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Brazil captain Neymar believes he can act as a mentor to Everton forward Richarlison. Richarlison broke into his country’s national team in August after moving to Goodison Park from Watford for a reported £40million. The 21-year-old has scored twice in his first four appearances for his country and is set to be involved against Uruguay …
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It doesn’t take much to see that the Premier League is severely stratified. Already in December you have clear Champions League contenders, clear relegation battlers and clear mid-table sides. As a result, more and more often we get weeks where a large proportion of the match-ups are mis-match-ups of a sort, where one team is …
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Claudio Ranieri wants to make Liverpool defender Joel Matip his first signing at Fulham, according to reports. The Italian took over at Craven Cottage on Wednesday after the club sacked Slavisa Jokanovic with his side bottom of the Premier League standings. Matip has just started one Premier League game under Jurgen Klopp this season and …
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Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has fallen out with the Gabon FA again after they failed to make his injury news public. The striker will miss the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Mali on Saturday after suffering with a back issue. Despite a doctor notifying the governing body, the Gabon FA has not made the reason …
Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold thinks James Milner demonstrates the “highest standards” he has ever seen from any player. Milner is currently in his fourth season with the Reds at the age of 32 and is currently more important than he has ever been – starting in 12 matches in all competitions this term. And his …
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GOOD EDER It is pretty widely accepted that Jose Mourinho’s ideal centre-half signing at Manchester United is Kalidou Koulibaly. But if he is honest, he knows that’s never gonna happen: Koulibaly is in his prime at 27, and would likely command a world-record fee for a defender. No deal. Toby Alderweireld is likely to be …
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LITTLE FEKIR “What happened with Liverpool is straight out of my head, I turned the page,” said Nabil Fekir in September, and it seemed that the feeling was mutual. By November, the Liverpool Echo reported that the Reds’ interest in the Frenchman was ‘dead in the water’. “My future? We have not discussed an extension …
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Diogo Dalot goes to sleep thinking of Champions League qualification, such is the 19-year-old’s determination to ensure his dream move to Manchester United to play under “one of the best coaches ever” does not turn into a nightmare in his first season. Jose Mourinho’s men have endured a troubled start to the campaign, with the …
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Luis Suarez will miss Barcelona’s final Champions League group game against Tottenham. The Spanish champions are already through to the knockout stages as Group B winners so will not risk Suarez, who has been struggling with a knee injury. The Uruguayan played 79 minutes in the Catalan derby against Espanyol at the weekend and scored …
Anything to add for the afternoon Mailbox? [email protected] Pogba’s attitude In response to Gough, LFC, Dublin, my immediate thought process as to why Pogba etc. are held to a higher standard is that they earn more in a week than most of us do in a year. I appreciate that it is all relative, but …
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