The mind-boggling projections speak volumes: Erling Haaland would finish the Premier League season on 60 goals if he maintains his current strike-rate and game time – and would extend that to 64 if he played every minute.
If Haaland sustains those metrics and reaches finals in all club competitions, the 22-year-old would register 84 goals this term – or 91 if he was never hooked off.
Trent Alexander-Arnold returned to Anfield “not in a party mood’ after being left out of the England squad that faced Germany in the Uefa Nations League on Monday, but the Liverpool right-back still has the support of his manager Jurgen Klopp.
Despite being on the substitutes’ bench for
Granit Xhaka was one of the last players to head back towards the tunnel at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium, lingering a little longer than most in front of the travelling fans and holding up his hands in gratitude as they belted out his name.
Such a reception was inconceivable not so long ago but, three years on from storming off to a chorus of boos at the Emirates Stadium and subsequently losing the captaincy,
Walking a managerial tightrope. An analogy that could implicate one of several Premier League bosses ahead of what could prove to be a definitive round of fixtures for some this weekend.
Desperation is in the air, none more so than in east London. West Ham’s luck is down as they prepare to go under the microscope against Wolves on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.
At first, Goncalo Guedes refused. Bruno Lage, his coach in the Benfica academy, had proposed a bet while on a visit to Madrid for a tournament. He would get a haircut like Cristiano Ronaldo, but only if the young winger got a Mohawk like Mario Balotelli.
Eventually, and much to the amusement of his team-mates,
Luke Shaw was England’s standout player in a thrilling 3-3 draw against Germany, but Harry Maguire and Nick Pope struggled at Wembley.
Nick Pope – 4
A game that exposed Pope’s weakness with distribution
Gareth Southgate remained defiant in his backing of Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire but said he would consider dropping experienced players if the situation became “untenable”.
England came from behind to lead Germany 3-2 in the second half of their final game before the World Cup, before eventually drawing 3-3 as Shaw, Mason Mount and Harry
Former England, Everton, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Leeds midfielder Fabian Delph has announced his retirement from football aged 32.
Delph made 204 Premier League appearances for Everton, Manchester City and Aston Villa after starting his career in the Championship with Leeds and won 20 international caps.
When Matt Jones tore his cruciate ligament twice before the age of 20, any hopes of a career as an elite sportsman went out of the window.
Luckily for him, the silver lining was right before
It was the morning after one of Northern Ireland’s most famous results and 18-year-old Jonny Evans was about to leave Belfast having been a surprise debutant at left-back in the 3-2 win over Spain.
He was heading back to Manchester United, where he had yet to make a senior appearance, knowing his career had taken a dramatic upward turn following an assured
