Tuchel urges Chelsea outcast to be ‘normal’ in ‘new start’

Thomas Tuchel has urged Kepa Arrizabalaga to “play a normal match” as the German boss promises the Spaniard a “new start” at Chelsea. Kepa became the world’s most expensive goalkeeper when he joined Chelsea from Atletic Bilbao for £72million two years ago. But a string of mistakes last season saw him lose his place in […]

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Source ‘close to Solskjaer’ confirms Man Utd interest in Real star

Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is interested in bringing Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane to Old Trafford, according to reports in Spain. Varane made the switch from Lens to Real Madrid in 2011 and has gone on to make 347 appearances for the Spanish giants, winning three La Liga titles and four Champions Leagues. […]

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Now that’s the way to lose, Jose. And other mails…

Keep your mails coming to theeditor@football365.com… Fixing Liverpool A few months ago, I wrote that this will be Klopp’s greatest challenge and probably his greatest coaching success. I wrote that at a time when things were a lot less simpler and Guardiola hadn’t redesigned his winning juggernaut. I still stand by it. This can be […]

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Tuchel must master Pep’s remarkable trick at Chelsea

Before the start of the season, in the wake of Chelsea’s £70million acquisition of Kai Kavertz – their seventh signing of the summer – we said ‘competition is just as likely to breed fractiousness as it is improvement‘, as we predicted that one of Frank Lampard’s greatest challenges in his bid to bring the title […]

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Ferdinand blasts ’embarrassing’ Spurs player in Everton defeat

Rio Ferdinand has criticised Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris for his “embarrassing” mistake during a thrilling nine-goal FA Cup fifth round encounter against Everton. The Toffees are in the hat for the sixth round as they got the better of Jose Mourinho’s Spurs – eventually progressing 5-4 after extra-time. England captain Harry Kane was named on […]

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Liverpool ordered to pay Fulham up to £4.3m for Elliott

Fulham will receive a record fee for a 16-year-old after a tribunal ruled that Liverpool must pay up to £4.3million for Harvey Elliott. The PA news agency understands the Professional Football Compensation Committee ruled that the Premier League champions must pay a basic fee of £1.2million for Elliott, who made the move north to Anfield […]

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Ranking all 22 2020/21 Premier League managers so far…

Don’t know about you, but we reckon 23 games into the season is the perfect time to pass judgement on all the managers who have been in charge of Premier League clubs this season. So that’s what we’ve done.   22) Sam Allardyce (West Brom, since December) Full disclosure, we thought this was a pretty […]

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Mourinho appears to question Bale’s attitude after Spurs loss

Spurs manager Jose Mourinho appeared to question Gareth Bale’s attitude after admitting he was surprised the player asked for a scan on an injury he described as “not obvious”. The on-loan Real Madrid forward was not in the Tottenham squad for the 5-4 FA Cup extra-time defeat at Everton having decided himself after training he […]

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Ferdinand explains why he ‘feels sorry’ for Mourinho after Spurs loss

Rio Ferdinand says he is starting to “feel sorry” for Jose Mourinho as the individual errors are “killing him” at Spurs after they lost 5-4 to Everton in the FA Cup fifth round. Bernard, who looked destined to leave Goodison Park less than a fortnight ago, scored the decisive goal seven minutes into the added […]

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