Tag: working

Liverpool academy: Working with Andoni Iraola and the future of the Reds’ youth set-up
8 October 2026 Off

Liverpool academy: Working with Andoni Iraola and the future of the Reds’ youth set-up

By Total Football News

One of the first things you notice in Alex Inglethorpe’s office at Liverpool‘s AXA Training Centre is a framed image gifted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

It is a picture from 2019 of the academy director and player watching a game together. Alexander-Arnold left for a new challenge at Real Madrid last year, after 20 years on Merseyside, but his story is one of inspiration for everyone that enters Liverpool‘s

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Liam Delap: Nottingham Forest working on deal for Chelsea striker
24 August 2026 Off

Liam Delap: Nottingham Forest working on deal for Chelsea striker

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest are working on a deal to sign Chelsea striker Liam Delap.

The 23-year-old has been made available for sale by Chelsea for £50m and is training separately from the first-team squad.

It remains unclear whether the talks are over a permanent transfer or a loan move, but the two clubs are known to have a positive working relationship.

Delap was left out of Chelsea‘s squad for Monday’s

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Victor Torp: Coventry midfielder working with a mind coach during Championship title run-in
27 March 2026 Off

Victor Torp: Coventry midfielder working with a mind coach during Championship title run-in

By Total Football News

The pressure in professional sport is huge. For the Championship promotion contenders it is that time of the season when the gauge is in the red.

Coventry City, nine points clear at the top, are dealing with not only the weight of finishing the job off but also the burden of ending the club’s 25-year wait to return to the top flight.

How they deal with that pressure will be

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Cole Palmer: Keep working and laughing and goals will come, Enzo Maresca tells forward
26 February 2025 Off

Cole Palmer: Keep working and laughing and goals will come, Enzo Maresca tells forward

By Total Football News

Palmer started the season in red-hot form for the Blues, scoring 14 goals and creating six assists across his first 21 Premier League appearances. However, he has zero goal involvements since.

Many Chelsea supporters, as well as Fantasy Football fans, had pencilled in Chelsea’s home match against a Southampton side who sit bottom of the league and have the worst defensive record as the fixture where Palmer would restart his

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Man City: Why Pep Guardiola’s tactics stopped working amid rise of rapid football
22 February 2025 Off

Man City: Why Pep Guardiola’s tactics stopped working amid rise of rapid football

By Total Football News

During City’s ongoing crisis Guardiola has taken to musing on tactical problems during press conferences, and a few weeks ago he hit on something particularly insightful.

Citing Bournemouth and Brighton, he said: “Today, modern football is not positional. You have to ride the rhythm.”

As the forefather of ‘juego de posicion’, the ‘positional play’ that has dominated world football since his Barcelona side won everything 15 years ago, this is

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Everton: Sean Dyche working harder than ever to improve Premier League form
3 December 2024 Off

Everton: Sean Dyche working harder than ever to improve Premier League form

By Total Football News

Sean Dyche says he is working harder than he ever has as a manager to turn around Everton’s gloomy season.

The Toffees have won just twice in this Premier League campaign and sat two points above the relegation zone in 15th heading into the midweek programme.

The Merseysiders face fellow strugglers Wolves on Wednesday and will be looking for their first win in six games, having failed to score in

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Ilkay Gundogan: Manchester City working on deal to sign Barcelona midfielder
21 August 2024 Off

Ilkay Gundogan: Manchester City working on deal to sign Barcelona midfielder

By Total Football News

Manchester City are working on a deal that could bring midfielder Ilkay Gundogan back to the club.

The 33-year-old left City for Barcelona in 2023 after captaining Pep Guardiola’s side to their historic Treble.

However, the Catalan giants’ well publicised financial issues have prevented them from registering new signing Dani Olmo and releasing one of their higher earners would smooth that process.

City are wrestling with early personnel issues that

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Chadi Riad: Crystal Palace working on deal for Real Betis defender
21 May 2024 Off

Chadi Riad: Crystal Palace working on deal for Real Betis defender

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace are working on a deal to sign Real Betis defender Chadi Riad worth over £10m plus add-ons.

The 20-year-old joined Betis from Barcelona last summer and made 30 appearances in 2023-24.

Riad has won two caps for Morocco, with the centre-back most recently featuring in a goalless draw against Mauritania in March.

Palace and England defender Marc Guehi is of interest to a number of teams and has

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