Stories By Jonnie Gorrie
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United must dispense of Solskjaer to progress
Manchester United are not rebuilding. Following the dismal Europa League final loss to Villarreal, the idea of this being a team in transition was raised by the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves on BT Sport, with much of the analysis centering around the fact manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed to be backed this summer.
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Kane saga the biggest test of Daniel Levy so far
If Harry Kane leaves Tottenham Hotspur this summer, it will be the biggest test on how far Tottenham Hotspur have actually come. With chairman Daniel Levy hell-bent on making Spurs one of the major players in European football, any exit for Kane will shine a light directly on just how capable he is of doing that on a sporting basis.
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Frank Lampard to Crystal Palace would be a risk for both parties
On paper, the idea of seeing Frank Lampard take over at Crystal Palace would be quite exciting. Lampard is a talented, relatively young English coach with a big profile looking for redemption after being ruthlessly sacked by Roman Abramovich.
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Tottenham could do a lot worse than Antonio Conte
With Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy effectively selling the club’s soul and doing a deal with the devil in Jose Mourinho, the situation looks rather bleak at the moment. Indeed, with Harry Kane said to want away and Spurs’ Premier League rivals likely to get even stronger next season given it’s almost impossible to imagine either Liverpool or Chelsea enduring such difficult league campaigns in 2021/22, whoever takes over in North London has quite the job on their hands.
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Mo Salah can cement his Liverpool legacy by leading rebuild
At this stage of his Liverpool career, it might be tempting to wonder if Mo Salah has anything left to achieve. Seemingly flirting with the idea of a move to Spain following an interview with Real Madrid mouthpiece AS in December, this summer appeared to be a natural time to call an end to his time at Anfield, having fired the club to a sixth Champions League title and a first Premier League crown.
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Florentino Perez signings: 5 of the worst
Such is the ego of the man that, despite years of making huge signings, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez pleaded poverty when the grotesque plan to make European football a soulless VIP booth crumbled before his very eyes.
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United must pull out the stops to keep Edinson Cavani
When Manchester United signed Edinson Cavani, in what appeared to be a desperate move after failing to bring Jadon Sancho to the club, plenty of eyebrows were raised. While the great Urugyuan striker has proven to be one of Europe’s elite marksmen over the course of a glittering career in both Italy and France, the shadow of Radamel Falcao loomed large over Old Trafford.
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Silver lining on the horizon for Barcelona
Following their dismal loss to Bayern Munich in August 2020, one of football’s greatest dynasties, Barcelona, looked as if they was crumbling. Indeed, with Lionel Messi infamously sending a burofax detailing his desire to leave the Camp Nou, amid suggestions that one of the biggest clubs in the world were facing financial ruin, everything looked bleak for the Spanish giants.
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Harry Kane should resist transfer and stay at Spurs
Though the insatiable nature of transfer rumours will likely always see him linked with a move away, trying to frame the fact that Harry Kane looks destined to stay at Tottenham Hotspur for most of his prime years as a bad thing seems wide of the mark.
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Five stars priced out of summer transfers in 2021
While clearly not the most profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shifting landscapes of football finances could spell an end to something we’ve become so accustomed to, with huge summer transfers likely to be less frequent than usual in the coming months.
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Erling Haaland transfer: Where could he go next?
With Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe emerging as the heirs to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, they could be the two most in demand transfer targets in the world in the coming years. Indeed, given Mbappe is currently in the clutches of the state-backed Paris Saint-Germain, only a select few moves look like realistic possibilities for the 2018 World Cup winner, so it is Haaland who features within gossip columns and the like on a more regular basis.
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