All posts tagged "Premier League"
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Brendan Rodgers must avoid another late Leicester collapse
After Leicester’s recent 3-2 defeat to West Ham at the London Stadium, those that support the Foxes may well be fearing that history is about to repeat itself. Last season, Brendan Rodgers navigated Leicester into a position where they were regarded as a dead cert to secure Champions League football the following campaign – only for their form to go off a cliff and them eventually finishing fifth on the final day.
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Spurs must rid themselves of ENIC after European Super League chaos
The fallout from the European Super League continues to dominate the headlines and is becoming somewhat toxic. After an astonishing week in football, the beautiful game currently looks rather ugly. Although the controversial plans have been scrapped, at least for now, an element of unease remains within the game and, with the Premier League clubs at loggerheads, civil war is on the horizon.
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Six contenders to be the next Tottenham manager
Jose Mourinho’s sacking has been coming for a while but for Tottenham to confirm the news at the start of the week they play in the Carabao Cup final still came as a surprise. Ryan Mason has been confirmed as interim manager until the end of the season and, after beating Southampton in his first match, will next take Spurs to face Manchester City at Wembley, which itself is some story after the 29-year-old was forced into early retirement by a terrible head injury.
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6 options for a next job for Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho always seemed like an unnatural fit at Tottenham and the inevitable news of his departure broke on Monday, just days before the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City as time was finally up.
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Forget Shearer, Jimmy Greaves is English football’s top scorer
There was more significant news to emerge from the football world this weekend but Harry Kane’s two goals against Everton on Friday night moved him ahead of Robbie Fowler in the list of the Premier League all-time scorers.
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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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Marcelo Bielsa must stay to welcome Leeds fans back
Leeds United can be rather pleased with their return to the top flight of English football and the mastermind behind the current good times is none other than Marcelo Bielsa. The arrival of the Argentine to West Yorkshire made quite a splash in 2018 and, although he would be denied promotion from the EFL Championship at the first time of asking, not even a global pandemic could stand in his way last season.
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Tottenham hold the cards in Harry Kane situation
It was reported last week that Harry Kane is considering his future at Tottenham. Last Sunday’s defeat by Manchester United will have done little to convince him to stay. For the eighth time this season Spurs failed to protect a lead and ended up dropping points.
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Is time up for Jose Mourinho at Spurs?
It seems like an awfully long time since Tottenham were top of the Premier League when they visited Liverpool but it was, in fact, just before Christmas. Roberto Firmino’s late header earned the Reds a 2-1 win at Anfield and Spurs have struggled for consistency ever since.
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Paul Pogba becoming the player United hoped he would
Had it not been for the Covid-19 pandemic, there’s a good chance Paul Pogba would have left Manchester United last summer. Everything was set up for the Frenchman to bid farewell to Old Trafford for a second time in his career only for a transfer market, and wider economic, depression to cut off his escape routes.
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Jurgen Klopp facing tough dilemma over Sadio Mane
Last season, only Mohamed Salah scored more than Sadio Mane for Liverpool. 18 goals in 35 Premier League appearances represented another significant haul for the Senegalese forward after he’d struck 22 in 36 games the season before.
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