Month: November 2024

Kai Havertz hailed the impact Thomas Tuchel had on his career, with the new Bayern Munich boss having coached the Germany international at Chelsea.

Tuchel, who was announced as Bayern s coach following the shock sacking of Julian Nagelsmann last week, took charge of the Blues between January 2021 and September last year.

The German guided Chelsea to Champions League glory in 2021, with Havertz scoring the first-half winner in a 1-0 victory over fellow Premier League side Manchester City.

Speaking to The Guardian on Tuchel s influence, he said: Tuchel gave me a different idea of football.

Every detail counts, every centimetre, how you touch the ball, how you control, where you pass, which foot, movement, creating spaces: he s just top level.

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Arsenal suffered another humbling defeat to Liverpool at Anfield last week, but they have every reason to feel confident ahead of the visit of Tottenham on Sunday.

The Gunners have not lost the north London derby at Emirates Stadium since surrendering a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 in November 2010, in Spurs only away league victory against their fierce rivals in the last 26 attempts.

Spurs were beaten 4-2 in this fixture last season, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring two of his three goals against the big six in England s top flight.

The striker s record might sound in desperate need of improvement, but there are signs Unai Emery is cultivating a new system at Arsenal that could play right into the strengths of their Gabon star.

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I don t think many clubs would have given me the opportunity to train with them like United have, he said. It s something I ll always remember. It s a really unique gesture.

That statement came from Giuseppe Rossi, who has thanked Manchester United Football Club for giving him a place to train as he attempts to land himself a new club. Rossi spent three years on the books at Old Trafford between 2004 and 2007, before making the move over to Villarreal in Spain which proved to be the most successful spell of his career. However, injuries have taken their toll on the United States-born Italian over the years, and despite appearing regularly for the national team between 2008 and 2014, he’s currently on the outside looking in following a few poor years.

Rossi has been …

Nico Williams remains happy at Athletic Bilbao for now but is unsure what his long-term future holds, saying: God knows what will happen.

Williams reportedly attracted interest from Barcelona and Arsenal during the recent transfer window, having enjoyed a terrific campaign as Spain won Euro 2024.

The winger played six of La Roja s seven games in Germany, scoring twice and laying on one assist.

Only fellow Spain wideman Lamine Yamal (19) bettered his 13 chances created at the tournament, while he ranked second for successful dribbles (13) to Dani Olmo (14).

Williams has three years remaining on his contract with Athletic but that deal contains a €55million release clause, yet no club activated it before the window closed on Friday.

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“There’s no choice, I want to stay at Madrid”. 

Those were the since words from Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior who has dismissed reports linking him with a move away from Real Madrid. A report from AS claimed that Paris Saint-Germain would be coming in for him once again, to the point where they would feature him in a deal alongside Kylian Mbappe. 

Vinicius was asked about the potential deal after Real’s surprising cup loss during the week, but of course, he probably wasn’t going to discuss it one way or the other regardless of what the result was as it wasn’t the right environment for that sort of discussion. 

PSG seem to be prioritising him as one of their primary targets which is what many expected to happen. With Madrid being so hot and col…

Pep Guardiola has conceded he is uncertain if Mikel Arteta will remain as his assistant for much longer amid reports of Arsenal s interest.

Former Gunners midfielder Arteta joined Guardiola s backroom staff in 2016 and has become highly thought of as an assistant coach as Manchester City have stormed to domestic dominance.

Arteta, who spent five years at Arsenal after signing from Everton in 2011, was linked with taking over from Arsene Wenger in 2018, only for Unai Emery to be appointed instead.

Despite a run to the Europa League final last season, ex-Paris Saint-Germain coach Emery has failed to impress, with reports suggesting he is on the brink of dismissal following a poor start to the campaign.

Arteta has again being referenced as a front runner for…

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Looking to extend on their recent purple patch when they turn their attention back to EFL Trophy duties, Derby will welcome Bradford to Pride Park on Tuesday night.

Starting with the hosts, managing to make an immediate return to winning ways over the weekend, it is no secret that Derby have their sights set on securing a Championship return in 2024. Last seen storming their way to a routine 3-1 romp against Fleetwood, Paul Warne’s men have won four of their previous five appearances. Likewise, it should also be noted, the Rams have suffered just a single loss from any of their last 10 showdowns across all competitions a run that stems back to November 14th. Signing off 2023 with an action-packed 3-2 victory against Oxford…

Zlatan Ibrahimovic s arrival at Milan boosts the quality and personality in the squad, according to Fabio Capello.

Milan brought Ibrahimovic back for a second stint – the Swede having won Serie A and the Supercoppa Italiana with the Rossoneri in 2011 – on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract with MLS side LA Galaxy.

Stefano Pioli s side went into the mid-season break in 11th following a 5-0 loss to Atalanta that represented the club s worst league defeat in 21 years.

The wisdom of offering the 38-year-old a six-month deal with the option for another year was questioned by some, but Capello, who led Milan to four Scudetti and Champions League success during a defining five-year spell at San Siro in the 1990s, has no doubt the move is a posi…

Tyler Adams underlined the sky-high excitement levels in RB Leipzig s dressing room after Thursday s victory over Atletico Madrid set up a Champions League semi-final with Paris Saint-Germain.

Atletico had ousted defending champions Liverpool in the last 16 prior to the coronavirus pandemic halting this season s Champions League, but their run was ended by Adams late strike as Leipzig triumphed 2-1 in Lisbon.

Dani Olmo s 50th-minute opener was cancelled out by Atletico star Joao Felix s penalty with 19 minutes remaining, but Adams deflected strike proved the last word as Leipzig reached the last four of the competition for the first time.

After becoming the first German club outside of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to make it to the semi-finals since Scha…

Morocco head coach Walid Regragui insisted there can be no slip-ups from his side at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The 1976 champions finished top of their group with wins over Tanzania and Zambia either side of a draw against DR Congo to set up a last-16 clash against South Africa in San Pedro on Tuesday.

South Africa prevailed 2-1 when the teams met in the tournament qualifier in June so Regragui is taking nothing for granted.

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Countdown for Morocco vs South Africa

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“It’s a knockout match, it’s a change of competition, we can’t afford to make any mistake,” Regragui said in quotes on the tournament website. “We’ve done…