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Roberto De Zerbi has revealed phones were banned from meals during Tottenham‘s warm weather training camp in Marbella in his latest attempt to turn a vastly-assembled squad into a team. Spurs committed more than £380 million ($505m) on new signings this summer with 10 players joining, but they will start Monday’s home fixture with Coventry at the bottom of the Premier League with no wins from their opening six fixtures.…

Leeds boss Daniel Farke has said that striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin showed “respect” after not taking the knee prior to Leeds United‘s draw with Manchester United on Sunday. Players have taken the knee across Premier League fixtures this weekend as a part of the league’s “No Room for Racism” campaign, but Calvert-Lewin joined the few who opted against, with Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Issa Diop and Marc Guéhi also choosing to stand before…

Mikel Arteta has defended his Arsenal team after they only managed one shot on target in their 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest on Sunday. Noni Madueke’s deflected strike in the 80th minute was the only time the Gunners mustered a shot on goal, and although it was enough for a valuable win, Arteta’s side were toothless for the vast majority of the contest. “I think we have played 11 competitive…

Eric García and Jules Koundé have both been ruled out of Barcelona’s Champions League game against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. García will also miss Sunday’s Clásico against Real Madrid after being ruled out for up to four weeks with a thigh injury picked up in Saturday’s win at Real Betis. Koundé will be assessed ahead of Madrid’s visit to Spotify Camp Nou in LaLiga this weekend after spraining his ankle…

LEEDS, England — Michael Carrick said Manchester United‘s situation “doesn’t look great” after a 1-1 draw at Leeds left the club in the bottom half of the Premier League and still searching for a first win since August. United have collected just seven points from their seven league games this season and are now on a run of one win from seven games in all competitions. The sequence of results…

Jordan Henderson has not given up on extending his England career after insisting he will use a new lease of life at Chelsea to prove he can still perform at the highest level. The 36-year-old was fuelled by criticism his twilight years were only good for squad development after unkindly being labelled a “cheerleader” for Thomas Tuchel’s national team. Suggestions he was a good person to have in the dressing…

BRIGHTON, England — Fabian Hürzeler has told Brighton & Hove Albion fans to “enjoy a beer” and not look at the Premier League table to celebrate their dominant 5-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday. The Seagulls maintained their strong start to the season and provisionally moved into second place ahead of Arsenal with a victory in what is sometimes referred to as the M23 derby. Brighton had five different…

Michael Carrick’s future as Manchester United‘s head coach was thrown into fresh doubt on Sunday as his team were held to a 1-1 draw by rivals Leeds United in a result that extended the Red Devils’ winless run to six matches in all competitions. With just six points earned from their opening six games of the campaign, United had already registered their poorest start to a Premier League season before…

Diego Gómez has written his name into the history books with a stunning goal on Sunday. Measuring at 51 metres from goal (56 yards), the Paraguayan’s strike is the longest-range Premier League goal since 2017 when Wayne Rooney scored from 58 metres out (64 yards) for Everton against West Ham. – Brighton vs. Crystal Palace LIVE: Diego Gómez scores from halfway line Collecting the ball near the halfway line, the…

Dejan Kulusevski will return to Tottenham’s matchday squad for the first time in 526 days for Monday’s visit of Coventry, but Sávio and Lucas Bergvall will be absent. Spurs have spent the majority of this week in a warm weather training camp in Marbella, but Savio was absent after he reported a “muscular problem” on Tuesday and Bergvall is sidelined for “two weeks” with a knee issue. Those absences along…