Why does Solskjaer get more stick than Arteta?

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United continue to dominate the Mailbox. Send your thoughts to theeditor@football365.com   A rolling Ole deal would be madness The yearly rolling contract suggested by Andy for Ole is one of the dumbest mailbox ideas in recent times. We’ve all seen how contract lengths really don’t matter. Moyes had a […]

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Top ten Premier League signings of the season

West Ham and Aston Villa are the only clubs to feature twice on a list of the Premier League’s ten best signings of the entire season.   10) Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) There remains six outfielders in the top flight not to have missed a single Premier League minute for their respective clubs this season. […]

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‘More than a game’ – Ellis Platten talks black boots & football fandom

“My grandad would always tell me I must wear black boots. I remember there was a time where you could customise your own boots and my grandparents bought me this pair of customised plain black boots and even the logos were blacked out.” We’re definitely part of the black boots brigade here at Planet Football, but […]

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‘When I’m playing football, everything else stops’ – Grassroots is back

Whether you’re advancing on goal in the 90th minute or embracing tiki-taka on the astro, there’s no feeling quite like entering full flow with a ball at your feet. “When I’m playing football, everything else stops. You’re in the thick of it, just playing and not thinking about anything else. I’m looking forward to being […]

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Lingard leading happy Hammers to the promised land

“Jesse Lingard scores a goal-of-the-season contender in a game-of-the-season contender at Wolves to propel West Ham back into the top four.” The last year has delivered plenty of unlikely storylines, and most of them have been f***ing awful. This one’s among the least likely but also least awful. On a weekend when so many of […]

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Wolves 2-3 West Ham: Hammers return to the top four

West Ham survived a fight back from Wolves to move back into the Champions League places in the Premier League. The forward’s stunning solo goal inspired the nervy Hammers as they survived a Wolves fightback to win 3-2 and move up to fourth in the Premier League. Lingard also had a key role in first-half […]

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Klopp plays down Liverpool ‘revenge tour’ against Real Madrid

Jurgen Klopp has insisted that “revenge” is not a motivator for Liverpool against Real Madrid in the Champions League. The LaLiga giants claimed a third successive crown in Europe’s elite club competition in May 2018 by beating the Reds 3-1 in the Kyiv showpiece, where Mohamed Salah suffered a shoulder injury following Sergio Ramos’ challenge. […]

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Ancelotti: Everton’s attackers had ‘to do better’ against Palace

Carlo Ancelotti was left frustrated that Everton did not kill the game off against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park. Eagles substitute Michy Batshuayi scored an 86th-minute equaliser two minutes after coming off the bench to cancel out James Rodriguez’s 100th goal in European club football on his return after a six-week absence in the 1-1 […]

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Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace: Batshuayi punishes wasteful Toffees

Super-sub Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to steal a point for Crystal Palace against Everton at Goodison Park. Most of the games best chances fell to the Toffees but they were really wasteful. They did take the lead in the second half thanks to a clinical finish from James Rodriguez. But they were unable […]

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Carragher slates Neville over Alexander-Arnold England call

Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville have been involved in a heated discussion over Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England status ahead of the Euros. It is currently up in the air whether Alexander-Arnold will be called up by Gareth Southgate this summer for the European Championships. After being a mainstay for the Three Lions in recent years, he […]

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