Brentford, Swansea call for increased capacity at play-off final

Brentford and Swansea City have called for more of their fans to be allowed into Wembley for the Championship play-off final. Both clubs have questioned the 10,000-capacity limit set for the match, compared to the 21,000 who were present as Leicester beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final earlier this month. Brentford chief executive Jon […]

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‘Just keep him’ – Guardiola criticised for teary Aguero farewell

Pep Guardiola has been criticised by former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha after the boss paid an emotional tribute to Sergio Aguero on Sunday. The 32-year-old joined Man City in 2011 for around £35m from Atletico Madrid. He has enjoyed a remarkable ten years with the Premier League champions. In this time, he has netted […]

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Pundit backs out-of-contract Everton striker to join Norwich

Out-of-contract Everton forward Joshua King would be a good fit for Premier League newcomers Norwich City, according to Kevin Campbell. The striker spent five years in the Premier League with Bournemouth between 2015 and 2020. He joined them on a free transfer from Blackburn Rovers. King was a key player for the Cherries as they […]

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Maguire had his ‘heart set’ on Man Utd despite talks with Pep

Harry Maguire has revealed that he had talks with Pep Guardiola about a move to Manchester City, but his “heart was set” on a transfer to Manchester United. The Englishman joined Leicester City from Hull City for £12m in 2017. He had a successful two years there before he got his big move to Man […]

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Wijnaldum picks out ‘only regret’ during his time at Liverpool

Departing midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum admits his only regret at leaving Liverpool is he could not finish with a trophy. The Holland international played a key role in the club’s Champions League and Premier League wins and while a third-placed finish to an injury-plagued season was, in itself, something of an achievement there was no silverware […]

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FIFAe Nations Cup 2021 participants confirmed

FIFAe Nations Online Qualifiers 2021™ concluded Final event to take place from 20 to 22 August in Copenhagen Countries to be represented by three players in the Danish capital The 24-team field for the FIFAe Nations Cup 2021™ is set. Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Sweden made it through […]

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Where Liverpool really rank among the ‘bad champions’…

Is it fair to still call Liverpool ‘bad champions’? Here’s how their title defence compares to those of the other dethroned Premier League kings…   Roy Keane called it early when he declared Liverpool as ‘bad champions’ in February. Things got even worse for the Reds after that – but then they got better again. Here’s […]

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Laporte named in Real Madrid-free Spain squad for Euros

Real Madrid and Spain captain Sergio Ramos has been left out of Luis Enrique’s squad for the Euro 2020 finals. The 35-year-old Real Madrid star has played only once since the end of March because of injury, and national boss Enrique admitted omitting him had been tough. Enrique told a press conference: “It’s clear that’s […]

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Kane confusion, Maguire inclusion, Mbappe infusion

Harry Kane hints point in two different directions, Harry Maguire makes a team of the season for being a ‘tough cookie’ and Kylian Mbappe is joining Liverpool again…   The Crooks of the tatter Not for Garth Crooks the difficult choice between Kyle Walker and Joao Cancelo at right-back or the hear-wrenching toss-up between Luke […]

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