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[ad_1] Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has suggested that there has been only one occasion this season when he has had a fully available squad to choose, while taking a swipe at Arsenal by claiming they have had no such problems. Ten Hag has lost Christian Eriksen and Alejandro Garnacho for most of the rest of the season due to impact injuries resulting from tackles. Illness has been a battle throughout the winter, while Casemiro is just about to embark on a four-game domestic suspension. “When you see all season, we have had some setbacks, every time we’ve dealt with it. It’s about theRead More →

[ad_1] England manager Gareth Southgate has confirmed his 25-player squad for the upcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy and Ukraine, with Raheem Sterling the shock omission. The Three Lions return to competitive action on March 23 for the first time since their World Cup quarter-final exit to France in December, with the first of ten qualification games for next summer’s European Championship. Brentford’s Ivan Toney is called up after missing out at the World Cup, while James Maddison retains his place after shining brightly in a struggling Leicester side, but there’s no place in the squad for England favourite Sterling, who has struggled to findRead More →

[ad_1] Derby County forward David McGoldrick has been named the PFA Vertu Motors League One Fans’ Player of the Month for February. The veteran Irishman, who has been a revelation since signing from Sheffield United in the summer, was on fire last month, contributing nine goals and assists across six games as the Rams’ promotion push back to the Championship continued. The 35-year-old took home 26% of the vote, beating out stiff competition from Barnsley’s Jordan Williams, Bolton Wanderers’ Dion Charles, Fleetwood Town’s Shaun Rooney, Sheffield Wednesday’s Josh Windass and Wycombe Wanderers’ Lewis Wing to win the award. McGoldrick’s February began with a phenomenal hat-trick andRead More →

[ad_1] Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajcetic has confirmed he will miss the remainder of the campaign after picking up an adductor injury. The 18-year-old Spaniard only made his debut for the Reds earlier this season but has been widely hailed as one of the team’s top performers during a tricky campaign, making 19 appearances in all competitions before suffing the injury. Bajcetic missed Wednesday’s defeat to Real Madrid because of the problem which he has now confessed will rule him out for the entire campaign. “Unfortunately I’ve picked up an injury that will keep me out until the end of the season,” the teenager wrote. “It’sRead More →

[ad_1] Eddie Nketiah remains “a few weeks away” from returning to full fitness, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed. Nketiah injured his ankle in February but was not initially sidelined by the issue, only for further complications to force the 23-year-old to miss Arsenal’s last three matches in all competitions. Arteta had even previously confessed he was unsure whether Nketiah’s injury was truly a serious one or whether he would only need a few weeks on the treatment table. Asked for an update ahead of Thursday’s Europa League clash with Sporting CP, Arteta confessed Nketiah has plenty of work to do before he will beRead More →

[ad_1] Just when you thought Liverpool were back…they weren’t. The past couple of weeks has epitomised the Reds’ mightily frustrating 2022/23 campaign which will culminate in no silverware and the possibility of entering an undesirable UEFA competition. It’s top four or bust for Jurgen Klopp’s side in the wake of their Champions League exit. Liverpool currently sit sixth in the Premier League table following Saturday’s defeat at Bournemouth, but the vulnerability of their competitors means the 2019/20 champions are favoured by many to snatch fourth spot despite their woeful inconsistency. After now exiting the competition this season following their 1-0 defeat at the Bernabeu toRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United are keeping a close eye on the impressive performances of winger Kirsty Hanson during her loan at fellow WSL club Aston Villa. Previously a key player for United – as highlighted by her WSL Player of the Month award in October 2019 – Hanson struggled for game time last season. That led to a loan move to Villa at the start of the campaign and she is thriving once more. The Scotland international, who remains under contract at United until 2024 with an option until 2025, reached seven WSL assists for the season in her last outing – a 2-1 win overRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has said that he expects teenage star Alejandro Garnacho to be back on the pitch before the end of the season. Garnacho, who has become a first-team regular in recent months, was forced off in the final stages of Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Southampton after earlier coming on as a substitute himself. With the injury the result of an impact in a tackle, the young Argentine was later seen leaving Old Trafford wearing a protective boot and walking with crutches. “It will take weeks, it is a serious injury. Once again, after Christian Eriksen, we have a seriousRead More →

[ad_1] Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has vowed to play his ‘best team’ against Real B*tis on Thursday night, despite holding a 4-1 aggregate lead from the first leg. United put one foot in the quarter-finals with last week’s win at Old Trafford thanks to goals from Marcus Rashford, Antony, Bruno Fernandes and Wout Weghorst. It gives Ten Hag’s team a comfortable advantage heading to the Benito Villamarin in Seville, but the United boss is taking no chances and has insisted he won’t rotate heavily as might have been expected. That will include Fernandes and Casemiro, despite both being at risk of suspension. YellowRead More →

[ad_1] Though we’re only three games into the season, it’s never too early to see which goalkeepers have stood head and toes above the rest in MLS. To be successful in an attack-heavy league like MLS, having a solid keeper between the posts is vital. These ten goalkeepers have shown the ability to be that steady presence that every MLS team needs in order to be victorious. Here’s 90minUS’s most in-form goalkeepers at the start of the 2023 MLS campaign. LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers – Pre-Season Friendly / Matthew Ashton – AMA/GettyImages Though the LA Galaxy started the season off on the wrong foot,Read More →