Afcon 2023 is over. What a remarkable end to a tournament dripping in drama.
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Is Harry Kane Signing for Newcastle?
Here is Why aren’t Newcastle going after Harry Kane. A striker is not the concern at the moment. Newcastle had Callum Wilson beating Shearer’s record for goals in a month this past April. Isak is a complete forward that can play as a winger or a striker.
The Saudi-owned club’s fans are more concerned with the fact that they only had 2 cleans sheets in the league after January. When Longstaff or Bruno was out, the midfield was all of a sudden breachable which is great when you have Schar and Trippier venturing forward. I’m sure that’s what Howe is focusing on strengthening.
Newcastle are after younger players. Look at what Eddie Howe has already: Botman, Isak, Gordon, Bruno and Tonali. All young hungry players. Building a youthful team for long term success hopefully.
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Fans of other clubs, and (most) media, are really not taking Newcastle’s process here seriously. Most of the ESPN cast didn’t even know they walked around the field after every home match in procession after seeing it in the Brighton match. They make a move for a young Italian, who’s captain materiel at club and national level, and spend like 12 seconds on it and then move on and talk about Chelsea for the 80th time today. It’s unbelievable how under the radar they are still continuing to fly.
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Newcastle has an interesting project and the team can end up being a team that can potentially fight for a premier league title and possibly be regulars in the champions league. Harry Kane desperately needs to get out of Tottenham and while he’s still interested in breaking scoring records, he’s on good pace to do that if he stays in the premier league, there’s a feeling that if he doesn’t leave this summer or next summer.
SportsFila.com fears Kane will be stuck at Tottenham with no trophies to show for his brilliance and for his own legacy and reputation, he cannot allow that to happen and after failing to make that Manchester City move 2 years ago, he’s back in the same situation and right now he’s out of options.
Former manager Neil Warnock may have a solution for Kane though, hinting a move to Tyneside would be more beneficial.
When asked by Jim White on White and Jordan if Kane has a better chance to win trophies at Newcastle, he told talkSPORT: “Yes, you’re probably right, especially with the future coming up.
“I tipped them [Newcastle] in pre-season to finish in the top four, and everybody thought I was going round the twist.
“But they’ve just sustained that. The defensive situation the other night is as good as I’ve seen, against a very good Arsenal side
Manchester United have been linked with Kane in recent months and they believe that he’s the right striker for their team, but given their ownership situation and the fact that they have to negotiate with Daniel Levy and don’t wanna pay too much money for him, they have pulled out of the race for him, Bayern Munich are in need of a prolific number 9, he’s made it clear he wants to stay in premier league.
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Real Madrid needs a striker following the departure of Karim Benzema, now that Florentino Perez is confident that they can sign Kylian Mbappe this year or in 12 months time, the rumors of a Real Madrid move for Harry Kane has cooled off in recent days.
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He needs to win titles we’ve said that not just this year but what in the last 2-3 seasons and Levy doesn’t wanna sell him to another premier league club, Harry Kane continues to score goals for club and country, but right now, he needs to have the stomach to request a transfer and it seems like his only option could be to stay at Tottenham if he fails to get a move again which is likely to happen at this rate unless things change at United.
Newcastle won’t sign him, they’re still building they’re not the finished product and if he still wants the scoring record, he can stay in the premier league but be playing on a proper football club on teams where top players wanna play and I don’t see Newcastle signing him and is most likely spending another season at Tottenham.
Kane on his own would not make Newcastle title contenders, top 4 probably but still nowhere close to city. Unless they are prepared to spend another 150-200 on top of Kane to get there and if they aren’t prepared to do that Kane would not leave tottenham for a chance at top 4.
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It makes no sense for Newcastle to not be in on Kane. How many opportunities are you going to have as Newcastle to be heading into Champions League with the ability to add arguably the best striker in European football. Also, Newcastle hasn’t won anything in over a half a century. Their greatest achievement since winning the FA cup in the 50s is Shearer getting the goals record. If they sign Kane, he can break the record with Newcastle and they can keep that lone feather in their cap. All this “long-term project” stuff is nonsense.
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‘Compelling title race a relief for Premier League’
This weekend will be the 10th time that the Premier League title has been decided on the final day of the season.
But rarely before will those in charge of the competition have been so grateful for a captivating conclusion to the campaign.
Liverpool’s challenge ultimately faded, scuppering their fans’ dreams of a triumphant farewell for departing manager Jurgen Klopp and the prospect of an unprecedented three-way battle going the full distance.
But Manchester City or Arsenal will be crowned champions in the final act of what has been a classic duel.
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Sunday may not provide the unforgettable drama of 2012’s last day, which saw massive fans’ participation at MT online sportsbooks, when Sergio Aguero’s stoppage-time winner sealed a first Premier League title for City. But whether it ends with a record fourth consecutive title for the champions or a first in 20 years for Arsenal, league bosses, broadcasters and neutrals will have the special finale they hoped for.
Off the field, however, these have been troubled times for the top flight.
The points deductions handed to Everton and Nottingham Forest this season for breaching financial rules have been hugely contentious, the punishments – and subsequent appeals – leading to uncertainty over the league table, resentment by fans and fears that the relegation battle could be decided by the rulings of commission panels.
While both teams have ultimately stayed up, the controversy surrounding the profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) is not going away.
Newly promoted Leicester City have been charged with breaking spending rules when they were in the top flight (and are now taking legal action against the league), while Chelsea have also been under investigation.
And 16 months after City were charged with more than a hundred rule breaches, a hearing in their case is not thought to be scheduled until the autumn, contributing to the mounting scrutiny of the league’s governance and processes.
While City deny wrongdoing, a sixth league triumph in seven years would only intensify questions over the fairness of how they assembled their squad over several seasons, the time the case has taken, and whether the club’s wealth has distorted the competitiveness of the league, alongside admiration for the team and their coach.
Meanwhile, a split has emerged between clubs over plans to introduce a new spending cap, and the Premier League is facing the threat of more legal action from one of its members over amended rules around associated party transactions.
As if all that was not enough to contend with, the league’s chief executive Richard Masters has also warned of the “unintended consequences” of the forthcoming independent football regulator, amid mounting criticism of the failure by his clubs to agree a new financial settlement with the English Football League (EFL).
The Premier League is also known to be deeply concerned about the increasingly congested calendar, with Masters recently warning of a “tipping point”, after criticism following the scrapping of FA Cup replays. The league has also admitted that the VAR system must improve after a series of controversies.
With the title race going right to the wire, Sunday’s final-day drama will provide a welcome distraction from such matters for Masters and his colleagues – but, one suspects, only a temporary one.
Clock ticking for Commonwealth Games
A few weeks ago in Birmingham, Katie Sadleir, the head of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), told me that any further delay beyond May in announcing a host for the 2026 event would be “very problematic”.
Since then Glasgow has emerged as a possible back-up option if no replacement is found for Victoria in Australia, which pulled out last year, plunging the event into crisis.
But there has still been no official announcement by the CGF.
Insiders claim they remain hopeful a host will be confirmed in the next two weeks, but the clock is ticking.
Super League heading stateside?
The National Rugby League (NRL) season kicked off in the US for the first time in March, with a Premiership double-header staged at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas as part of a multi-year deal designed to grow the sport in the US.
So could Super League clubs follow suit?
Talks have taken place over the Club World Challenge being staged in the US, and some Super League bosses are keen on regular season matches being part of the tie-up too.
Wigan and Warrington played each other in Milwaukee 35 years ago, albeit as an exhibition match. And with rugby league currently ‘re-imagining’ itself as part of a 12-year deal with agency IMG intended to boost its appeal, anything seems possible.
Manchester United assessing potential Erik ten Hag replacements 👀 Mark Ogden shares details with SportsFila.
The fact that Southgate is on that list tells how serious you should take it
No manager on earth could do anything with Manchester United until Someone takes responsibility for the club and has a viable plan for the future.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group, the club’s new partial owners, are exploring options to assume the role. According to Team Talk, the Red Devils are considering the 41-year-old as a candidate for the manager position.
After achieving success as a player with Barcelona, Inter, and Paris Saint-Germain, winning numerous titles, the two-time Champions League winner transitioned to coaching at the senior level.
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ESPN loves ManUtd. As much they say that they hate talking about ManUtd they can’t stop talking about ManUtd 😅😅. They have spend 15 mins speaking on rumours – Hypocrites.
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It’s not Ten Hag fault when players like rashford do not put in all the effort after signing a new contract. Also ten hag had to deal with incredible amount of injuries which ESPN deliberately overlooks. So getting another manager isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s so funny how the English media fails to realize that the structure & the players is the problem at united…..but they trying to sack ETH who is an elite manger under a proper management structure 💯
The best manager that seems to be being overlooked shouod be n1 on the list for bayern utd liverpool is someone inzaghi. Hes done great things with Lazio and inter. Loads of experience and has got to european finals and won domestic leagues.
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It is very different getting an underdog /dark horse to perform vs going to an environment where the spotlight in on you everyday from day 1. The same thing happened at Bayern with a couple of their coaches…
Afcon 2024 victory is well deserved for Ivory Coast they left no stone unturned and they dominated throughout. If there is a one person who deserved to win the AFCON it was Sebastian Haller. In 2022, he was diagnosed with cancer but he recovered and he returned to play football in 2023 only to bottle the Bundesliga title on the final matchday to Bayern but here we are in 2024 where he scored the winner in the AFCON final to win Cote d’Ivoire AFCON title so congratulations🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🏆
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FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
But Ivory Coast won fair and square. They played better. Congratulations champs.
What Adingra did in the African Cup of Nation was phenomenal. Nigerians will remember him as a nighmare forever. The boy has a great future ahead of him.
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Haller beats cancer, then comes to the AFCON and scores the most important goal in the final, the winning goal what a beautiful story for that man and Ivory coast, congratulations to them👏👏
Congratulations to Ivory Coast from cameroonian👏👏👏you organized and won the most beautiful AFCON in story, unbelievable achievment when we look how things went for you.
One of the best tournaments I’ve seen.
Almost every team demonstrated that they were not afraid of their opponent and played above expectations.
Congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire who never gave up and believed and implemented their progress towards goal as much as possible until the last second in this tournament. Kudos to Nigeria for high yield and quality.
Thank you for making the spectators so emotional and congratulations and best wishes to the Ivory Coast and the Ivorian people.
FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
Afcon 2023 is over. What a remarkable end to a tournament dripping in drama.
Thanks for your company.
The night has only just started in Abidjan.
Congratulations to Ivory Coast for winning the Africa Cup🏆! The team showed strength and desire to win and to not give up until the end. And the fans were absolutely amazing
P.s Haller deserved it the most, since he suffered a lot.
The story of Côte d’Ivoire’s victory in the African Nations is one of the most beautiful stories in the history of football. We sympathized with this team’s version a lot and we will tell it to our children in the future 🧡
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