The Telegraph reports that Antonio Rudiger could in fact stay on at Chelsea, with the player now in the last six months of his contract at Stamford Bridge. The 28-year-old German international has been linked with Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, amongst others, but the defender is prepared to listen to offers to remain with his current club, but it would require a huge signing-on bonus.
Partey must now serve a suspension on the back of his sending off, meaning that he will miss a Premier League home date with Burnley on Sunday.
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And if that brings results and players feel it is making them a better player they'll be on that train with him. Paving the way for Poch?
Now, we all want to see the players jabbed and vaccinated as much as possible, because that will keep more games on and help with everyone's safety.
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Liverpool were rarely troubled at the back, although for long periods it looked like old boy Gerrard might just leave his former Anfield stage with a point.
But Barcelona put the pressure on him immediately. They hailed him not only as a replacement for his Brazil team-mate, but also as a successor to the soon-to-leave Andres Iniesta - one of the finest midfielders of his generation.
When you lose, you are always disappointed and under pressure, he added. Sometimes the first thing you want to do is get back on the training ground.
My only question mark was whether Kane would be able to get 30 goals in a season being in a Mourinho team.
Arsenal, who had scored 66 goals in 22 games in all competitions before the trip to St Andrew's, were well contained in response.
Moshiri's financial commitment and ambition cannot be questioned. The spending - albeit horrendously ill-judged on many occasions - and the sight of a new stadium emerging at Bramley Moore Dock is testimony to that.
Farce, that has been a more frequent visitor to St James' Park than Ashley himself. But fun has never been a friend to his Newcastle.
He would not have walked away from coaching the country's best young talent for just any job. You could already see there was a plan, there was an identity at this club anyway.
SCORE PREDICTION: 2-0 BETTING ANGLE: Tottenham to win to nil (6/5 with Sky Bet) Aston Villa vs Leicester, Sunday 4.30pm, live on Sky Sports It's really difficult to seriously fancy Leicester in any Premier League match given the way Brendan Rodgers is seemingly neglecting their huge defensive issues.
So yes John McGinn, Andy Robertson, Kieran Tierney, Scott McTominay, all the big names that you want to mention, Che Adams, Lyndon Dykes, they're important but everyone else is important.
It's an illness. These players now, if I was there agent of whatever, I'd try to get them as much help as I can, because this career is very short, and goes very quickly, you want to enjoy every minute of it.
What I would say is 14 months is a long time, he said. There are young players emerging, there are players who are in a rhythm at the moment.
“He [Shaw] talks about great players – I don’t see great players there. I see [Cristiano] Ronaldo, who’s a great player, but I don’t see anyone else great there.”
The last thing I wanted to do was take Ryan Fraser off the pitch, but I felt I needed to do that for the team.
| Team | Events |
Wins | Draws |
Losses | Goal difference |
Points |
1 | Bayern Munich |
19 | 15 |
1 | 3 |
43 | 46 |
2 | Borussia Dortmund |
19 | 13 |
1 | 5 |
20 | 40 |
3 | Union Berlin |
19 | 8 |
7 | 4 |
3 | 31 |
4 | Hoffenheim |
19 | 9 |
4 | 6 |
10 | 31 |
5 | Freiburg |
19 | 8 |
6 | 5 |
8 | 30 |
6 | Bayer Leverkusen |
18 | 8 |
5 | 5 |
12 | 29 |
7 | FC Koeln |
19 | 7 |
7 | 5 |
-2 | 28 |
8 | RB Leipzig |
19 | 8 |
4 | 7 |
13 | 28 |
9 | Mainz 05 |
19 | 8 |
3 | 8 |
6 | 27 |
10 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
18 | 7 |
6 | 5 |
2 | 27 |
11 | Bochum |
19 | 7 |
2 | 10 |
-10 | 23 |
12 | Borussia Moenchengladbach |
18 | 6 |
4 | 8 |
-9 | 22 |
13 | Hertha Berlin |
19 | 6 |
4 | 9 |
-17 | 22 |
14 | Wolfsburg |
19 | 6 |
3 | 10 |
-13 | 21 |
15 | Augsburg |
18 | 4 |
6 | 8 |
-11 | 18 |
16 | VfB Stuttgart |
19 | 4 |
6 | 9 |
-11 | 18 |
17 | Arminia Bielefeld |
18 | 3 |
8 | 7 |
-8 | 17 |
18 | Greuther Fuerth |
18 | 1 |
3 | 14 |
-36 | 6 |