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Southampton are hoping to appoint Ralph Hasenhuttl as manager after sacking Mark Hughes, Press Association Sport understands. Despite securing a 2-2 draw against Manchester United at the weekend, embattled Saints’ wretched overall form cost the Welshman his job on Monday. Hughes, appointed in March, managed to keep his former club up last season and was …
CALL ON CALLUM Callum Wilson is having quite the time of it. Scoring goals, creating goals, getting England call-ups and now tenuously linked with a move to Chelsea by The Sun. Truly, he has arrived in the big time. The figure plucked from the ether is £35m. Chelsea are still in the market for a …
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Christian Pulisic won’t be leaving Borussia Dortmund until at least the summer, according to the club’s sporting director Michael Zorc. The winger has made seven starts in all competitions this season with two goals and two assists for his team-mates in the process. Pulisic‘s form over the last couple of campaigns for Dortmund has alerted …
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Alisson believes La Liga stalwarts Jan Oblak and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen are currently the best goalkeepers in the world. Liverpool made Alisson the most expensive goalkeeper in history when signing him for around £56m from Roma in the summer. The Brazilian only briefly held that title, with Kepa Arrizabalaga displacing him upon his move to …
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Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand agreed that Manchester United were “terrible” in their 1-0 victory over Young Boys on Tuesday night. The win gave United qualification from Group H, which means a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. The match looked like it was heading for a draw before Marouane Fellaini’s injury-time …
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Send your thoughts to [email protected] One night in Turin There’s still plenty of work needed on this squad. Mourinho still may not be the ideal fit for United. And no, we still aren’t “back”. But my lord, if any United fan can’t get excited about that result, maybe football isn’t for you. DJ, MUFC …
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WENGER FANCIES BAYERN GIG Arsene Wenger apparently rejected the opportunity to take over at Fulham before Claudio Ranieri was appointed. As well as being reluctant to coach another English club, it seems the former Arsenal boss had bigger plans in mind… According to The Telegraph, Wenger has eye on the Bayern Munich job. That post …
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Gary Neville wouldn’t be surprised to see Manchester United turn up and beat Arsenal on Wednesday night despite their poor run of form. The Red Devils have failed to win any of their last three matches in the Premier League, while the Gunners are currently on a 19-match unbeaten run in all competitions. Jose Mourinho …
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Norwich City are the surprise Championship leaders, so let’s take a look at how this happened… How on God’s green earth are they top? If your mate had turned to you at the pub in July and said “so, who will be first in the Championship come November?”, we’re pretty sure your response would …
We’ve already revealed which strikers have missed the most Big Chances, as defined by Opta as ‘a situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score’. But who is putting them on a plate? We have included those players who have created five or more… Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton) Big chances created: 5 Chances …
