Neville claims much-maligned Man Utd man would flourish at Liverpool

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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Big Midweek: Leipzig v Liverpool, Dortmund, Poch, Silva

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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Carragher tells Solskjaer to drop Man Utd man for ’10 or 12 games’

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to drop David de Gea and give Dean Henderson a run in the Man Utd team, according to Jamie Carragher. Having spent loan spells at Stockport, Grimsby, Shrewsbury and Sheffield United, the 23-year-old has supplanted Sergio Romero as back-up to De Gea after impressing during two seasons with Sheffield United. Henderson was […]

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Gossip: Mbappe eyes free transfer, Alaba announcement imminent

ALABA ANNOUNCEMENT DUE LATER Bayern Munich are a hot topic among the morning whispers… One player leaving the champions of, well, everything is David Alaba. For months it has been clear that the Austria defender will walk away from Bayern at the end of his contract in the summer and it seems the race for […]

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Werner profits from Tuchel in stirring third Chelsea act

The first act of Chelsea’s season saw them take 22 points from 11 games to prompt premature talk of a title challenge. Seven in the eight games of the second act cost Frank Lampard his job. 13 from five after the appointment of Thomas Tuchel offers hope that the third act could be something really […]

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Tuchel: Work to do for Chelsea to be more ‘deadly and decisive’

Thomas Tuchel also insisted that he has his eyes on securing a top four spot, but he admitted it will be a “big challenge”. Chelsea were the better side throughout the game and Timo Werner was more often than not the driving force for his side. The German let a couple of chances pass him […]

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Chelsea 2-0 Newcastle: Five straight wins for Tuchel

Timo Werner scored his first Premier League goal since November as Chelsea eased past Newcastle United. The German was influential in the build-up for the Blues’ first goal. He advanced down the left flank before he fired it into the area. Karl Darlow tapped it away but Olivier Giroud was there to smash it home. […]

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Neville shocked by ‘big’ decision from Tuchel to recall Kepa

Gary Neville thought that he had “seen the last” of Kepa Arrizabalaga at Chelsea prior to his recall to the starting eleven against Newcastle. Arrizabalaga joined the Blues in 2018 for around £71m from Atletico Bilbao. This deal made him the world’s most expensive ever goalkeeper just weeks after Liverpool splashed out for Alisson. The 26-year-old […]

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West Ham 3-0 Sheffield United: Hammers up to fourth

Declan Rice, Issa Diop and Ryan Fredericks got the goals to help West Ham to a comfortable victory over Sheffield United. The Hammers were awarded a penalty in the first half as Jesse Lingard was cynically brought down by Chris Basham. Rice took it and he found to the bottom corner to give his side […]

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