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Take a step back and, whether we like it or not, we can all see what is happening with all the ins and outs at Newcastle. Whatever statements come out of the club, it is clear the landscape has changed.
It is a changing football club – in terms of its owners’ aims and ambitions and their transfer strategy, which all seem massively different to the way they were
Sheffield United have announced a reshuffle of their coaching staff which has seen the arrival of former Manchester United and England defender Phil Jones and the departure of long-term assistant boss Alan Knill.
Jones, 34, moves to Bramall Lane as first-team coach after leaving Championship rivals Blackburn Rovers last week.
He had joined the Ewood Park club in February as part of interim boss Michael O’Neill’s coaching team.
Knill has
Championship leaders Middlesbrough are celebrating winning both the manager and player of the month awards for January.
Boss Kim Hellberg led Boro to five wins from their six league games last month, with them scoring 14 goals as they chased down the leaders Coventry City before overtaking them at the top of the table last weekend.
Midfielder Alan Browne won the player award, having also filled in at wing-back and
Alan Browne, Charlie Hughes, Sam Smith and Caleb Taylor are the nominees for January’s Championship player of the month award.
Browne has come back into favour under Kim Hellberg at Middlesbrough and has been deployed at right wing-back as well as in central midfield.
The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international helped Boro to five wins in January, scoring in the 4-0 home wins over Southampton and Preston and scoring one
What hasn’t changed this weekend is that Arsenal are still the team to beat.
You could argue they could have done more against Chelsea’s 10 men, and they might be disappointed not to create more chances after the red card, and to only get a draw.
But, looking at the bigger picture, they have come out of a very difficult week in the Champions League and Premier League with impressive
Hellberg has been in charge at Hammarby for the past two seasons and has led the Stockholm club to successive second-placed finishes in the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s highest division.
He has a year to run on his contract, meaning Swansea would have to pay a compensation fee to secure his services. However, the size of the fee is not likely to be an issue for the Welsh club.
Hellberg was in
Sheehan was named as assistant to Michael Duff in the summer of 2023 and was placed in interim charge of the first team in December of the same year following the manager’s departure.
Under Sheehan’s guidance, the Swans took 11 of the 21 points on offer before Luke Williams was appointed as Duff’s permanent replacement in January 2024.
But little more than a year on, Sheehan was back in temporary
Former Middlesbrough and England forward Alan Peacock has passed away at the age of 87.
Peacock is seventh on the club’s list of all-time top scorers with 141 goals in 238 games.
He spent 10 years at Boro before joining Leeds in 1964 and helping them win promotion to the top tier, scoring 30 goals in 65 games for the Yorkshire club.
The striker also won six caps for England
Alan Sheehan says his future will be decided next week as he continues negotiations over a deal to become Swansea City’s permanent head coach.
Sheehan, 38, has enjoyed a positive spell as caretaker boss since taking the reins following the departure of Luke Williams in February.
Swansea have taken time to consider their managerial options, but have now decided Sheehan is the man to lead the Championship club next season.
Swansea City continued their superb late-season form as they held on at Queens Park Rangers to secure a fifth successive Championship victory.
Swansea took control before half-time as QPR defender Morgan Fox turned Josh Tymon’s cross into his own net.
The Welsh side deservedly doubled their advantage early in the second period when Harry Darling swept in from close range, with Rangers finally coming into the contest when Karamoko Dembele