Stories By Harry De Cosemo
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Sport
United must listen to Roy Keane and sign Harry Kane
People who worked closely with Roy Keane in his playing and coaching days have often said that his appearances as a pundit on Sky Sports are a performance. His persona is fabricated and has become part of his appeal.
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Buffon deserves immortalisation, as incredible career continues
Nothing stands out about Gigi Buffon, because everything is spectacular. Loyalty, agility and marketability; when it comes to any and every facet of being a great footballer, Buffon has excelled. There is perhaps one thing missing from that list which he also has in droves though, longevity.
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Not all clubs will be eager for fans back in stadiums
Cliched it may be, but there has never been so much irrefutable evidence that football is nothing without fans back in stadiums. Strip it back, take out all the noise and anticipation, and it doesn’t feel much like sport.
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Guardiola the biggest threat to his own Champions League chances
It felt unthinkable at half time against Chelsea on Saturday night that Manchester City wouldn’t end the day being crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four years. Raheem Sterling had just scored the opener and, although Sergio Aguero had seen a panenka penalty go horribly wrong, there was little sign of what was to come.
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Joe Willock is the signing Newcastle should, but won’t, make
The first rule of fan-player relations is to never build an emotional attachment to a loan signing. For Newcastle United supporters and Joe Willock, that ship sailed under 90 minutes into his temporary spell on Tyneside.
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Forgotten man Tammy Abraham could be this summer’s bargain
Not too long after the 2019 Championship play-off final, when the dust was beginning to settle on Aston Villa’s victory over Derby County at Wembley, Tammy Abraham must have realised something. Finally, after a three-year wait on loan at separate clubs, his big chance had arrived.
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Why are football managers valued less than players?
When Sheffield United parted company with Chris Wilder last month, Pep Guardiola spoke out. He claimed that if the two football managers swapped jobs, they would be seen completely differently to the way they are.
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Antonio Conte flourishing again at Inter
On the eve of Juventus securing their fourth successive Serie A title defence in August 2014, Antonio Conte made his feelings known. He couldn’t carry on. Conte, a former midfielder who had spent ten years with the Bianconeri, had built something special.
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Sport
Super League just a sympton of wider football issues
In what proved to be the most explosive week in modern footballing history, the mask slipped once and for all. Fans, players and managers have seen the game for what it is for a long time but generally accepted it because, while football has become entrenched into the murky world of financial capitalism, it hasn’t altered the landscape of the sport enough to warrant too much fuss European Super League proposal, however, stepped over the line.
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‘Big Six’ fans are the biggest victims of the Super League
At Old Trafford, where the eerie nature of behind-closed-doors football is felt more keenly than most other stadiums because of its sheer size, the words ‘football is nothing without fans’ are sprawled across one of the coverings for empty seats.
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El Clasico lacking the sparkle that once made it great
As football fans, we are often told to savour the moment. The most important thing is never to take the good times for granted; blink and you might just miss them. It is harder than it sounds and something of a paradox.
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