Konate agrees personal terms with Liverpool ahead of €35m move

Ibrahima Konate has agreed a five-year contract with Liverpool ahead of his €35million move, according to sources. The Reds have wanted Konate for months to solve their defensive problems. Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip have all spent time on the sidelines this season. OPINION: Should Man Utd rival Bayern and Spurs for Nagelsmann? […]

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Page to manage Wales at Euro 2020 after Giggs assault charge

Wales will be managed by Robert Page at this summer’s European Championship after boss Ryan Giggs was charged with assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour. A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said former Manchester United winger Giggs will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday April 28. The Football Association of Wales […]

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Out of touch elite should have been kept out of reach

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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Ryan Giggs charged with assaulting two women

Wales boss Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour, the Crown Prosecution Service said. A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said the former Manchester United winger will appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday April 28. MAILBOX: Boycotting the Nasty 12 will only speed up the Super […]

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Should Man Utd rival Bayern and Spurs for Nagelsmann?

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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‘Deja vu’ – Guardiola says ‘the football world always goes for quantity’

Pep Guardiola has accused UEFA of not caring enough about players following its revamp of the Champions League. The European governing body this week confirmed the number of teams participating in the group stage of the elite club competition will increase from 32 to 36 from 2024. Changes to the format will also mean all […]

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‘Tired’ City eye silverware; Spurs can’t go toe-to-toe without Kane

Manchester City will be looking to keep their Treble dreams alive when they take on Tottenham in this weekend’s EFL Cup Final. But could their ambitions be scuppered by caretaker Spurs boss Ryan Mason? The managerial newbie could do something that Mauricio Pochettino and Jose Mourinho both failed to do in seven years at Spurs: […]

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‘The days are running out’ – Spurs boss Mason gives Kane update

Spurs striker Harry Kane is in a race to be fit for the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City after he missed training on Friday. Kane suffered another ankle injury in the 2-2 draw at Everton last Friday and missed Wednesday’s Premier League win over Southampton. Interim boss Ryan Mason does not know whether the […]

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Tuchel raises doubts over Chelsea star’s fitness for Real clash

Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic is likely to miss their Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid. The Croatia midfielder has missed the Blues’ last three matches after picking up a hamstring problem on the eve of the Champions League quarter-final second leg against Porto. The 26-year-old has been ruled out of Saturday’s Premier League […]

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De Paul’s outrageous rabona shows why he has his own fan club in Leeds

During their 16 years in the wilderness of the Football League, Leeds United and their supporters were starved of players capable of providing flair and excitement. Only really after Pablo Hernandez’s arrival in the summer of 2016 did the Elland Road faithful finally have their thirst for flair quenched. Since Marcelo Bielsa’s thrilling tenure in […]

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