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With the (regular) Championship season drawing to a close on 22 July, it is time to dish out the awards! It has been another enthralling year in the second tier of English football, with the race for automatic promotion, playoff spots and relegation all going right down to the wire. Let's have a look at the main candidates for PFA Championship Player of the Year. 1. Ollie Watkins - Brentford Watkins celebrates one of his 25 Championship goals this season After the departure of French forward...

Newcastle United manager Steve Bruce has offered an explanation for the lack of game time given to Japanese international Yoshinori Muto. Muto, who arrived from Bundesliga side Mainz in 2018 for an estimated £9m fee, has made just two Premier League starts for the Magpies this season. Muto has endured a tough spell at Newcastle Speaking after his side's goalless draw against Brighton, Bruce said (via The Sheilds Gazette): “Look, I’ll sit down with Muto. He hasn’t had the best of times under...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has suggested that the Reds could use Wednesday night’s game against Chelsea, after which captain Jordan Henderson will be presented with the Premier League trophy, to exorcise the demons of 2014 when their title hopes infamously ebbed away. A costly slip from Steven Gerrard and a well-drilled Chelsea performance that day saw Liverpool lose the game and their momentum in the title run-in. Now that the Reds are champions for the first time in 30 years and Chelsea...

Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani has revealed that the club made a daring swoop for Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the January transfer window, while they are now considering a move for former Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani. The Whites have been confirmed as the 2019/20 Championship title winners, and they must now add to their current squad in the coming weeks, with plans already in place to bolster certain areas in the side. One particular position of concern appears to be in attack, where...

Under-fire Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea is thought to have been performing below his previous high standards in training as well as in games, while usual cup goalkeeper Sergio Romero was left miffed by his exclusion from Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been determined to stand by De Gea, who was arguably the best goalkeeper in the world between 2015 and 2018. However, the Spaniard has made a number of high-profile errors in the...

Chelsea target Kai Havertz is expected to begin formally discussing his future with Bayer Leverkusen officials later this week, when the Bundesliga club return to training for pre-season. Havertz is among the brightest young talents in Europe and finished the 2019/20 campaign with another impressive haul of goals and assists, taking his tally of direct goal contributions for the last two years alone to 53 in all competitions. Havertz is one of Europe's brightest attacking talents Chelsea are...

Jack Grealish refused to say definitively that he will still be an Aston Villa player next season, following their 1-0 win over Arsenal on Tuesday. The Villa captain put in a man of the match of the performance against the Gunners to help propel Dean Smith's team out of the relegation zone with just one game left to play. Grealish put in a superb display against the Gunners on Thursday The display was the latest in a string of match-winning performances from Grealish that have fuelled...

David Moyes has insisted that Declan Rice won't be leaving West Ham unless the club receives a monumental offer. Rice has been ever present for the Hammers in the current campaign, not missing a single minute of Premier League action all season. The 21-year-old has been subject to interest from a several English sides with Chelsea seemingly at the front of the queue. Frank Lampard is said to be eyeing up a £45m deal for Rice, with a view to converting him into a centre-back. Declan Rice has a...

Manchester City target Ferran Torres looks to have taken another step towards his proposed move to the Etihad this summer, after fellow suitors Borussia Dortmund pulled out of the race to sign the Valencia star. Der BVB have been keeping a close eye on the young Spaniard for some time now as a replacement for the possibly-departing Jadon Sancho, and sporting director Michael Zorc even travelled to Spain to watch the youngster in action against Atalanta in February. Valencia CF v RCD Espanyol -...

Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has confirmed that he will be at the club next season 'no matter what', following talk of a potential move away. The 21-year-old managed 18 goals and seven assists in just 20 league appearances in 2019/20 to help them once again become champions of France. While the Ligue 1 season was ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic, Les Parisiens are now back in training and have been playing friendly matches as they look to prepare for their Coupe de...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is said to have 'fallen in love' with Milan midfielder Ismael Bennacer, and is keen to bring him to Manchester as soon as possible. Bennacer has played a key role in Milan's upturn in form, particularly since the resumption of play. The 22-year-old has started eight of his side's nine league games since the restart, and grabbed his first league goal in the win over Bologna on the weekend. View this post on Instagram ‪+3 points ?⚫️ #ForzaMilan‬ A post shared...

Liverpool will receive the Premier League trophy at Anfield on Wednesday night after facing Chelsea in the final home game of the season, ending a 30-year wait to get their hands on a league trophy. The Reds sealed the title earlier this month – bizarrely both the earliest (in term of games to spare) and latest (in terms of calendar date) in English football history – and fans, players and staff alike have been desperate for this moment to come when it all becomes even more real. Here’s...

Danilo Pereira says he would be a good fit for the Premier League and has described it as 'the best league in the world' as he continues to be linked with a move to Arsenal. The Porto midfielder has been identified as one of Arsenal's main transfer target this summer -according to a number of report at least - and is confident that his style of play would suit the potential switch. Danilo Pereira has talked up a move to English football Speaking to Stats Perform News, Danilo was eager to...

Good old Arsenal. After all the Arsene Wenger lark, aren't you just sick of flying banners over stadiums in a completely useless bid to get what you want? Obviously not. Fresh off the back of their most impressive victory in, God, a bloody long time, a few masterminds opted to restore the 'banter' which has strongly been associated with the club in recent times by flying a 'Back Arteta. Kroenke Out' banner over Villa Park ahead of the Gunners' fixture with Aston Villa on Tuesday night. A...

nked Oh, David de Gea. What has happened? The Spaniard had an afternoon to forget on Sunday as he was at fault for at least two (some would even say all three) of Chelsea's goals in the FA Cup semi-final defeat. The spilling of the ball into his own net followed by the look up to the sky and then down at the ground again has been an all-too-familiar sight for Man Utd fans in recent seasons. In fact, since the start of last season, only Martin Dubravka has made more errors leading to a goal than...

When Marcelo Bielsa arrived in West Yorkshire, the radical nature of the appointment was made abundantly clear as the side were ordered to strip the club's training ground of litter for three hours. The reason? He wanted his newly acquired squad to know just how long it took for the average Leeds fan to afford a match-day ticket. To the trained eye, this was typical behaviour from the Argentine head coach from his exploits abroad, but for those who were blissfully unaware of his unorthodox...

Zone Aston Villa took a giant leap towards safety as they beat Arsenal 1-0 at Villa Park to move out of the relegation zone heading into the final day. The hosts were mightily impressive in the opening period and took a deserved lead through Trezeguet, who crashed home from the edge of the area past a stationary Emi Martinez. Trezeguet scored an emphatic winner in the first-half Arsenal grew into proceedings at the start of the second half following the introduction of Granit Xhaka - fresh off...

In Gianluigi Donnarumma's 200th game, Milan picked up a crucial 2-1 win at Sassuolo on Tuesday night. Though he couldn't keep out Francesco Caputo's first-half penalty, the young Italian was hardly troubled on a momentous night for him personally. It was quite fitting that the 21-year-old played his milestone match against the Neroverdi, as they were the opponent he made his competitive Serie A debut against five years ago. 200 - Gianluigi #Donnarumma will play tonight his 200th Club game -...

Stefano Pioli has signed a new two-year contract at AC Milan, bringing to an end speculation linking Ralf Rangnick with the managerial role. The 54-year-old had looked certain to depart San Siro earlier in the year, with inconsistent form dogging I Rossoneri for much of the 2019/20 Serie A campaign. But since Italian football resumed after a three-month break enforced by the global coronavirus pandemic, Pioli's Milan have fired themselves back into a Europa League qualification spot - picking...

Newcastle are preparing for another season under the ownership of Mike Ashley, with the club's proposed £300m takeover - backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund - unlikely to go through. Obstacles including the Saudi's links with pirate bay television provider beoutQ had initially stalled the bid, although Premier League chief executive Richard Masters admitted at the end of last month that he was keen for the takeover process to be concluded in the weeks that followed. Richard Masters...