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Dean Smith has revealed that one of Ollie Watkins’ big questions before joining Aston Villa was how he could get into the England squad. The forward has earned his first Three Lions call-up for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland this month. Watkins, 25, has scored 12 times in 30 games […]
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Jose Mourinho says “sad is not enough” to explain how he feels to hear Glenn Hoddle’s comments after Tottenham crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday. Spurs looked comfortable heading into the second leg after winning the first leg of their last-16 tie against Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 but a spectacular hat-trick from Mislav Orsic […]
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The media reaction to Gareth Southgate quite sensibly dropping Trent Alexander-Arnold from his England squad is predictably level-headed. Mind the gap There was a reason Mediawatch found the disparate coverage of Arsenal and Tottenham’s Europa League first-leg victories so jarring in The Sun last week. The former were ‘gormless’ and ‘pushed their luck to the limit’ […]
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Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has insisted that his teammates are “wishing” that Martin Odegaard will remain at the club beyond this season. Odegaard came through the ranks with Norweigan outfit Strømsgodset. He was soon recognised as one of Europe’s most promising youngsters as he was part of their first-team when he was just 15-years-old. The midfielder […]
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Steve Bruce believes Newcastle United have turned a corner as only Man United and Chelsea have beaten them “over the last seven or eight games”. The Magpies are deep in the relegation mire after failing to win any of their last five Premier League fixtures. They could fall into the bottom three if Fulham beat Leeds at […]
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Bernd Leno has suggested that Arsenal will not beat top sides in the Europa League if they play like they did in their second leg against Olympiacos. The Gunners made it into the quarter-finals on Thursday night, despite losing 1-0 at home to 10-man Olympiacos. Holding a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Greece, […]
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Ruud van Nistelrooy has named former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo as the player with “the best ability” he has seen in his life. Van Nistelrooy had spells early in his career with Den Bosch and Heerenveen. He then moved on to sign for PSV in 1998. In just over two years, he scored 62 times […]
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Gary Neville claims “negative undertones” and “xenophobia” are fuelling criticism of Maheta Molango, the Swiss national who is set to replace Gordon Taylor as chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association. The 38-year-old Molango, who retrained as a lawyer following his playing career, was announced on Tuesday as the choice of an independent advisory panel. […]
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Peter Crouch thinks Harry Kane and Son Heung-min “deserve to be playing at a higher level than Europa League” after Spurs crashed out of the competition on Thursday night. Tottenham took a comfortable 2-0 lead into the second leg against Dinamo Zagreb but managed to blow their chances of progression as they lost 3-2 on […]
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Hugo Lloris has labelled Tottenham Hotspur’s exit from the Europa League a “disgrace” after they lost 3-2 on aggregate to Dinamo Zagreb. Spurs managed to throw away a 2-0 first-leg lead in Croatia by losing 3-0 after extra time in one of the most disappointing night’s in the club’s recent history. Lloris did not hold […]
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