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Frank Lampard believes he is judged differently from other Premier League managers
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard believes that he is judged differently from the other managers in the Premier League. Asked if he feels he is judged differently, Lampard said to Independent: “I think possibly, yes; I think when I got this job a lot of people were questioning me getting the job. “A lot of people told me ‘are you sure you want to take it’ because of maybe opinion. And I think when sometimes people can be very quick to form opinions straight away, for whatever reason, and being a young English manager with one year at Derby some of that I understood. “But at the same time I think sometimes we just have to judge people on face value, like we do judge any manager; it doesn’t matter where you’re from, I think all managers should be judged the same.” The former England internationa...
Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu resigns
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned from his position along with the entire board. The 57-year-old has faced a lot of criticism in the recent months and the club’s members were actively trying to get him out with a vote of no confidence. The Spanish club crashed to a 3-1 defeat at home to Real Madrid recently. Barcelona regressed on the pitch under his leadership and his questionable managerial choices contributed to that. Furthermore, he failed to hold on to star players like Neymar. Star player Lionel Messi was frustrated with life under Bartomeu as well and the Argentine tried his best to leave the Spanish club earlier in the summer. It will be interesting to see if he decides to stay now that the 57-year-old is gone. President Josep Maria Bartomeu announces the resign...
Gary Neville thinks Harry Kane looks happier this season
Gary Neville said on the Monday Night Football show on Sky Sports Premier League (7pm broadcast start, October 26, 2020) that Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane looks happier now. The former Manchester United defender, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes that Kane is happier at the way Spurs are playing this season. Neville said on the Monday Night Football show on Sky Sports Premier League (7pm broadcast start, October 26, 2020): “I watched Kane at points last season, and I didn’t think he looked happy at the way that the team were playing. He looks happier now. “There’s more passes, more possession, more playing to feet, more runners in behind and better players around him.” Harry Kane Stats According to WhoScored, Kane has scored five goals and provided eight assists in...
Troy Deeney comments on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s Arsenal form
Watford striker Troy Deeney gave his take on the current form of Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on talkSPORT (7:40am, October 26, 2020). Aubameyang is arguably the best player on the books of Arsenal at the moment and is a proven goalscorer. According to WhoScored, last season, the 31-year-old striker scored 22 goals and provided three assists in the Premier League and scored three goals in the Europa League for the Gunners. During the 2018-19 campaign, the Gabon international scored 22 goals and provided five assists in the league and scored eight goals and gave two assists in the Europa League, according to WhoScored. However, the former Borussia Dortmund star is struggling for goals at the moment. Aubameyang has scored one goal and provided one assist in six Premier League games...
John Aldridge reacts on Twitter to Liverpool win against FC Midtjylland
John Aldridge has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to Liverpool’s win against FC Midtjylland at home on Tuesday evening. Liverpool have got the better of Midtjylland 2-0 at Anfield in the Champions League. After a goalless first half, the defending Premier League champions took the lead in the 55th minute through Diogo Jota. Trent Alexander-Arnold combined well with Xherdan Shaqiri before the right-back set up former Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Jota to tap home. Mohamed Salah secured the points for the Reds in their second Group D game in the third minute of injury time from the penalty spot. The Egypt international was brought down by Paulinho inside the box, and the forward made no mistake from the resulting spot kick. This was Jurgen Klopp’s side second successive win in the Cha...
Report: Leeds United eye Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara
Leeds United are among the clubs interested in signing Glen Kamara from Rangers, according to TEAMtalk. It has been reported that Premier League clubs Leeds, Everton and Southampton have watched the former Arsenal prospect in recent weeks. Newcastle United, Burnley, Brighton and Hove Albion, Sheffield United and Brentford made checks on the 24-year-old Finland international midfielder in the summer transfer window, according to the report. It has been further reported that Rangers manager Steven Gerrard does not want to lose the 24-year-old in the January transfer window and is desperate to tie him down to a new deal, with the midfielder’s current contract running out in the summer of 2023. How has Glen Kamara fared at Rangers? Kamara has been on the books of Rangers since January 2019 whe...
Son Heung-min says Tottenham Hotspur teammate Harry Kane is ‘incredible’
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min raved about his teammate Harry Kane on beIN SPORTS (10:10pm, October 26, 2020). Son said that he and Kane have developed a strong understanding with each other on the football pitch. The South Korea international added that the 27-year-old England international is “incredible”, and outlined how he helps him score goals. The 28-year-old made the comments following Spurs’ 1-0 win against Burnley away from home at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Monday evening. Son scored the winner for Spurs on 76 minutes when he headed home after Kane had headed Erik Lamela’s pass onto him. Son said about Kane on beIN SPORTS (10:10pm, October 26, 2020): “I think we understand quite well. We spoke already so many times. But I think he is just incredible. “I don’t ha...
Opinion: Arkadiusz Milik would be a superb January signing for Everton
Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik has been linked with a move away from the club for a while now. It seems that the 26-year-old is prepared to leave the Italian giants when the transfer window reopens in January. Initially, it seemed like the Polish striker would move to Juventus when his contract expires. However, the player is thought to be frustrated with the lack of playing time at Napoli and he is ready to leave in January so that he can get back to playing every week. Apparently, Tottenham and Everton remain keen on signing the Polish striker. Both clubs were heavily linked with a move for the 26-year-old earlier in the summer. It will be interesting to see where Milik ends up eventually. Tottenham have already signed Carlos Vinicius and Milik would be the third choice striker if he mov...
Rio Ferdinand has a message for Arsenal
Rio Ferdinand said on Rio Ferdinand Presents Five that Arsenal need to bounce back quickly from the defeat to Leicester City at the weekend. The former Manchester United and Leeds United central defender believes that Arsenal have been caught up in the hype surrounding Thomas Partey. The Gunners signed the 27-year-old Ghana international defensive midfielder from Atletico Madrid on the final day of the summer transfer window. According to BBC Sport, Arsenal paid Atletico Partey’s full release clause of £45.3 million. Partey made his first start in the Premier League on Sunday evening against Leicester city. Although the midfielder played well, he could not prevent the Gunners from losing the Premier League match 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium. Ferdinand believes that Arsenal’s defeat to Leice...
Report: West Ham United players keen on manager David Moyes’ long-term stay
West Ham United continued their impressive run against some of the best teams in the English Premier League on Saturday, holding Manchester City to a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium. The result ended manager Pep Guardiola’s run of victories against the Hammers, and his counterpart David Moyes will hope his players can keep replicating such performance going forward. Man City won all their past previous eight Premier League games against the Hammers in convincing fashions, winning 5-0, 4-0, 4-1, and 4-0 respectively during their last four trips to West Ham. The London Stadium outfit have secured convincing victories over Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City, holding both Spurs and Man City to draws after respective losses to Newcastle United and Arsenal in their opening league games of...
Would Arsenal miss Shkodran Mustafi if he left next summer?
Shkodran Mustafi wants to leave Arsenal at the end of the season when his current contract runs out, according to Football.London. Arsenal offered the 28-year-old central defender a contract extension in the summer of 2020, but the Germany international turned it down, according to the report. The report has claimed that the former Sampdoria and Valencia centre-back is keen a move back to Italy next summer when he is out of contract at Arsenal. Shkodran Mustafi’s recent stats Mustafi did not have the best of times under former Arsenal manager Unai Emery, who told Sky Sports in August 2019 that it would be best for the defender if he left. Emery made the comments despite the 28-year-old playing 31 times in the Premier League and six times in the Europa League for the Gunners during the 2018...
Premier League Match Preview, Team News and Predicted Line-ups: Burnley vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur will look to put last Sunday’s disappointing 3-3 draw with West Ham United behind them when they visit Burnley today in their sixth English Premier League game of 2020-21. Jose Mourinho’s men have won just twice this term, losing once and drawing another two, and they will be keen to pick up a valuable victory on a tough ground having left with a point the last time they were at Turf Moor in March. They put last weekend’s blow – which saw them throw away their three-goal in 10 minutes – behind them to secure a 3-0 victory in their Europa League group stage opener against LASK, but Burnley are a different side and Spurs might not find it easy at Turf Moor. Sean Dyche’s men have struggled this term, though, and they are without a victory in four Premier League games, losing...
