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Latest Premier League News and Transfer Rumours Here is our EPL transfers and news round-up from today’s papers. Spain Await in EURO Final The first EURO 2024 semi-final is now in the history books, as Spain overcame France last night to book their place in the showpiece in Berlin against either England or Netherlands. The Three Lions play the Dutch team tonight and will be hoping to make it back-to-back EURO finals for the first time in their history. Would England deserve to win the whole thing? See what we think here. EPL Transfers Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of 6ft 8in…
EPL Players at EURO 2024 – Day 26 Spain is the first team to qualify for this year’s EURO final after a come-from-behind win against pre-tournament favourites France. As part of our EPLNews EURO 2024 report, here is how Premier League players performed in these games. Spain 2-1 France It took two outstanding goals from Spain to overcome an early France lead and seal the win in Munich. After Randal Kolo Muani put a bullet header into the Spanish net within the first 10 minutes, a four-minute flurry brought two goals for the Spaniards to book their spot in the final.…
EPL Players at Copa America 2024 – Day 20 We now know the first finalists of the tournament, as Argentina beat Canada relatively comfortably to book their spot. As part of our EPLNews Copa America report, here is how Premier League players involved in the tournament performed. Argentina 2-0 Canada It was a professional performance from the reigning champions in New Jersey as they scored a goal in each half to qualify for the final of this year’s Copa America. The opener came in the 22nd minute from City forward Julian Alvarez, after a defence-splitting pass from Rodrigo de Paul. The…
Latest Premier League News and Transfer Rumours Here is our EPL transfers and news round-up from today’s papers. Semi-Finals Incoming We are now at the semi-finals stage in both the EURO and Copa America tournaments, and there are still plenty of Premier League players in action. This evening will see Spain and France square up in Munich for a place in the EURO final, while later on Argentina and Canada will do battle in New Jersey for a chance at Copa glory. Tomorrow, the other semis will take place, as Netherlands take on England in Dortmund and Uruguay faces Colombia in Charlotte. Here…
Why It Should Be “Coming Home” The Three Lions have been extremely tepid so far at this summer’s tournament, but there is evidence to suggest that England can win EURO 2024. And maybe even that they should win it. Round of 16 Scare Let’s face it, this half of the draw has been very kind to England. We are not going to talk about their performance in the group stage, because even thinking about it makes us fall out of love with football. In short, they were very poor, but still the best. And then they went up against Slovakia…
Latest Premier League News and Transfer Rumours Here is our EPL transfers and news round-up from today’s papers. Thiago Retires Thiago Alcantara has retired from football after leaving Liverpool when his contract expired at the end of June, according to Sky Sports Germany. The 33-year-old midfielder joined the club for their Premier League title defence in 2020/21, but a succession of untimely injuries restricted him to a mere 51 top-flight starts in his four campaigns at Anfield. Thiago did play a key role in the Reds’ quadruple push in 2021/22, helping Jurgen Klopp’s side win both the EFL Cup and the FA Cup…
Latest Premier League News and Transfer Rumours Here is our EPL transfers and news round-up from today’s papers. England Through to EURO Semis The Three Lions have qualified for the European Championship semi-finals by beating Switzerland in a penalty shootout yesterday and will now face Netherlands for a spot in the final in Berlin. It was 1-1 after 120 minutes and England scored with all five spot kicks, the decisive one courtesy of Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold. For Switzerland, it was Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji who failed to convert his chance, seeing his weak effort parried away by Jordan Pickford. The semi-final against Netherlands…
EPL Players at EURO 2024 – Day 23 England and Netherlands won their EURO games yesterday against Switzerland and Turkey, respectively, to set up a semi-final against each other. As part of our EPLNews EURO 2024 report, here is how Premier League players performed in these games. England 2p-1 Switzerland (5-3 in penalty shootout) In another display that saw them struggle to create chances, England still found a way to get to the third semi-final in a major tournament under Gareth Southgate. It was a balanced but mostly drab affair over 120 minutes in Düsseldorf, with the goals coming in a…
EPL Players at Copa America 2024 – Day 17 Colombia and Uruguay qualified for the semi-finals after eliminating Panama and Brazil, respectively. As part of our EPLNews Copa America report, here is how Premier League players involved in the tournament performed. Colombia 5-0 Panama It was a very dominant display from the Colombians as they put five past Panama, with three goals coming in the first half. Goals scored by Jhon Cordoba, James Rodriguez (penalty) and Luis Diaz already put Los Cafeteros out of sight by half time. The procession of goals continued after the interval, when Richard Rios and Miguel…
Latest Premier League News and Transfer Rumours Here is our EPL transfers and news round-up from today’s papers. City and United Receive UEFA Green Light The two Manchester clubs have UEFA’s approval to participate in European competitions alongside Nice and Girona, who share ownership with United and City, respectively. Two clubs under the same ownership being in one European competition creates a potential conflict with UEFA’s multi-club ownership rules, and changes had to be made at board level for all four clubs to be admitted. UEFA confirmed on Friday that there had been “significant changes made to the ownership, governance, and financial support of the…