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Saturday, November 25, 2017

‘All you need in a leader’: Sean Dyche’s stock keeps rising at Burnley

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‘All you need in a leader’: Sean Dyche’s stock keeps rising at Burnley

Burnley go into Sunday’s meeting with Arsenal level on points with Arsène Wenger’s side and those who have worked for and alongside their manager are in no doubt about his qualities

When Everton sacked Ronald Koeman on 23 October Sean Dyche was instantly cited among the favourites to replace him at Goodison Park. A month later the club are still without a permanent manager yet the speculation surrounding Dyche’s future has not proved a distraction. Burnley are up to seventh in the Premier League, four points ahead of eighth-placed Watford at the start of the weekend, and on Sunday face an Arsenal side who are ahead only on goal difference.

Twenty-two points after 12 matches is a fine return. Dyche’s side have just recorded three consecutive victories – a club record in the Premier League – and if it appears curious to some that Everton appear to have decided against Dyche, Burnley will hardly care. His ability to maintain focus and reel off those three wins on the bounce shows a key attribute: the level of control he commands over Burnley.

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Friday, November 24, 2017

Marouane Fellaini suing New Balance for £2m over ‘defective’ boots

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Marouane Fellaini suing New Balance for £2m over ‘defective’ boots

• Manchester United player says kit man had to steam and stretch boots
• New Balance says it sent new boots and Fellaini said they were ‘perfect’
• Mourinho fears Fellaini could leave United as contract talks drag on

A high court judge may have to examine a series of WhatsApp messages if asked to rule on a row over Marouane Fellaini’s boots.

The Manchester United midfielder says the sportswear giant New Balance provided “defective quality” boots which had to be “steamed and stretched” by a club kit man before he could wear them.

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

The Joy of Six: unlikely football career twilights

Football | The Guardian

The Joy of Six: unlikely football career twilights

From Micky Quinn’s eventful Greek swansong to Socrates’s freezing cold cameo in north Yorkshire, via Johan Cruyff sticking it to Ajax, George Best and more

It is hard to imagine a striker as typically old-school as Micky Quinn choosing to broaden his horizons. He was a burly scouser, his nickname was “Sumo” because of his wobbly midriff and he was unashamedly fond of a pie and pint. So how was it that he ended up seeing out his career in northern Greece with PAOK Thessaloniki aged 33? “They offered me twice as much money as I’d been earning for just one season in Greece.” Ah. He also wanted to carry on playing after being released by Coventry and had received very few offers in England despite having been prolific pretty much everywhere he played. His signing was seen as a coup in the Greek Super League. The club met him with garlands off the flight and hundreds of fans turned up to roar their approval as he stepped off the plane with eyes agog. That was as good as it got.

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Jordan Henderson: Don’t blame defence for Liverpool’s Sevilla collapse

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Jordan Henderson: Don’t blame defence for Liverpool’s Sevilla collapse

• ‘We let ourselves down … we stopped playing,’ says Liverpool captain
• Henderson blames failure to maintain supply line to Mané, Firmino and Salah

Jordan Henderson has insisted Liverpool’s defending was not the principal cause of their alarming collapse against Sevilla but conceded Jürgen Klopp’s team “let themselves down” in the Champions League.

Liverpool missed the chance to qualify for the knockout stage as group winners with a game to spare after squandering a three-goal interval lead in Andalusia on Tuesday. Alberto Moreno was withdrawn against his former club having erred for Sevilla’s first two goals, scored by Wissam Ben Yedder, while Guido Pizarro equalised in the 93rd minute when Liverpool failed to clear a corner.

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