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Manchester United spent huge sums of money in a massive spree in the summer as Ed Woodward sought to strengthen Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad in all areas.

Whilst Woodward signed Donny van de Beek from Ajax, and secured the services of both Alex Telles and former Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani on transfer deadline day, the Red Devils have been unable to hit the ground running so far this season.

Lying in tenth place in the Premier League table, a point adrift of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Solskjaer’s side still have a lot of work to do as they head into December.

It’s about time Solskjaer starts to sort out some of the deadwood, as he desperately needs to lower the club’s colossal wage bill, and he may not have to look much further than Timothy Fosu-Mensah, who currently earns wages worth £15,000-per-week.

According to The Manchester Evening News, Solskjaer wants Fosu-Mensah to stay at Old Trafford as he is approaching the final seven months of his contract.

However, the versatile Dutchman, who can play as a centre-back or right-back, has only played 95 minutes of football so far this season, and was dropped from the first team for their past seven fixtures in the Premier League, via Transfermarkt.

It’s fair to say that he has been replaced by Axel Tuanzebe, who has turned out to be an able deputy at the back in recent weeks, whilst it would be wise for Woodward to cash in on the £5.7m-rated outcast in January whilst he still can before his market value falls even further.

The Red Devils may be reluctant to let go of another academy graduate after Angel Gomes left the club in the summer, but United chiefs will simply have to bite the bullet, as it is surely best for all parties involved if Fosu-Mensah moves elsewhere in the end rather than wasting away as an unused substitute on the bench.

Last season, the former Dutch international played just three games in the Premier League, whilst he averaged fewer than one tackle and one clearance per game, via WhoScored. By comparison, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who is Solskjaer’s undisputed first-choice right-back, managed 3.7 tackles and 1.7 clearances on average per game in the top flight last term, as per WhoScored.

Rather than give him a new contract, Woodward must get rid of him for once and for all in the winter transfer window to raise surplus cash to spend on other areas Solskjaer urgently needs to address.

AND in other news, Manchester United: In-form Alex Telles spells trouble for Brandon Williams…

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Mateus Pet caiu nas graças do técnico Jorginho ainda no fim da temporada passada, quando o clube vivia um momento complicado no Campeonato Brasileiro. O meia teve a chance de entrar em campo por alguns minutos no último jogo da temporada, contra o Coritiba. Titular nos primeiros treinos do ano, o jogador de 17 anos concedeu entrevista coletiva pela primeira vez e se apresentou ao torcedor vascaíno.

– Já venho trabalhando forte desde o ano passado para ganhar essa oportunidade. Estou muito feliz por essa confiança que o Jorginho tem me passado. Minhas características mudaram um pouco em relação a base. Lá eu jogava mais adiantado, aqui eu atuo um pouco mais recuado, com obrigação de marcar mais – explica Mateus, que ainda não pode dirigir e nem entrar nas noitadas cariocas:

– Ainda não comecei o processo para tirar carteira de motorista. A parte da noitada é o de menos, eu não curto muito. Sou um cara mais caseiro e minha religião também não permite.

O jovem é uma das principais promessas das categorias de base do Vasco. Mateus é da geração 98, que ganhou muitos títulos na base e é vista com bons olhos pela diretoria e comissão técnica. Além dele, outros três jogadores nascidos no ano em que o clube conquistou a Libertadores da América também estão no elenco profissional na pré-temporada em Pinheiral. E o jovem rasga elogios aos amigos:

– Sobre os meninos que estão subindo, eu vou falar mais da minha geração, que é a 98. Eu, Andrey, Evander e Alan estamos muito focados. Na base foram muitos títulos. Sempre buscamos isso. Somos muito unidos. Respeitamos o Kadu e o Indío também, que são mais velhos e subiram com a nossa.

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PARCERIA COM O MADSON NOS TREINOS
Ele (Jorginho) cobra muita intensidade do time inteiro. Ontem ele deu até uma palestra, mostrou outros grandes times que jogam em cima da intensidade. Com e sem a bola. Ele tem cobrado bastante.

OPORTUNIDADE COM 17 ANOS
Sou bem tranquilo quanto a isso. Essas coisas não sobem a minha cabeça. O Jorginho, Joelton, Zinho me passam muita tranquilidade. Nenê me ajuda muito, o Nei que foi embora, foi um irmãozão.

CARACTERÍSTICAS
Mudou um pouco. Na base eu jogava mais a frente. Jorginho só pede para marcar um pouco mais. Faço o que eu sei aqui, é isso que ele me pede.

PHILIPE COUTINHO COMO ÍDOLO E APELIDO DE PET
Coutinho é meu ídolo. Não só pelo futebol, mas pela pessoa que ele é. É muito humilde, uma inspiração. O Pet, quando eu cheguei no Vasco, ele jogava aqui e e um diretor me viu e falou que o estilo de jogo era parecido.

SURPREENDEU COMEÇAR COMO TITULAR?
Não teve nenhuma conversa fora do Jorginho falando que ia me colocar como titular. Ele só pedia para eu me preparar. Não me surpreendi muito.

ELENCO MAIS EXPERIENTE
Eu acho que isso não vem muito ao caso, são todos mais experientes, me passam muita tranquilidade.

TEM ACOMPANHADO FALAREM DELE NA INTERNET?
É bem diferente. Na base o noticiário é bem menor. Agora tenho que tomar mais cuidado, principalmente com as postagens em redes sociais. O comportamento vai ser sempre o mesmo. Sou comprometido.

JORGINHO E ZINHO
Eles sim são como pais. Não só para a gente, mas para todo o grupo. Eles sempre conversam com a gente, mostram o que está certo, errado.

David Moyes will be without striker Michail Antonio when West Ham host Manchester United on Saturday after the striker developed another hamstring injury.

The blow will force Moyes into recalling Sebastien Haller to once again lead the line for the London Stadium affair, having trusted the Ivory Coast international whilst previously without Antonio following the strain sustained at home to Manchester City in October.

Antonio has developed a fresh issue that Moyes does not believe was connected with his original gripe, but is unsure on the extent of the new problem.

“Michail is not going to be available for the game,” Moyes confirmed. “We’re not sure how long he’ll be [out]. Hopefully it’s not too bad, but he won’t be available for Saturday’s game.

“He’s still having a bit of a problem with his hamstring. It’s not the same injury. We think it’s something slightly different, which is the good news, so we’re hoping that he won’t be too long.”

Moyes has rarely made changes to his favoured starting line-up this season outside of enforced instances, but must consider rotating his XI for the visit of Manchester United.

So, with that in mind, here’s a line-up the Hammers boss could name against his former employer…

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has featured between the sticks for all 10 of the Irons opening Premier League fixtures this season, as one of seven players boasting a 100 per cent starting record alongside Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Pablo Fornals and Tomas Soucek.

Arthur Masuaku came into the line-up following Cresswell’s move to centre-half on matchday two, seeing Mr West Ham Mark Noble miss out on a role, while summer signing Vladimir Coufal replaced Ryan Fredericks following his £5.4million arrival.

Each may expect to start alongside Haller on Saturday as West Ham look to move third in the table with a win – albeit momentarily – with the Irons only losing once in their last eight top-flight fixtures and conceding more than once only to title-holders Liverpool since allowing three at Tottenham.

However, Moyes must consider making one additional change to his line-up by replacing Fornals, who struggled vastly at home to Aston Villa on Monday night.

Moyes has previously lavished praise on Fornals for his development since the Scottish coach’s return to east London, but continually urges the Spaniard to deliver more.

“I think he’s done a great job,” Moyes said, via quotes by football.london. “As you can see, we select him regularly, we select him because of his commitment, his attitude, his reliability and he’s grown on us a lot.

“There’s things we would like him to improve. We want him to make better final passes, we want him to score more, but I can think he’s become a really important part [of the team].”

Monday’s display was one matching Moyes’ concerns rather than praise, with Fornals failing to register a single shot on goal, deliver a key ball, completed just 68% of his passes, fail in his only attempted dribble and all four attempted tackles, while offering just one cross, per WhoScored.

Brentford loanee Said Benrahma entered the action for Masuaku at the break and will have felt he had done enough to warrant a start this weekend, as the Algerian offered one shot, one key ball, completed 80% of his passes, was successful with his only attempted dribble and was never dribbled past.

Moyes starting Benrahma against Manchester United on Saturday would mark the Algerian’s first inclusion in an opening line-up since moving to the London Stadium on a season-long loan featuring a £20m obligation to buy at the end of the campaign.

AND in other news, David Sullivan can right a summer blunder by swooping for a “great talent” West Ham previously courted.

After an enjoying an impressive season with Sevilla, it’s been no surprise to see Sergio Reguilon being linked with a big-money in this summer transfer window.

The Real Madrid ace spent the 2019/2020 campaign on loan in Seville, being a part of the side that went on to knock out Manchester United on their way to another Europa League triumph.

Reports in recent weeks have suggested that the Red Devils, and Tottenham, are both interested in signing him on a permanent basis, and if Jose Mourinho was watching Reguilon during Spain’s clash with Ukraine on Sunday, then he would have been very impressed.

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Spain ran out 4-0 winners on the day, and whilst the likes of Sergio Ramos and Ansu Fati are surely the talk of the town for their goal-scoring performances, Reguilon enjoying a barn-storming game at left-back.

As per Whoscored, his 8.05 match rating was only behind Ramos and Fati, and when you look at some of the underlying numbers behind his performance, it’s easy to see why.

He had 100 touches of the ball, whilst his pass accuracy was at an astounding 95.7%. And as those watching the final stages of the Europa League saw, Reguilon’s impact in the final third of the pitch is huge, and he came out with his full skill-set against Ukraine.

He sent in seven crosses, provided four key passes, and had three shots himself, two of which found the target, whilst he also came up with an assist as well.

Reguilon could give Spurs a huge upgrade on Ben Davies at left-back, with the Wales international barely providing anything offensively last season for the north London side, picking up just one assist.

With Matt Doherty arriving to reinforce Mourinho’s team on the right-hand side, the priority for Daniel Levy must surely be to do the same for the opposite flank with the signing of Reguilon.

Sunderland haven’t been the best operators in the transfer market over the past few years.

The Black Cats’ poor business in the Premier League saw back-to-back relegations land them in League One, and even since slumping to the third division, a number of their big-money gambles haven’t paid off, with the likes of Will Grigg scoring just five league goals since joining for £4m in 2019.

Unfortunately, their outgoings have been just as bad as their incomings, with perhaps the most famous example of this being Josh Maja, a player who left for just £3.5m halfway through a season where Sunderland were pushing for promotion.

Maja has since gone on to be valued at around £10m after a strong start to life in France, and Sunderland selling him for such a cut-price fee looks like a huge mistake.

However, despite the Maja sale being such a miscue from the men in charge at the Stadium of Light, they may have already outdone themselves with another awful deal which has seen the Black Cats ripped off.

Joe Hugill was one of Sunderland’s most highly-rated young players with youth coach Elliott Dickman describing him as a player with a lot of potential, tipping him to play for the U23s at the age of 16:

“He is showing good progress and I think he will be back with the under-18s for now, but I am sure he will be with us again.

“If he keeps doing what he is doing, he will definitely get a taste of under-23s football again.

“But at the same time, we have to make sure we look after Joe.

“We can’t push him too quickly, but the signs are there that he has good potential.”

Despite this glowing review from Dickman, Sunderland sold him this summer for just £250k, and that fee is already starting to look like a bit of a joke.

Since joining Manchester United he has netted braces on both his U18s debut and his U23s debut outshining his teammates despite representing arguably the biggest team in the world.

To be ripping it up at U23 level as a 16-year-old is an unbelievable feat, and if Hugill can get even remotely close to following in the footsteps of the likes of Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford at Old Trafford, he will be worth a lot more than the £250k United spent on him.

This sale could end up being one of the worst in the Wearsiders’ history, and CEO Jim Rodwell has a lot to answer for with this one.

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As portas do vestiário do Palmeiras ficaram fechadas por quase uma hora após a derrota por 2 a 0 para o Vasco, neste domingo. De acordo com o meia Robinho, um dos únicos a falar com a imprensa após o tropeço no Allianz Parque, os jogadores e a comissão técnica decidiram que a cobrança deveria ser feita “de cabeça quente mesmo”.

-Houve uma reunião, nós conversamos, fomos cobrados. É normal, faz parte do futebol. Por isso que demorou. Não deixamos esfriar para falar só na quarta-feira (reapresentação do elenco) com a cabeça fria e resolver. Tem coisas que têm de ser resolvidas com a cabeça quente mesmo, quando saem algumas palavras um pouco mais fortes. Só assim vamos assumir a responsabilidade – disse o camisa 27.

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Os palmeirenses já admitem que se classificar à Libertadores de 2016 por meio do Campeonato Brasileiro ficou muito difícil. São seis pontos a menos que o quarto colocado, o Santos, a quatro rodadas do fim. Mas o rendimento já causa preocupação também para as finais da Copa do Brasil.

-Temos consciência que com esse futebol que estamos jogando vai ser extremamente difícil ser campeão. O Santos está jogando muito. Precisamos aumentar o nosso nível de atuação, técnico e tático. Ainda estamos conseguindo correr, pelo menos. Mas tecnicamente estamos muito abaixo. Temos de melhorar – completou Robinho.

Xherdan Shaqiri has been listed amongstÂthe names linked to a move away from Anfield this summer.

According to a Daily Mail report from Dominic King (relayed via @AnfieldEdition), the Switzerland international will be departing the club in the upcoming transfer window. He will reportedly command a ‘substantial fee’, with Newcastle interested in acquiring his services.

Shaqiri joined the Reds in 2018 from a relegated Stoke City after activating his £13million release clause (via BBC Sport). Since his arrival, he has scored seven goals and assisted five, including a crucial assist against Barcelona in last season’s Champions League semi-final.

However, despite some impressive performances, Jurgen Klopp’s plans don’t have space for the winger and he will likely be moving on this summer. Liverpool fans aren’t impressed with the news and many have taken to Twitter to air their frustrations.

One Reds supporter thinks letting Shaqiri leave without signing a replacement is ‘a huge mistake’, whilst another has commented the club is ‘weakening our squad’ through letting the attacker leave.

How do you feel about Xherdan Shaqiri leaving the club, Reds? Join the conversation in the comments below…

A lot of Celtic fans were discussing former Hoops player Bobby Lennox after he commented on the significance of winning nine Premiership titles in a row.

Lennox was a member of the ‘Lisbon Lions’ team that won Celtic’s first and only European Cup in 1967, as per Transfermarkt.

As per thecelticwiki, he made 571 appearances and scored 273 goals for the club, and won the league 11 times, achievements which highlight just how magnificent a player he was for the Hoops and helped him to become regarded as a Parkhead legend.

His latest comments have seen him compare current star James Forrest with legend Jimmy Johnstone as he said, via Celtic FC, “James is a great player, and while it’s a different game altogether today, he’d have been good for a spot in our team. I’m not sure how wee Jinky would have felt about that, mind you, but wee Jamesy could have given him a run for his money!”

Forrest has been a part of all nine titles in the current sequence and has made 395 appearances for the Hoops, scoring 89 times and registering 92 assists, as per Transfermarkt. This is a great record for the attacking midfielder and it is clear to see why he is rated so highly by those associated with the club.

Here is what these Celtic fans had to say following the comments from Lennox:

Celtic fans, do you agree with Lennox’s comparison of Forrest with Johnstone? Comment below with your views!

Michael Owen believes Jack Grealish would fit Manchester United’s midfield like a glove, and would be a smart replacement for Paul Pogba.

The Red Devils have been linked with several mega money transfer targets this year, including Bundesliga superstar Jadon Sancho. United could also be ready to offer Aston Villa’s star player a lifeline, and club icon Owen is all for it.

Despite the current financial climate, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer continues to drop his name amongst the big fish who will demand high eight-figure sums for their services. If United continue their pursuit of Grealish, he will cost the club £80 million, which the Midlands club will not budge on even if they are relegated, according to The Mirror.

Owen recently discussed the situation of having both Pogba and Bruno Fernandes fighting for a spot in the United midfield.

“I think it’s taken a huge bit of pressure off him [Solskjaer] that Fernandes has done fantastically well. Now he doesn’t necessarily have to put Pogba in straightaway because there’s going to be questions about whether they can play together,” the former England international told Premier League Productions (via Metro).

After leaving Man United in 2012 for Juventus and then rejoining in 2016, Pogba could be on the move again after struggling to perform consistently in the Premier League. The Serie A giants are once again interested in the Frenchman joining their ranks (via Sky Sports).

Owen feels the time is right for United to replace Pogba and thinks Grealish would be a good asset to the team.

“If I was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer I could get big money bearing in mind they’ve got Fernandes now and then you could go and invest in someone like Grealish,” the 40-year-old said. “He might have the style that compliments Manchester United better than Pogba does at the moment.”

The midfielder has registered nine goals and eight assists across all competitions this season (via Transfermarkt), solid numbers to join up with a side looking to expand their attack.

United fans, should the club move for Jack Grealish this summer? Join the conversation in the comments below!

Tottenham Hotspur are really going through some tough times over in the Premier League.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men are currently sitting 14th in the table with no clear signs of anything changing for the better any time soon.

Not to mention that they haven’t won in the league since September – against Southampton – and haven’t won away from home since January, which makes their dire situation look that much worse.

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And today should really be a joyous day for many of them as one of their legends, Michael Dawson, is celebrating his birthday.

The now 36-year-old defender is currently playing for Nottingham Forest but has recorded 324 games in a Tottenham Hotspur shirt, even scoring ten goals and assisting a further five in the process.

Upon hearing about his birthday, many Spurs fans actually started feeling nostalgic and stated how they wished he was still at their club since they could use his passion and commitment.

Some even requested his return altogether while others were just showering him with some praise.

You can see some of their replies down in the tweets below: