Richie Wellens: ‘Weak’ Leyton Orient players have wasted year of career

Wellens criticised his players for playing for a draw against Burton in the closing stages,in the knowledge that relegation rivals Exeter were losing to Bradford, and then celebrating on the pitch after confirmation they had stayed up. “Clap the fans because they’ve earned it,” he added. “They’ve paid their money all season to come and […]

Arsenal: Has Viktor Gyokeres proved his critics wrong?

When Gyokeres opened the scoring in the ninth minute at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, it brought up his 20th goal of the season and made him the first Arsenal player to score 20 or more goals across all competitions in their first season at the club since Alexis Sanchez in 2014-15 (25 goals). It has […]

Ed Still: Watford head coach sacked after less that three months in charge

This has been inevitable for quite a few weeks, and the announcement comes as no surprise. No matter what would have happened against Coventry yesterday (and it was another abject performance) Still was on his way. In the past two months the results have been awful, the performances dreadful and tactically the Hornets have lacked […]

Football gossip: Beukema, Leao, Danilo, Malen, Trafford, Remiro, Ramos, Ramazani

Liverpool make offer for Dutch defender Sam Beukema, AC Milan offer Rafael Leao to Premier League sides, Manchester United target ex-Nottingham Forest midfielder Danilo. Liverpool have made an offer to buy Netherlands centre-back Sam Beukema, 27, from Napoli, with the proposed deal worth 28m euros (£24.2m). (AreaNapoli via Teamtalk), external Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United […]

Aberdeen ready to move for Hibs’ Boyle – gossip

St Johnstone manager Simo Valakari has confirmed that he wants his Championship-winning captain, 33-year-old midfielder Jason Holt, to extend his stay at McDiarmid Park. (The Courier), external Ruari Paton says returning to St Johnstone next season is a “great option” for him, but the 25-year-old striker’s future has been complicated by parent club Port Vale’s […]

Wrexham: Was this season a missed opportunity?

In the end, it wasn’t to be for Wrexham. And perhaps a quartet of consecutive promotions was asking too much for even a club touched by Hollywood. It is four years since the last time the final game of the season wasn’t one of jubilant scenes. Those in red immediately fell to the turf after […]

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