West Brom have agreed a deal to sign Everton defender Mason Holgate on loan for the rest of the season. The 22-year-old, who joined the Toffees from Barnsley in 2015, has made only six appearances for the Merseyside outfit this season, with the most recent coming in September. Albion boss Darren Moore said on the …
Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno is looking forward to returning to action so soon after the Gunners were thrashed by table-topping Liverpool. The Reds maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier League season by dishing out a 5-1 hammering of Unai Emery’s visitors to Anfield on Saturday night. You can read 16 Conclusions here. Ainsley Maitland-Niles …
Sean Dyche has challenged his Burnley players to build on Sunday’s win over West Ham to haul themselves clear of trouble at the foot of the Premier League. Burnley brushed West Ham aside 2-0 with goals from Chris Wood and Dwight McNeil, and created many more opportunities to add to their lead. Though the result …
Neil Warnock has accused “top players” of tarnishing football by diving. Cardiff host Tottenham on New Year’s Day on the back of England captain Harry Kane being cautioned for a dive during Spurs’ home defeat to Wolves on Saturday. Asked about the Kane booking at Wembley – which Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer …
Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante has spoken of the pleasure he is taking from his new attacking midfield role after scoring the game’s only goal in Sunday’s 1-0 win at Crystal Palace. The Frenchman’s recent transformation from perhaps the world’s leading defensive midfielder – it was from that position he was so influential as France became world …
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Hugo Lloris is hoping 2019 will be the year he finally lifts some silverware with Tottenham. Spurs continue to make progress under manager Mauricio Pochettino but are looking to end a trophy drought which stretches back to their League Cup triumph in 2008. They have slipped nine points behind leaders Liverpool in the Premier League …
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Jesse Lingard believes Paul Pogba is back to the swashbuckling player he grew up with, having been given the confidence to express himself by Manchester United caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Questions over the World Cup winner’s happiness and future punctuated the first few months of a difficult season at Old Trafford, thanks to his …
Vincent Kompany insists Manchester City still have “everything to play for” in the Premier League title race. Club captain Kompany challenged City to take the battle to league leaders Liverpool in Thursday’s pivotal clash at the Etihad Stadium. Liverpool are seven points clear at the top of the table, with Pep Guardiola already admitting second-placed …
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Harry Maguire insists Leicester are ready to bounce back at Everton. The Foxes go to Goodison Park on New Year’s Day after Saturday’s last-gasp defeat to Cardiff, landing them firmly in the losers section. The Bluebirds claimed a 1-0 win at the King Power Stadium to stun Leicester after the Foxes’ surprise wins over Chelsea …
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Former Liverpool and England winger Peter Thompson has died at the age of 76, the Premier League club have announced. Signed by Bill Shankly from Preston in 1963, Thompson went on to become a mainstay on the left flank for the Reds as he racked up more than 400 appearances and two First Division titles …