Holly Percival and Anthony Hay
March 23, 2022 at 1:02 PM EDT
March 23, 2022 at 1:02 PM EDT
Kulusevski: Juventus was ‘frustrating’ — I have a better relationship with the coach at Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur’s Dejan Kulusevski believes he has a better “rapport” with his new head coach Antonio Conte after enduring a “frustrating” time at previous club Juventus.
Kulusevski joined Tottenham in the January transfer window on an 18-month loan with an option to buy. He had been at Juventus for almost two years, having arrived in Turin from Atalanta.
The 21-year-old made only five league starts under the returning Max Allegri for Juventus in the first half of the season but has quickly established himself as a key player for Conte’s Spurs, starting their last seven Premier League matches.
Full story here.
Jacob Whitehead
March 23, 2022 at 12:01 PM EDT
Wolves say Ruben Neves out until May with knee injury
Jacob Whitehead
March 23, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT
Euro 2028: Russia to rival UK and Ireland for tournament despite football ban
Jacob Whitehead
March 23, 2022 at 11:12 AM EDT
NEWS: Manchester United goalkeeper Paul Woolston retires aged 23
Manchester United youth-team goalkeeper Paul Woolston has retired at the age of 23.
Woolston joined the club from Newcastle United in 2018 and signed a one-year contract extension last summer.
Before penning that extension in July, Woolston underwent two operations in March and April after sustaining a hip injury.
More here.
(Photo: Alex Livesey/Getty Images )
Jacob Whitehead
March 23, 2022 at 7:39 AM EDT
Pogba says he experienced depression under former Manchester United manager Mourinho
Paul Pogba has said that he has struggled with depression since playing under Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
Pogba was interviewed by the French tabloid Le Figaro, and when asked whether he had experienced depression during his career, replied: “Completely, and several times in my career.
“I knew I was (depressed), but you don’t talk about it. Sometimes you don’t know you’re depressed. You just want to get away from everyone, to be alone. But those are unmistakable signs.
“Personally, it started when I was with José Mourinho in Manchester. You ask yourself questions. You wonder if it’s your fault, because you have never experienced moments like that before in your life.”
Holly Percival·
Junior Editor, News
March 23, 2022 at 7:08 AM EDT
Dan Purdy returns to Everton as scouting and operations manager
Dan Purdy has rejoined Everton as scouting and operations manager, reprising a role he vacated just three months ago.
A key member of former director of football Marcel Brands’ team, Purdy, together with head of recruitment Gretar Steinsson, decided to leave the club in December with the Dutchman.
But he has since been convinced to return to Finch Farm as part of new director of football Kevin Thelwell’s restructure.
Holly Percival·
Junior Editor, News
March 23, 2022 at 4:21 AM EDT
Good morning!
Hello and welcome to today’s news blog.
Arsenal Women have Champions League football this evening – they take on Wolfsburg at 8pm GMT.
Art de Roche has detailed their leadership within a team full of leaders showing different qualities.
Holly Percival·
Junior Editor, News
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That’s all for today folks. Make sure you check back tomorrow for all the latest news updates.
Anthony Hay·
EPL Staff Editor
March 22, 2022 at 2:21 PM EDT
New Pod on the Tyne podcast
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March 22, 2022 at 1:50 PM EDT
Raheem Sterling given permission to skip England training for royal event in Jamaica
Raheem Sterling has been given permission to delay meeting up with his England team-mates in order to attend an event in Jamaica hosted by the Duke of Cambridge.
Sterling, 27 accepted a personal invitation from the Duke and will check into England’s training base on Wednesday.
The Manchester City man is proud of his Jamaican heritage, and has a “Kgn” tattoo in reference to the city of his birth — Kingston, Jamaica’s capital.
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(Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Anthony Hay·
EPL Staff Editor
March 22, 2022 at 1:11 PM EDT
Sheffield United receive Enda Stevens boost as wing-back returns in under-23s game
Sheffield United wing-back Enda Stevens came through his first 45 minutes in two months with no problems today in a major boost for the club’s promotion hopes.
The Republic of Ireland international has not played for the Championship club since the 2-2 draw at Preston North End on January 18 due to a calf problem.
With United recently without 11 outfield players through injury, Stevens’ return in Tuesday afternoon’s Under-23s victory over Colchester United was a big positive.
Click here to read the full story.
(Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)
Anthony Hay·
EPL Staff Editor
March 22, 2022 at 12:44 PM EDT
Tune in to the latest Talk of the Devils podcast
Join Laurie Whitwell, Andy Mitten and presenter Ian Irving for the latest Talk of the Devils podcast.
Anthony Hay·
EPL Staff Editor
March 22, 2022 at 11:37 AM EDT
Chelsea likely to fetch highest price ever paid for a sports team after more than 20 parties make bids
Chelsea are likely to fetch the highest price ever paid for a sports club or franchise after more than 20 interested parties made bids for the Premier League side last week.
Current owner Roman Abramovich put Chelsea up for sale on March 2, six days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started. The 55-year-old oligarch appointed New York-based merchant bank Raine Group to run the sales process and it is understood that he was hoping for a figure north of £3.5 billion.
That, however, looked unlikely when he was added to the British government’s list of sanctioned individuals on March 10, due to what it described as his longstanding and close relationship with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
Read the full story by clicking on the link below.
Anthony Hay·
EPL Staff Editor
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Chelsea likely to fetch highest price ever paid for a sports team after more than 20 parties make bids
? Chelsea are likely to be sold for highest ever price paid for a sports franchise
? More than 20 parties have made bids to buy club from Roman Abramovich
? It’s expected #CFC will be sold for £3bn, a sum that would beat the £2.5bn paid for the Brooklyn Nets— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) March 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 at 10:55 AM EDT
Rangers accuse 1872 fans’ group of launching ‘propaganda war’ against club
Rangers have accused a “small rump” of their fanbase of being “intent on causing damage to our club” and launching a “propaganda war”.
The Scottish Premiership club’s statement comes after Club 1872, an influential shareholders grouping, questioned the “judgment, competency and honesty” of the executive team, in the wake of Rangers’ decision to play a friendly match against Celtic in Sydney later this year.
Rangers’ decision to play in the exhibition has been incredibly unpopular, with fans protesting the decision at recent fixtures.
But the club have argued in a statement that the protests have an ulterior motive.
Holly Percival·
Junior Editor, News