Stories By Harry De Cosemo
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Can Joan Laporta redefine Barcelona for a second time?
Joan Laporta has guided Barcelona through choppy waters before and he is primed and ready to go once again. As he aims to win presidential re-election this year, he came with a stern message to the voters: elect me or Lionel Messi will leave.
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Celtic can’t afford to get Neil Lennon replacement wrong
The greatest enemy of success is complacency but the latter can easily follow the former if a spell of dominance remains unchallenged for long enough. As the saying goes, you either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
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Steve Bruce leading Newcastle United to relegation
Sometimes, the shadows can be a saviour. Steve Bruce has been protected by his critics’ inability to reach him this season. Stadiums are empty, press conferences are restricted to Zoom and, therefore, only half as intense and much more controlled.
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Jesse Lingard enjoying new lease of life at West Ham
Michael Antonio called them ‘Backstreet Moyes’ but when the West Ham players joined Jesse Lingard in mimicking a musical band as a goal celebration, it was about more than comic effect for a club enjoying a surprisingly good season.
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Mbappe ascends as Messi’s heir at Nou Camp
The Camp Nou was vast in its emptiness on Tuesday night, and that was perfectly fitting. In the stands, silence swirled from stand to stand as yet another showpiece Champions League event passed by without a trace of the atmosphere and spectacle it deserved.
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Man Utd defence is crying out for a partner for Harry Maguire
Manchester United’s first title challenge in eight years is in danger of petering out. Drawing against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Sunday leaves them seven points behind Manchester City, having played a game more.
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Wolves facing first bump in the road under Nuno
First Julen Lopetegui came within a whisker of Molineux, before eventually taking over as Spain boss. Then Ruben Neves, FC Porto’s precociously talented midfielder and the youngest ever Champions League captain, joined the revolution.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic milestone proves how special he really is
How fitting it was that on this weekend of all, when ageing legends rolling back the years became the theme, that Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked yet another milestone. The world was too busy watching on as 43-year-old Tom Brady won a seventh SuperBowl, his first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on Sunday night, but earlier that day, at the San Siro, football’s own evergreen superstar was scoring his 500th club career goals in a 4-0 Serie A victory over Crotone.
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin rise shows Ancelotti’s worth to Everton
When Marco Silva departed Everton in the first half of last season, it saw a bitter curtain brought down on yet another failed experiment at Goodison Park. The Toffees had been scratching around for a new identity after David Moyes left for Manchester United in the summer and 2013, and they were keen to develop from a hard-working, punch-above-your-weight kind of team they had become known as.
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Dele Alli and his Tottenham Hotspur career not finished yet
It feels like a lifetime ago, but the initial jolt into form that Jose Mourinho’s arrival at Tottenham Hotspur triggered in Dele Alli has become rather ironic. Mauricio Pochettino had moulded a squad full of young, vibrant, technically gifted and hard working players, but there was a clear drop off at the club in his final months, both before and after a Champions League final defeat to Liverpool, of which Dele had become indicative.
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Newcastle win too little, too late for Steve Bruce
It’s amazing what the return of Allan Saint-Maximin, the gradual lowering of expectations and a deepening sense of crisis have done for perspective at Newcastle United. Leeds United won at St James’ Park on Tuesday evening, ending their own run of three straight defeats while stretching their hosts’ wait for a league victory to nine games.
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