How Villa players have responded on FPL: Mind games & identity theft

After accidentally telling the world that Jack Grealish was injured, Aston Villa players were supposedly ‘banned’ from playing fantasy football last week. If you have an interest in FPL, you’re probably familiar with the story already. On Friday, February 19, just after the FPL deadline passed for GW25, it transpired that several players and staff at Aston […]

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16 Conclusions: Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea

Liverpool are in trouble and Jurgen Klopp looks completely out of ideas. By contrast, Thomas Tuchel has reinvigorated this Chelsea machine.   1) Hindsight is 20/20, but such a painful lack of foresight might never be more hilarious than in 2021. Bambi was bloody well asking for it.   2) This is why Roman Abramovich […]

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Liverpool 0-1 Chelsea: Mount sends Blues fourth

Liverpool’s woeful home form is now a full-blown crisis as Chelsea’s 1-0 victory inflicted a fifth successive league defeat – the worst run in the club’s history. It shows how far the defending champions have fallen that this was billed as a battle for a Champions League place but in reality there was only one […]

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Defender who rejected Liverpool would not do so again

Liverpool will be delighted to learn that Feyenoord centre-half Ramon Hendriks would no longer actually mind joining them. Despite being one of the most highly-rated defenders in the country, Hendriks is yet to make his senior Eredivisie debut. The 19-year-old joined NAC Breda on loan in January and has featured regularly for them in the Dutch […]

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Hasenhuttl will ‘definitely not’ allow Saints players to risk quarantine

Ralph Hasenhuttl has insisted that he will not let any Southampton players leave for international duty who have to quarantine when they return. Under current coronavirus guidelines, arrivals from red-list travel-ban countries are subject to 10 days’ hotel confinement. Due to the special circumstances, FIFA has given clubs dispensation to prevent players who may be […]

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Ancelotti: Top four place would not affect transfer policy

Carlo Ancelotti has suggested that he already has a clear “plan for the future” when it comes to Everton’s summer signings before next season. The former Real Madrid and AC Milan boss has done a superb job since taking over at Everton in December 2019. He has 27 wins from his 53 games in charge […]

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Handball law to be further clarified after CHO controversy

Further clarification on the handball law is expected from the game’s lawmakers on Friday, thanks in part to Callum Hudson-Odoi. Attempts by the International Football Association Board to provide a more “precise and detailed” definition of the offence over the last two years have not succeeded in making handball decisions any less controversial, with last […]

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Aston Villa legend gives verdict on Barkley

Former Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has suggested that Ross Barkley has struggled since returning to full fitness. The midfielder joined Aston Villa on loan this summer from Chelsea. He impressed in fits and starts for the Blues but a lack of game time led to his move to Villa Park. Barkley made a fantastic […]

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Sancho can be compared to Messi and Lewandowski, says Lehmann

Jadon Sancho will stay at Borussia Dortmund this summer despite ongoing links of a move to Manchester United, according to Jens Lehmann. Sancho signed for Dortmund from Manchester City in 2017 for around £8m. He was immediately inserted into their first-team and he was gradually grown into one of the best young attackers in European […]

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Hasenhuttl: Southampton need ‘a lot of new players’

Ralph Hasenhuttl finally has some positive news on the injury front but warned Southampton will continue go through seasons of highs and crashing lows unless the squad is majorly bolstered this summer. Saints went top of the table for the first time in the Premier League era in November, but what promised to be a […]

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