Tag: ahead

8 October 2026 Off

How Brighton attract and develop the best young players ahead of their rivals

By Total Football News

The fruits of the policy this season can be seen this season, with two players signed in the summer of 2024.

Malick Yalcouye, a £6m signing from Gothenburg, spent the past two years out on loan, first with Sturm Graz in Austria and then with Swansea City in the Championship.

The 20-year-old has two Premier League goals in his first five appearances.

Ibrahim Osman, a £17m capture from Danish side

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20 August 2026 Off

Alex Neil: Millwall boss ‘optimistic but with an air of trepidation’ ahead of Norwich game

By Total Football News

Alex Neil is “optimistic but with an air of trepidation” about Millwall’s chances against his former club Norwich on Saturday.

Neil’s side made an excellent start to their Championship campaign, winning 2-0 at Bristol City, and will want more of the same in their first home match of the season.

“We’ve had a good result with a good performance and we obviously want to try to put another one in

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20 August 2026 Off

Middlesbrough: Kim Hellberg admires Boro legend Tony Mowbray ahead of showdown

By Total Football News

Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg has spoken of his admiration for former Boro boss Tony Mowbray ahead of their first meeting in the dugout.

Hellberg’s side head to Ewood Park on Saturday (15:00 BST) to face Blackburn, who are playing the first home game of Mowbray’s second spell in charge of Rovers, more than nine years after his first began.

The Saltburn-born 62-year-old played nearly 350 league games for Boro

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12 April 2026 Off

Stoke City opinion: Does a full rebuild lie ahead for Potters?

By Total Football News

Everything about this game screamed April.

The wind blew a gale while the sun shone and the rain poured and a huge rainbow wrapped around the stadium.

Amongst all of that Stoke played a game that felt meaningless but did shine a light on how much there is to address this summer.

Of the team that started, Gavin Bazunu, Ashley Phillips and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi are on loan, Lewis Baker is

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5 December 2025 Off

Gerhard Struber: Bristol City boss has ‘trust’ in squad ahead of tough festive fixtures

By Total Football News

Bristol City are currently sixth in the table, one point ahead of the three teams below them, and they face the Lions on Saturday having won two of their past three matches.

Struber said he is not looking beyond the next game, with eight fixtures between now and 4 January, and that ensuring his players are all individually motivated was key to gaining as many points as possible from a

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25 April 2025 Off

Plymouth Argyle get Makysm Talovierov boost ahead of Preston North End trip

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle’s Ukraine defender Maksym Talovierov has returned to fitness in time for the final two games of the season.

It had been feared that the club-record signing would miss the rest of the campaign after injuring his knee in last month’s 3-2 loss to Derby County.

But the centre-back, who has scored two goals in 11 appearances for the Pilgrims since his January move to Home Park, has recovered

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31 March 2025 Off

FPL gameweek 30 tips: Omar Marmoush captain ahead of Mohamed Salah this week

By Total Football News

David Raya, Arsenal, keeper, £5.5m – Fulham (h)

Raya has four clean sheets in his past seven and Arsenal have the second-most clean sheets (11) this season. There could be a few clean sheets knocking about this week and this game is one of them.

Josko Gvardiol, Manchester City, £6m – Leicester City (h)

I know City can’t keep a clean sheet this season but surely they will against a

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8 March 2025 Off

Portsmouth FC: John Mousinho looks ahead to Leeds United visit

By Total Football News

John Mousinho says it would be a “massive achievement” if Portsmouth could avoid defeat at home to Championship leaders Leeds on Sunday (12:00 GMT).

Pompey played out a thrilling 3-3 draw at Elland Road in their first game following promotion from League One in August, but the Blues boss says they have “moved on significantly” since then.

Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent: “It felt like we could have won the

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