News about Diego Alonso

George Baldock told team-mates he was devastated that he would miss his son's birthday just hours before his tragic death earlier this month. The former Sheffield United star had moved to Greece to join Super League side Panathinaikos this summer after spending seven years at Bramall Lane. However, on October 9 Baldock was found dead at his home in the Greek capital after drowning in his pool.

Luis Suarez has lifted the lid on how Marcelo Bielsa has created a toxic workplace environment within the Uruguay national team, claiming it 'breaks my heart.' Bielsa took the reins of the two-time World Cup winners in May 2023 from caretaker manager Marcelo Broli after Diego Alonso resigned having failed to guide Uruguay out of the group stage at the 2022 World Cup. Despite Bielsa's pedigree, Suarez revealed the culture set by the former Leeds United boss is not a pleasant one.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The bigger they grow, the harder they fall. Sevilla has won seven Europa Leagues, but this May's resounding thud as they reached Europe's second class: the stage on which they have shone time and again over the past 20 years. Five managers in two seasons, infighting between the former and current president, who also happen to be father and son, and missing in the transfer market have all contributed to the current crisis, which has resulted in them finishing fourth from fourth place in LaLiga with just three wins all season. For the first time in Spanish football, they are in the fourth force. To get to that point, it's important to go back a few seasons. In a short period of time, there have been too many wrong turns in too short a span of time.

Following Sevilla's 3-0 loss against Granada on Saturday, the team has parted ways with manager Diego Alonso. After taking over in October, the 48-year-old lived just 67 days. After finishing last in their group that also featured Arsenal, PSV, and Lens, the reigning Europa League champions dropped out of the Champions League earlier this week.

PETE JENSON: We can take 'Madrid' out of any signing Mbappe' as seriously as the reports about him being 'primed to announce him every day,' last summer and the summer before that. But it does seem that the Paris Saint-Germain forward, who will be 25 next month, will no longer be identified as a king and will not be paid by Qatar.

PETE JENSON: Arsenal's recent manager bounce, a sterling display against Real Madrid over the weekend, and Sevilla's tradition of putting on good shows in vital games are all factors that could influence Arsenal's match against the Europa League holders on Tuesday night at the Sanchez Pizjuan. Lauren, a former Sevilla youth team player (who became an Arsenal invincible), summed it up in a recent interview with Sportsmail. 'They did a bad way last season but then went on to win the Europa League, and then recovered.' Quite how Sevilla pulled it off last year is beyond belief. They should never have defeated Manchester United and Juventus in the league, but they did win the final under no-nonsense boss Jose Luis Mendilibar, backed by a fervent crowd behind the redesign of their concrete bowl stadium into a raging sea of red. Sevilla has never lost a Europa League final, and they have never lost it.

BY PETE JENSON OF SPAIN: When Sevilla hosts Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday, there will be a reunion of sorts between Martin Odegaard and Suso. The two athletes played together at Liverpool back in Rafa Benitez' Spanish revolution, and the Norwegian was a 15-year-old prodigy trying out various clubs before joining Real Madrid in January 2015. "It was the time when everyone wanted him to be.'" The Sevilla winger was with us for about a week,' according to the Sevilla winger ahead of tonight's meeting.

Since the South American team crashed out of the World Cup at the group level, Marcelo Bielsa is reportedly in the running to replace Diego Alonso as the next Uruguay boss. Uruguay won in their final group game on Friday, beating Ghana, but Alonso's side lost due to a late winner from South Korea against Portugal in Group H's other match. Uruguay's World Cup has come to a premature conclusion, with the team scoring just two goals in their three matches, putting Alonso in danger of losing his career.

According to a statement on the Portuguese Football Federation's official website on Saturday, the Paris St Germain player was inactive after suffering a'suffered fracture of three costal arches'. During a press conference on Sunday, Santos said: "This is a kind of injury that no one knows about." We have no idea how it happened. These types of injuries are normal, but we didn't get a glimpse of what happened exactly.'

As Uruguay and South Korea played out a goalless match at the Education City Stadium on Thursday, the World Cup's total number of lacklustre 0-0 stalemates continued in Group G. After Diego Godin and Federico Valverde's side's disastrous attempt to lead South Korea, both sides were forced to settle for a portion of the spoils. Sportsmail

Fans have sluggishly chastised Luis Suarez for his role in Uruguay's World Cup debut. Suarez led Diego Alonso's side to a 0-0 draw with South Korea in the first game of his fourth World Cup finals. Suarez tried to get involved in the game, but failed to get a single shot on target before being replaced by Cavani right after the hour mark.

Any World Cup pick is one of the greatest joys of any. It's a gamble that could be triggered by a lack of depth in a certain position, a pile-up of injuries, or a national team manager with a positive opinion about a young rising star. Remember Sven-Goran Eriksson's pick of the 17-year-old Theo Walcott in 2006 solely for the thrill? Several uncapped players are competing in Qatar's World Cup, aiming to fulfill their dream of playing on football's biggest stage. Here's a look at them.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is less than six months away, with the first-ever winter edition of the tournament drawing ever closer. The group stage draw has arrived and gone, with all eight teams, each consisting of four teams, deciding well ahead of the November 21 launch date. However, only 29 of the 32 participating teams have been decided as it stands. Three of the three places are still up for grabs, two of which will be determined after the intercontinental play-offs, with Australia playing UAE and Costa Rica facing New Zealand.

On November 21, the first World Cup to be held in the winter will begin, with Group H being the first to be launched on November 24. Sportsmail takes you through an intriguing Group H, from how each team qualified for the tournament, their involvement in the tournament, and who to watch out for.