Chelsea star Rudiger responds to Lampard ‘nonsense’

Antonio Rudiger has denied the “nonsense rumours” that he was one of the key Chelsea players behind the sacking of Frank Lampard. The German was heavily linked with the Stamford Bridge exit in the summer after falling out of favour under his former boss. Antonio Rudiger has started both of Thomas Tuchel’s first games in […]

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Nine quotes on Ozan Kabak: ‘He will be a future captain’

Liverpool tried to solve their defensive injury crisis by signing Ozan Kabak from Schalke on deadline day on a six-month loan with an option to buy. Kabak was awarded the Bundesliga Rookie of the Season award while playing for Stuttgart in 2018-18 before completing a £13million move to Schalke.  We’ve rounded up some of the best quotes about […]

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Kissock: How I went from breaking Rooney Everton record to driving taxis

In 2006, John-Paul Kissock broke Wayne Rooney’s record to become the youngest Everton player to appear in the club’s reserve team, and his career looked to be on the same trajectory as the former England captain. Yet three years later, the native Liverpudlian was driving a taxi for a living, having been let go by […]

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Rio perplexed by ‘crazy rule’; aims dig at Mike Dean

Rio Ferdinand and Glenn Hoddle were left angry at the “nonsense” double jeapardy rule that saw both David Luiz and Jan Bednarek sent off on Tuesday night. The Arsenal and Southampton defenders both made minimal contact (if any) and were sent off as well as conceding penalties. The ‘double jeapardy’ rule that prevents two punishments […]

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Pep explains why City may have to break norm to win title

Pep Guardiola is confident Manchester City have the firepower to make up for a lack of goals from their frontline strikers. City have been without their record goalscorer Sergio Aguero for much of the season, with a combination of injuries and self-isolation restricting the Argentinian to just three starts and two goals. His natural replacement […]

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‘Spaceship lands from Pluto’ – Smith responds to Grealish claim

Dean Smith has responded to Paul Merson’s claim that Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish “is on a different planet”. The Sky Sports pundit said: “Jack Grealish is on a different planet. Honestly, I think he’s that good. I have been saying it for a long, long time now. “Some of the stuff (he does). The […]

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January 2021 Premier League transfer window: the losers

Jose Mourinho doesn’t want the toy but won’t let anyone else play with it either. Dele Alli is one of the biggest transfer window losers. Head here for the winners.   Dele Alli There is a laboured analogy in there somewhere about the prodigal son wanting to return to the care of the only guardian […]

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Man United 9-0 Southampton: Nobody is impressed

Nobody is that impressed with Man United beating Southampton 9-0. Are you? Send your thoughts to theeditor@football365.com   There’s always one… Manchester United score nine goals and still Bruno Fernandes needed a penalty to get on the scorecard. Dushyant (Kleberson>Bruno) Jamwal   Not that impressed After all, we did the same thing against 10 men… […]

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Newcastle 1-2 Crystal Palace: Cahill scores winner

Gary Cahill marked his return with the decisive goal as Crystal Palace came from behind to win 2-1 at Newcastle. The England defender struck with a 25th minute header to seal an entertaining encounter at St James’ Park. His goal came four minutes after Jairo Riedewald had blasted them level from 25 yards, cancelling out […]

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Luke Shaw: From shiniest turd to England’s best left-back

‘Luke Shaw wins awards for being Man Utd’s shiniest turd’ was our headline in May 2019, when United’s season had ‘wound down to an embarrassing conclusion’ and the left-back was narrowly favoured ahead of Victor Lindelof and top scorer Paul Pogba by fans and team-mates alike. The tallest dwarf. The shiniest turd. That headline alone illustrates […]

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