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In his first month with Leicester, James has already scored more goals than he managed across his entire first season with Rennes last term.
He featured 24 times across all competitions for the French top-flight side, having left boyhood club Birmingham City for the capital of Brittany in August 2024.
“It was a tough season last year for me, I didn’t play as much football as I wanted to,” James
Mullin was out of matchday squads for the final three months of last season and did not feature in a league fixture after January.
Having not previously spoken publicly about his first-team exile, Mullin’s emotion was clear as he discussed the situation with mental performance coach Dan Donnachie in front of the cameras.
Having missed the start of the season after back surgery, Mullin said he had not completely recovered
Forest’s win – dug out from under a deluge of late West Ham attacks, born from a succession of late blocks – was their 10th away league victory of 2024-25.
It is twice the number they have won on the road in their last two league seasons combined, their joint most in the Premier League era alongside 1994-95 – when Forest finished third – and most have come in games
The Frenchman hasn’t spent more than 10 months in his previous managerial jobs in England with either Watford, West Bromwich Albion or Barnsley.
Ismael says staying at a club for the long-term is “always the purpose” when you start but that “results dictate most of the time, especially in the Championship”.
“There are so many games, it’s a ruthless league. If you see the record, I’m not that bad,” he
Not too long ago people were talking about Chelsea as potential title contenders with the Blues having climbed as high as second in the table.
Those within the club continually played that down and perhaps with good reason because, after a run of five Premier League victories in a row, they have failed to win their past four games, losing to Fulham and Ipswich and drawing with Everton and Crystal
Pereira’s first game as a Premier League manager has been a long time coming.
The 56-year-old thought he was going to be given the Everton job in 2013, and says he “did many job interviews with English clubs”.
A two-time title winner with Porto, he has finally been given an opportunity in England, but surely did not imagine making such a comfortable start.
Wolves were 3-0 up by half-time, but
The result also allowed for a more reflective assessment from pundits who, as former United captains, seem to have spent so long being critical of their old club.
Gary Neville was delighted at the overall sense of control and impetus at the club, which comes from the presence of a new chief executive in Omar Berrada and sporting director in Dan Ashworth.
“Man Utd need to be a serious football