Tag: favourites

Liam Delap: How Chelsea became favourites to sign £30m striker from Ipswich
30 May 2025 Off

Liam Delap: How Chelsea became favourites to sign £30m striker from Ipswich

By Total Football News

As ever with these situations, Manchester United can draw a positive out of a negative.

They felt earlier this week it was coming towards the end game in their pursuit of Delap, and it was between them and Chelsea. Now they know they have lost out.

The positive is, with the decision made, they can move on. That is in stark contrast to 2022, when then manager Erik ten Hag

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‘Advantage Liverpool, but Man City are still my Premier League title favourites’
1 April 2024 0

‘Advantage Liverpool, but Man City are still my Premier League title favourites’

By Total Football News
Alan Shearer column

At the moment it is advantage Liverpool, and Arsenal are not going away, but, with nine games to go, I still see Manchester City as favourites for the Premier League title.

That feeling is not really based on how City are playing right now, though. Pep Guardiola’s side are on a long unbeaten run, stretching back 23 games in all competitions, but they have not hit top form and a

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