Tag: year

Reasons to be cheerful at last? Ruben Amorim’s year in charge at Man Utd
1 November 2025 Off

Reasons to be cheerful at last? Ruben Amorim’s year in charge at Man Utd

By Total Football News

Had Amorim’s one-year anniversary been marked on 1 October, judgement would have been almost exclusively negative.

At that point, only Tottenham of the 17 teams who remained in the Premier League throughout his tenure had fewer points than United’s 34 from 33 games. After three successive victories, Wolves and West Ham are also behind them now.

On Thursday, for the first time, Amorim was shortlisted for manager of the month.

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PFA Young Player of the Year nominees: Liam Delap, Morgan Rogers and Ethan Nwaneri among nominees
19 June 2025 Off

PFA Young Player of the Year nominees: Liam Delap, Morgan Rogers and Ethan Nwaneri among nominees

By Total Football News

Chelsea striker Liam Delap and Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly are among six nominees for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Bournemouth full-back Milos Kerkez, former Cherries defender Dean Huijsen, Arsenal winger Ethan Nwaneri and Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers make up the shortlist.

Delap, who joined Chelsea from Ipswich in a £30m deal earlier this month, scored 12 goals in the Premier League last season as the Tractor

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Liverpool: Mohamed Salah wins Premier League player of year award
24 May 2025 Off

Liverpool: Mohamed Salah wins Premier League player of year award

By Total Football News

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has been named Premier League player of the season.

It is the second time the 32-year-old Egyptian has won the award, which is decided after votes from the public are combined with those from a panel of football experts, having also claiming it in the 2017-18 campaign.

Salah, who led his side to the Premier League title this season, beat off the challenge from team-mates Virgil

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Premier League transfers: January spend higher than last year with one week left
27 January 2025 Off

Premier League transfers: January spend higher than last year with one week left

By Total Football News

Manchester City’s surprisingly poor defence of the Premier League title has led to Pep Guardiola making three big-money signings – with the potential of more to come.

City have signed Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush (£59m), Palmeiras defender Vitor Reis (£29.6m) and Lens centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov (£33.6m).

They had not previously made a significant January signing since £57m Aymeric Laporte in 2018.

Paul MacDonald of FootballTransfers.com said: “In January 2023,

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Eiran Cashin: Derby County defender ruled out until new year
18 December 2024 Off

Eiran Cashin: Derby County defender ruled out until new year

By Total Football News

Cashin’s injury comes at ahead of a busy festive period, with the Rams playing four matches in 12 days up until 1 January.

The fixtures start with Friday’s trip to Luton Town, and includes home games against West Brom and Leeds United before they travel to Sheffield Wednesday.

Cashin has been instrumental for Derby in recent seasons, first establishing himself in the backline under former boss Wayne Rooney in the

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Fifpro: Seven Manchester City players nominated for 2024 team of the year award
2 December 2024 Off

Fifpro: Seven Manchester City players nominated for 2024 team of the year award

By Total Football News

Seven Manchester City players are among 11 Premier League stars nominated for the 2024 Fifpro team of the year.

Only Real Madrid have more players nominated with eight, including France forward Kylian Mbappe, who joined the Spanish club from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.

City’s seven are goalkeeper Ederson, defenders Ruben Dias and Kyle Walker, midfielders Rodri, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and striker Erling Haaland.

England forward Cole Palmer

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Conor Shaughnessy: Portsmouth defender to miss rest of year with calf tear
20 November 2024 Off

Conor Shaughnessy: Portsmouth defender to miss rest of year with calf tear

By Total Football News

Portsmouth defender Conor Shaughnessy is set to miss the rest of 2024 after picking up another calf problem.

The 28 year-old had been struggling with a calf injury this season and has now torn the other calf while running.

Boss John Mousinho had been hoping to have him back after the international break, but now the defender – who missed just one league match in the whole of last season

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Josh Sargent: Norwich striker out until new year because of injury
4 November 2024 Off

Josh Sargent: Norwich striker out until new year because of injury

By Total Football News

Sargent has scored four goals in 14 appearances this season and established himself as first-choice up front in the absence of the experienced Ashley Barnes, who is also out injured.

More positively, Thorup hopes to have midfielder Marcelino Nunez and goalkeeper Angus Gunn fit to return before the end of the month, following the next international break, but the scale of the club’s injury situation has been a concern.

“We

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Mohamed Salah contract: Liverpool forward says it is his ‘last year’ with club
1 September 2024 Off

Mohamed Salah contract: Liverpool forward says it is his ‘last year’ with club

By Total Football News

Mohamed Salah says it is his “last year” at Liverpool and that nobody at the club has talked to him about a new contract.

The 32-year-old, whose current deal at Anfield is set to expire next summer, scored in the Reds’ thumping 3-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday.

Salah said afterwards he had treated the match like it was his last at Old Trafford.

“I was coming to the

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