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29 August 2026 Off

Tottenham v Newcastle: Lewis Miley ready to step up for Sandro Tonali showdown

By Total Football News

Miley’s level-headedness also made him a firm favourite of former Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe.

Howe even trusted Miley to fill in out of postion at right-back when Tino Livramento sustained a series of niggling injuries in his final campaign in charge.

Miley, as a result, ended up playing the most minutes (1,403) of any English teenager in the Premier League last season before he turned 20 in May.

Of

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26 August 2026 Off

Joao Pedro: Is Brazilian ready to break Chelsea’s so-called number nine curse?

By Total Football News

“If I gave him one thing, it is to fight for what you want all the time,” his mother Flavia Junqueira explained to BBC Sport.

Looking at Joao Pedro’s story, that is exactly what he has had to do.

His mother, along with his grandmother, have largely brought him up.

Reports from Joao Pedro’s early childhood show his father, former Botafogo footballer Jose Joao de Jesus – more commonly known

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8 May 2026 Off

Middlesbrough: Hayden Hackney ‘progressing’ but Riley McGree ready to go

By Total Football News

Hackney is not the only key player that Boro have lost during the run-in.

Top scorer Morgan Whittaker did not feature in five of the seven winless games across March and April, while defender Alfie Jones has been absent since Christmas after ankle surgery.

But Hellberg is thankful how Redcar-born Hackney has shrugged off personal disappointment to maintain a positive presence in and around the squad.

“Of course it’s tough

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1 April 2026 Off

Jeremy Petris: Watford full-back ready to ‘play through pain’ at QPR

By Total Football News

Watford expect to have full-back Jeremy Petris back for Friday’s trip to Queens Park Rangers after missing three games with a dislocated shoulder.

Petris is still experiencing discomfort following the injury but head coach Ed Still believes that will not stop him being available at Loftus Road.

“He’s back early,” Still told the club website., external

“He should have been back at the end of next week but he

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4 March 2026 Off

Conor Shaughnessy: Portsmouth defender ready to return from injury

By Total Football News

Portsmouth will have defender Conor Shaughnessy available for Saturday’s Championship match at fellow strugglers Blackburn Rovers (12:30 GMT).

The 29-year-old has only featured in nine league games this season after sustaining hamstring injuries on two separate occasions, but Portsmouth manager John Mousinho will be able to select him for the trip to Ewood Park.

“He’s fine and will be available on Saturday,” Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent.

“When we lost

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16 January 2026 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Mathias Jorgensen ready to bring A-game

By Total Football News

New Blackburn striker Mathias Jorgensen says he is excited to bring his A-game to Rovers – potentially starting at Ipswich on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

The 25-year-old Dane arrived on a three-and-a-half-year deal from Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt late on Thursday and trained with his new team for the first time on Friday.

With leading scorer Andri Gudjohnsen sidelined by a hamstring injury, Jorgensen could make his debut the following day.

He

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24 October 2025 Off

Manchester United: Ruben Amorim’s big moment – are Man Utd finally ready for lift off?

By Total Football News

Amorim is right to be cautious – and United fan Frank Ilett would probably be wise not to get his hopes up that the haircut he promised himself – when the team win five games in a row – might only be three weeks away.

As highlighted by BBC Sport in the build-up to the Liverpool encounter, United have not managed a single point in two seasons from their corresponding

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20 October 2025 Off

Aaron Ramsey ready to push on after false start at Leicester City

By Total Football News

Aaron Ramsey hopes he has put his nightmare start to life at Leicester City behind him.

The 22-year-old Burnley loanee was sent off against Oxford United on his debut and then had to serve a three-match ban.

But after scoring his first goal for Leicester in the 1-1 draw against Portsmouth on Saturday Ramsey feels he is getting his feet under the table at the King Power Stadium.

“It has

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