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Andrea Pirlo Milan thought Pirlo was past his prime when he clocked up 10 seasons of service at the San Siro in 2011. The midfielder played only 17 times in their Serie A title-winning campaign and, aged 31, it was felt he wasn’t worthy of a new contract. Which, in hindsight, seems one of the […]
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Paul Scholes has suggested that Manchester United are not too reliant on Bruno Fernandes, but his teammates must do more to support him. Fernandes joined the Red Devils for an initial fee of around £47m from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020. During his time for the Portuguese side, he got 63 goals and 52 goals […]
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Donny van de Beek is going through similar problems that other former Ajax midfielders have experienced since leaving the club, according to Ruud Gullit. Prior to his summer move to Manchester United, van de Beek had spent his entire career with Dutch giants Ajax. The midfielder broke into their first team during the 2015/16 campaign. […]
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Stan Collymore thinks ‘work’ is keeping Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp from returning to Germany to mourn the passing of his mother. Erm… Riyad to nowhere After the classic that was ‘Riyad Mahrez’s wife, 28, claims she was ‘fined for being too hot’ and asks lockdown raid cops ‘don’t you like to party?’”, a story […]
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Manchester United believe they can sign 18-goal Bundesliga star for €30m – originally posted on Sportslens.com Manchester United could compete with Atletico Madrid to sign Eintracht Frankfurt striker Andre Silva in the summer, Sky Sport Germany reports. The Portugal international bagged 16 goals in his season-long loan at Frankfurt last season before joining them on […]
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claims there have been no talks over a new contract despite entering the final 18 months of his Man Utd deal. The Norwegian signed an initial three-year contract that takes his through to the summer of 2022 after initially impressing the Old Trafford hierarchy in a interim role. Solskjaer has had a […]
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Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he hopes Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland “remembers” the positive impact he had on his career. Clubs from around Europe are falling over themselves to be the club to land Haaland after the Norway international bagged 39 goals in 41 appearances since his move to Germany. 29 goals […]
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Rio Ferdinand thinks Man Utd captain Harry Maguire will be secretly “embarrassed” by his penalty claims against West Brom despite his determined post-match interview. Having been usurped at the top of the Premier League by Manchester City on January 26, the second-placed Red Devils have fallen seven points behind their rivals having managed one win […]
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Gary Neville thinks struggling Man Utd centre-back Victor Lindelof would flourish alongside Virgil van Dijk at Liverpool. The Sweden international has often been blamed for the Red Devils’ defensive issues with many former players and fans urging the club to invest in a new centre-back to play alongside Harry Maguire. The latest criticism of Lindelof […]
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Game to watch – RB Leipzig v Liverpool “They [Liverpool] are not in a mega-crisis and will certainly be stable against us,” Julian Nagelsmann said, but surely doesn’t believe to be true. “Stable” is not the word to describe Liverpool right now. Antonyms would come closer to the truth: mercurial; volatile; shaky; erratic. A team […]
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