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Dejan Kulusevski: ‘If there’s a time for Tottenham to go on a push, it’s now’

The winger knows what Spurs are missing this season – a statement win against a big six rival such as Manchester City “It’s crazy,” says Dejan Kulusevski, talking about Matt Doherty’s sudden departure from Tottenham to Atlético Madrid last Tuesday. But Kulusevski could equally be referring to what happened 24 hours later when his manager, Antonio Conte , was booked in for an emergency gallbladder removal , the players told before training, the preparations for Sunday’s visit of Manchester City turned upside down. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/04/dejan-kulusevski-tottenham-interview-manchester-city

Guardiola wants Haaland to improve his all-round game by watching Kane

Manchester City manager: Haaland ‘has will’ to be even better Tottenham rejected £100m bid for Kane from City in 2021 Erling Haaland can improve as a striker by watching and learning from his Tottenham rival Harry Kane, believes Pep Guardiola. The two No 9s will come face to face on Sunday when Manchester City travel to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with Haaland topping the Premier League goalscoring charts, one place and nine goals better off than his Spurs counterpart. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/04/guardiola-haaland-kane-manchester-city-tottenham

'You know why': Jürgen Klopp refuses to speak with reporter after defeat – video

Jürgen Klopp refused to answer a question from one reporter in his post-match press conference after Liverpool's 3-0 defeat to Wolves. James Pearce, Liverpool reporter for The Athletic, asked whether the team's poor start to matches was a mentality issue.  'It's very difficult to talk to you, if I'm 100% honest,' Klopp replied. 'I would prefer not to do that ... you know why, for all the things you wrote.' The Liverpool manager then invited others in the press conference to ask the same question, if they wanted it to be answered. Liverpool are 10th in the Premier League after a third straight away defeat in the league. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2023/feb/04/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-reporter-interview-wolves-defeat

Everton v Arsenal: Premier League – live

Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off Live scoreboard | And feel free to send an email to Scott Sean Dyche talks to BT Sport. “You’re trying to fast-track a pre-season’s work, five weeks’ work of blending into five days. The players have been receptive. A lot of hard work, a lot of honesty. So I’m looking to build on that. They’re professional people, they know they’re not firing on all cylinders. A lot of respect for the outgoing manager, they felt they could have done more. I said we need to do more, quite obviously.” He’s asked whether the squad is good enough to stay up. “We’ll see, we’ll see. But it’s good enough on paper. A lot of these players have been bought for a lot of money. I showed them some of their pasts, their history, some of their achievements. These are good players, they haven’t come here for no reason. There’s a very strong, good group of players. But taking action and delivering, that’s the next step.” Continue reading... from Football |...

How Chelsea’s transfer strategy works – and what could happen next

The club have handed new signings long-term contracts to spread costs but Uefa has swiftly closed the loophole Amortisation is a creative accounting practice that can be used by clubs as a way of balancing the books. It is merely a process of gradually writing off the initial cost of a player over the course of their contract. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/01/how-chelseas-transfer-strategy-works-and-what-could-happen-next

Chelsea’s plan impossible to understand after Todd Boehly’s transfer splurge | Barney Ronay

Blues chairman is wandering around football’s shark-infested casino halls with a sack of money asking how you play blackjack As ever, you have to admire football’s inexhaustible dramatic energy. This week there was an element of perfect comic timing in the coincidence of two events. First the news that the proposals on football governance and ownership are set to be published, with the usual hedged and cautious talk about regulation and fitness and non-monetary values. And secondly the simultaneous end-of-window spasms of Todd Boehly, stumbling out of his chinchilla fur-lined helicopter gunship, torso caked in vintage crusted parmesan cheese dust, solid gold bowler hat askew, calling for more dancing horses, more music, ever-larger clouds of captive butterflies. Except, hang on. You, uh, want to stop me doing what? You want to regulate which industry? Resaddle Pegasus. Fire up the money cannon. We ride for Lisbon. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.thegua...

Energy Ombudsman complaints at a record high

The most common complaints include incorrect billing, poor customer service and problems switching suppliers.