Stories By Harry De Cosemo
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The Rise and Fall of Leicester City
Leicester City are the most captivating football club in England, for better and worse. Since 2009, the Foxes, who had been Premier League regulars before that, gained promotion from League One up to the top flight, won the most incredible title as 5000-1 outsiders, played in the Champions League, won the FA Cup, got relegated and promoted from the Championship and then relegated all the way to League One again.
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Newcastle Facing a Turning Point
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe is under growing pressure at St James’ Park, the like he hasn’t felt since his tenure began five years ago. With the Magpies sat in 14th in the Premier League table, 10 points adrift of the Champions League chase, with six games of the season remaining, a disappointing campaign is now an inevitability.
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Como’s Fairytale Is Becoming Reality
When two Indonesian billionaire brothers took Como over and brought Cesc Fabregas and Thierry Henry on board as minority shareholders in 2019, it would have been easy to dismiss it as a vanity project.
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Roberto De Zerbi’s hire at Spurs is a huge gamble.
Roberto De Zerbi’s appointment at Tottenham Hotspur has been framed as a stable, long-term appointment. But the truth is, he appears anything but. What he actually represents, is the club Spurs want to be.
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Barcelona’s Next No. 9: Laporta’s Biggest Test Yet
Barcelona have a problem up front. With Robert Lewandowski set to leave the club in the summer when his contract expires, they are certain to add more firepower. But there will be expectation that a certain calibre of replacement will be found.
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Eddie Howe under pressure after Tyne-Wear derby loss
As Eddie Howe led his Newcastle United players around the St James’ Park pitch after defeat to Sunderland on Saturday, even he must have sensed a shift in the reception he was receiving from the supporters.
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Could Endrick be Brazil’s next great attacking hope?
Twenty years ago, Brazil went into the World Cup in Germany as overwhelming favourites to defend their fifth crown. Their squad was simply too strong to ignore, with reigning World Player of the Year Ronaldinho at the peak of his powers, alongside Kaka and Robinho in other creative positions behind either Ronaldo, a waning force perhaps but still an iconic focal point, and Adriano, the man many saw as his heir.
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Letting go of Elliot Anderson : One of Newcastle’s biggest mistakes to date
When Newcastle United sold Elliot Anderson to Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2024,they were desperate. They were hours away from a likely Premier League points deduction for breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules, and had little choice but to accept a £35m deal for an academy product.
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Stability Over Style: Why David Moyes Still Matters
David Moyes is arguably the most disrespected Premier League manager of modern times. Since leaving Manchester United just seven months into a six-year contract in 2014, he has struggled to regain the universal kudos he had built at Everton.
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Trafford Faces an Uncertain Future at City
James Trafford’s return to Manchester City last summer looked like a bold move at the time, and increasingly, it looks like it was the wrong one, too. In fact, the player himself seemed to admit that at the weekend.
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Tottenham’s Identity Crisis Continues
Words from former manager Ange Postecoglou have come back to haunt Tottenham Hotspur. As of Wednesday, they are in the process of searching for the successor to his successor, after Thomas Frank was relieved of his duties.
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