanks to Roberto Firmino's injury-time winner, before they went on to beat Flamengo in the final.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Fowler has the necessary coaching qualifications, but every attempt to find work in England was rebuffed. He applied for four League One jobs but was never interviewed.

Birmingham City manager Pep Clotet has urged Jude Bellingham to remain focused despite transfer interest from Manchester United. He was driven into Carrington by his parents on Monday.

Liverpool could be poised to show real interest in Kylian Mbappe after manager Jurgen Klopp reportedly contacted the player's father for a general chat about his future.

Roma manager Paulo Fonseca says Arsenal loanee Henrikh Mkhitaryan wants to stay beyond the summer and hopes a deal can be struck with his parent club.  

The Argentina international is on the verge of entering the final year of his contract at the Nou Camp and Inter Milan have been linked with a sensational move for him.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: One of the longest contracts in sport is complicating the FA’s plan to bring the England players’ commercial operation in-house.

An exclusive insight into the greatest manager Britain has ever had from the man who spent his whole career at Manchester United and knows him best.

MERSEY BEAT — DOMINIC KING: What happens next? It is the question Evertonians have been asking since the conclusion to last Sunday's clash with Watford.

Model Frankie Herbert, 24, is the granddaughter of Lord 'Porchie' Porchester, the 7th Earl of Carnarvon and a lifelong friend of the Queen. She is the glamorous face of the Cheltenham Festival.

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: This week, Derby County have earmarked Rooney as a future manager, as he joins up with the Championship side for this weekend's home game.

The 72-year-old Swede has watched on in recent years as the likes of Gareth Southgate, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard have taken on jobs at the highest level.

Rooney joined Derby County on an 18-month player-coach contract from MLS side DC United in January and was working closely with the club's first-team coaching staff before the coronavirus outbreak.

Sanchez, who is on-loan at Inter from Manchester United, injured the tendons in his left ankle late on during a feisty friendly against Colombia on Saturday, and he may require surgery.

Undefeated Frank Sanchez burst into the top ten of the WBO rankings after beating Joey Dawejko on points last month and is now lining up a title shot for Anthony Joshua's WBO title.

Jeff Prestridge speaks to fund manager Kartik Kumar about his key role in overhauling the portfolio of Artemis Alpha, a £135million investment trust primarily invested in the UK stock market.

London-based Ruffer, founded by Jonathan Ruffer, has revealed it made huge profits from a series of complicated trades, which helped offset losses as stock markets were hammered.

The board of the £509million Temple Bar investment trust has served notice to its manager Ninety One, after portfolio manager Alastair Mundy stepped down for health reasons.

A message from the Portuguese was posted on the club's official Twitter account on Thursday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Tottenham's £1billion stadium is acting as a distribution centre.

Mike Kerley, of Henderson Far East Income has rewarded investors willing to back his investment trust with a solid stream of dividends combined with share price growth in recent years.

Henry Boucher, of Sarasin Food and Agriculture Opportunities explains how from field to fork, and the consumer economy to climate change, there are fascinating changes taking place in the food chain.

'It's not just about high yield, it's about owning companies with dividends that we think can steadily grow into the future', says Troy Income & Growth co-manager Hugo Ure on the latest Investing Show.

Mexico manager Miguel Herrera illuminated the World Cup with his touchline passion – and the good news is he’ll be back in four years’ time.

Luiz Felipe Scolari quit as manager of Brazil after the host nation tasted their first back-to-back defeats on home soil since 1940 during a humiliating World Cup.

The Italian left Juventus at the end of last season and has been out of work since, despite being linked with a host of teams across Europe.

EXCLUSIVE BY CRAIG HOPE: Sources close to the £300million deal being brokered by Amanda Staveley say it would be 'wrong' to make an immediate managerial change.

Romelu Lukaku last night apologised to former manager Steve Clarke after putting Scotland to the sword in Brussels. The Manchester United superstar struck twice in a 3-0 win.

The 33-year-old made his managerial bow for Anderlecht, but his tenure got off to a rocky start. Kompany was still afforded a rapturous response, although his team were jeered at full time.

If there is an edge to the game, then it comes from recent unflattering comments by the Danes about the Irish style of play. Now the manager intends to use those words as a motivational tool.

Ashleigh Cooper had been out in central London at her work's Christmas party when she ordered an Uber to take her back to Gillingham before almost working round the entirety of the M25's southern half.

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez looked smitten as they celebrated her manager Benny Medina's birthday party at Papi Steak in Miami on Friday.

The now-United manager was hugely successful as a striker for the club, scoring crucial goals in their Treble winning season in 1999, including the winner in the Champions League final.

Both managers were held in high regard when they moved in 2004 - Mourinho had just won the Champions League with Porto while Benitez had guided Valencia to the La Liga title.

Giggs won plenty of silverware under Ferguson at Old Trafford including 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League wins, but it is Van Gaal who he claims has shaped his managerial style.

PETER CROUCH: On the opening day of last season, when Tottenham headed to Newcastle with a dark cloud hanging over, I made a firm prediction. Mauricio Pochettino was the reason for that call.

Millwall have appointed former Stoke City and Derby County boss Gary Rowett as their new manager, following the deaprture of Neil Harris earlier this month.

EXCLUSIVE: Stoke City HAVE FIRED manager Nathan Jones, after the club slipped to second bottom of the Championship following a dismal run of results.

Alex Neil is the man Stoke City want as their next manager following the dismissal of Nathan Jones on Friday. The Potters currently find themselves in the relegation zone following a poor start.

Preston reacted angrily to widespread reports that Neil was Stoke's favoured choice and that he was ready to take on the challenge of resurrecting the Championship's bottom placed club.

The Potters parted company with Jones last week after a poor start to the Championship season that has left them fighting a relegation battle and want Clarke to be the man to take over.

Stoke are on the look out for a new manager after sacking Nathan Jones on November 1 after just nine months in charge, with the club rooted to the bottom of the Championship table.

The Potters sacked Nathan Jones a week ago after he failed to point them back in the direction of the Premier League, and they have now turned to the highly regarded O'Neill.

O'Neill was installed as Stoke City boss last week but it was confirmed that he will take charge of the final Group C qualifiers against Holland and Germany, as well as a potential play-off.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: Instead of the intensity of a survival fight and the anticipation of a Euro 2020 play-off game, O'Neill is living his life in suspended animation.

Bowyer was charged following incidents which occurred during and after Charlton's 2-1 defeat to Swansea, when Bowyer's side squandered an early lead and had penalty appeals turned down.

Norwich were interested in James but Farke admitted ahead of welcoming United to Carrow Road on Sunday that they stood no chance of signing James, against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's financial firepower.

The 2010s have seen an unprecedented turnover of managers in England's top flight. In total, 103 different men have been in charge of Premier League clubs in the last 10 years, holding 153 posts between them.