Nottingham Forest held off a Fenerbahce fightback to qualify for the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-2 win on aggregate despite losing Thursday's second leg.

Vitor Pereira made an impact in his first game in charge, leading Nottingham Forest to a 3-0 victory at Fenerbahce in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.

World Cup winner N'Golo Kanté's move to Fenerbahce is set to be finalized after Al-Ittihad finally agreed to let him go on Tuesday.

Manchester City has moved for the 26-year-old Donnarumma even though his strength isn't passing the ball out from the back typically a key requisite for goalkeepers in teams coached by Pep Guardiola.

Gianluigi Donnarumma is reportedly set to sign for Pep Guardiola's side for 35 million euros (30 million pounds, $41 million)after being told he was surplus to requirements at PSG.

Fenerbahce on Friday sacked Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, two days after elimination from the Champions League playoffs by Benfica.

Fenerbahce now need to face Portuguese giants SL Benfica for a spot in the Champions League 2025/26 group stage.

Jose Mourinho defended his comments by saying that they had been taken "out of context".

Galatasaray have accused Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho of making "racist statements" following a 0-0 draw between the bitter Istanbul rivals.

Former Premier League duo Dusan Tadic and Edin Dzeko scored in the first half for Fenerbahce.

Manchester United, unbeaten in eight games in the tournament, finished in third place and Tottenham came fourth, ensuring the Premier League clubs both avoided the Europa League play-off round.

Inaki Williams scored twice as Athletic Bilbao won 2-0 at Fenerbahce on Wednesday to climb top of the Europa League standings.

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag admitted his team lacked a "killing" instinct in their Europa League 1-1 draw at Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce on Thursday.

Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho said his former club Manchester United escaped Istanbul with a point after he was sent to the stands in a 1-1 Europa League draw on Thursday.

Jose Mourinho says struggling Manchester United "will succeed sooner or later" as the Fenerbahce boss prepares to take on his former club in the Europa League on Thursday.

Manchester United will also notably play at home to 2022 Europa League runners-up Rangers and go to Portugal to play Porto, another of Jose Mourinho's old sides.

Violence broke out between supporters of Trabzonspor and players from Fenerbahce after a match on Sunday in the Turkish top flight.

After starting the first 10 games of Mikel Arteta's reign, Mesut Ozil's last appearance came in a win over West Ham last March before the coronavirus pandemic saw football grind to a halt last year.