Manchester City‘s Kalvin Phillips is attracting interest from West Ham United and it could be the perfect chance for Pep Guardiola to cash in on the former Leeds United man. What’s the word? According to Football Insider, West Ham have reignited their interest in the England international after Guardiola’s recent comments about the midfielder, who was dropped from the squad after returning from World Cup duty out of shape. The Hammers lost out to Manchester City in the summer when it came to signing Phillips, with David Moyes confirming that they even bid more than the Citizens did to bring the 27-year-old to the Etihad. Therefore, it is clear that the Scottish manager…
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Manchester City are planning to reward Rico Lewis with a new contract after the 18-year-old broke into Pep Guardiola’s first team. Lewis has impressed since making his debut earlier this season, starting each of City’s three matches after the World Cup and lessening the club’s need to recruit a new full back. The academy graduate still has more than four years to run on his current deal but the Premier League champions are keen to renegotiate terms over the coming weeks. Lewis will follow a similar path to fellow homegrown talents Phil Foden and Cole Palmer, both of whom secured pay increases after making…
Chelsea will welcome Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Thursday looking to take all three points from this contest. The visitors come into the match on the back of a lacklustre 1-1 draw against Everton. On the other hand, the Blues recorded a similar result against Nottingham Forest as they failed to take the lead with the match ending with a scoreline of 1-1, so they will have to pick up their game in order to stay in contention for the league title. Graham Potter will set his players up in a 4-3-3 formation and is expected to opt for a strong first team for this…
The Blues can save money on incomings by taking a look at potential summer free agents, including the likes of Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema and Wilfried Zaha. Having lost Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen for free over the summer, Chelsea know the risks and pitfalls of contracts running down. As January commences, the time for pursuing free agents arrives and brings with it the chance to secure players that may well have been unattainable previously. Six months out from the expiry of June 2023 deals there are a host of top end players that can now be hit up over…
Manchester United are back within touch of Manchester City – and it’s thanks to a small tactical change from Erik ten Hag that has led to fans praising Harry Maguire. Erik ten Hag moved away from his tactical blueprint on Tuesday evening as Harry Maguire looked like his old self for Manchester United. The Red Devils had the chance to jump into third – and they did their job as they dispatched Bournemouth with ease. However, Ten Hag’s side remain fourth with a game in hand over Newcastle, who drew with Arsenal. Ten Hag opted to switch Maguire and Victor Lindelof at OId Trafford, with Maguire playing on…
Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek was handed a rare start in the Premier League game against Bournemouth but a horror injury forced the Dutchman off early. Donny van de Beek ‘s bad luck at Manchester United continued on Tuesday, with the midfielder forced off in tears against Bournemouth after a nasty-looking injury. The former Ajax man was handed a rare start by Erik ten Hag as United took on Gary O’Neil’s Cherries. He was forced off shortly before half-time, though, after a horror collision with Marcos Senesi left him in agony. Senesi appeared to slip in the wet conditions while attempting to play the ball,…
Manchester United may have cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bournemouth at Old Trafford on Tuesday, but manager Erik ten Hag wasn’t pleased with his side’s performance. Casemiro gave the hosts a first-half lead before Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford added to the advantage after the restart, as United strengthened their place in the top-four. They are now five points clear of fifth-placed Tottenham.”I’m happy with the result,” Ten Hag said, per BBC Sport. “Today it was not our best game. We have to be honest, we didn’t play that smart as a team.“We made great goals, but at times we were…
Cristiano Ronaldo saw his Manchester United contract terminated by mutual consent back on November 22, but his departure appears to be news to the club’s commercial department Manchester United continue to insist that they have moved on from Cristiano Ronaldo, but the Portuguese striker is still present in one form at the Premier League club. Ronaldo is now an Al-Nassr player, having wrapped up his move to the Saudi Arabian side on Friday by signing a contract until 2025 with the club. The 37-year-old will be earning £173million per year in the Middle East after having his United contract terminated by mutual consent following a controversial interview…
A NEW type of ancient human has been discovered in Israel, according to archaeologists. Our Homo sapiens species would have lived alongside the previously unknown ancient humans 120,000 years ago. Experts found fragments of ancient skull, jaw bones and teeth that are being attributed to a new species. Researchers are now calling the ancient people the Nesher Ramla people. Anthropologist Israel Hershkovitz from Tel Aviv University is the lead author of the study. Hershkovitz said: “The discovery of a new type of Homo is of great scientific importance. “It enables us to make new sense of previously found human fossils, add another piece…
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have finally put to bed the bonkers conspiracy theory that aliens built the pyramids. Recently uncovered papyri detail the mammoth effort it took to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza over 4,600 years ago. The artefacts discovered in Egypt’s Eastern Desert detail the workings of one of those in charge of the operation. They were found in 2013 and are the subject of a new book penned by Egyptologists Pierre Tallet and Mark Lehner, The Spectator reports. There are an estimated 138 surviving Egyptian pyramids, the most famous being the Great Pyramid of Giza, near Cairo. The 455ft Great Pyramid -…
BONES of a woolly mammoth from 10,000 years ago have been found in a cave under a castle. Archaeologists will now carry out a further excavation of the prehistoric limestone cavern. They hope to find further evidence of how the site was used by early humans and animals in the Ice Age. The hollow — called Wogan Cavern — is beneath Pembroke Castle, west Wales. The fort, on the Pembroke river, was built in 1093 and rebuilt a century later. The first Tudor king, Henry VII, was born there in 1457. Scientists say a preliminary search of the cave last year found reindeer and a…
Scarlett Johansson and husband Colin Jost of SNL fame welcomed their first child together in August 2021. Their son Cosmo joined big sister Rose Dorothy Dauriac, 6, whom the Marvel star shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac. Johansson recently spoke of feeling “protective” during both pregnancies as someone in the spotlight. Scarlett Johansson didn’t want scrutiny during pregnancy In a recent interview, Johansson described her trepidation at sharing pregnancy news, first during the filming of the 2015 blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron and then again last year. The Black Widow star wanted her physical changes to be processed on her own terms. “I’ve been so protective of both…