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Manchester United are conducting their end of season review which will include their final analysis of manager Erik Ten Hag, once finished this will decide if he has a future at the club. HITC sources confirmed before the FA Cup final that the club had NOT made a decision on Ten Hag – despite numerous reports to the contrary, and that is how things have panned out. Now the club’s new footballing department led by INEOS are assessing how this season has played out as a whole, including their FA Cup victory over Manchester City. Sir Jim Ratcliffe is overseeing the overall assessment, with board ...
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Chelsea have decided who they want to replace Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager – completing their search in a week. The West London giants parted ways with Pochettino as the Premier League season ended and they already had a good idea of who they wanted, having begun due diligence on replacements weeks ago. Ipswich Town’s Kieran McKenna and Brentford’s Thomas Frank were amongst the leading candidates, but they have now decided that Enzo Maresca is their man. HITC revealed last week that Chelsea were keen to open talks with Leicester. Enzo Maresca set to take charge of ChelseaHITC can r...
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Brighton & Hove Albion went into the May Bank Holiday weekend believing that they would end it with their new manager. HITC was told by sources close to Brighton that they were confident of striking a deal for Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna. McKenna’s representatives have held talks with Chelsea whilst they also touched base with Manchester United – but once he was ruled out of taking charge as Stamford Bridge, Brighton believed that they were edging close to sealing his appointment. Kieran McKenna is set to sign a new long-term deal at IpswichHowever, HITC has now been told by sources close...
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Barcelona decided to sack head coach Xavi on Friday, and HITC can confirm that president Joan Laporta did it knowing who was going to succeed him. The news came as something as a shock, as only last month – Xavi and Barcelona had announced that that he was in fact staying put in the Catalan capital, which had come after he had originally confirmed in January that he would be leaving. However, the relationship between Xavi and president Laporta has diminished in recent weeks and it became apparent that the Barca chief was looking elsewhere. That was confirmed when Barcelona announced that Xavi ...
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The Football Association have confirmed West Ham United midfielder Lucas Paqueta has been charged with breaking betting rules which could see an end to his career – a leading sports lawyer has told HITC. The FA revealed the charges on Thursday and confirmed they were in relation to four Premier League games, in which Paqueta was booked on each occasion. In their statement the FA stated: “It’s alleged that he directly sought to influence the progress, conduct, or any other aspect of, or occurrence in these matches by intentionally seeking to receive a card from the referee for the improper purp...
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Lucas Paqueta’s dreams of joining Manchester City this summer are over, HITC understands. Paqueta confirmed on Thursday that he had been charged by the Football Association for breaching their betting rules, something which the Brazilian still denies. Paqueta almost joined City last summer when a deal between City and West Ham was agreed, but at that point the FA announced an investigation was underway and at that point – the two clubs could not proceed. The Brazilian international and his team have been pressing the FA to accelerate their process with the belief no charges would be brought, b...
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HITC understands Manchester United are angered by claims they have held talks with potential successors to Erik Ten Hag on the eve of the FA Cup final and insist no decision has been made about the Dutchman. United in recent months have put together their first building blocks of their new project under minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe – whose INEOS firm is now running football operations at Old Trafford, One of Ratcliffe’s huge issues has been damaging speculation and leaks around the club, but despite him placing his senior INEOS men Sir Dave Brailsford and Jean-Claude Blanc on the club’s bo...
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Bayern Munich’s search for their new head coach is finally coming to a conclusion, HITC understands. The saga at the Allianz Arena has been ongoing since Thomas Tuchel’s departure was first confirmed by Bayern in February. Since then Xabi Alonso has rejected them, along with Liverpool, to stay with Bayer Leverkusen, which was followed by former boss Julian Nagelsmann electing to sign a new deal with Germany and guide them into the European Championships this summer. Despite coming close to a deal, Ralf Rangnick then decided to stay with Austria – before Crystal Palace’s Oliver Glasner said he ...
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HITC understands that Chelsea have already been working hard on Mauricio Pochettino’s replacement. Sources have confirmed to HITC that the Argentine has parted company with the West London giants following talks between the club’s co-owners Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and Jose Feliciano – at which point he knew his time at Stamford Bridge was all but done. Boehly met with Pochettino last week and it is believed he was keen for the Argentine to stay, but the rest of the club’s hierarchy were keen on a change and as such Chelsea are now looking for a new head coach. Whilst Eghbali et al will hav...
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Chelsea always like to do things the hard way it seems! On Sunday, there was an air of positivity at the club after Mauricio Pochettino had ended the season in a strong fashion by beating Bournemouth and Chelsea finished sixth in the Premier League table. Yet, fast forward to the present, and the former Tottenham Hotspur boss has left his role at Stamford Bridge after one year in charge. At one point during the 2023/24 Premier League season, Chelsea were sitting in the bottom half, but they ended up only three points behind Spurs. During the last 15 games of the campaign, only Premier League t...
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