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Alexander Isak: (Newcastle United)
Newcastle’s message is that Isak is not for sale but you get the feeling this isn’t the last we will hear about his future.
Liverpool are interested in the 25-year-old Sweden forward but know they would have to break the British transfer record to even stand a chance of prising him from the Magpies.
BBC Sport understands a deal for Isak would cost up to £130m.
Aston Villa boosted their hopes of a Champions League spot with a comfortable victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
An eighth win in nine Premier League games lifted Unai Emery’s side into fifth place, behind Newcastle and Chelsea on goal difference, but a point above Manchester City.
They claimed the opener just before the hour mark when John McGinn’s corner was headed down by Ollie Watkins into the path of Ezri Konsa
Former Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith says a lack of consistency was to blame for Middlesbrough’s disappointing season.
Boro sat fifth with six games to go but a run of four points from their final half-dozen games saw them slide to finish 10th, four points short of the play-off places.
Smith, who retired in February due to an ankle injury, told the BBC’s 72+ EFL podcast: “I think Middlesbrough have been
“A bad night and a bad game.”
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo could not hide from a lacklustre performance as his side lost ground in the race for a Champions League berth.
A 2-0 defeat at home against Brentford, who hold their own European ambitions, left Forest sitting sixth and up against it in their bid to secure a first appearance in Europe’s premier competition since 1980.
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It is hard enough to predict results in the Premier League anyway, but at this stage of the season it is even more difficult.
Looking at each club’s remaining games now doesn’t really help in deciding what might happen, because some of the teams they face may have different priorities, or nothing to play for full-stop.
Chelsea’s game against Liverpool on 4 May is a good example of that. Liverpool
Middlesbrough are now two points behind Coventry with five games to go as they head to The Den on Saturday.
Alex Neil’s Lions have catapulted themselves into play-off contention after a shock win at Sheffield United on Tuesday, leaving them only three points adrift of Boro.
It is getting towards crunch time as games run out in the battle to make the top six but Carrick is calling upon his
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Each country’s league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in Uefa’s three men’s European club competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.
Coefficient points are earned through match results – two for a win and one for a draw.
The points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are added up and divided by the number of clubs the league has in Europe.
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Based on the past 10 Championship seasons, the average points of those securing a place in the top two has been 92.4, or 93 should you wish to round-up for simplicity and peace of mind.
Leeds and Sheffield United are 17 points shy of that mark, and require 1.7 points per game over the remainder of the campaign to get there, while Burnley are 19 adrift and need 1.9, and