Liverpool star Alexander-Arnold ‘ruled out’ of Euro 2020

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss out on this summer’s European Championships as he suffered a “grade two quad tear” against Austria. The right-back picked up the injury late into England‘s pre-tournament friendly at the Riverside Stadium against Austria on Wednesday night. The injury came about in an innocuous fashion. There was no one around […]

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Gossip: England man among four serious Man Utd targets

Manchester United have four serious targets and one of them is Tom Heaton. We have all your transfer gossip…   TRIP ADVISOR ‘Manchester United retain an interest in signing Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid,’ say the Daily Mail. This is hardly a revelation and nor are the names also thrown into the mix: Raphael Varane […]

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Spurs hope to unveil ‘clear front runner’ Conte in ‘coming days’

Spurs hope to unveil Antonio Conte soon with the Premier League club increasingly confident of his appointment, according to reports. Reports on Wednesday claimed that Tottenham have had contact with former Chelsea manager Conte about becoming the club’s new manager. The 51-year-old is out of a job after leaving Inter Milan last month, having guided […]

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Ancelotti exit sends Everton back to square one. Again.

“It’s good publicity for me to be linked with Real Madrid but it is not true. I am happy to stay. My target is to make Everton better.” Oh, Everton. Oh, mates. Two weeks ago, Carlo Ancelotti said that. May 18. A different time. A simpler time. Now he’s back in the warm embrace of […]

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Sergio Ramos leads 26-man snubbed Euro 2020 squad

Trent Alexander-Arnold snuck into the England squad and now we can focus on the football. But not before we take a moment to remember the snubbed. Here’s a full 26-man squad of players who were available for selection, but will be watching from home/not giving two sh*ts about football for a while…   Goalkeepers Marc-Andre […]

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‘It’s not a good sign’ – Southgate concerned by TAA’s injury

England boss Gareth Southgate has insisted that the “last thing” he wanted was seeing Trent Alexander-Arnold or anyone else limp off injured against Austria. The Three Lions were dominant in the first half, but chances were few and far between. The best of them fell to Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane but they could not […]

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England 1-0 Austria: Saka nets winner for Southgate’s Three Lions

Bukayo Saka netted the only goal of the game from close range to give England a well-deserved victory over Austria. The Three Lions were dominant in the first half, but chances were few and far between. The best of them fell to Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane but they could not convert them. England tolled […]

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Press conferences are tired vestige of journalistic arrogance

There is approximately no need for press conferences as they are in the modern age. They serve absolutely no-one but unimaginative journalists.   The response from much of the sports media to Naomi Osaka’s refusal to do press conferences was predictably pathetic. Will Swanton of The Australian offered a sentiment sadly shared by many. “The […]

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Shrimps strong enough for shark-infested League One pond

League One will be full of ex-Premier League teams next year. Morecambe, never relegated as a Football League team, will not look out of place.   When, in February 2021, Morecambe’s board put out a statement stating they wanted to forget the oft-heard phrase in local and divisional circles, ‘Goodbye Little Old Morecambe,’ many could […]

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