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Manchester United News: Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

March 25, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

It’s the last international break of the season, and thus, Manchester United are currently off until March 30. We don’t have a game to talk about for awhile, but there are plenty of news topics to discuss.

Let’s take a spin through the inter webs and see what’s buzzing in Manchester United cyberspace right now. We begin with midfielder Nemanja Matic, the latest Red Devil to come out and publicly endorse the idea of interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer staying on board beyond the end of the season.

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Filed Under: Football/Soccer, Manchester United

Man United Transfer Talk: Ander Herrera, Samuel Umtiti, Memphis Depay

March 25, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

It’s the last international break of the season, and thus, Manchester United are currently off until March 30. We don’t have a game to talk about for awhile, but there are plenty of transfer rumors to discuss. The summer transfer window doesn’t open for awhile yet, but the futures of many key United players remains up in the air.

Let’s take a spin through the inter webs and see what’s buzzing in Manchester United cyberspace right now.

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2019 NFL Mock Draft 3-26-19

March 25, 2019 By paulmbanks 24 Comments

It’s 2019 NFL mock draft update time! It’s our second update post Scouting Combine, and the underwear olympics in Indianapolis really shook things up; big time. Massive changes were made in last week’s edition. Now, with the first few days of free agency behind us, we made a couple more changes this week.

Team needs have now been taken into account, as free agency is in our midst. (Also, here is our very first 2020 NFL mock draft over at this link)

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Filed Under: Chicago Bears, College Football, Green Bay Packers, Michigan Wolverines, New England Patriots, NFL, NFL Draft, Northwestern Wildcats, Oakland Raiders, Ohio State Buckeyes

Liverpool Reportedly Willing to take £12m Loss on Potential Naby Keita Sale

March 25, 2019 By paulmbanks 2 Comments

Liverpool midfielder Naby Neita has certainly seen his Anfield career get off to a rough start, and according to one report, the Merseyside club are already prepared to move on. Officially signed a year before his actual £52 million move to Liverpool from RB Leipzig, the Guinea international arrived with a ton of hype, a level of which would be difficult for anyone to live up to.

According to Team Talk, the Reds are willing to ship him back to Germany, even if it requires a £10 million.

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Mauricio Pochettino Gives Speech at New Tottenham Stadium Opening (Video)

March 24, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

The new White Hart Lane is finally here! (sort of) The significantly delayed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opening has now arrived. (kind of) The Tottenham U-18 side beat the Southampton U-18 today in the first of two test matches at the brand spanking new venue.

There will be one more warm-up match, an alumni match between Spurs and Inter Milan on Saturday night, then the first official match, featuring the senior team, comes April 3 when London rival Crystal Palace comes to town. The NFL will have a strong presence at the stadium too, starting next fall.

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Jesse Lingard and John Stones Spend Time with Big Cats, Amazing Chimp

March 24, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Jesse Lingard and John Stones are teammates for country, but bitter rivals on the club level, and the two footballers have come together this international break. The pair are definitely enjoying their time in the United Arab Emirates, spending some time hanging out with big cats and one very talented chimpanzee at the Dubai zoo.

Lingard is one of seven United players who are missing out on international duty this time due to injury. He donned traditional Middle Eastern garb to visit the zoo, and pose with a fierce, roaring lion. Later he spent time with a very talented chimpanzee, where he was joined by a dressed in shorts and a t-shirt John Stones.

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Seven Manchester United Players Miss International Play Due to Injury

March 24, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

Manchester United will have plenty of fitness concerns to sweat over in the run-up to their hosting of Watford on Saturday. Simply put, this international break has not been kind to them on the fitness front, with Eric Bailly the latest player to be concerned about the availability of.

The Ivory Coast centre-back was involved in a scary collision during the African Cup of Nations qualifier with Rwanda on Saturday and had to be subbed off. Bailly had scored the second goal of the match off a header.

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Romelu Lukaku to Miss Belgium Match, Doubt for United Clash vs Watford

March 24, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

The foot injury that Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku suffered earlier this month doesn’t seem to be healing up right now. Lukaku missed last weekend’s FA Cup quarterfinal loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers and is a doubt for the home match against Watford on Saturday.

The Belgian national team has now confirmed that Big Rom won’t be traveling with the team for their Euro 2020 qualifier at Cyprus tomorrow.

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Tottenham Transfer Talk: Trippier, Kessie, Aurier, Aarons, Wan-Bissaka

March 23, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

It’s the last international break of the season, and thus, Tottenham Hotspur are currently off until March 31, when they visit Liverpool. We don’t have a game to talk about for awhile, but there are plenty of transfer rumors to discuss. The summer transfer window doesn’t open for awhile yet, but the futures of many key Spurs players remains up in the air.

Let’s take a spin through the inter webs and see what’s buzzing in Spurs cyberspace right now in regards to summer transfer rumors.

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Dexter Williams: Notre Dame Running Back Seems Destined for Day 3 of NFL Draft

March 23, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

No matter what you think of Notre Dame running back Dexter Williams as a NFL Draft prospect, you have to admit he has a very strong work ethic.

At Notre Dame Pro Day on Wednesday, you could hear it in his loud grunting during the drills, and you could feel it in the way his grunts echoed throughout the Loftus Sports Complex. In front of 48 total NFL personnel, representing all 32 teams Williams put in a monumental effort.

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Arsenal FC Transfer Talk: Granit Xhaka, Franck Kessie

March 23, 2019 By paulmbanks Leave a Comment

It’s the last international break of the season, and thus, Arsenal FC are currently off until April 1, when they host Newcastle United. We don’t have a game to talk about for awhile, but there are plenty of transfer rumors to discuss. The summer transfer window doesn’t open for awhile yet, but the futures of many key Arsenal players remains up in the air.

Let’s take a spin through the inter webs and see what’s buzzing in Gunners cyberspace right now in regards to summer transfer rumors.

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Filed Under: Arsenal, Football/Soccer