Stories By Graham Ruthven
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‘Lazy’ Aston Villa are in serious trouble
Unai Emery didn’t hang around after full time to applaud the Aston Villa fans who’d travelled to the Stadium of Light to see another dismal performance by their team on Sunday, quickly disappearing down the tunnel to mull over his thoughts.
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Bruno Fernandes Hits 100 Goals as Amorim’s Driving Force at Manchester United
Bruno Fernandes scored his 100th goal for Manchester United in the 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday. Of those 100 goals, 30 have put United ahead in games. 21 of them have been winning goals, illustrating just how important the Portuguese midfielder has been to the Old Trafford club over the last five years.
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Michael Olise can show Chelsea the sort of winger they’re missing in Bayern Munich meeting
Chelsea wanted a new winger this summer. More than one, actually, and they signed some, adding Estevao, Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho to their squad. Joao Pedro can also operate out wide. This was an area the decision-makers at Stamford Bridge identified as a priority and the Blues spent the best part of £200m addressing it.
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Noni Madueke is proving his Arsenal doubters wrong as the perfect deputy for Bukayo Saka
It wasn’t so long ago that a petition titled #NoToMadueke circulated within the Arsenal support amid reports that the Gunners could move for the Chelsea winger. Noni Madueke joined the North London club against a backdrop of opposition from fans who didn’t believe the 23-year-old would meaningfully improve Mikel Arteta’s team.
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Ruben Amorim is entering the most important month of his Manchester United career
Ruben Amorim couldn’t watch as Bruno Fernandes took a stoppage time penalty against Burnley before the international break. Had the Portuguese midfielder missed, as he did in the 1-1 draw against Fulham, the malaise around Manchester United would have deepened.
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England have gone backwards under Thomas Tuchel with the Three Lions boss facing more questions
Thomas Tuchel promised a relaunch. After a difficult June international break which raised questions over England’s direction under the German, Tuchel wanted the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia to mark the start of a new phase for his team.
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Three big issues Thomas Tuchel must solve for England before the 2026 World Cup
England will take on Andorra and Serbia in World Cup qualifying over the next week with Thomas Tuchel intent on making the most of the international break to remould the Three Lions ahead of next year’s tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
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Which Premier League club had the best summer transfer window?
The 2025 summer transfer window is over and over £3 billion has been spent on new transfers across the Premier League. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur were all busy, but which clubs did the best business? 1 – Liverpool Not only did Liverpool spend more money than any other Premier League club this summer, they added genuine quality to their squad.
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Max Dowman could be Arsenal’s answer to Lamine Yamal
Saturday was very nearly the perfect day for Arsenal. They won their first home league game of the season by putting five goals past Leeds United. Two of them were scored by summer signing Viktor Gyokeres after another new addition Ebere Eze was unveiled before kick off.
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‘Frank-ball’ is working well for Tottenham Hotspur
Two games into the 2025/26 season, the top of the Premier League table is currently dominated by North London’s two rival clubs. Of course, it’s far too early to expect it to stay this way, but Tottenham Hotspur have made a faster start to the campaign than many expected having claimed six points from a possible six.
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Man Utd’s failure to sign a goalkeeper could ruin their rebuild
Arsenal’s threat from set pieces is well-known, as is Altay Bayindir’s weakness in defending them. The Turkish goalkeeper was beaten straight from a corner kick in a Carabao Cup defeat by Tottenham Hotspur last season and Bayindir cost Manchester United once again as Arsenal inflicted a 1-0 defeat on the opening weekend of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign.
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