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Mohammed Kudus: Tottenham midfielder shines amid big expectations from manager
4 October 2025 Off

Mohammed Kudus: Tottenham midfielder shines amid big expectations from manager

By Total Football News

Spurs backed new manager Frank in the transfer window, shelling out £181m on Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons, Bayern Munich forward Mathys Tel, centre-back Kevin Danso and Kudus.

Sources told BBC Sport at the time of Kudus’ move that he had prioritised a switch to north London despite at least six top clubs enquiring about the 25-year-old.

He cited Frank as one of the main reasons for choosing Spurs – a

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Middlesbrough: Owner Steve Gibson a big factor in Rob Edwards taking job
24 June 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Owner Steve Gibson a big factor in Rob Edwards taking job

By Total Football News

Edwards moves to the Riverside with a different backroom staff to the one he had at Luton.

He worked alongside Paul Trollope and Richie Kyle at Kenilworth Road, but Kyle is now at Bolton Wanderers and Trollope has been linked with joining up with Will Still at Southampton.

Edwards’ new-look team includes Adrian Viveash, who was number two to Mark Robins for seven years at Coventry City, and the younger

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Aston Villa complain to PGMOL after ‘big mistake’ at Old Trafford
25 May 2025 Off

Aston Villa complain to PGMOL after ‘big mistake’ at Old Trafford

By Total Football News

So, what do the Football Association (FA) laws say?

Law 5 states: “The referee may be assisted by a video assistant referee only in the event of a ‘clear and obvious error’ or ‘serious missed incident’ in relation to: goal/no goal, penalty/no penalty, direct red card (not second caution), mistaken identity when the referee cautions or sends off the wrong player of the offending team.”

A message on social media

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Women’s FA Cup final: Sir Jim Ratcliffe absence obscures the big issues at Man Utd
18 May 2025 Off

Women’s FA Cup final: Sir Jim Ratcliffe absence obscures the big issues at Man Utd

By Total Football News

Yet is it realistic to fight with Chelsea?

There was a lot of talk about the Champions League but United’s path to the lucrative main draw is fraught with hazards for Skinner’s side. Firstly, they must come through a semi-final and final just to make it through the second qualifying round. Inter Milan and Roma are big-name potential opponents – but Swedish side BK Hacken are also in the draw

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Bristol City: ‘One last big push and we’re into the play-offs’
29 April 2025 Off

Bristol City: ‘One last big push and we’re into the play-offs’

By Total Football News

Disappointing [the 4-0 defeat at Leeds]. Outplayed, outclassed. They’ve just got to put it out of their system as quickly as possible.

Make sure Ashton Gate is absolutely jumping on Saturday and it’s very much still in City’s hands.

They’ve just got to forget about it. Obviously it’s a bad loss, it’s a bad defeat. Back-to-back defeats on the road.

Not exactly going into Saturday with a lot of momentum

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Liverpool win Premier League: Reds must rebuild with big signings
28 April 2025 Off

Liverpool win Premier League: Reds must rebuild with big signings

By Total Football News

There are questions in defence, especially in the full-back positions, while even Virgil van Dijk’s decision to sign a new contract may not rule out additions at centre-back.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is expected to join Real Madrid on a free transfer, while Andrew Robertson is 31, with speculation rife that Bournemouth’s Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez will arrive as his successor.

Former Liverpool and England midfielder Danny Murphy told BBC Sport: “Van

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Liverpool have ‘big responsibility’ to win title at Anfield – Arne Slot
25 April 2025 Off

Liverpool have ‘big responsibility’ to win title at Anfield – Arne Slot

By Total Football News

Slot, who has previously won the Dutch title with Feyenoord, is in his first season as Liverpool manager after replacing Klopp last summer.

His side have a 12-point advantage over second-placed Arsenal.

There have been suggestions that the top flight has not been as competitive as in recent seasons but Slot believes it is a “difficult league” to win.

“I’ve only been here for a year so I can only

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Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Millwall: Rovers put big dent in Lions’ play-off push
19 April 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Millwall: Rovers put big dent in Lions’ play-off push

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers head coach Valerien Ismael told BBC Radio Lancashire:

“It was a great afternoon, especially the way we wanted to play. We kept going after the second half against Sheffield Wednesday, the fighting spirit [we showed] against Luton, last week and I think we combined them both today – from minute one we were on the front foot.

“We see clearly the way the players want to reinforce the

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Andre Onana: Why Ruben Amorim’s next decision on Man Utd goalkeeper issue is so big
15 April 2025 Off

Andre Onana: Why Ruben Amorim’s next decision on Man Utd goalkeeper issue is so big

By Total Football News

The motivation for Matic’s attack has not been explained.

He was responding to relatively innocuous comments Onana made about Lyon in the build-up to the game, when he said he respected the French club but believed United were “way better”.

However, it is notable how strongly the former Serbia midfielder defended the man Onana replaced, David de Gea, when the Spaniard made his own series of mistakes in May 2019,

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QPR: Chairman Lee Hoos ‘really pleased’ with ‘big turnaround’
21 February 2025 Off

QPR: Chairman Lee Hoos ‘really pleased’ with ‘big turnaround’

By Total Football News

QPR chairman Lee Hoos says he is “really pleased” with how the club has transformed their season after a disappointing start to the campaign.

The Hoops won just one of their opening 15 games (D7 L7) and were bottom of the Championship, five points adrift of safety, after they lost 2-0 at Leeds on 9 November.

But 10 wins from the 18 matches have followed since then, a run which

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