Eddie Howe has described talk of Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes being in advanced talks with Manchester United as a “waste of my energy”. The story emerged overnight with United reported to be readying a £70million bid for the Brazil international. Guimaraes is currently injured and will miss Sunday’s Tyne-Wear derby with Sunderland and Howe was…
There were some bold calls made by Thomas Tuchel as he named his England squad this morning Any player not selected in Thomas Tuchel’s England squad this morning is facing up to the prospect of missing out on their World Cup dream. That would have been the case had Tuchel called-up 26 players. However, his…
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe admits he has a “bit of work to do” to clear his players’ minds of the scar tissue created by the midweek mauling in Barcelona. Newcastle headed to Camp Nou with genuine hope of advancing to the Champions League quarter-finals following a 1-1 draw in the first leg. They held their…
Thomas Tuchel has named his England squad for the friendlies with Uruguay and Japan England boss Thomas Tuchel opted to hedge his bets today and select an enlarged 35-man squad for the upcoming friendlies against Japan and Uruguay. There were inclusions for Manchester United duo Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire while the likes of Dominic…
Thomas Tuchel has finally turned to Manchester United in a bid to bolster his England squad ahead of the World Cup. Tuchel has yet to select a player from United since taking the job last January but that will change this morning with both Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire handed recalls for the upcoming friendlies…
Aston Villa captain John McGinn hailed Jadon Sancho for producing his “best performance in a Villa shirt” in tonight’s Europa League win over Lille. Sancho made the first goal, scored by McGinn, before Leon Bailey doubled the hosts’ advantage late on to send Unai Emery’s men through to the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate. There has…
Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest remain on course for an all-English Europa League semi-final after wins that came in contrasting fashion tonight. Villa eased past Lille 2-0 at Villa Park to complete a 3-0 aggregate triumph – goals from John McGinn and Leon Bailey proving decisive for Unai Emery’s men. Forest were pushed much harder,…
John McGinn and Leon Bailey got the goals as Aston Villa made sure of their place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League with a professional display against Lille. McGinn finished a wonderful move after 54 minutes and substitute Bailey made sure of the win, and a 3-0 aggregate triumph, four minutes from time. Villa…
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner described his side’s qualification for the quarter-finals of the Conference League as a “huge achievement”. Palace edged past AEK Larnaca tonight, winning the second leg in Cyprus 2-1 thanks to an Ismaila Sarr double either side of Enric Saborit’s equaliser, to go through after a goalless first encounter in South…
Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Stefan Ortega admitted tonight’s exhausting Europa League win at Midtjylland had left them “tired” ahead of Sunday’s crunch Premier League clash with Tottenham. Forest boss Vitor Pereira made nine changes to his starting XI but had to call upon regulars such as Morgan Gibbs-White, Elliot Anderson and Murillo as the tie went…
