Stories By Graham Ruthven
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Euro 2020 looking promising for Scotland
For years, decades even, Scotland struggled to come up with an explanation for their national team’s failures on the international stage. A root-and-branch review into the structure of Scottish football was even conducted by the country’s former First Minister Henry McLeish as the long wait for major tournament qualification.
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Can Guardiola carry Man City to the quadruple?
“Four titles is a utopia,” insisted Pep Guardiola after scolding Oleksandr Zinchenko for even raising the prospect that this season could finish with a Quadruple for Man City. “It never happened before and I think it’s never going to happen,” the Catalan coach said, playing down the comments of his own player.
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Tom Brady proves that Ronaldo could return to Manchester United
In football, they say you should never go back but, despite this, speculation over a potential Cristiano Ronaldo return to Manchester United has spiked a number of times since he left Old Trafford over a decade ago.
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Harry Kane needs to cut out dangerous play before somebody gets hurt
On the basis of his disciplinary record, Harry Kane is a model professional. The centre forward has only ever been sent off once in his career and that came all the way back when he was on loan at Leyton Orient.
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Solskjaer must give Dean Henderson a fair run in goal
Dean Henderson has had a lot of time to observe and assess from the sidelines this season. After enjoying a breakthrough season on loan at Sheffield United, the 23-year-old has been second choice at Manchester United.
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Is Mbappe vs. Haaland the new Messi vs. Ronaldo?
The symbolism of Kylian Mbappe’s stunning hat trick at the Camp Nou last month was obvious. On the home turf of the greatest player of his generation, Lionel Messi, at a time when questions over his future at Barcelona linger, the French forward proved why he is at the vanguard of the next generation in a 4-1 win for Paris Saint-Germain.
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Romelu Lukaku is Europe’s best striker right now
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saw no need for Romelu Lukaku at Manchester United. Indeed, the Belgian was pushed out of the Old Trafford exit door within months of Solskjaer’s permanent appointment at the club.
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John Stones revival should inspire Maguire and England
Until recently, England were lacking an elite level central defender ahead of this summer’s European Championships. While Gareth Southgate had numerous world class options in attack and through the midfield, this wasn’t the case at the back.
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Can Rangers add European glory to their Scottish Premiership title?
Seven points is all Rangers need to clinch their first Scottish Premiership title in a decade. Of course, it has been in the bag for the Ibrox outfit for some time such is the lead they have enjoyed over rivals Celtic for months, but the sight of the trophy in Steven Gerrard’s hands will be symbolic of how far he has taken the club.
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Brendan Rodgers is the perfect manager for Tottenham
Having watched Tottenham suffer a damaging defeat to rivals West Ham on Sunday, Daniel Levy surely started to think of a way to wake up from from his increasingly deep Jose Mourinho nightmare. Within a few hours, the Spurs chairman was presented with a splash of cold water to the face.
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Traore? Pedro Neto is the Wolves winger set for the top
As wingers go, Adam Traore is about as fascinating as they come. The Spaniard’s astonishing physicality, as well as his natural gift for dribbling past opponents as if they weren’t even there, marks him out from the rest.
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