Month: November 2024

Eddie Jones finds it laughable to hear Gareth Southgate coming in for heavy criticism after the England football team s poor Nations League results.

England rugby union head coach Jones says those rushing to judge Southgate s aptitude as boss of the Three Lions are showing they have short memories.

Southgate led England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and to the Euro 2020 final, but two defeats to Hungary either side of draws with Germany and Italy have led to a backlash.

There has been a clamour among some impatient supporters for Southgate to be replaced before the World Cup gets under way in November.

Jones said he 100 per cent understood the position in which Southgate finds himself, having faced flak himself over England s rugby results.

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Edinson Cavani of Paris Saint-Germain is not interested in joining Inter Miami in the near future, according to L Equipe. The French outlet claim that the 31-year-old striker was contacted by David Beckam s newly established Major League Soccer venture as they aimed to make the Uruguay international their first big-name signing, but he wasn t interested in the move.

Cavani, who has been a PSG player since 2013 when he arrived from Napoli, but having made 284 appearances and scored 195 goals for the Ligue 1 champions, he is yet to play since August 25th when he was substituted 14 minutes into the 4-0 win over Toulouse due to a hip injury. He sat out the 1-4 away win over OGC Nice on Friday on the bench as he works his way back to full fitness.

The striker has been linked…

Gianni Infantino has asked each country to name one stadium after Pele in a tribute to the Brazil great.

Pele, the only man to win the World Cup three times as a player, passed away last week aged 82.

Brazil entered a national period of mourning after Pele s death.

Pele s coffin was placed in the centre circle at Urbano Caldeira Stadium in Sao Paulo, the home of his former club Santos, and FIFA president Infantino was in attendance on Monday.

We are going to ask that all countries in the world have at least one stadium with the name of Pele, Infantino told reporters in Brazil.

[This will be] so that children know Pele s importance [to the game of football].

1 Pelé was the youngest player at the World Cup to:

Score a goal (17 y…

According to Sky in Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg, Naby Keita is not happy with his current status at Liverpool.

The Guinean midfielder arrived to Anfield from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2018 for a reported fee of €60 million. He hasn t been able to make the expected impact at the club as injuries kept nibbling at his efforts to establish himself as a regular starter. In all competitions, he has so far made 117 appearances in the Red shirt, scoring 11 goals and providing seven assists.

Keita s contract with the Merseysiders expires at the end of the season. Apparently, there have been talks about a new deal, but they ve now been put on hold as the 27-year-old considers his options. Providing their valuation is met by a prospective suitor club, Liverpool coul…

Zenit St Petersburg are interested in signing Dejan Lovren from Liverpool this summer, according to Paul Joyce of The Times.

Zenit St Petersburg interested in signing Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren.

paul joyce (@_pauljoyce)

The Croatia international arrived to Anfield as a part of the three-man contingent from Southampton in 2014, together with midfielder Adam Lallana, and striker Rickie Lambert who has retired since. Lovren has been in and out of the team under Jurgen Klopp, but he has fallen down the pecking order more notably in the last two seasons, eventually becoming fourth-choice centre-back behind Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip. This season he has managed to book no more than 15 appearances in all competitions for the Premier League cha…

According to a number of sources, Bayern Munich midfielder Marcel Sabitzer has left Germany and is on his way to Manchester, where he should undergo a medical before signing for United on loan for the rest of the season. The two clubs have already reached an agreement, after the player himself accepted the terms proposed by the 20-time English champions.

Chelsea were apparently interested as well, having given up on Brighton s Moises Caicedo and not reached an agreement with Benfica yet for Enzo Fernandez, but Sabitzer chose Old Trafford as his destination.

The window closes this evening (Tuesday), and United are forced to act fast in the light of the injury suffered by Christian Eriksen, set to keep the Denmark international out of action until the end of April, and po…

Harvey Elliott has been inspired by working alongside Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, but now he sees the duo as part of the competition for first-team opportunities at Liverpool.

Elliott was handed his full Premier League debut by Jurgen Klopp in Saturday s 2-0 win over Burnley, becoming the 10th youngest player start a top-flight game for Liverpool and the youngest since Ben Woodburn in April 2017.

The 18-year-old previously appeared for Fulham aged just 16 years and 30 days, making him the youngest player to appear in Premier League history.

However, after a positive loan spell with Blackburn in the Championship last term, Elliott is back at Anfield and proving he can fit right in to Klopp s team.

The first few training sessions after I first a…

Mikel Arteta says his conscience is calm  after leaving Mesut Ozil out of his Premier League squad and insists the decision was made solely for football reasons. 

The former Germany international was not included in the 25-man group for the 2020-21 season when it was submitted on Tuesday after also being left out of the Gunners  Europa League squad earlier in October. 

Ozil, who has not played for the club since a match against West Ham on March 7, expressed his disappointment in the decision on Wednesday, posting on social media: I pledged my loyalty and allegiance to the club that I love, Arsenal, and it saddens me that this has not been reciprocated.

Ozil s influence has waned since providing 19 assists and creating 28 big chances in 35 Premier League …

Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga with a 4-1 victory over Villareal at the Bernabeu.

Jude Bellingham’s dream debut season in Madrid continued when he opened the scoring and a strike before the break from Rodrygo helped give Los Blancos a commanding half-time lead.

Villareal fought back in the second half when Jose Luis Morales pulled a goal back but further goals from Brahim Diaz and Luka Modric ensured Madrid returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion.

I ve seen this celebration more than I ve seen my family this year.

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden)

Madrid forced the opening chance inside eight minutes when Bellingham headed into the grasp of goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen from inside the box.

The hosts dominated the early …

Juventus took a huge step back towards the top end of the Serie A table with a crucial 0-1 victory away to Inter Milan on Sunday, courtesy of a fine strike by Filip Kostic in the 23rd minute. It was a frustrating evening for the home side, which eventually erupted into a scuffle at the very end. As a result, Danilo D Ambrosio and Leandro Paredes, both of whom came on as substitutes for their respective teams, were both sent off after the final whistle.

The game

The contest started as a relatively balanced one, with both teams arranged in the 3-5-2 formation. The battle in the congested midfield area was fierce from the first whistle, and both teams sought to engage their strikers, Romelu Lukaku and Dusan Vlahovic, with relatively frequent long passes. But it was Inter who thre…