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The Guardian - UK
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Sport
Tom Bassam and Daniel Harris

Arsenal v Manchester United buildup, WSL action and Hearts v Celtic – matchday live, as it happened

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Martinez, Jesus, O'Neill and McInnes
Martinez, Jesus, O'Neill and McInnes Composite: Guardian Picture Desk / PA / AFP

OK, that’s it for matchday live. I now invite you to transition over to our Sunday football clockwatch where Daniel Harris (remember him) has the team news from the 2pm kick-offs:

Leicester on brink of sacking Cifuentes after winless run goes on

Leicester City are on the brink of sacking manager Martí Cifuentes after dropping to 14th in the Championship. Leicester are to hold crunch boardroom talks on Sunday to determine Cifuentes’s future.

Leicester slumped to a humiliating home defeat to strugglers Oxford United on Saturday and have won one of their past five matches.

Leicester appointed Cifuentes on a three-year contract last summer with designs on an instant return to the Premier League but have failed to establish themselves as promotion contenders. Leicester are thought to have lost faith in the Spaniard, who spent the previous two seasons at QPR.

Leicester’s owner, Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha, attended Saturday’s defeat at the King Power Stadium, during which supporters chanted against Cifuentes and also the club’s hierarchy. Fans have grown disillusioned with the ownership after being relegated from the Premier League in 2022-23. The director of football, Jon Rudkin, is under fierce scrutiny.

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