Gareth Southgate has rewarded Arsenal midfielder Emile Smith-Rowe with a first senior England cap after the youngster’s recent show of form. Smith-Rowe replaces Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford in the squad, who – like his club-mate Paul Pogba – will miss the break due to an injury. Smith-Rowe has been called up to Southgate’s senior squad following Marcus Rashford and James Ward-Prowse’s withdrawal. Should the youngster make an appearance for the Three Lions during the upcoming international fixtures against Albania (Nov 12) or San Marino (Nov 15) he will earn his first senior cap. Credit: FIFA Smith-Rowe has been a consistent presence in the England youth set-up, starting from…
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Akshat Mehrish
Akshat Mehrish is a football expert who has a keen interest in tactics and player recruitment aspects of the sport.
Both AC Milan and Napoli dropped points in their title charge as they were held by Inter Milan and Hellas Verona, respectively. Meanwhile, AS Roma’s rut under Jose Mourinho continued with their second straight loss in the league. AC Milan’s old boy Hakan Calhanoglu came back to haunt his former side, as he scored from the spot early on to give rivals Inter Milan the lead in Derby della Madonnina. The Turkish international himself had won the penalty by pressuring Milan’s Franck Kessie into going back inside his box before winning a foul. Calhanoglu stepped up and placed his spot-kick down the middle, putting Inter ahead. …
LaLiga title-chasers Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Real Betis, and Real Sociedad suffered varying results on Sunday. Atletico were pegged back by Valencia; Real Sociedad beat Osasuna; Sevilla defeated Real Betis in the Seville derby. The race for the LaLiga title heated up on Sunday with several of the title chasers in action. Atletico Madrid were up first, facing Jose Bordalas’ rugged Valencia away from home. https://twitter.com/InfogolApp/status/1457399838073577476 Nonetheless, the incumbent champions did not let the Mestalla atmosphere affect them negatively and took the lead through Luis Suarez in the 35th minute. The Uruguayan took a deft touch to race clear of the Valencia defense and found the net via the…
There were some seismic results in the race for the title, and the top four, in the Premier League on Sunday: West Ham United beat Liverpool to go third; Arsenal defeated Watford to climb to fifth; Antonio Conte’s Tottenham were held to a draw by Everton. David Moyes’ West Ham United leapfrogged Liverpool to go third in the Premier League by beating them 3-2. The Hammers took the lead just four minutes in through an Alisson Becker own goal. Credit: Reuters Sandwiched between Angelo Ogbonna and Michail Antonio, the Brazilian inadvertently touched the ball into his net after being unable to get enough on his jump. https://twitter.com/JamesPearceLFC/status/1457425925881188353…
Barcelona announced the return of Xavi Hernandez as the new first-team manager on Friday. As per Catalunya Radio, president Joan Laporta is willing to buy three players in January to help the new coach shape the team in his image. The new boss is in; Barcelona announced on Friday the return of Xavi in a managerial capacity after agreeing to pay for his release to Al Sadd. The former Barcelona player, however, has a mammoth task ahead of him with the team currently languishing ninth in the league table. Furthermore, he will have to do so without the help of…
Despite spending heavily on their attack over the last two years, Chelsea are eyeing further reinforcements. As per BILD, the Blues are monitoring Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman, but they are not the only superclub interested in his services. The Paris-born attacker has had experience representing some of the best clubs in the world. After graduating from the Paris Saint-Germain academy – and making a few senior team appearances – he joined Juventus in 2014. His year at the club, during which the Bianconeri won the Serie A, was followed by a two-year loan to Bayern Munich – and he has been in Bavaria ever since. https://twitter.com/Squawka/status/1297640191168057345…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Manchester United manager, still believes that his side are the best in the world, let alone Manchester. The Norwegian was part of the club during some of its highest points and believes that there is enough credit left in the bank from that era to help the Red Devils stay on top – at least, symbolically – for a few more years. Asked whether he could imagine rivals Manchester City surpassing United in the future, the club legend answered in the negative. However, he did say that the Citizens have to be respected for what they’ve built over the…
The Magipies are expected to appoint Eddie Howe as their new senior team manager after agreeing a deal in principle with the former Bournemouth boss – reports The Athletic. Howe will assume the vacant position in the coming days, following Newcastle’s long, drawn-out managerial search that almost yielded a very different result. Newcastle were reportedly close to an agreement with the current Villarreal and former Arsenal boss Unai Emery, only for the Spaniard to turn them down at the eleventh hour. Credit: Getty Images The Spaniard was supposedly the owners’ top choice for the vacant position – which Graeme Jones held on an interim basis…
Al Sadd manager Xavi Hernandez will leave his post to take up the vacant job at his former club Barcelona, confirmed the Qatar-based side. Barcelona have paid Al Sadd a small compensation worth five million euros to release Xavi from his contract; The Spaniard is now free to take over the managerial role vacated by Ronald Koeman recently. https://twitter.com/AlsaddSC/status/1456574716911788035 Turki Al-Ali, Al Sadd’s CEO, confirmed the news to the world via the club’s official Twitter account. He said the following: “Xavi informed us a few days ago of his desire to go to Barcelona at this particular time, because of…
Antonio Conte got off to a winning start in his new job as Spurs beat Vitesse Arnhem 3-2 in their fourth UEFA Conference League group game, in a match that also saw three red cards. Appointed by Tottenham as their new manager on November 2, the Italian – wasted no time getting his ideas across to his new team. Spurs lined up in his preferred system against Vitesse Arnhem in the UEFA Europa Conference League, which meant a switch to three-at-the-back and two marauding wing-backs. However, it was Tottenham’s attacking trident of Harry Kane, Lucas Moura, and Son Heung-min that looked to have benefitted the most…