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Miguel Delaney

4 months

In what feels a crucial period for the game's history, I have written a book on modern football, who owns it and how it has been transformed by geopolitics, capitalism and its own failures. It's out on 1 August, and you can pre-order here:

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Miguel Delaney

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2 years

Of Guardiola's 11 Champions League eliminations, EIGHT have seen decisive periods that were sudden collapses/flurries of goals conceded 2010 - 2 in 13 minutes 2014 - 3 in 18 2015 - 3 in 17 2017 - 2 in 8 2018- 3 in 19 2019- 2 in 3 2020- 2 in 8 2022- 3 in 6

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Premier League's current net spend this window is almost €1.3bn. Next biggest net spend: La Liga on €55m.

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3 years

The scene at Stamford Bridge as it’s reported Chelsea preparing to withdraw

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Van Dijk: "I think Messi is the best player in the world. He should win the Ballon D'Or. So I'm not thinking of that. But if I win, I'll take it. Messi should win it though. He is the best in the world, whether he's in the final or not."

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Klopp asked about potential effect of coronavirus. "I'm a football manager. I shouldn't be asked on these things. I'm not a politician or doctor. I wear a baseball cap."

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The European champions become the world champions, as Chelsea become the fifth club to win every major trophy. The others: Juventus, Ajax, Manchester United, Bayern Munich.

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2 years

Klopp says he advised Mane to go the different way with Mendy. "First time in my life I realise to shut up."

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3 years

A man graciously comes up to the press box: "I've got a headline for you: 'England 2-0 Germany'. Close your laptops. Let's go get f**ked."

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4 years

Premier League emergency meeting tomorrow. Am told some figures at certain clubs disagree with the decision to continue, and feel the season should be voided.

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1 year

As he lifted the trophy, Messi was wearing a bisht - something that dignitaries wear over a thawb on very formal occasions Might fit the hosts, but unusual for a World Cup final, and can fairly be described as one last piece of sportswashig.

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5 years

“They call it a Royale with cheese”

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2 years

The Premier League title race currently dependent on an Arsenal team, who are clearly good but young and developing with no experience of these races, against a club who has an average of 92 points over the past five seasons.

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6 years

Corluka is asked to stop for English press, smiles and just says: "It's not coming home!" Keeps walking.

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3 years

@FabrizioRomano It's a sportswashing project. Absolutely nothing "incredible" about it.

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2 years

The two next best players in the world have also signed on for sportswashing projects. A symbolic moment.

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2 years

Am told Chelsea squad broadly supportive of how Tuchel has handled all this.

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2 years

Another vintage mixed zone moment. Journalist: “Could this be the World Cup of Enzo Perez?” Player: “I’m Enzo Fernandez” Walks off

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3 years

Tuchel has just come out onto the pitch on his own and let out a massive roar of joy

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1 year

Argentina come through the mixed zone with the trophy - singing “puta preriodistas” 😂

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3 years

Chelsea’s withdrawal from ESL being celebrated like a CL-winning goal - chants of “Fuck Perez” become “Chelsea! Chelsea!” and “Fuck Super League”

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Southgate: "It's a sad evening... I'm not the authority on the subject. I'm a middle-aged white guy talking about racism. I just want my players to enjoy their experiences. If I've not done enough, I'm sorry for that." In contrast, Southgate excellent on the subject, for me.

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2 years

Am told Zinchenko, Ramsdale and Odegaard all in contention to start.

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2 years

Some people will take Klopp's words as bitterness or whatever, but what do they expect? It's sort of about time people in football started speaking about what is a huge problem facing the game.

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2 years

Suarez on 2010: "I didn't miss the penalty. It's not my fault."

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3 years

Gilmour starting for Chelsea in midfield, with Kante either side of him.

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4 years

Exclusive - Premier League plans have developed into clubs staying in quarantined World Cup-style bases and playing all games in midlands June/July - all 92 remaining games would be broadcast in "TV mega event" - govt backing

Premier League discusses isolated camps for hosting remaining games amid coronavirus pandemic

Exclusive: The Independent has been told that plans have been drawn up to televise all remaining 92 matches, with a handful on every day over the summer months

www.independent.co.uk

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2 years

Actually quite stunning how many football supporters think specific refs genuinely hate their clubs. An absolutely incredible mindset.

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4 years

BIG investigation: how financial disparity has destroyed football's inherent unpredictability - “we don’t want too many Leicesters” - every metric shows game worse than even 10 years ago - the private discussions set to make it worse

How football became broken beyond repair

The game is going through an unprecedented period of financial and competitive imbalance. Miguel Delaney investigates how we got here and – crucially – whether the dominance of the mega-rich is here...

www.independent.co.uk

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Ancelotti: "Everton weren't happy when I left, but I'm sure they're happy now."

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Klopp: "We got in touch with a company, neur11, and they said they can train penalty shooting. I said 'really?' They worked with us. This trophy is for them, too. "Sadio's penalty was 50-50 my responsibility."

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3 years

The fan is stabilised and on way to hospital.

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3 years

Manchester United pundit challenge: criticise the performance without criticising the manager.

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4 years

I am not in Zante

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3 years

Kalvin Phillips and Jordan Henderson stay to watch Italy lift the trophy.

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3 months

Took two minutes for a chant of "sign on" at the City Ground. Unemployment rate in Nottingham is 5.9% compared to 5.7% in Liverpool. I obviously don't say this as competition, but it's grim that a universal social problem a source of chanting.

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6 years

Huddersfield fans: "You wanted him out, you wanted him out. You two-faced bastards, you wanted him out."

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2 years

More banter Chelsea: "We've won it all." Arsenal: "You've bought it all."

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6 years

Croatia last population census was about 4.2m - the smallest country to play in a World Cup final since Uruguay 1950, and it's obviously a very different - and much bigger - football world since then. Astonishing achievement.

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Arteta: "Control is not a word I like. I like dominance and not allowing teams to breathe... but we can be chaotic."

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6 years

Liverpool fans are looking forward to every game, excited. City same. Chelsea may be similar and their manager is now fun and Spurs are obviously massively optimistic with Poch. Then you get to United and Mourinho. We fade to grey.

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4 years

Klopp's "proper football" comments put to Simeone. Asked how he plays: "To win. With all our soul."

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3 years

It’s a bit ridiculous to reduce it to goals. Messi is the better *footballer*, by some distance. It’s like selectively picking figures that suit. #mnf

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3 years

These people were given all the explanations and still booed. Simply incredible. And utterly idiotic.

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2 years

It's remarkable to see how parts of Qatar have been rattled by a simple show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community - when everybody is supposed to be "welcome" Germany may be out but they claimed a bigger win - the players, ironically, used their voice

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4 years

Leeds are better coached than at least, what, 13 or 14 Premier League clubs?

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2 years

Announced by Fifa as Bruno’s goal

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3 years

Why was Ruben Dias not sent off there, when David Luiz was?

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3 years

New contender for footballer of the year

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6 years

Wagner says the Huddersfield players have opted to go back by bus rather than the scheduled plane, so they can get the beers in. "More than one!"

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9 months

Jill Scott: “I’m a Jordan Henderson fan but now I know I wouldn’t be welcome if I wanted to watch him play football”

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2 years

Harry Maguire booed by a significant number of the Wembley crowd.

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2 years

The Champions League anthem ROARED at Celtic Park - with some light show

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Arteta: "The guy who invented this game, he wanted to make us suffer, because when you expect something, something else happens!"

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6 months

Think that Arsenal goal should have stood, have to say. If it's a handball one way, then it should be handball on Cash the other way.

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2 years

United should be delighted to lose Ronaldo. It’s over. It’s been over for 2/3 years, at least. The ludicrous debate was never “where would they be without him”, it was, “what cost is it to the collective to serve one individual”.

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4 years

Amazing that you can get beaten 6-1 at home, by the guy you replaced, and there's no criticism of the manager.

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Pogba, to be fair, personifies this modern Man United era: surprisingly expensive, should be capable of much more, but totally unreliable and inconsistent.

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The blunt reality is that if Solskjaer had no prior association with the club, a manager who had got relegated with Cardiff and won leagues with Molde never would have been appointed by a club like Utd. It's not that it's too early to tell. It's that he shouldn't be in the job.

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2 years

Any claim Klopp's comments are "xenophobic" should be seen for what it is an attempt to suppress discussion of a huge issue It's all the more absurd given a main criticism of states that own these clubs is human rights abuses of their own citizens Piece

Jurgen Klopp is right. It’s wrong to call criticism of state-owned clubs xenophobic

The Liverpool boss lamented the challenge of competing with ‘three clubs in world football who can do what they want financially’

www.independent.co.uk

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4 years

Uefa's decision means City now facing up to Premier League points deduction for this season. Exclusive:

Man City facing Premier League points penalty after being banned from Champions League

Exclusive: The defending champions have been given the unprecedented sanction of a two-year ban from the Champions League and €30m fine after ‘serious breaches’ of Uefa Financial Fair Play rules

www.independent.co.uk

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1 year

A strange history is made City become the sixth team to do three in a row They are also the first English champions to face charges from the same competition, that could yet see them expelled

Five titles in six years: Are Manchester City destroying the Premier League?

Pep Guardiola has been given limitless funds to create the perfect team in laboratory conditions, and the result has been an almost total eradication of competition at the top of the Premier League

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Amid all the Invincibles talk, let's not forget Arsenal actually *lost* their biggest game of the season that campaign, in a European match against a club across the road. Sorry, remains a huge mark against that team for me. Invincibility... except in the game that matters most

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2 years

Chelsea fans carrying a life-size cut-out of Tuchel through Madrid

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Klopp on Salah and Van Dijk: "I think both will be fine."

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3 years

Would play an unfit Sergio Ramos up front over Morata.

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5 years

Di Maria with a loud "fuck off puta" as he celebrates his assist for the goal.

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6 years

Genuinely astonishing stuff from Danny Rose, as he opens up about therapy and medication for his depression diagnosis from injury, the deep family trauma that exacerbated it, and so much more. His courageous words really are must-read.

Danny Rose: England is my salvation from my battle with depression

In an astonishingly forthright interview, Rose opens up on his troubles at Tottenham, his uncle’s suicide, his mother suffering racial abuse and his brother being shot at in the family home

www.independent.co.uk

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2 years

The effects of proper coaching becoming visible with United.

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5 years

So one of Pochettino or Klopp - who both so often have their obvious progress maligned for not adding a trophy - will now win the biggest trophy in the game.

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2 years

Disappointing - also wrong. Australia, who had the best political statement, overperformed the most

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2 years

At a technical briefing on the group stage, Arsene Wenger says 'the teams who were mentally ready to focus on the competition and not on political demonstration' played well in the opening game

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4 years

On available evidence, and relative to resources they’ve managed, Hassenhuttl is a better manager than Lampard and Solskjaer.

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3 years

While I understand certain reservations about Conte, this myth that seems to have spread that he just an updated Mourinho is bizarre. Covered him very closely at Chelsea and there were times that team were sensational. The 3-1 away to City and 5-0 against Everton were superb.

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2 years

Tuchel meanwhile keeps up his record of reaching a final in every knock-out competition he's been in so far for Chelsea. This is third in a row: FA Cup, Champions League, League Cup.

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"La Liga's net spend would barely get you a Wolves starting midfielder" etc

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Manchester United for sale? - at least three consortiums are readying for formal bid (not Musk) - belief is Glazers would sell for $6bn - United no comment on speculation - three main factors influencing Glazers position

Man Utd buyers circle amid growing optimism Glazers could finally sell

A series of industry sources insist the biggest takeover in global sports history is a strong possibility within the next year to 24 months

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Clubs to have supplied England World Cup goals 17 - Spurs (9 scorers) 14 - Man Utd (8) 13 - Liverpool (6) 7 - West Ham (3) 6 - Everton (1); Man City (4) 5 - Newcastle (3) 4 - Wolves (3) 3 - Bolton (1); Arsenal (2) 2 - Leeds (2), Chelsea (2), Villa (1), Preston (2), West Brom (1)

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4 years

A little anecdote that sums up Maradona's sheer status. Before the 1990 World Cup opener, some of the Cameroonian players started crying when they saw him in the tunnel, because they just couldn't believe they were on the same pitch as him.

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10 months

As my excellent colleague @jbraidwo points out, a celebration to sum it up. Coaching staff one side, players another

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4 years

Christ, some of the noise about this already irritating. Yes, football without fans isn't the same. But it's an unprecedented global pandemic. Compromises are necessary. No football at all is worse, and football without clubs is the worst. That's why they they're playing.

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Solskjaer has just come to edge of technical area, pointed at edge of Arsenal's area and gone "Marcus, he cannot defend. He CANNOT defend. Take him on if you want."

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2 years

Klopp comes in wearing his medal and a winner’s t-shirt

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“Ever get the feeling you’ve been had?” The end today saw a team owned by a member of the royal family of a human-rights abusing regime, all outfitted in jerseys showcasing one of their companies, lifting a trophy sponsored by that company. What is this?

Man City flex their muscle to leave helpless Watford trailing in their wake

Pep Guardiola’s side become the first side in English men’s football to win the treble

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5 years

Liverpool players in front of the Kop at the end of one of its greatest nights

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2 years

I like those bird whistles that the Palmeiras fans have.

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This time, no appeals, no excuses. Guardiola has again failed in CL. He can't keep pointing to freak results, or moments. This is on him, and a cowardly set-up No semi-finals in four years is an awful return for the most expensive project in football

Man City left looking for answers after another Champions League exit

Manchester City 1-3 Lyon: Two goals from Moussa Dembele saw the French side into the last four in Lisbon where they will play Bayern Munich

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Another racist incident isn't shocking at all. The prime minister has openly used racial language, and a significant portion (and I'm not saying all Leave voters) of the country voted for Brexit purely on the basis of limiting immigration. This is Britain going into 2020.

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The USWNT isn’t much liked by a lot of neutrals because it’s one of the first times a US team has dominated a truly international sport, bringing all the worst of the individualistic obnoxiousness of US sporting culture to truly international competition for a rare occasion.

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Gasperini with an absolutely belting quote: "If you win without danger, there's no glory to your triumph."

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Arteta points to Arsenal's number of wins this season "That's not progress, that's history."

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5 years

Bernardo Silva is now "up there". Must be among top 20 players in world or so. Becoming as important to Portugal as Ronaldo.

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United should be using this an excuse to bring in Pochettino.

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Emery: "It's a bad result, but tactically it worked how we wanted."

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A sad moment for football, and another new low

Saudi Arabia's takeover of Newcastle is about sportswashing, not football

The prospect of a state like Saudi Arabia owning a Premier League football club raises numerous concerns that cannot be ignored, writes Miguel Delaney

www.independent.co.uk

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Fair play to Klopp for being the only Premier League manager to tackle the subject of the Newcastle takeover, to go with his comments on vaccination. And he is right to call out Masters to comment.

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Messi has not just won the debate. The last month has made obvious what was always apparent, that there never should have been a debate at all Ronaldo's end is sad and warrants criticism - but is the result of bad choices and ego Piece

The gap between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has never been clearer

The stark contrast between Ronaldo joining Saudi club Al-Nassr just three weeks after Messi lifted the World Cup reflects a long-held truth: that one is a great goalscorer and the other is so much...

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Liverpool advancing for Doucoure

Liverpool identify new midfield target after missing out on Caicedo and Lavia

Jurgen Klopp is looking at the Crystal Palace player after Chelsea beat him to initial midfield choices

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Setien is to be the new Barca manager. I interviewed him a year ago, and he was fascinating to listen - and brilliant on his vision of the game, and Messi

Quique Setien: The manager who battered Barcelona and whose Real Betis team you can't miss

A combination of Pep Guardiola's purist philosophy and Maurizio Sarri's journey, having come through the lower leagues, Setien is the man behind some of Spain's most exciting football, writes Miguel...

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2 years

Watching Sky. Whatever you think of Keane's punditry, thought it was a touch disrespectful for Richards to be in hysterics as Keane makes an impassioned point.

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Tuchel says Mendy may not be fit for the Champions League and insists his recent errors are just "unlucky". "He's been doing well in training."

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Southgate on Foden: "We didn't feel it was right for Phil in the middle because he doesn't play there for his club."

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