A major squad overhaul could be approaching at Manchester City, potentially helping Newcastle in their pursuit of a central midfielder following the departures of Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimarães. Nico González may be heading to St James’ Park after struggling to establish himself at the Etihad Stadium. Meanwhile, attacking duo Omar Marmoush and Savinho appear […]
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After bringing Aaron Wan-Bissaka to Old Trafford in 2019, Manchester United publicly claimed they had assessed 804 right-backs before choosing the Crystal Palace defender. The statement seemed excessive at the time and appeared intended to reassure supporters and reporters that the club’s recruitment team had carried out extensive scouting and analysis. United are now searching […]
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City entered eight of Pep Guardiola’s 10 campaigns from 2016 as the experts’ pre-season favourites and lifted the trophy six times during that spell. However, ahead of their first season under Enzo Maresca, just 12% of the panel (3 out of 26) expect them to regain the title. Thomas Hitzlsperger: City are the only English […]
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Promising Socceroo Alessandro Circati is the latest Australian international to secure a lucrative move in Europe, describing his transfer from Parma to Benfica as a major honour. His transfer follows Lucas Herrington’s switch from MLS to Hull City, which made him Australia’s sole Premier League representative, and Nestory Irankunda’s move from Watford to Benfica’s Lisbon […]
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The Swedish player gave Celtic the perfect start before Duran took charge with two goals. His first was a stunning volley created by relentless pressure on the LASK defence, while his second completed a magnificent team move. O’Neill believes Celtic secured an outstanding deal by signing Duran for a reported fee of between £4.5m and […]
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Hope Not Hate argued that current efforts to combat online abuse place too much emphasis on responding only after racist material has already reached users. Although players can block users and report messages while platforms can suspend accounts, Hermansson said these actions fail to tackle how abusive posts are boosted and spread. “X does not […]
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Predicted position based on the writers’ average: 17th (Note: this ranking reflects the combined forecasts of the writing team rather than Louise Taylor’s individual view) Previous season’s finish: 12th Outlook Newcastle chief executive David Hopkinson recently described the club as being at a major turning point. Eddie Howe’s departure brought an end to almost five […]
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A brilliant brace from new arrival Camilo Durán gave Celtic a commanding advantage over Lask in their Champions League playoff. Benjamin Nygren also found the net with an outstanding finish as Martin O’Neill’s team secured a 3-0 victory in the first leg against the Austrian visitors in Glasgow. Lask had two goals ruled out for […]
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Manchester City are considering Roma midfielder Manu Koné as they look to provide Enzo Maresca with more options in the middle of the pitch. City have already completed the £116m acquisition of Elliot Anderson and are nearing an £85m deal for Lille youngster Ayyoub Bouaddi. However, Maresca is also interested in Koné because of his […]
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Marcus Rashford said he wants to focus on playing football without seeing his name discussed “every day”, following Gary Neville’s attempt to bring up the Manchester United attacker during a podcast. Rashford responded to a clip from the Stick to Football podcast in which Jamie Carragher showed his irritation after former United defender Neville asked […]
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