Tag: changed

Arsenal: How Declan Rice’s role has changed at the Gunners
23 October 2025 Off

Arsenal: How Declan Rice’s role has changed at the Gunners

By Total Football News

Arsenal, who host Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday (20:00 BST), have changed their style this season to be more direct and play through defensive lines quicker, which has meant Rice moving deeper alongside Zubimendi when starting attacks.

A recruitment specialist working in top level football told BBC Sport how the signing of Zubimendi has complemented Rice’s game.

He said: “It hasn’t changed what he can do as

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Newcastle: What’s changed since takeover of Premier League club in 2021?
5 October 2025 Off

Newcastle: What’s changed since takeover of Premier League club in 2021?

By Total Football News

Matt Ritchie sensed it.

He knew what could happen if Howe “got hold of them” and “had some firepower”, after previously working with the manager at Bournemouth.

“When I first arrived, I would talk about Eddie Howe and Bournemouth,” said the 36-year-old winger, who played for Newcastle between 2016 and 2024 and now at Reading.

“The lads would say, ‘come on, drop it, he can’t have been that good’. But

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Enzo Maresca: Has the mood changed around the Chelsea boss?
28 September 2025 Off

Enzo Maresca: Has the mood changed around the Chelsea boss?

By Total Football News

Maresca appears to have aimed several public barbs at the Chelsea hierarchy recently.

His first came in mid-August – and concerned his defensive options.

Maresca was seeking a replacement for injured defender Levi Colwill, who had been ruled out for the majority of the season because of a knee injury.

Chelsea had told him to work with alternative options, including Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, youngster Josh Acheampong and new

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Arne Slot: How Liverpool boss has changed Reds since Jurgen Klopp
18 December 2024 Off

Arne Slot: How Liverpool boss has changed Reds since Jurgen Klopp

By Total Football News

The number 10 moves up and joins the front line, which forces the opposition into doing one of two things: either play the ball long and risk turning over possession, or play the ball into the wide channels where Liverpool are comfortable pressing and winning the ball back.

However, a lack of proactivity in this approach has been exploited by teams already in the Premier League, with Arsenal and Chelsea

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Nottingham Forest did not ask for VAR official to be changed
22 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest did not ask for VAR official to be changed

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest did not ask for Stuart Attwell to be taken off video assistant referee duties for their match against Everton, BBC Sport has been told.

Following their 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park on Sunday, Forest posted on X that they are “considering their options” over “extremely poor” refereeing decisions they felt went against them.

The club said they had “warned” the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL)

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