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Millwall manager Alex Neil says his side must continue to keep the back door locked if they are to remain realistic promotion contenders.
The Lions boss was full of praise for his team’s defensive efforts after they became the first side to stop Wrexham scoring at home this season in Saturday’s 2-0 win.
And Neil has challenged his fifth-placed side to keep things tight from now until May if they
Millwall head coach Alex Neil says fending off interest in attacker Femi Azeez from Ipswich Town shows the strength of their position in the race for promotion to the Premier League.
The Tractor Boys identified the 24-year-old as a key target in the January transfer window but were not able to lure him from The Den.
“I think what [message] it sends to people is the fact that we’re in
Kim Hellberg praised a “brilliant” performance from Alex Bangura, insisting the defender showed players can force their way into his plans with effort on the training ground.
Bangura, 26, has not played for Boro for 18 months, with his last appearance coming at the end of the 2023-24 season.
But after impressing the new manager in two sessions at training this week he was rewarded with a start and 90
Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott has been given his first senior England call-up – something former boss Nigel Pearson predicted while they were together at Bristol City.
Pearson handed the 22-year-old his Bristol City debut in 2021 and worked with him for more than two years before Scott joined the Cherries in August 2023.
“No doubt about that I think he’ll play for England and I think he’ll go on to
Alex Neil has set his sights on a sustained Millwall promotion challenge next season after agreeing a new deal at The Den.
The Lions surged up the Championship table following Neil’s arrival in December and finished in eighth place, missing out on the play-offs by just two points.
But the 44-year-old, who guided Norwich into the Premier League a decade ago and oversaw Sunderland’s League One play-off success in 2022,
Millwall’s quest to find a late-season play-off spot proved in the end to be a game too far at Turf Moor on Saturday.
In many ways this was a magnificent performance by the Lions, who gave everything to find the win they needed to make the top six.
But a second half of relentless Burnley pressure proved, in the end, to be too much for the injury-hit Londoners, who were
Millwall boss Alex Neil said he is “extremely proud” of his players for keeping their Championship play-off hopes alive.
The Lions were 13th, and six points adrift of the top six, following a 1-0 defeat by Sunderland 16 days ago.
But they have since won three games on the bounce – including a 1-0 victory over play-off rivals Middlesbrough on Saturday – to move within two points of Coventry City,
Millwall face the Black Cats at the Stadium of Light on Saturday before a run in that includes visits to Sheffield United, Blackburn Rovers and promotion-chasing Burnley on the final day of the season, as well as home games against Middlesbrough and Norwich City.
Neil said he does not see talk of a late play-off tilt as a distraction but said his team understood the task of a “very hard
Millwall boss Alex Neil hopes they can now move on from goalkeeper Liam Roberts’ suspension following their come-from-behind win at Watford in the Championship.
Roberts had a three-match ban for a dangerous challenge on Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in the FA Cup extended to six games during the week.
Lukas Jensen was again in goal at Vicarage Road and made some important saves as the Lions came
Charlton Athletic have signed Alex Gilbert on loan from Middlesbrough until the end of the season.
The 23-year-old attacking midfielder, who is a former Republic of Ireland youth international, is the first player to move to the Addicks during the winter transfer window.
Gilbert moved to Boro in the summer of 2023 from Brentford but has found his chances at the Riverside Stadium limited.
He has made just two Championship