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One Aston Villa star has topped the charts for an unwanted statistic in the 2023/24 Premier League season. Having secured Champions League football with a fourth-place finish in the 2023/24 campaign, Unai Emery couldn’t have asked for much more from his Aston Villa squad. From Ollie Watkins’ goals to Ezri Konsa’s stability at the back, it was a remarkable team effort to fire the Midlands club back where it belongs among Europe’s elite. The end of the season saw the individual awards dished out, with Watkins winning the Playmaker of the Season award, and Moussa Diaby claiming the Most Powerful ...
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Paul Warne should swoop for an ‘outstanding’ free agent to rival Curtis Nelson at the heart of the Derby County defence. Derby County returned to the Championship last month following a 2-0 victory over Carlisle United on the final day. The Rams are now embarking on a squad overhaul this summer with the club announcing six players will depart once their contracts expire in June. With Paul Warne previously describing this Championship as the hardest he’s seen in years, the 51-year-old has outlined his ambition to improve every year in his squad. Attacking reinforcements are his priority after w...
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Matty Cash could have his days as Aston Villa’s starting right-back numbered after the club qualified for the Champions League. The 26-year-old has made decent progress in the three seasons since he joined the club for £16 million from Nottingham Forest in 2020, but there are question marks over his ability to make the step up to the Champions League. In the last few weeks of the season Cash was badly out of form and this appears to have expedited Aston Villa‘s plans to sign a new right-back, with links to the likes of Denzel Dumfries and Jeremie Frimpong. However, with Villa needing to be car...
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In our view, Pep Guardiola should bench Manchester City winger Jeremy Doku instead of his teammate against Manchester United in the FA Cup final. READ MORE: FA Cup final 2024: Man City vs Manchester United kick-off time, TV channel, live stream, tickets and moreOn the final day of the 2023/2024 Premier League season, Pep Guardiola fielded a full-strength team to beat West Ham United. However, Guardiola should perhaps make one key change to his side for the upcoming FA Cup final. Man City boss Guardiola should bench Doku to start one player against Man UnitedJeremy Doku perhaps merits a start a...
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Ollie Watkins will be recharging after a long season ahead of what he hopes will be a summer in Germany having been named in the provisional England squad for the Euros. The Aston Villa striker has enjoyed a fine season, scoring 27 goals and providing 13 assists in all competitions as Watkins played a big role in securing a Champions League spot for next season. The 2023/24 season was the best of Watkins‘ career, with the fact that there wasn’t a single penalty in those 27 goals making the achievement all the more impressive. The 28-year-old is flourishing under the management of Unai Emery an...
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Paul Warne can repeat the success of loaning out Dajaune Brown with another ‘fantastic’ Derby County youngster this summer. Derby’s academy is a goldmine for young talent having watched current first-team stars Eiran Cashin and Louie Sibley develop through their underage groups. The Rams have also seen many talented youngsters leave the club to spread their wings elsewhere, including Will Hughes, Morgan Whittaker and most recently, Max Bird. Of the current precocious talents coming through the academy, striker Dajaune Brown is arguably the most highly-rated, with Gateshead manager lauding him ...
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Unai Emery will be thrilled with the achievements of his Aston Villa squad over the 2023/24 campaign however, one star could face a severe drop in game time ahead of next season. At the start of 2022/23, Aston Villa were led by Steven Gerrard until late October, seeing the English coach drive his squad to win just two of their opening 10 games. Prior to Unai Emery’s arrival, not many would have expected the mostly same squad to qualify for the Champions League the season after, with the Spaniard’s standards significantly raising the bar at the club. A fourth-place finish in the 2023/24 campaig...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) made a historic step this week as chief prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC sought arrest warrants for leading Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, along with three senior Hamas officials. Beyond adding further political pressure on Israel over its onslaught in Gaza, there is also the question of how significantly the arrest warrants will impact Israel’s Western allies, who have faced mounting scrutiny over their support for Israel. Unsurprisingly, both Israel and Hamas condemned the move by Khan, wh...
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Despite the fact the 2023/24 season has only just come to an end, Aston Villa will already be thinking about how they can bolster their squad for next season. That task lies with manager Unai Emery and president of football operations Monchi, with the duo having to mastermind a summer of recruitment that gets the Aston Villa squad ready for a season in the Champions League. Unfortunately for Villa, even with a spot in the Champions League, they will be unable to focus simply on incomings. That is because the club is at risk of breaching both UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules as well as th...
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It has been widely reported that former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is set to be named the new manager of Bayern Munich in the coming days. The Etihad legend has just suffered relegation with Burnley, after his style of football unfortunately didn’t translate to the Premier League. Despite this big setback, Kompany has now emerged as a top contender for the Bayern job, with Thomas Tuchel leaving. The Bavarian giants have been searching for a replacement for a while now, and they seem to have settled on the Belgian. READ MORE: Who is Vincent Kompany? All you need to know about the l...
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