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Matt Beard memorial fund has raised £50,000
Tom Garry
A crowdfunding page raising money for the family of the former Liverpool manager Matt Beard has surpassed £50,000 in donations, as women’s football players, coaches and fans rally around Beard’s loved ones following the shock news of his death last Saturday, at the age of 47.
The fundraising page, setup by the broadcaster Jacqui Oatley, originally only targeted raising £5,000 but donations have been flooding in from across the women’s game to see the total climb to more than 10 times that target.
Several WSL managers have also being paying their personal tributes to Beard during many of Friday’s press conferences, including the Leicester City interim manager Rick Passmoor, who fondly recalled facing Beard in the opposition dugout over many years, stretching back to Beard’s time in charge of Millwall prior to the WSL being founded and when Beard preceded Emma Hayes as the Chelsea manager.
The former Leeds United and Notts County manager Passmoor, whose Leicester team will host Tottenham on Sunday, said: “Pitchside, we always had a little grin at each other at some stage during a game. It’s a very, very sad time and I’ve just got so many happy memories. He was always smiling, chuckling – maybe not towards refs – but always before and after games, he was talking about family, friends, players and how we can take the game in the right direction.”
More on that Tottenham takeover talk from David Hytner.
Spurs have been stalked by takeover talk for a long time and Levy’s ousting intensified it, with two groups making moves for control. One was Amanda Staveley’s PCP International Finance, the other a consortium of investors led by Dr Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng through Firehawk Holdings Limited. The club rejected both, with sources close to the Lewis family insisting the club were not for sale.
Earick, who is a former DJ, and his backers have tried to muscle in and they have been given the same message. A Lewis family source said: “This unsolicited and unnecessary interest does nothing to change the family’s resolve and commitment to do whatever it takes to drive success on the pitch. The club is not for sale.”
Monday Night Football will be Everton v West Ham, and David Moyes has been expressing sympathy with his predecessor, Graham Potter. “I never think it is correct when a manager comes under great criticism. Graham Potter is an excellent manager and his record at Brighton and getting the Chelsea job, you don’t get those jobs without having quality. Obviously he is finding it difficult but I have no doubt he’ll find success. This business does not mean everyone can deliver a trophy.”
Pep Guardiola going full “wow, guys” over his former defender, Kyle Walker, set to face Manchester City with Burnley on Saturday.
He was unbelievable. One of the greatest full-backs ever. I slept like a baby for the games with Kyle there.
Wolves play Tottenham on Saturday evening, and Pereira spoke today. His team are pointless so far. “We need to increase our level. The last game gave us good signals and we must keep working to increase the dynamics: defending and attacking.
“We feel that to show the level of the players we have in this moment, we need just a result, a win, and everything can change. The squad is more balanced that last season because we have two players for each position and I believe that it is time to prove why they are in the Premier League, why we selected them from other leagues to come to this league.
“This is the time for the players to be themselves, be comfortable to play in their best level. I believe this internal competition is good for us. I don’t have any doubts that we will increase our level in the next weeks. Now is the time that I feel the start of a connection between the players, you see different movements, skills and they create the dynamics between them. This is the way tactically and mentally to build something strong.
“I feel that we are starting our season because now we have all the players together, working for something – and understanding what we want.”
There’s a few crisis clubs this season, Villa, West Ham and Wolves. There’s a story emerging that provides an intersection between two of them. According to informed fan site Molineux News, the Hammers considered turning to Vitor Pereira before he signed his new Wolves contract just recently, making connection with Jorge Mendes, the super agent.
Thomas Frank has been speaking about talk of a Tottenham takeover: “The start was very stable. Daniel [Levy] had been here for 25 years but the change came and I was a little bit like ‘okay I didn’t expect that’ but since then, the owners have been very transparent, very good in communicating, very clear – the club is not for sale.
“For me personally, I find it a stable environment coming into work every day and also I learned over a lot of years that the only thing that helps me and helps the team is that I do everything I can to focus on the team.”
Handover: John Brewin is here to take up the running as we enter the home straight.
Nottingham Forest: “We are definitely making progress,” says Ange Postecoglou of the new style of play to which Nottingham Forest’s players are having to become accustomed under his regime. “Our football is gradually getting to the place that we want. The results haven’t been what we wanted but that’s not because of lack of performance and that’s an important thing for me. There’s enough from the games I’ve been in charge of to show me that the players are responding and we are heading in the right direction.”
Jamie Jackson
Manchester United: Ruben Amorim has urged Manchester United to record back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time of his 32-game tenure by beating Brentford in Saturday’s noon kickoff.
“It’s really important. We talked about that at the end of the game [Sunday’s 2-1 win over Chelsea]. We need the sense of urgency that we need to win, no matter what. It’s going to be really difficult. Every time we start to prepare for the next game and watch the opponent, we think it’s going to be really tough. I have that feeling. But for me, we cannot control the game.
“The most important thing is to start the game like we did against Chelsea and Burnley – we need to be really focused and have the feeling of needing to win every match.
“I don’t say [doing this] playing well, because I think we have done that, but it’s normal that the fans don’t know what is going to happen the next game. To be honest, I have an idea, but I don’t know how it’s going to be and I’m the manager of the team.
“The best way of dealing with that is approaching every game like it’s the last one. I understand the feeling of the fans, so let’s start changing that feeling to present ourselves with the urgency of what we need to do on the pitch.”
Nottingham Forest: Despite having been in charge of Nottingham Forest for four matches, Ange Postecoglou will get to savour the atmosphere of the City Ground for the first time when Sunderland come to town tomorrow. The Australian has yet to taste victory in his new role, losing two games and drawing the others.
“I’m certainly looking forward to it,” he told reporters. “We’ve had four away games. I don’t think it’s a bad run of form, but playing four away games doesn’t happen very often. I am sure they [the fans] are excited to see the team, so irrespective of form or anything else, there should be a really good buzz at the stadium tomorrow.
“Home comforts. The fans will get behind the players so it’s going to be great. The players will enjoy it. When they walk out tomorrow night and they hear the noise that will be supportive of them, I think it will help the performance.”
Celtic: Having been denied a summer move to an unspecified club rumoured to have been Brentford, Celtic striker Daizen Maeda has been out of sorts this season and was hooked at half-time in Celtic’s Europa League draw with Red Star on Wednesday. Brendan Rodgers said after the game that the Japanese striker “wasn’t at his best or anywhere near it”.
However, the Celtic manager has since said he backs Maeda to return to form, as long as he doesn’t wallow in self-pity. “You can’t underestimate how difficult it’s been for him,” he said. “This is a guy who has given absolutely everything for this football club and even sometimes when you want to give your best, there’s a subconscious thing that can obviously hold you back a little bit.
“But, like I say to any player in this situation, it’s so important that you don’t get caught up in this sort of mentality of ‘it’s not fair’, because when you get caught in that, it’s very dangerous territory and it’s hard to move on from. So you have to really look forward, really do it for your team-mates, do it for your family, do it for your supporters, and then eventually you get confidence back and you start to get back to your normal self.”
Brentford: While Keith Andrews has far more important things to worry about than what kind of reception Mbeumo will get from Brentford fans tomorrow, he is asked for his thoughts anyway. “I think Bryan should get a really good reception from the fans,” he says. “Bryan epitomises everything good about this football club. Six years at the club, couple in the Championship, arrived as a 19-year-old. He was from France, spoke very little English, developed as a young man, developed as a player.
“He was given time, patience, support, and I think the way it went last year was the culmination of that six-year work, that six-year journey where so many people in that building played a part in his in his development. I know for a fact he really appreciates that. He appreciates the fans. I think it just epitomises what what this club is about.
“Bryan rightly should get a really good reception. Having said that, I don’t want us to give him a nice reception on the pitch. Yes, we know all about him, all his qualities We’re very aware of what a good player is and we’ll help hopefully try to nullify that by making it an afternoon that he doesn’t enjoy.”
Manchester United: On the even of Bryan Mbeumo’s return to Brentford as a Manchester United player, Ruben Amorim has been singing the praises of a winger who, it seems, has a hitherto undocumented side-hustle as an electrician.
“It’s really important for eveything he has been doing,” he says. “The light he brings to the dressing room. He is not the guy who talks, but he is always there to help us. He runs a lot, presses a lot, he is a different threat to last season. I’m more than happy with Bryan.”
Tom Garry
WSL: Manchester City will be without their England winger Lauren Hemp for a “couple of weeks”, their head coach Andrée Jeglertz has confirmed. Hemp was seen wearing a protective boot on the sidelines as Manchester City beat Everton 3-1 in the Subway League Cup group stage on Wednesday.
Speaking during his press conference on Friday afternoon, Jeglertz said: “She has an ankle injury and she’s out for a couple of weeks. It’s a tough situation for her, she wants to play, we want her to play, and she wants to contribute to the team, but injuries happen and she’s doing everything she can to get back as quickly as possible. Hopefully she will be back soon.”
Manchester City will host London City Lionesses in the WSL on Sunday [12:00], looking for a fourth straight win in all competitions.
Manchester United: Ruben Amorim announces that Amad Diallo will miss tomorrow’s game against Brentford due to a family bereavement. “We are giving all the support to Amad and understood he needed to return home,” he says. He also reveals that as well as Casemiro, who is suspended, Noussair Mazraoui will be out with injury until after the international break.
Everton: David Moyes kicks off his press conference by telling reporters that Jarrad Branthwaite, who has yet to play for Everton this season as he recovers from a hamstring injury he suffered just days before it started, will not be available for Monday night’s match against West Ham. Merlin Rohl, who signed for Everton from the German side Freiberg during the summer, will also miss out with a groin injury.
West Ham: Currently the subject of a trend on social media where users have taken to superimposing his face on assorted celebrities and historical figures of note, Potter is asked if he is aware he has become a subject of ridicule through the medium of … er, meme. “Yes, I am aware of it,” he says. “It made my 15-year-old son laugh a lot so you have to accept what comes with [the job]. At times [it’s] ridicule but that is just the environment we are in and it is what it is.”
And does he have a favourite meme? “No not really,” he says. “I haven’t given it too much thought and you can imagine I’ve got a few more important things than that [going on] to be honest. As I said it is what it is and you have to deal with those things.”
Tottenham Hotspur: An expression of interest to buy the club by a consortium led by the former DJ and Nasa engineer turned tech bro Brooklyn Earick, 41, has been “unequivocally rejected” by owners ENIC, according to PA.
A report in The Sun on Thursday night stated American tech entrepreneur Earick was ready to launch an overall £4.5bn takeover bid for the Premier League club. Spurs’ majority owners ENIC, which is run by the Lewis family trust, earlier this month rejected expressions of interest from Amanda Staveley’s PCP International Finance and a consortium of investors led by Dr Roger Kennedy and Wing-Fai Ng through Firehawk Holdings Limited.
A club statement at the time insisted “Tottenham Hotspur is not for sale” and PA say a source close to the Lewis family reiterated that message on Thursday night.
West Ham: One-time flavour of the month turned favourite for the sack race, Graham Potter takes West Ham to Hill Dickenson Stadium on Monday night in desperate need of a win to try and silence his many critics among the West Ham fan base. Given the cloud of toxicity that hung over the London Stadium during West Ham’s loss to Crystal Palace last weekend, Potter and his players may well prefer to be playing a couple of hundred miles away from home.
“I think you have to accept that at the highest level that the margins are small,” said Potter of a dismal start to the season in which West Ham have lost four league games out of five and been knocked out of the Carabao Cup. “You can’t wait for those to come round for you and you just have to keep working. We have to keep moving forward and try and change it and that’s the job, that’s life and we are looking forward to changing that dynamic.”
Some unsolicited advice, Graham – you also need to learn how to defend corners.
Newcastle United: Joelinton ended a nine-month goal drought by scoring his first two goals of the calendar year two goals against Bradford City as Newcastle began the defence of the Carabao Cup and his said he and his teammates have not been unsettled by the protracted and occasionally unseemly departure of Alexander Isak from the club during the summer.
“We had a good pre-season,” said the Brazilian. “We know the noise around but we are professional. We kept the focus and do what we have to do on the pitch, and everyone has done well. We wish Alex the best. He did well for the club and now he’s gone and we have to focus on the players that are here in the squad and keep going.”
Newcastle host Arsenal on Sunday and will be hoping to beat them at St James’ Park for the fourth time in succession. Joelinton is confident they can do so. “That’s the way we feel against everybody,” he said. “Every time we step on the pitch, we try to represent Newcastle in the best way possible against any team. We believe in ourselves and know we can play against anyone, and that’s what we try every game.”
Arsenal: Already five points behind Liverpool in the title race after just five games, the club face what could be an extremely tricky assignment on Sunday when they travel to St James’ Park. Arteta has been buttering up Newcastle’s head coach and the club’s fans ahead of the trip.
“I always praise the work Eddie [Howe] and his staff have done there,” he says. “They have managed to create such an atmosphere at home and a clear identity. It is going to be another tough test. We know we are going to have to be more efficient to win the game and we are going to work on that in the next couple of days. [The atmosphere at St James’ Park] is incredibly beautiful. One of the best atmospheres in this country. They play every single ball with you. It’s electric. It’s one team in one city. It’s a great atmosphere to play in.”
Arsenal: Arteta goes on to express his delight that William Saliba has signed a new five-year contract with Arsenal and says that he hopes everyone on the planet follows suit. “Hopefully it will be everyone in the world very soon,” he says.
“That is what I’m hoping. It’s great to see so many players willing to stay. [Saliba] is very impressive for his age because sometimes we tend to forget [how young he is]. It’s his consistency and the way he has matured as a person. Year after year he has built a partnership, with Gabriel especially, but the back line and the keeper.
“Every time I sit with a player and I see what their intentions are its that they want to stay with us. We don’t take it for granted. It means the club are doing really well to make players and staff feel valuable.”
Arsenal: Mikel Arteta opened his press conference with some words of condolence and support for the family of Billy Vigar, the 21-year-old former Arsenal academy player who passed away yesterday after suffering a “significant brain injury” while playing for Chichester City in the Isthmian League last weekend.
“Shocking news,” says the Arsenal head coach. “Straight away I am thinking about the family and how difficult it is to go through something like this. Our full support with the family.”
Newcastle United: Having overseen a revolution at Newcastle since the Saudi takeover of the club in 2021, Eddie Howe is now concentrating on evolution as his team prepares to welcome Arsneal to St James’ Park on Sunday.
“They are a different team [to last season] but likewise we are a different team,” he tells reporters. “We are still in the moment of finding out what team we are going to be and there have been really positive signs already this season. Against Bradford there were signs of the creative side to our game and the technical side was in a really good place and we are going to need something similar [on Sunday].”
Bournemouth: Andoni Iraola has been monitoring reports from the physio room ahead of his team’s trip to Leeds tomorrow and has no news to speak of. “I think it’s a very similar picture to the one we had last week,” he tells reporters. “Enes [Unal] and Adam Smith are out, then we have the situation with Lewis Cook.
“He is still in some pain in the shoulder. He is training with us but we have to take a decision. We will have to see today how he trains and see if he can travel with us, or if it’s better we leave it until next week. It’s a decision we have to take today after training. Everyone else is available, no issues. We are in a good spot.” They certainly are in a good spot – fourth in the table, five points behind Liverpool and only behind Arsenal and Tottenham on goal difference.
It’s now time for me to hand the reins to Barry Glendenning. Enjoy!
“I’m pretty sure everybody will be happy to see him,” says Pep Guardiola of Kyle Walker, who will be back at the Etihad tomorrow with Burnley.
“It was an unbelievable few years for us and he was the right-back who defined our time here in the last nine or 10 years. I’m pretty sure he will get the gratitude of our fans. Absolutely he deserves it. One of the greatest full-backs ever”
London City Lionesses to get new training ground
Tom Garry
The newly-promoted WSL side London City Lionesses have been granted planning permission, unanimously, by Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, to build a state-of-the-art training base in Ditton, Kent. The club say the site, Cobdown Park Performance Campus, will “rival that of a men’s Premier League team,” and is being designed to specifically tailor to female athlete’s performance needs. London City, who are owned by the American businesswoman Michele Kang, say the campus will create 50 permanent new jobs and generate around £1m per year of investment in the local economy in Kent, where they hope this site will see generations of local girls develop into top players.
Good news for Fantasy Premier League managers everywhere: Guardiola says Erling Haaland is available for Manchester City v Burnley. There had been some injury fears regarding the big Norwegian.
Also from Pep: “Ait-Nouri, no. Cherki, no. Marmoush, no. Kovacic, maybe.”
Succinct.
Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta are also on press conference duty soon. It’s going to be a busy old afternoon.
Ruben Amorim will be talking to the press in an hour or so. It seems to me he does more interviews than any other manager. There’s never a shortage of talking points around Manchester United, to be fair, and tomorrow they’re at Brentford – a ground at which they’ve failed to win in their past three attempts, being completely outplayed in each of those games: a 4-3 loss, a 1-1 draw and that 4-0 walloping early in Erik ten Hag’s reign.
Can Amorim finally string together back-to-back Premier League wins?
Brighton will have Mats Wieffer and Maxim De Cruyer back from knocks for their clash against injury-ravaged Chelsea tomorrow [Saturday]. Yankuba Minteh and Brajan Gruda were previously considered doubts but should be available, according to Fabian Hürzeler.
Jack Hinshelwood is unavailable.
Let’s stay up in the north east with a bit more from Eddie Howe. The Newcastle manager has been discussing Nick Woltemade and the German’s role in the Magpies’ new-look attack.
“It is difficult to see him as a ten considering we do not play with somebody in that position. I see him as a nine who plays it slightly differently to other nines that we might have had in the past. You can’t compare Nick to Callum Wilson for example, they are two totally different profiles of player.”
Sunderland. Oft-mocked either side of the pandemic, down and out for a long time, but now back and thriving. How did it happen?
Louise Taylor explores how the men’s and women’s teams on Wearside are now setting standards admired around Europe.
Thanks John. Alas, it’s been a number of years since I drank in the Kingfisher.
There’s some golf tournament about to start, but let’s focus on the football…
Right, I shall pass the baton to Dom Booth, the pride of Poynton now that the Kingfisher pub is a Spoons.
Professional Footballers’ Association statement on the death of Billy Vigar.
Clearly there needs to be a formal investigation into the incident that has led to Billy Vigar’s tragic death, and it is right that this is allowed to take place so that the full circumstances can be properly established. All of our thoughts right now are with Billy’s family and friends, and providing whatever support we can to them.
“When the time is right, we will offer any assistance we can as part of any investigation process, specifically information that may be helpful regarding the safety of players in grounds. That includes sharing concerns we have raised previously around incidents where PFA members have been seriously injured in collisions with perimeter walls and fences, such as that involving Alex Fletcher at Bath City.
All footballers should expect to be safe when they go out to play or train, and to not be put at unnecessary and avoidable risk by factors beyond their control. When we previously highlighted potential safety issues in grounds and stadiums, the Sports Minister and I wrote to all the football authorities to urge them to be proactive on this and to make sure all their rules and regulations around player safety were fit for purpose.
Again, whilst it is important that a proper investigation is allowed to conclude, we have to ensure that opportunities to make grounds safer for players have not been missed and that players don’t feel that serious incidents involving their safety are necessary to prompt change.
Palmer out until after international break
David Hytner
Big injury news out of Chelsea on Cole Palmer, who was forced out of their defeat at Manchester United last Saturday with a recurrence of a groin problem. The manager, Enzo Maresca, says he is out until after the international break, with the club hoping that rest rather than surgery will be the cure. Palmer, remember, had to pull out of Chelsea’s game at West Ham at the start of the season with the same issue. He will miss three matches for Chelsea before the international break – Brighton, Benfica and Liverpool, all of which are at Stamford Bridge.
Maresca said: “We decided to protect Cole a little bit so that his injury didn’t get worst. We decided to rest him for the next two to three weeks, until the international break. I don’t think he needs surgery. He just needs to manage pain in his groin. This is why we are being conservative with him, to give him rest. Hopefully he can be 100 per cent fit after the international break.”
Arne Slot on Leoni being replaced by Chiesa in the Champions League squad.
“We have looked into this. I cannot tell you exactly where this process is at the moment. It is not something I do myself. If I am informed correctly, if a player has an injury for longer than two months then you are able to replace him – now we have to see if it’s true or not but other people are looking into that.”
Eddie Howe has been talking about social media, after teenager Lewis Miley came under attack. He gave up on using it when still a player.
“It was a very short experience for me, but an important one, I think, that I felt that now I’m in these shoes, I can totally sympathise with the players and try and help them and understand their feelings.”
“Lewie and all the players, unfortunately, have to deal with this world that is there. If you open yourself up to it and absorb it, then it can affect you. Lewie is very mature for his age and he is strong mentally, but it’s our job to protect all the players, protect their own thoughts and their own views on themselves. That’s so important they protect their own confidence when they enter the pitch and they blank out all the noise.”
Jacob Ramsey’s short Newcastle career has been interrupted by injury and he’s out until next month.
Eddie Howe: “His recovery is going well and he is on the grass working hard and building his fitness back up. The plan was that he would [be back] for the first game after the international break ahead of us and if it is any earlier than that then of course he is ahead of schedule.”
Some Russell Martin press conference quotes after Rangers’ latest defeat came to Genk.
I’m frustrated. The red card changed a lot, but I’m proud of the players in the second half. I asked them to be really aggressive after the sending off, not just try and defend for 45 minutes. Genk didn’t cut us open, we weren’t defending relentlessly.
The longer the game goes on, if we actually dominate the ball, we create a lot more. We’ll get there. We had 10 men for a long time, I think Jack [Butland] only had two saves to make in the second half. I thought we had some really good performances.
Trump to move World Cup from ‘dangerous’ cities?
The US president said he was going to make sure San Francisco and Seattle were “safe”, adding that the cities were “run by radical left lunatics who don’t know what they’re doing”. Seattle’s Lumen Field is set to host six matches at the finals, with Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara – an hour away from San Francisco – due to host a further six.
Premier League clubs to be docked points for financial breaches
Exclusive story from Matt Hughes:
A club guilty of breaching SCR by 30% would be docked six points. Extra points could be deducted on a sliding scale for more serious breaches of the spending cap, which would restrict spending on transfers, player wages and agent fees to 85% of revenue. Smaller breaches would be punished by a financial levy tied to the percentage of the overspend. The Premier League declined to comment.
That Leoni injury can only heighten speculation that Marc Guehi will be joining Liverpool in January. The Crystal Palace manager, Oliver Glasner, has been talking about his captain:
“It is credit to Marc that he never threatened to strike. He is a very honest person. That is why I was never worried about this situation. He will be our captain as long as he’s here, because he’s just such a great player and such a great personality.
“Everybody could see how he played for England, that he’s 100% focused, the same here. It was written [in the media], that he steps back as our captain. Nothing true.”
Terence Doyle pays tribute to a rare talent at Bournemouth, a club that has space for such a maverick.
Alessia Russo might have lost out to her but Aitana Bonmati is a historic great in the women’s game.
That Leoni injury means Federico Chiesa will take the place of his compatriot in the Champions League squad.
Busquets to retire at the end of MLS season.
Per PA Media
Inter Miami’s former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets has announced he will retire at the end of the Major League Soccer season.
The 37-year-old made 722 appearances for Barca between 2008 and 2023, winning nine LaLiga titles and the Champions League on three occasions.
At international level, he was capped 143 times and played a key role as Spain won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. He moved to the MLS two years ago and has made 105 appearances for Miami, playing alongside former Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez.
“These will be my last months on the pitch. I’m retiring very happy, proud, fulfilled, and above all grateful,” Busquets said in a video on his Instagram page. “A heartfelt thank you to everyone and to football for everything. You will always be a part of this beautiful story.”
Leoni out for the season with ACL injury
Disaster for Liverpool’s summer signing, Giovanni Leoni, so promising on debut against Southampton. The anterior cruciate ligament injury feared when he was carried off has been confirmed.
Liverpool manager Arne Slot this morning: “He is not in a good place because he tore his ACL which means he will be out around a year. Being so young and coming to a new country and playing so well in your first game, it’s very hard to take the positives. There is never a positive side but you try to look at that and that is that he is still so young and he has so many years still go to after he recovers from a terrible injury.”
Europa League fall-out: relief for Aston Villa, more gloom for Rangers.
Let’s begin in the usual way, with 10 things to look out for this weekend.
Weekend’s Premier League fixtures:
Saturday (3pm unless stated)
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Brentford v. Man Utd (12.30pm)
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Chelsea v. Brighton
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Crystal Palace v. Liverpool
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Leeds v. AFC Bournemouth
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Man City v. Burnley
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Nottm Forest v. Sunderland (5.30pm)
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Tottenham Hotspur v. Wolverhampton (8pm)
Sunday
Monday
Preamble
Good morning from London, where we ready ourselves for another weekend of domestic action, and hear the fallout from last night’s Europa League. Team news and managers’ press conferences to follow, and the latest breaking news.
You know the drill by now. Join us.
