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With both sides playing their second game in 48 hours, Thursday night will see two sides currently involved in their own individual battles at different ends of the table. Securing their third consecutive win away at Swansea on Tuesday night, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino will be desperate to close the gap on the top four. While David Moyes will be looking to carry on his sides recent resurgent form and potentially move four points adrift of the drop zone.
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For Spurs, the Lilywhites continued on their rampant form since losing 4-1 to runaway league leaders Manchester City last month. On Tuesday night, Pochettino s side secured a 2-0 win away at Swansea and have now emba…
Barcelona are eyeing a shock move for Stoke City defender Glen Johnson, .
The Spanish giants are on the look out for a cut-price full-back for when the transfer window reopens in January and have identified the former England international as a target.
Dani Alves joined Juventus in the summer, Sergio Roberto is out injured leaving Aleix Vidal as their only recognised right-back.
Johnson moved to the Bet 365 Stadium in the summer of 2015 and has since racked up thirty-three appearances for the club in all competitions.
Prior to his switch to the Potters he played two hundred times for Liverpool while he has also had spells with Portsmouth, Chelsea and West Ham United as well as a loan stint with Millwall.
He was also capped fifty-four times f…
Mauricio Pochettino does not want a repeat of the inflammatory comments made by Eden Hazard towards Tottenham in their latest fight for the Premier League title.
Chelsea star Hazard stated, we don t want Tottenham to win the Premier League; the fans, the club and the players, ahead of an ill-tempered 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge in May 2016, a result that ended Spurs hopes of stopping Leicester City from winning the league.
A run of five consecutive league wins has put Pochettino s side firmly back in the race this season, with leaders Liverpool just six points above them at the halfway stage.
And Pochettino hopes there is more of a fair fight in 2018-19, having been stung by remarks such as those made by Hazard two years ago.
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Arsenal hit a 16-year low in their 2-1 loss to Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday.
Goals from Lewis Dunk and Glenn Murray condemned the Gunners to a fourth defeat in a row in all competitions, something they last endured in October 2002.
They have also now gone 11 Premier League games without a clean sheet, which is their joint-longest such run in the competition, the last coming to an end 16 years ago.
The Gunners, who got a goal back at the Amex Stadium through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but could not find an equaliser, had not lost in 34 previous matches against promoted teams in the top flight. The last such occasion was a 2-1 defeat to QPR in March 2012.
They have taken only 13 points from 15 away games in 2017-18, which is the lowest tally since they…
Moussa Dembele will not discuss a new contract at Tottenham Hotspur until after the World Cup finals, according to the Telegraph.
The Belgium international midfielder’s form has seen him draw attention from a number of clubs this season and he will enter the final months of his current deal come the summer.
He is yet to open talks with the North London club regarding an extension and is now unlikely to with his focus on finishing the season strongly ahead of this summer’s tournament in Russia.
Dembele moved to Spurs from fellow London side Fulham in the summer of 2012 and has since racked up two hundred and twenty-five appearances for the club, scoring ten goals.
Internationally the thirty year old has been capped seventy times for his country, s…
Aston Villa have announced the signing of Boubacar Kamara from Marseille on a five-year contract.
The 22-year-old midfielder had been linked with a move to Villa Park, with manager Steven Gerrard reportedly present at a recent game at the Stade Velodrome.
Kamara will join the Premier League club on a free transfer at the end of his contract, which expires at the end of next month.
The Frenchman primarily plays as a defensive midfielder, but can also fill in at centre-back and was a big part of Marseille s strong 2021-22 campaign, which saw them finish second in Ligue 1 and reach the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.
Of midfielders in the French top division this season, only Johan Gastien and Jordan Ferri made more than Kamara s 2,383 passes, …
Juventus defender Gianluca Frabotta has joined Verona on a season-long loan deal.
The Italy under-21 international will spend the 2021-22 campaign with the Gialloblu, who finished 10th in Serie A last term.
Frabotta joined Juve from Bologna in August 2019, making his senior debut in a 3-1 defeat by Roma the following year.
The left-back appeared 17 times for the Bianconeri in all competitions under Andrea Pirlo last season, scoring in the Coppa Italia victory over SPAL.
Verona have reportedly seen off competition from Atalanta and Genoa to land Frabotta s signature.
The 22-year-old will link up with Eusebio Di Francesco, who replaced Ivan Juric at Stadio Bentegodi in June.
The former Roma boss guided the Giallorossi to the Champions Leagu…
Paul Pogba will not play again in February, with the Manchester United midfielder still needing a couple of weeks to recover from a thigh injury.
Pogba has not featured for United since sustaining the injury in their 3-3 draw with Everton on February 6.
He seemingly faces a race against time to be fit for the derby with Manchester City on March 6, with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ruling him out of Premier League games against Newcastle United and Chelsea as well as the two legs of the Europa League last-32 tie versus Real Sociedad.
Speaking ahead of the first leg of that tie, Solskjaer told a media conference: Paul, his recovery, he s starting the treatments, it ll still be a few weeks.
He won t be playing in February that s for sure. Still a few weeks …
Gareth Bale s decision to retire from professional football comes at the right time , according to Wales manager Rob Page.
Bale announced on Monday he had decided to call time on a glorious career, having finally been able to represent his country at the World Cup.
Once the most expensive player of all time when he made the move to Real Madrid from Tottenham, Bale won everything possible during his time at the Santiago Bernabeu, including five Champions League titles – only Paco Gento (six) has more (Champions League/European Cup).
While some might have been surprised by Bale s decision given he is still only 33, his decline over the past few years – partly due to injuries – has been significant, as evidenced by his MLS struggles with Los Angeles FC and a l…
Antoine Griezmann has rejoined Atletico Madrid from Barcelona on loan, just two years after leaving the Wanda Metropolitano.
Atleti sold France striker Griezmann to Barca for €120million in 2019, yet he has never managed to recapture his best form at Camp Nou.
Lionel Messi s departure to Paris Saint-Germain earlier in August might have given Griezmann the opportunity to take centre stage, but the 30-year-old received flak from the Barca fans as Ronald Koeman s side inspired by Memphis Depay laboured to a win over Getafe last weekend.
Koeman defended Griezmann, saying: I don t like it when a Barca player is whistled. Someone who works like Antoine can never be criticised.
All the attackers can have their day but there are games where you can t find t…