Paully

Is it April 1st?! “Paris St-Germain are preparing an £80m bid for Manchester United's 26-year-old England forward Marcus Rashford and would be willing to pay him £500,000 a week”

Good week for Hebburn with three wins out of three and it’s should be the play-offs again! Stockton should take the automatic promotion spot although if Dunston win their three faves in hand then they go two points behind them! Good to see four North East teams in the top five!

Can’t believe that sitter in the 95th minute! Simeone on the floor!

Deserves ET this!

Luton must have dropped a shit load of points from leading situations this season

Some game - Atletico 1-1 Inter

??????? With England having a shortage of fit and available right backs currently, with Kieran Trippier, Reece James, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka all injured, there is speculation that Tino Livramento will receive a call up by Gareth Southgate.

Spot on!

https://theathletic.com/5332174/2024/03/12/michael-edwards-liverpool-fsg-profile/ I never knew about this – I’m certain they’ll go for an elite manager when Klopp goes but you never know especially with Hughes coming as sporting director from Bournemouth After everything that has happened since Klopp arrived on Merseyside, it can feel like a trick of the imagination that Liverpool gave serious consideration to hiring Eddie Howe rather than the man who, eight and a half years later, counts as Anfield royalty. Howe was on a three-man shortlist with Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti for the manager’s position and it was part of Edwards’ job, then as Liverpool’s technical director, to determine who had the outstanding credentials to replace Brendan Rodgers. Ancelotti passed all the criteria in terms of his record in the Champions League and the statistics relating to his teams at Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea and Real Madrid, but his transfer record counted against him because the system devised by Edwards and Liverpool’s analysts deliberately placed less emphasis on a manager’s recruitment in his first year. Their theory was that a manager might not have the ultimate say when it came to transfer business during his first season but, in years two, three, four and five, that manager’s influence would be greater and signings would not happen without his input. A lot of Ancelotti’s recruits were deemed to be on the older side and that jarred with Liverpool’s thinking. Edwards wanted players aged 26 or under who were approaching their peak years and would still have a re-sale value three or four years later. Howe, now at Newcastle United, was managing Bournemouth and had a reputation for developing younger players and playing attractive football. He had also been a player at Portsmouth when Edwards was starting out at the south coast club. Their friendship, however, never came into it. Howe did not have the experience of competing in the Champions League, whereas Klopp ticked every box in terms of achievement, transfer business and playing style. Edwards made his recommendation to FSG and left them to get on with the business of making it happen.

A much better source reckons he’s fine so God knows! Hopefully this!

Hopefully wrong but just heard seven months FFS

Let’s not forget - no Rafa, no takeover as well

Ha ha I think he'd be perfect but I love him so very biased!

Would love him as sporting director! Who on earth advises him to take on jobs?! Us included - not that I'm complaining as I loved him as manager! Some of his choices these last 10 years have been crazy!

Legend!

Eight years today since he was appointed! Cheers for the memories and the takeover, boss!

Tiago Pinto If a big club like Newcastle asks to speak to you, of course you’re interested." "I know the Club’s story very well because Sir Bobby Robson was a big personality in Portugal and we associated him with Newcastle. I followed the club because of that passion." "The work the new ownership has done has been very impressive – with a clever strategy they’ve come from a relegation fight to the Champions League so there’s huge potential at Newcastle." "I don’t know if the interest is true or not but who would say no to a project like that?"

https://twitter.com/jimmywatt19/status/1766919377809453141?s=46&t=FsEm6VC2ijNnTjHjyXU7DA

Five of the six writers have him in their 23 man squad and rightly so! https://theathletic.com/5317495/2024/03/06/england-euro-2024-squad-picks/

https://twitter.com/paullynufc79/status/1765824254673584571?s=46&t=FsEm6VC2ijNnTjHjyXU7DA

Can anyone post this article please? https://twitter.com/sjopinion10/status/1765688736400986402?s=46&t=FsEm6VC2ijNnTjHjyXU7DA

https://twitter.com/domscurr/status/1765713444722909257?s=46&t=FsEm6VC2ijNnTjHjyXU7DA

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-manchester-city-premier-league-rule-stunt-growth-2942992