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Sky Sports rarely excel in calling a spade a spade but Jamie Carragher did not try and mask how “awful” Leeds against Manchester United was. “This game’s been awful, hasn’t it? Jesus,” said Jamie Carragher, tearing down the broadcasting fourth wall to implore viewers not to change the channel. The pretence that this was […]
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You have to be bloody good to win the Ballon d’Or as a defender. Canny Fabio is one of only three to pull it off… Who’s this then? Fabio Cannavaro is now 47. An Italian 5’ 9″ centre-back who was born in Naples, he played for six clubs in his 695-match club career. Widely […]
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Every week we preview three fascinating things to look out for in the big Premier League games, with further analysis from Betfair’s Football…Only Bettor podcast. This week, we’re also taking a special look at the Carabao Cup final between Man City and Tottenham. Oh and our Alex Keble has landed three Trebles in a row… […]
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Manchester United desperately want to re-sign one of their former goalkeepers. They will also battle Arsenal for a £15m-rated forward. TURN UP THE HEAT With zero appearances for the club in the eight years between joining as a teenager and leaving in 2010, it is technically right but morally wrong to describe Tom Heaton […]
Read More… from Gossip: Man Utd eye ex-player and battle Arsenal for ‘bargain’
UEFA aren’t kidding anyone – they need to find their backbone, before it’s too late… “Disgraceful”, was how UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin described it. “Disgraceful”, “self-serving”, and “a spit in the face” of football. Ceferin, of course, was referring to the European Super League. Created on Sunday as the brainchild of 12 of Europe’s […]
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Timo Werner ended his goal drought in a big win for Chelsea. This simply must be a turning point for the struggling striker… “Not decisive, but big.” Thomas Tuchel was talking about the magnitude of Chelsea’s top-four shootout at West Ham, but the Blues boss could have been describing Timo Werner’s first goal in […]
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We’ve already looked at each Premier League club’s player with the highest points per game this season, so it was inevitable we’d do the nastier version too and find out who has the lowest. Who are the players costing their teams points? The nice, celebratory feature threw up some interesting results and it’s fair to […]
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It is preposterous that Arsenal are quite so reliant on Bukayo Saka and Emile Smith Rowe. There is so much work for Mikel Arteta to do. Another high-profile own goal. Another case of Everton at the vanguard of the opposition alliance. Another example of Arsenal playing with no fire and getting Bernd. Another setback […]
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For those humiliated billionaires, the ESL was mistake after mistake. For the rest, the problem was in ceding power to an out of touch elite. How many scandals end with a group of humiliated billionaires ducking for cover, shelving their botched masterplan and shamefacedly apologising to a jeering public? For that if nothing else, […]
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Julian Nagelsmann is a man in demand across Europe. Can Man Utd afford to snooze under Solskjaer? Numbers never tell the full story but a collective 162 points off the top and five managers just about encapsulates the fall of Manchester United in the eight years of the post-Fergie era. While there have been signs of […]
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