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‘Lazy’ Aston Villa are in serious trouble
Unai Emery didn’t hang around after full time to applaud the Aston Villa fans who’d travelled to the Stadium of Light to see another dismal performance by their team on Sunday, quickly disappearing down the tunnel to mull over his thoughts.
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Dembele’s win shows that Ballon d’Or voting has returned to its roots
In recent years, the Ballon d’Or has become a symbol of football’s increasingly individualistic culture. The criteria for winning it changed without anyone saying so. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have done so much for football, but their generation-defining fight to be the best has perhaps had an adverse effect on the way success is measured, particularly in the realm of this award.
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Bruno Fernandes Hits 100 Goals as Amorim’s Driving Force at Manchester United
Bruno Fernandes scored his 100th goal for Manchester United in the 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday. Of those 100 goals, 30 have put United ahead in games. 21 of them have been winning goals, illustrating just how important the Portuguese midfielder has been to the Old Trafford club over the last five years.
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Was Noni Madueke misjudged by Arsenal fans?
There weren’t many more unpopular signings this summer than Noni Madueke to Arsenal, and much of the negativity came from Gunners fans. The truth is, it probably wasn’t aimed at Madueke himself, but rather the idea that yet another Chelsea squad player was heading to the Emirates Stadium and the optics of that were far from ideal.
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Michael Olise can show Chelsea the sort of winger they’re missing in Bayern Munich meeting
Chelsea wanted a new winger this summer. More than one, actually, and they signed some, adding Estevao, Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho to their squad. Joao Pedro can also operate out wide. This was an area the decision-makers at Stamford Bridge identified as a priority and the Blues spent the best part of £200m addressing it.
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Noni Madueke is proving his Arsenal doubters wrong as the perfect deputy for Bukayo Saka
It wasn’t so long ago that a petition titled #NoToMadueke circulated within the Arsenal support amid reports that the Gunners could move for the Chelsea winger. Noni Madueke joined the North London club against a backdrop of opposition from fans who didn’t believe the 23-year-old would meaningfully improve Mikel Arteta’s team.
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Ruben Amorim is entering the most important month of his Manchester United career
Ruben Amorim couldn’t watch as Bruno Fernandes took a stoppage time penalty against Burnley before the international break. Had the Portuguese midfielder missed, as he did in the 1-1 draw against Fulham, the malaise around Manchester United would have deepened.
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From Nuno to Postecoglou: Forest’s Risky Shift in Footballing Identity
Many Nottingham Forest fans do not view the club’s owner, Evangelos Marinakis, as the toxic presence he has become known as externally. But waking up to the sacking of manager Nuno Esperito Santo on Tuesday morning must have been tough to fathom.
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England have gone backwards under Thomas Tuchel with the Three Lions boss facing more questions
Thomas Tuchel promised a relaunch. After a difficult June international break which raised questions over England’s direction under the German, Tuchel wanted the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia to mark the start of a new phase for his team.
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This is Mikel Arteta’s make or break season
Mikel Arteta has worked wonders at Arsenal, turning them from midtable Premier League fodder when he arrived in December 2019 into genuine title contenders. But the issue is, that sentence could have been written in 2022; in the three years since, the club hasn’t been able to make the final leap and the pressure is growing on him to do so.
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Three big issues Thomas Tuchel must solve for England before the 2026 World Cup
England will take on Andorra and Serbia in World Cup qualifying over the next week with Thomas Tuchel intent on making the most of the international break to remould the Three Lions ahead of next year’s tournament in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
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