Leicester star Justin to miss rest of season with ACL injury

Leicester’s James Justin has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a serious knee injury. The defender was carried off in Wednesday’s 1-0 FA Cup win over Brighton and has damaged his anterior cruciate ligament. MAILBOX: Supercomputer ranks top 20 ‘Premier League’ clubs of all time Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers was […]

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Pep confirms double injury boost for City ahead of Spurs clash

Manchester City pair Ruben Dias and Rodri are both expected to be fit for the Premier League leaders’ clash with Tottenham on Saturday. Record goalscorer Sergio Aguero is also nearing a return after a trouble-hit first half of the season. Defender Dias, who has made a big impact since his club record signing from Benfica […]

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Mourinho questions ‘contradiction’ of Bale’s update on Instagram

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has questioned Gareth Bale’s midweek Instagram post and described it as a contradiction ahead of Saturday’s trip to Premier League leaders Manchester City. The Real Madrid loanee missed Wednesday’s FA Cup defeat at Everton after he was absent from training on Monday and asked for a scan following some discomfort. Bale […]

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Hasenhuttl explains ‘crazy situation’ after recent Man Utd thrashing

Ralph Hasenhuttl feels it is a “crazy situation” that he received more personal support after Southampton’s 9-0 Manchester United defeat than after some wins. Southampton booked an FA Cup south-coast derby quarter-final clash with Bournemouth courtesy of Thursday’s 2-0 win at Wolves. Saints’ crippling injury problems saw Hasenhuttl’s men compound that record-equalling league loss at […]

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Nuno backs goal-shy Wolves to rediscover scoring touch

Nuno Espirito Santo has backed goal-shy Wolves to rediscover their scoring touch as they go to Southampton on Sunday as one of the lowest scorers in the Premier League. Only the bottom four have netted fewer than Wolves, who have just 23 goals in 23 games. They have failed to score in four of their […]

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Klopp backs Kabak to handle Liverpool pressure after new Fabinho blow

Ozan Kabak’s chances of making his Liverpool debut increased after stand-in centre-back Fabinho was ruled out with injury, and manager Jurgen Klopp is confident the youngster will cope. The 20-year-old Turkey international arrived on loan on deadline day to bolster a defence which has been playing midfielders Fabinho and Jordan Henderson, with Virgil Van Dijk, […]

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Smith gives update over Terry future amid Bournemouth, Celtic links

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith insists that no one has approached them about offering John Terry a management job. However, Smith stated that he would not stand in the way of Terry’s departure if the time was right, amid reported interest in his assistant manager from Bournemouth and Celtic. The Cherries, sixth in the Sky […]

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Klopp: Liverpool players refusing to ‘point the finger at each other’

Jurgen Klopp says his Liverpool players are refusing to blame each other over their mixed recent run of results. The Reds were knocked out of the FA Cup in the fourth round by Manchester United recently so had a welcome week off this week as other Premier League sides played. Liverpool have only won two […]

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Chelsea boss Tuchel: ‘I trained myself not to read about me’

Thomas Tuchel says he has trained himself to ignore anything said or written about him as a defence mechanism against the abuse circling around football. The Chelsea manager conceded he has no social media profile as much due to technical limitations as a determination to avoid the dark side of online interaction. Chelsea will host […]

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Bruce hails ‘modern-day midfielder’ Willock after debut success

Steve Bruce has already seen enough from “modern-day midfielder” Joe Willock to be confident he will be a success in a Newcastle shirt. The 21-year-old Arsenal loanee needed just 16 minutes of his debut to score his first goal for the club in last Saturday’s 3-2 victory over Southampton before playing his part in a […]

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