Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
The points table of the English Premier League 2014-15 season.
The former England manager has been linked with the north-east English club, along with Birmingham City manager Steve Bruce.
The club said it has rejected bids for the England striker from Premier League rivals Manchester United and Newcastle United.
Manchester United needed a stunning second-half equaliser from Wayne Rooney and a rare goal from Wes Brown to beat Newcastle United 2-1.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Spanish newspapers said Real were already in negotiations with Newcastle United over the defender.
The Dutch striker scored twice in a 4-1 victory over Newcastle United in the FA Cup semi-final.
A preview of the English Premiership's first round of matches.
Holders Manchester City began their assault on the FA Cup with a 4-1 victory over fourth-tier Port Vale but Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers face an unwanted replay after drawing 0-0 at Molineux on Saturday. Goals from Oleksandr Zinchenko, Sergio Aguero, Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Phil Foden made it a routine day for City, although Tom Pope had equalised for a Vale side sitting 74 places lower in the standings.
Manchester City can pile the pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea for the first time this season.
The victory lifted Newcastle up to 10th place in the Premier League. West Brom stay 17th.
Manchester United manager has been penalised for abusing a match official.
Owen missed Newcastle United's goalless draw at Portsmouth at the weekend with a leg injury.
Michael Owen scored his first Newcastle United goal to help them beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0.
England's Kieron Dyer says being named in media coverage of a London hotel sex incident knocked the "cockiness" out of him ahead of Euro 2004.
'We are upset because we have lost a great professional and a top-class player,' Real Madrid director of football Arrigo Sacchi said.
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Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba handed Olympique Marseille a slender 1-0 lead over Inter Milan in quarter-final, first leg match.
Michael Owen's first-half double helped Liverpool crush Blackburn Rovers 4-0 and reclaim fourth place in the English premier league.
A review of the weekend action in the leading European leagues.
Last season's UEFA Cup semi-finalists marched into the last 32 with their third successive win in the group stage.
Everton's Theo Walcott struck just after halftime to secure a 1-0 home win over Newcastle United, on Monday, that took the Merseysiders up to eighth in the Premier League, their highest position this season.
Former Italy defender Marco Materazzi has joined Chennai in the new Indian Super League (ISL) following in the footsteps of former national team mate Alessandro Del Piero.
A hat-trick by Paul Scholes was the feature of their 6-2 win in the English premiership.
The club is planning to strengthen it's bid to return to the Champions League by signing two players in next month's transfer window.
Injury-plagued midfielder Jack Wilshere is fit and with a few more games under his belt will be ready to play for England at the European Championship next month, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said.
