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Aston Villa have been rocked by the news that star player Jack Grealish has suffered a setback in his bid to recover completely from the shin injury that has plagued the England man for several weeks.
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Paul Merson has revealed his Premier League predictions come the end of the season and according to him, he sees Manchester United and Liverpool finishing in the top four. While United have been in decent form in recent games and lie in second place behind Manchester rivals City, Liverpool have, on the other hand, been very poor this season.
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Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel guided his side to an impressive victory over Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid on Tuesday night in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 fixture. Super striker Olivier Giroud was the star of the show and the scorer if the only goal as he helped the Blues seal a remarkable and much-needed first-leg win over their rivals.
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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk is stepping up his return process from injury after recently providing an update to his fans as he returns to light training. In the update the former Southampton defender provided, he revealed that he is currently training with former AC Milan midfielder Clarence Seedorf as he edges towards his return date from his season-ending injury.
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As a manager, knowing that you have qualified for the next round of the Champions League round of 16 already with a game to spare is usually blissful. You then have the freedom to give minutes to your fringe players and either get reminded of how good they are, or why you should sell them.
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Football is such a game that can turn one player from zero to the hero or vice versa. The same thing happened with Alberto Aquilani, the former Italian skipper. The central midfielder was playing for the English Premier League giant Liverpool where he signed for 17.1 million Euros and the then coach of Liverpool Rafa Benitez took him from AS Roma of Italy. He was given the place of Xavi Alanso who went to Real Madrid that summer. But a goal changed his career and the fans erased his name completely from their memory.
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Sergio Ramos will end his career at Real Madrid says Florentino Perez. With the victory against Villarreal, they were able to secure their 34th league title and the first one since 2017. They won the match for 2–1 and thus taking away the title from the defending champions Barcelona. Ramos was exceptional in the league and he has scored five goals in the 10 La Liga matches he has played.
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According to reports from Italy, Juventus and Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci has rejected two transfer offers from English champions Manchester City. Bonucci, 32, has been linked with a move to the Etihad in recent weeks and this has been confirmed by the local media in Italy.
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Recently, it appeared as if the season for Premier League has been recovered in one or other forms. But the reality is that it is still hanging in the balance. Football is not going to return on the revised date of the postponement done officially which is on 30th April. That is the only certainty, but one question that remains is whether the 2019-20 campaign will at all be completed. An emergency meeting was being held some days back between senior football figures from all the 20 Premier League clubs. The decision that was almost unilateral in this meeting was that the present set of fixtures must be completed, whenever it is possible.
One reason was sporting integrity but the teams also feared about having to pay back approximately £750 million each for television rights. According to some reports, the balance is currently shifting and a large number of clubs want the season to be declared as null and cancel it for moral reasons. This means that Liverpool will not get its title. Some other implications are also there, but quotes by the chairmen are included in the report saying that none should take superiority during the pandemic.
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Atletico Madrid have been handed a fitness boost ahead of their round 16 the against Epl runaway champions, Liverpool, with reports suggesting powerful forward Diego Costa is back to training.
The former Blues striker has been out since November, suffering from a hernia disc issues and he was almost ruled out of the clash with the title holders and current world champions, but the latest report from the medical table suggests the player has a chance to play in the encounter, as he has resumed training with the first team.
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