Tag: Jacob

28 May 2025 Off

Jacob Wright: Norwich sign Manchester City midfielder for £2.3m

By Total Football News

Norwich City have signed midfielder Jacob Wright from Manchester City for a fee of £2.3m.

The 19-year-old has signed a four-year contract with the option for a further 12 months having spent the second half of the season on loan at Carrow Road, making 15 appearances.

The Canaries are still without a head coach following the sacking of Johannes Hoff Thorup and the decision not to consider interim boss Jack

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22 May 2025 Off

FPL gameweek 38 tips: Leandro Trossard, Evanilson and Jacob Murphy make great differential picks

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Bryan Mbeumo (captain), Brentford, £8.2m – Wolves (a)

Mbeumo has six returns in his past five games and would have hauled more if not for a rare penalty miss last week.

He takes on a Wolves side who have conceded seven goals in the previous three games.

At this point, Mbeumo might be the most obvious FPL pick. He’s been involved in 43% of his side’s goals, so feels about

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9 May 2025 Off

Jacob Murphy: Newcastle winger on twin bond, Wembley and England hope

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Murphy has not played for England at any level since the 2017 European Under-21 Championship.

He reportedly turned down a chance to change his international allegiance to Nigeria, where his biological father is from, earlier this year.

And he is hoping for a first senior call-up this summer by Thomas Tuchel. He was given encourgament by Magpies team-mate Dan Burn, at the age of 32, making his England debut under

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16 April 2025 Off

Jacob Murphy: Does Newcastle winger deserve place in the England squad?

By Total Football News

It is quite odd for a player to have a breakthrough season aged 30, but that is exactly what is happening with Murphy, who did not start more than 17 matches until this campaign.

Boyhood Toon fan Murphy joined the club from Norwich in 2017.

For seven years he was on the fringes of the Newcastle squad, and had been loaned out to West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday.

But,

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8 April 2025 Off

Troy Deeney’s Team of the Week: Morgan Rogers, Youri Tielemans, Noussair Mazraoui, Jorgen Strand Larsen, Jacob Murphy

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Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa): He’s become undroppable for Villa, excellent. He had a year last year where you thought maybe they needed to move on and get someone better, but this year he’s gone from strength to strength and has become a key component. Him and Boubacar Kamara, who was rested at the weekend, have built a massive presence of quality, tough tackling and reliability that Villa have built a

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24 March 2025 Off

Jacob Brown: Luton forward has surgery and will miss rest of season

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Luton Town forward Jacob Brown will not play again this season following ankle surgery.

The Scotland international had to go off during their 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough on 15 March, just 14 minutes after being sent on as a second-half substitute.

Brown joined Luton from Stoke City in the summer of 2023 and has made 52 appearances for the club, 19 of them in the Premier League last season.

“Browny

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21 October 2024 Off

Jacob Widell Zetterstrom: Derby County keeper thanks mum for career revival

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Within four years of his return, he has become a Sweden international and has moved to England to try further his career with Championship side Derby County.

The 6ft 6in goalkeeper says the head injuries that put his career at jeopardy have shaped the sort of player and person he has become.

For months he said he dealt with dizzy spells, headaches and fatigue that forced him to “basically

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26 July 2024 Off

Jacob Farrell: Portsmouth pay undisclosed fee for Australian defender

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Portsmouth have signed Australian defender Jacob Farrell from A-League side Central Coast Mariners for an undisclosed fee.

The 21-year-old, who has played for Australia at youth level, has signed a four-year contract with the newly-promoted Championship side.

Farrell helped Central Coast Mariners win last season’s AFC Cup – Asia’s equaivalent of the Europa League.

Since making his debut in 2018, he has made 90 appearances for the club, scoring seven

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12 July 2024 Off

Jacob Greaves: Ipswich Town sign Hull City defender for undisclosed fee

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Ipswich Town have completed the signing of Hull City centre-back Jacob Greaves on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old was named the Tigers’ player of the season last term after Hull finished a place outside the Championship play-off spots.

Greaves, whose debut for Hull came in 2020, made 43 league appearances and scored twice as he was named in the EFL Championship team of the season.

“As

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12 June 2024 Off

Oxford United sign goalkeeper Jacob Knightbridge from West Ham United

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Oxford United have signed West Ham United goalkeeper Jacob Knightbridge on an undisclosed contract.

The 20-year-old will join the U’s on a free transfer when his deal with the Hammers expires on July 1.

Knightbridge is a product of the West Ham academy and featured on the bench for a handful of their Europa League games last season.

“As a young player you want to come to a club that

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