Manchester United executives have reportedly met with Saudi counterparts over a potential takeover of the club. According to a report from Goal.com, the ruling Salman family are looking to purchase the Red Devils in a whopping £4billion deal. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are among the clubs who have benefitted from sizeable investment from the Middle …
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Arsenal’s Europa League clash with Vorskla on Thursday will take place in Kiev due to security concerns, UEFA has announced. The Group E fixture had been scheduled to be held in Stadion Vorskla im. Olexiy Butovskiy in Poltava, around 185 miles (300 kilometres) east of the Ukrainian capital. However, after martial law was declared in …
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Jose Mourinho has taken a swipe at Arsenal for their tactics during the closing stages of their 2-2 draw with Manchester United. The Gunners took the lead twice in an exciting contest that saw the Red Devils reply almost instantly through Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard. And Mourinho was surprised that Arsenal didn’t try and …
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Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince has backed Jose Mourinho after he dropped Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku to the bench for the visit of Arsenal. Mourinho’s relationship with Pogba has been on rocky ground now for a while with little signs of a resolution after Mourinho reportedly called Pogba a ‘virus’ in a recent …
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Fabinho admits he is “not totally settled just yet” since his £43.7m summer move to Liverpool. Brazilian midfielder Fabinho moved to Merseyside from Monaco at the end of May. The 25-year-old was expected to complement the midfield and add further defensive resilience and solidity to Jurgen Klopp’s side. But he has been used sparingly by …
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Harry Kane believes he can break Wayne Rooney’s England goalscoring record and is ready to end his barren international run in the familiar surroundings of Wembley on Sunday. The Three Lions captain has not scored for his country in his last seven appearances – but still managed to collect the Golden Boot as England made …
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CHELSEA NOT PULISIC’S PREFERRED DESTINATION Chelsea have been keen to position themselves at the front of the queue for Christian Pulisic (we wrote about him here), but it seems like any deal for the USA winger will be a complicated business. According to the Evening Standard, the Blues made contact with Borussia Dortmund on Friday …
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Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill admitted his side let down their supporters with a poor performance in Thursday’s goalless draw against Northern Ireland. The Republic were second best in the high-profile friendly in Dublin and were grateful to man of the match Darren Randolph for ensuring they did not suffer defeat on home turf …
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Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Victor Lindelof “will be out for quite a while” after praising him for playing through the pain against Crystal Palace. Mourinho hailed for Lindelof setting “a fantastic example” by playing through – and almost definitely exacerbating – an injury in Saturday’s goalless draw with Palace. Lindelof was reportedly already struggling with …
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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is not even contemplating the thought of delaying the move into the club’s new stadium until next season. Spurs were supposed to be in their new 62,000-seater home by the start of this term and then put it back until September, but a series of further delays mean it will be …
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