‘Out of context, videos can be misconstrued’ Sheffield Wednesday’s Moses Odubajo has offered an explanation to the club’s supporters after being accused of celebrating Lewis Grabban’s goal for Nottingham Forest on Tuesday night. Forest beat Wednesday 2-0 at the City Ground to leave Tony Pulis’ side rooted to the bottom of the Championship table. Grabban’s […]

5 years ago

“They’re a great club.” Things haven’t exactly turned out too badly for Leon Goretzka since making the move to Bayern Munich. Two Bundesliga titles, a couple of German cups and a Champions League winners’ medal is a fine return for his two-and-a-half seasons in Bavaria, and justifies why he opted to make such a difficult […]

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Two Premier League clubs are interested in taking the youngster on loan. Manchester United youngster Brandon Williams could be poised for a January loan move, after seeing his playing time at Old Trafford limited during the early months of the new season. Williams was handed his United debut by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the start […]

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Want. If you’re old enough to remember the Football Italia years on Channel 4 – and frankly, if you aren’t, we feel a little bit sorry for you – you’ll almost certainly hold a special place in your heart for the Parma team of the late 1990s. While AC Milan and Juventus were the more […]

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“He was a true gentleman.” Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has joined key figures from across the football world in paying tribute to Gerard Houllier, who has passed away aged 73. Houllier’s six-year stint in charge of Liverpool between 1998 and 2004 saw him win six trophies for the Merseyside club. Despite being in […]

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Love him or loathe him, Roy Keane is TV gold All the build-up, all the hype, and here we are, a matter of hours after the first Manchester derby finished in a dull goalless draw, telling you about Roy Keane mercilessly taking the piss out of Gary Neville. The former United teammates were both on […]

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Sooner or later, you knew it would come to this… Paul Pogba, as his agent has made it explicitly clear, wants out of Manchester United (again). Juventus are reportedly considering selling Cristiano Ronaldo in the next few months. The transfer swap deal rumour just writes itself, doesn’t it? It’s easy – very, very easy – to […]

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Well, it’s not entirely their crest. We’ve altered them slightly. Still, you’ve seen enough football, you’ve played enough Football Manager, you’ve been plagued by enough quizzes to give this a stab. So, now, let us identify which badge belongs to which football club. Begin…

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Fernandes passed up the opportunity to complete a first-half hat-trick on Tuesday night. Manchester United took another three points towards qualification to the Champions League knockout stages on Tuesday evening, with a Bruno Fernandes-inspired victory over Istanbul Basaksehir at Old Trafford. The Portugal international scored United’s first two goals in their 4-1 victory against the […]

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Salah will miss this weekend’s game against Leicester. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has spoken to Mo Salah after the forward twice tested positive for Covid-19 while on international duty with Egypt. Salah was expected to take part in his national side’s AFCON qualifying double-header with Togo  over the international break, but had to self-isolate in […]

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How well do you remember the 2014 World Cup? Ah, where has the time gone? It doesn’t seem five minutes since Robin van Persie’s flying header, *that* James Rodriguez worldie and the Germans subjecting Brazil to the single most humiliating host nation exit from a World Cup ever known to man. Somehow, years have passed. […]

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Nothing feels real any more. Perhaps it’s passed you by, but there’s a certain segment of England fans – mainly Aston Villa supporters, and probably anyone who has watched the man playing – who have accused Gareth Southgate of having an agenda against Jack Grealish in recent weeks. Despite Grealish’s impressive club form, the midfielder […]

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With Covid cases soaring, another international break could present football with an avoidable problem Little over a month ago, as England’s football authorities busily continued to stuff as many fixtures as they possibly could into a short space of time, it started to seem – if only for a brief while – like the penny […]

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We got to see the full range from the former Manchester United and Ireland captain, today. Roy Keane has lots of thoughts on Manchester City defender Kyle Walker, but he summed them all up in a short and brutal observation. Walker conceded a first half penalty against Liverpool, in their Sunday afternoon league clash, when […]

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“The steps made today will improve the lives of near 1.7 million children in the UK over the next 12 months.” Marcus Rashford has spoken of his pride after his campaign to fight child food poverty saw ministers pledge £170m as part of a new winter grant scheme to help families struggling through the pandemic. […]

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As much as a manager can’t be disrespected by his players, this is actually hilarious. It has, as we’re all more than well aware by now, been a bumpy few months for Lionel Messi at Barcelona. After coming mightily close to leaving the Camp Nou in the summer, the Argentine has since won his power […]

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*Ron Manager voice*: It’s a nice headache to have, isn’t it? From the second Diogo Jota bagged his first goal on Tuesday night, you just knew that, at some point before he left the stadium, Jurgen Klopp would have to bat away at least one question about having a ‘selection headache’. Having replaced Roberto Firmino, […]

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Football might not be coming home. Uefa could abandon their plans to play next summer’s Euro 2021 championships in multiple countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Russia reportedly likely to stage all games. The tournament, which was originally scheduled to take place last summer, was set to be the first to take on a […]

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Pochettino could be back soon after a year out of the game. Mauricio Pochettino has made it perfectly clear he is ready to make a return to football management. Nearly a year has passed since the Argentine was dismissed by Tottenham Hotspur. In that time he has regularly been linked with with a return, with […]

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Maupay didn’t travel with his teammates ahead of Sunday’s game. Neal Maupay was reportedly dropped from Brighton’s Sunday evening fixture with Tottenham due to his ‘inflated ego’, a report has claimed. The Frenchman, the Seagulls’ top scorer this season, didn’t travel to London with his teammates for the Premier League clash, with manager Graham Potter […]

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Football and geography, joining forces once more for another quiz A quiz that tests your knowledge of geography and football club badges. What more could you possibly want? 15 pictures, all showing part of a European map with a small red dot on each one. All you have to do is work out which of […]

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The fallout continues. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has labelled Jordan Pickford’s challenge on Virgil van Dijk “unnecessary”, as the fallout from the Dutchman’s long-term knee injury continues. Everton’s goalkeeper clattered into the Dutch defender during the early moments of the Merseyside Derby earlier this month, causing a grade three tear to his anterior cruciate which could […]

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The weeks are flying by. Here we are then: Week six of the FootballJOE Badge Quiz. As per usual, we’ve given you 15 football club badges from across the globe – some a lot more recognisable than others – and taken away any letters or numbers from each one of them using our highly sophisticated […]

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Pochettino is now linked with the other job in Manchester. How long Pep Guardiola remains in charge at Manchester City is still a little unclear. Although the club’s most decorated manager has spoken of his willingness to extend his contract beyond next summer, so far, there has been little indication that a new deal is […]

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The club’s debt has climbed again. The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on Manchester United has been laid bare as the club announced its latest financial update on Wednesday. The release of United’s latest financial figures revealed the club’s debt has surged to £474.1 m – a staggering rise of 133 per cent in the last year. […]

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“There are a few reasons why they don’t do this job.” What started off with Jurgen Klopp having a swipe at pundits ended up as another enthralling round in the ongoing Carragher Neville social media slug-fest. Jurgen Klopp has questioned Jamie Carragher after the Sky Sports pundit underlined the importance of bringing in another central […]

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Carragher speaks for all of us Jamie Carragher has tweeted his disapproval after reports emerged claiming Liverpool and Manchester United have entered into discussions over a proposed European Super League. According to a report by Sky News, the new competition – which will be known as the European Premier League – would see up to […]

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Quite possibly the hardest one yet. We’ll level with you, we’re probably going to be saying that every week from now on. Five editions in, and things are getting increasingly tricky. Avid followers of the FootballJOE Badge Quiz will have noticed we’re scouring every corner of the globe now, not just picking the crests of […]

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How quickly things change in football Only a matter of days ago, rumours swirled that all was not well between Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Bruno Fernandes. The Portugal international was substituted at half-time of United’s 6-1 humiliation at the hands of Tottenham earlier this month, and was followed by reports that he […]

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Van Dijk was substituted after 10 minutes of the Merseyside Derby Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp indicated he was concerned about the injury picked up by Virgil van Dijk during Saturday’s Merseyside Derby. Van Dijk was clattered by Jordan Pickford in a controversial incident during the early moments of the 2-2 draw at Goodison Park and […]

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Pickford relayed his apologies to Van Dijk via Henderson. Jordan Pickford has sent his apologies to Virgil van Dijk after his poorly-timed tackle saw the Liverpool defender leave the Merseyside Derby due to injury inside the opening ten minutes. After making a slow start, Everton were already trailing to Sadio Mane’s opener when the goalkeeper […]

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EVERTON 2-2 LIVERPOOL Caught your breath yet? Nah, us neither. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was rendered speechless by the final moments of an action-packed Merseyside derby. Liverpool were denied a late, late winner in an absorbing Premier League encounter on Saturday after Sadio Mane was deemed to be offside in the build-up to what had […]

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A lively start to the Merseyside Derby… Virgil van Dijk had to be withdrawn through injury after less than 10 minutes of the Merseyside Derby on Saturday after being on the receiving end of a shocking challenge from Jordan Pickford. After a slow start from Everton, Liverpool had taken the lead through Sadio Mane inside […]

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United did all they could to try and bring Bale to Old Trafford in 2013 By now, it’s little secret that David Moyes would have quite liked to have signed Gareth Bale when he arrived as Manchester United manager in 2013. After taking charge of United from Sir Alex Ferguson, Moyes identified Bale – along […]

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“We’re all very quick to judge. There’ll be people ripping him apart on social media…” Harry Maguire’s wretched slump in form continued on Wednesday night, as his sending off for England contributed to a Nations League defeat by Denmark at Wembley. Buoyed by the weekend win over Belgium, England had controlled the early stages of […]

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Fernandes is said to have doubts about Solskjaer. Exactly how much truth there is to stories suggesting all is not well between Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Bruno Fernandes isn’t clear at this stage, but the speculation doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. United’s 6-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham has cast […]

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Ronaldo became the world’s best player at Old Trafford, but he could easily have been plying his trade at Anfield instead The story of how Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in English football in the summer of 2003 has been widely told. As a teenage Ronaldo shone for Sporting Lisbon in a preseason friendly against them, Manchester […]

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The ultimate test for any Lionel Messi fan Call yourself a Lionel Messi fan, do you? Yes? Good, you’re in just the right place. No? Well, seeing as you’re already here reading this, you might as well stick around for a few minutes anyway. Since exploding into Barcelona’s first team all those years ago, Messi […]

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United’s attempts to play hardball backfired. Amidst the chaos of a drama-filled transfer deadline day at Old Trafford last week, you might easily have missed the news that Sergio Romero’s eleventh-hour move from Manchester United to Everton had collapsed- much to the annoyance of the player and his wife. The Argentine goalkeeper has slipped to […]

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“My bank account is overdrawn and I’m bankrupt if my luck doesn’t turn.” For a brief while, there was hope that a young Nicklas Bendtner might blossom into a top striker at Arsenal. After showing promise in the club’s youth sides, he had made his first team debut at just 17 in the League Cup […]

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Death. Taxes. Manchester United failing to sign Borussia Dortmund players The transfer window may have only just closed, but there’s absolutely zero danger of reports linking Manchester United with big money moves for Borussia Dortmund’s attacking talent drying up any time soon. While most of the focus over summer was on United’s doomed pursuit of […]

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Quiz time It’s five years since Jurgen Klopp took charge of Liverpool. Since then, the German has taken the club to the very pinnacle of the game, conquering Europe and ending a three-decade wait for domestic glory. But what of the players who have helped fire the club back to the top? This quiz asks […]

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Ding ding. Round Three After the insultingly easy return of our football crests quiz, we decided to raise the difficulty level a touch for last week’s edition. Disappointingly, some of you *still* managed to get full marks, which – and let’s not sugar coat this – more than likely makes you a bona fide football […]

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Sancho will get the headlines, but Sergio Romero is the true symbol of United’s failings Amidst the chaos, it was easily missed. As Manchester United raced against the clock to conclude deals for four new players on transfer deadline day, Eliana Guercio, the wife of Sergio Romero, had seen enough. Taking matters into her own […]

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“We lost the plot” Quite a day, that. After Manchester United’s capitulation at home to Tottenham on Sunday afternoon, you’d have been forgiven for thinking all the Super Sunday drama had been used up before a ball had been kicked at Villa Park. Not quite. Aston Villa, a side who survived a close scrape with […]

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The players and manager are easy targets but the problems go much, much deeper. Not so long ago, you may recall, there was a genuine sense that Manchester United, after seven years of mediocrity, were back. A derby win just before the pandemic shut football down, then a sequence of games after it which helped […]

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“I’m not one for the violence, but many people in the club could do with a good slap.” Patrice Evra is a passionate man, especially when it comes to Manchester United, so his views after United’s 6-1 humiliation at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur were always going to be worth watching. United had been insipid […]

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Bigger and better Okay, okay. We’ll level with you. Last week’s triumphant return of our football crest quiz might have been a little easy. Too easy, if a couple of the comments are anything to go by. This week, we’ve taken that on board and cranked up the difficulty level a couple of notches. Yes, […]

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In a matter of days, Manchester United fans will, one way or another, be put out of their misery As far as transfer sagas go, few in living memory have been more tedious than Manchester United’s ‘pursuit’ of Jadon Sancho. The Borussia Dortmund forward has been linked with a big money move to Old Trafford […]

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Lampard singled out the Spaniard for not thinking about his teammates. Chelsea full-back Marcos Alonso was reportedly on the receiving end of a furious dressing down from manager Frank Lampard following his side’s 3-3 draw at The Hawthorns on Saturday evening. Alonso had started the game at left-back but was one of two players hooked […]

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