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Tottenham v Newcastle: Lewis Miley ready to step up for Sandro Tonali showdown
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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Nottingham Forest: Will James McAtee step up if Elliot Anderson leaves?
20 June 2026 Off

Nottingham Forest: Will James McAtee step up if Elliot Anderson leaves?

By Total Football News

There is belief at the City Ground it is only a matter of time before it comes together for McAtee, despite his struggles.

He remains part of Vitor Pereira’s plans for next season and one source believes he will “explode”, such is his natural talent.

To much excitement from supporters, McAtee arrived on a five-year deal worth about £30m weeks after the under-21s’ Euro 2025 triumph.

The nurturing and development

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West Ham ‘take small step’ with win after 10,000 fans protest
8 November 2025 Off

West Ham ‘take small step’ with win after 10,000 fans protest

By Total Football News

West Ham’s supporters will be delighted with the three points, but it changes nothing in terms of the protests.

They want Sullivan and Brady, who have been in control since 2010, to leave.

West Ham won the Conference League in 2022-23, which was their first silverware in 43 years, but seem to have gone backwards since.

Nuno is their third manager, after Julen Lopetegui and Potter, since David Moyes left

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Man City 2-0 Everton: Erling Haaland looks ‘superhuman’ but must others step up?
18 October 2025 Off

Man City 2-0 Everton: Erling Haaland looks ‘superhuman’ but must others step up?

By Total Football News

Another day, another Erling Haaland masterclass.

There have been only three instances of a player reaching double figures in the Premier League by their eighth appearance of a season:

Erling Haaland in 2022-23

Erling Haaland in 2024-25

Erling Haaland in 2025-26

The 25-year-old’s ruthless double against Everton helped Manchester City to second in the Premier League on Saturday, taking his tally to 11 league goals in just eight games so

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Liverpool: Conor Bradley ‘ready to step up’ at Anfield says NI boss Michael O’Neill
22 May 2025 Off

Liverpool: Conor Bradley ‘ready to step up’ at Anfield says NI boss Michael O’Neill

By Total Football News

Should Frimpong come in, O’Neill believes that the dynamic of that competition will be different for Bradley than it was when vying for minutes with Alexander-Arnold.

“He provided that competition for Trent but he was trying at that point in time to dislodge a player that was very, very established at the club, a much-loved player and a player that had been very successful at the club,” he added.

“I

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Manchester City fans plan to step up ticket complaint protests
23 April 2025 Off

Manchester City fans plan to step up ticket complaint protests

By Total Football News

Manchester City fans are planning further protests over what they say is the club’s refusal to increase the number of season ticket-holders.

Despite winning the last four Premier League titles and recovering this season to third position, there is discontent among some supporters.

A group staged a second protest this month before their win over Aston Villa on Tuesday, with three main issues:

  • The capacity at Etihad Stadium increasing by

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Miron Muslic calls on Plymouth Argyle forwards to step up
3 April 2025 Off

Miron Muslic calls on Plymouth Argyle forwards to step up

By Total Football News

Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic has called on his attacking players to have a greater impact on his struggling side.

The Pilgrims are seven points from safety at the bottom of the Championship ahead of the visit of Norwich City on Saturday.

“I think we have nine offensive players. They have to do better,” Muslic said.

While Muslic says leading goalscorers Ryan Hardie and Mustapha Bundu have “delivered” in

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Leeds 2-1 Sunderland: Whites embrace chaos to take promotion step
18 February 2025 Off

Leeds 2-1 Sunderland: Whites embrace chaos to take promotion step

By Total Football News

“We haven’t won anything yet”.

Leeds boss Daniel Farke rightly relished his side’s late, late show to take all the points in their win over Sunderland on Monday night (to the point that his own celebrations saw him booked and he now faces a one-match touchline ban) but he also wanted to reiterate that the job of claiming promotion back to the Premier League isn’t done yet.

Of course the

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Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace: Mikel Arteta has rebuilt club in five years but needs to take final step
18 December 2024 Off

Arsenal 3-2 Crystal Palace: Mikel Arteta has rebuilt club in five years but needs to take final step

By Total Football News

Arteta has undoubtedly had backing for his Arsenal project. His ‘trust the process’ motto adhered to by many.

Since he came in, the Gunners have a net spend of £500.14m, according to data from Football Transfers. Man City’s is just £59.75m in that same period, helped by significant player sales of young talent.

It also makes the £235.4m net spend from the five years previous pale into insignificance.

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