Stories By Harry De Cosemo
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Chris Wilder deserved better from Sheffield United
Before and after, there was anger. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the relationship between Sheffield United fans and players bordered on hatred in 2016 and it took Chris Wilder, a pub-going Blades fan himself, to reconnect both sides.
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Elitist self-interest is the biggest threat to football
Lockdown football has taught us a lot about what is important within the sport. From a fan perspective, the last year has laid bare just how little a role the action on the pitch plays in a routine matchday.
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Liverpool meltdown won’t taint Klopp’s legacy or future
With the very biggest clubs and best teams, there is a perception that any crisis is fleeting. Results, while susceptible to spiralling out of control, will always revert back to the norm eventually. To offset that, any little issue becomes a storm in a teacup because it generates a story; regular occurrences are simply not justified for poor form.
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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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