Stories By Harry De Cosemo
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Sport
What next for Marcus Rashford ?
Marcus Rashford’s career has followed a well-trodden path in English football. He emerged as a teenager at Manchester United in 2016, exploding into life under Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford. It wasn’t long until he made his England debut and went to that summer’s European Championships as the exciting new hope of a nation.
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Sport
More Than a Game: Mourning Diogo Jota and the Power of Football
Football is in mourning. The tragic deaths of Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva has cast a dark shadow over the sport which may never fully dissipate. Liverpool, as a city and a club, are far too familiar with grief.
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Sport
What next for Eberechi Eze ?
When Eberechi Eze scored Crystal Palace’s winning goal in the FA Cup final against Manchester City in May, he could have been forgiven for thinking his work with the Eagles was done. But that isn’t what makes his character so special.
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Sport
Oviedo Back From the Brink: One Last Miracle from Santi Cazorla
Santi Cazorla is twice a European champion and an FA Cup winner. He is one of Spain’s golden generation, a marvel of a footballer who helped break down barriers. His small, diminutive frame was his springboard to success when the sport, particularly in England where he thrived at Arsenal, was convinced physical prowess was a minimum requirement.
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Sport
Spurs Make the Switch to Frank
Whether Ange Postecoglou deserved to be sacked by Spurs or not, Daniel Levy mustn’t have expected such backlash. The media were always likely to be critical because his Europa League victory flipped the narrative on the strangest of seasons in an instant.
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Sport
Jadon Sancho is at a career crossroad.
Jadon Sancho was once a trailblazer. In 2017, it was extremely rare to see England players of any age make moves abroad, let alone those looking to take their first steps at senior level. When he signed for Borussia Dortmund from Manchester City as a teenager, he was barely known outside of Etihad campus.
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Sport
Unexpected Champions League Finalists
Perhaps this wasn’t the Champions League final most people would have predicted in August, but it is hard to think of two more deserving teams meeting in Munich on Saturday than Paris Saint-Germain and Inter.
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Sport
Florian Wirtz could be the perfect player for Man City’s rebuild
Florian Wirtz is the best possible replacement for Kevin De Bruyne at Manchester City this summer. The Germany and Bayer Leverkusen playmaker is both among the best in the world right now, but possesses such potential to achieve so much more than he already has.
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Sport
Four years after imploding, Barcelona are back
There is an argument to be made that Barcelona’s Champions League semi-final against Inter is one of the greatest ties in football history. It had everything: goals, drama and the sort of pace many have realised can’t be taken for granted in the modern age.
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Sport
Parallel Projects: Amorim and Potter Under Scrutiny
When Ruben Amorim welcomes Graham Potter’s West Ham United to Old Trafford on Sunday, there will be nothing riding on the match. Two of the Premier League’s biggest under-performers will be licking their wounds and fulfilling a fixture neither will really want to play.
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Are Leeds right to consider sacking Farke?
Leeds United are back in the Premier League next season. Whatever anybody thinks of them, it is hard to deny the English top flight is a better, more interesting place with them in it. Few clubs have embodied the words ‘soap opera’ like Leeds, and that has both been to their betterment and detriment over the years.
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