Friday, February 2, 2018

Mkhitaryan set to start vs. Everton, Aubameyang a doubt - Arsene Wenger

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Mkhitaryan set to start vs. Everton, Aubameyang a doubt - Arsene Wenger
LONDON -- Arsene Wenger has confirmed Henrikh Mkhitaryan is in line to make his first start for Arsenal in their Premier League game against

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Liverpool coach Gerrard admits Klopp still working on defensive transfers

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Liverpool coach Gerrard admits Klopp still working on defensive transfers
Liverpool coach Gerrard admits Klopp still working on defensive transfers

Liverpool U18 coach Steven Gerrard has revealed manager Jurgen Klopp is still unhappy with his defence.

Gerrard has also hinted Klopp's long-term plan includes a goalkeeper change.

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang completes £56m move to Arsenal

Football | The Guardian
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang completes £56m move to Arsenal

• Striker’s move to the Premier League club announced by Dortmund
• Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi set to join Bundesliga club on loan

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has joined Arsenal for £56m on transfer deadline day, triggering a chain of transfers that is expected to take Olivier Giroud to Chelsea and Michy Batshuayi to Borussia Dortmund.

Arsenal’s move for Aubameyang was completed after the forward passed a medical and concluded the finer details of a club-record deal at London Colney.

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Monday, January 29, 2018

Will Chelsea land a striker?

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Will Chelsea land a striker?
With days left in the transfer window, how many big deals could still happen? Arsenal are closing on Aubameyang but what will happen with Giroud? Is Conte going to get the striker and defender he wants? Mark Ogden »

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Bizarre, frustrating... correct - the day VAR drove football mad

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Bizarre, frustrating... correct - the day VAR drove football mad
Bizarre, frustrating... correct - the day VAR drove football mad
West Brom manager Alan Pardew calls the video assistant referee system "bizarre" after it dominates their 3-2 FA Cup victory at Liverpool.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Friday, January 26, 2018

Érik Lamela: ‘My brother is in a wheelchair … you realise what is important’

Football | The Guardian
Érik Lamela: ‘My brother is in a wheelchair … you realise what is important’
Tottenham’s winger says he feared he might never play again but his brother’s swimming pool accident has put football in perspective

Érik Lamela felt his blood run cold. The call came in December 2016 and it was one of those that everyone dreads. The Tottenham Hotspur winger’s younger brother, Axel, had banged his head in a swimming pool in their native Argentina and the damage would be grave. Axel was paralysed.

“For a few months, he couldn’t move anything,” Lamela says. “Right now, he is getting some movement back and working day by day to return to a normal life. The doctors say that he may be able to walk again but it all depends on how the rehab goes. It’s going to be a slow process and we just need a lot of patience. He is wheelchair-bound.

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