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Leon Bailey has revealed the four Premier League clubs he has rejected throughout his career. Bayer Leverkusen winger Bailey has long been linked with a move to England, even as part of Gareth Southgate’s international set-up. Having impressed with Genk in Belgium, he joined Leverkusen in January 2017 and scored 12 goals in his first …
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OUSMANE’S IS THIS? It will take more than Ousmane Dembele’s agent insisting “there is no doubt about his future” to quash the constant speculation over the Barcelona winger. Moussa Sissoko (again, not that one) insists manager Ernesto Valverde “loves” his client, but The Sun throw a spanner in the works. They exclusively claim that Liverpool …
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Ed Woodward insisted Jose Mourinho and his squad remain “fully united” despite a “mixed” start to the season. Speaking on a conference call after the release of Manchester United’s latest quarterly financial results, Woodward addressed the club’s eighth-placed position in the Premier League table. Last weekend’s loss to Manchester City again focused attention on Mourinho’s …
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Sergio Ramos has responded to Liverpool centre-half Dejan Lovren. How fun. Lovren laid into Ramos earlier this month, labelling the Spaniard luck and error-prone. It was the latest example of a Liverpool employee sniping at the Real captain, with Jurgen Klopp branding him a “wrestler” after injuring Mohamed Salah in the Champions League final. Roberto …
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These are the 41 English players who have started at least three Premier League games this season who have not yet been called up by England. And the emphasis really is on ‘yet’… Goalkeeper: Ben Hamer (Huddersfield): Six English goalkeepers fit the criteria and five have been called up by England. With Gareth Southgate …
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Old hat Manchester United drew 2-2 with Arsenal on Wednesday. It was a fun game, not least because they were level for 85 of 90 minutes, meaning the result was never certain. But it was not ‘just like the old days’ (Neil Ashton, The Sun), nor was it ‘just like old times’ (Martin Samuel, Daily Mail). All …
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Edu (79 games) and Ricardo Carvalho (135 games) – 69.6% As a member of the Invincibles who jumped the ship before it started to sink towards the seabed, professional Unai Emery lookalike Edu is the only Arsenal representative on this list. He joined in January 2001 when the Gunners were on course to finish second, …
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Croatia boss Zlatko Dalic plans to speak privately with Dejan Lovren after the Liverpool defender’s unsavoury comments about Sergio Ramos on social media. Thursday night’s 3-2 win over Spain in Zagreb means plenty is at stake for World Cup finalists Croatia against England at Wembley on Sunday. Lovren is expected to feature but caused controversy …
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England will face Holland in the UEFA Nations League semi-final next summer. Gareth Southgate’s men qualified for the last four of the inaugural tournament with a late victory over Croatia last month, topping their group. The tie will be played in Guimaraes in Portugal on June 6. Hosts Portugal will play Switzerland in the other …
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Former Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright has revealed that he received racist abuse from some of his own team-mates early on in his career. Wright, who is now a brilliant pundit, played over 200 times for both the Gunners and Crystal Palace as well as representing West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Celtic and Burnley. In a …
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