The crawling rain never helps the image of a failing football manager and there have been times when it turned out to be career determination. For many, Steve McClaren will always be the Wally with the Brolly. But the sight of a rain -driven Ruben Amorim, plastered her over his forehead, roaring with small tactical […]
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There is nothing like some enormous Saudi generosity to send you over a potential violation of the spending rules and in the transfer market. Chelsea will really laugh at the bank, with a powerful £ 43.7 million for the Portuguese attacker Joao Felix, a handsome average player who is now on his way to Al
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The police investigation into Thomas Partey on five counts of rape and one counting of sexual attack, with regard to three separate women, has been one of the open secrets of football for exactly three years. He was first arrested in July 2022. The law of this country had saved its anonymity, but you should
I rarely have good things to say about Qatar – not too enthusiastic about a state who treats the widows of dead immigrants world cup workers with hardly any hidden contempt. But when I argued that a functioning democracy was one of the better points, a few years ago, I received an SMS from Manchester
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The chairman of Manchester City, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, breaks in a smile during his last chat at the end of the season with the internal media of the club, when the subject of a long -awaited statement about 115 accusations of financial inappropriation gains. “It will come, and we will talk about it, I promise
It is a time when supporters in Liverpool have to walk on Sunshine, for the first time in 35 years free to openly celebrate a competition title in the streets of their city. Instead, they are in a state of open warfare that took place on Monday in the comments sections of almost every report
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There were no flashy artists -with a 'Trident' of Masten or huge 'umbrella' Luifel when Everton started to create a stadium to replace Goodison Park. In contrast to the £ 2 billion blockbuster 'Eiffel Tower of the North' by Manchester United, the Merseyside Club just had their architect phase a series of fan workshops in
Jordan Henderson received a shock reminder to the English team of England on Friday, with Thomas Tuchel welcoming him in the fold again after an exile of 16 months. Henderson, 34, left the Three Lions camp under a dark cloud after criticizing it at Saudi Pro League side Al-Intifaq, after he had previously established himself
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There is a sense of collective of fatalism about how this could all be apparent for Ipswich. The conversation on the train that was on its way early on Saturday evening was consumed by the question of whether the club, now five points of safety, had been promoted too early and manager Kieran McKenna also
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It was the casual way in which Arne Slot threw the name of Mohamed Salah away in the Anfield Press Conference Room early on Sunday evening that screamed his meaning. “It's so hard to win a game of football,” said Slot. 'People always have the feeling:' Ah, you have Mo Salah, what are you talking
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It was the casual way in which Arne Slot threw the name of Mohamed Salah away in the Anfield Press Conference Room early on Sunday evening that screamed his meaning. “It's so hard to win a game of football,” said Slot. 'People always have the feeling:' Ah, you have Mo Salah, what are you talking
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The spooky look in the eyes of Mikel Arteta on the last afternoon of last season you told you that Arsenal would take their next search for the Premier League title at the neck. 'Don't be satisfied. We want more than this, “he told the fans of the club, who held the Emirates after seeing
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