Steven Gerrard says he takes full responsibility for failing at Aston Villa, but did also claim some of the players weren t giving it there all in his time at Villa Park.
joined Aston Villa in November 2021 but lasted less than a year with Villa languishing in 17th with nine points from 11 games when he was shown the door.
Unai Emery replaced them and has taken them into the Champions League in his first full season, leaving Gerrard open to criticism as the Spaniard has done so with many of the same players.
Gerrard has since taken charge of Al-Ettifaq – leading to further reproval from many – and led them to sixth in the Saudi Pro League in his first season at the helm.
Gerrard blames himself for work-shy Villans
The former England international a…
Man Utd are preparing a crazy offer to sign Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite in the summer transfer window, according to reports.
The Red Devils are looking to make a number of changes to Erik ten Hag s squad next season after a generally disappointing 2023/24 campaign.
may have unexpectedly won the FA Cup but a disastrous Premier League season saw them finish eighth, while they were knocked out of Europe before Christmas after coming bottom of their Champions League group.
and has not yet had a transfer window to enact change at Old Trafford.
One of the biggest changes he wants to make is to the recruitment department with Ratcliffe convinced that the days of big-money deals for overhyped stars are over.
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Lionel Messi has confirmed his retirement plans as he prepares to lead Argentina at Copa America.
played his first international game in six months last week, helping Argentina to a 1-0 over Ecuador in a warm up for their Copa America opener against Canada on Friday.
The 36-year-old – who won the World Cup as Argentina captain in Qatar in 2022 – moved to Inter Miami in the summer of 2023, and now believes the MLS side will be his last club.
My last club
It was previously thought that Messi would return to his homeland to end his career, likely with with Newell’s Old Boys, the club where he began his training as a child in his native city of Rosario.
“I think Inter Miami is going to be my last club. Today I think it is going to be my last clu…
Gareth Southgate s England XI for tonight s Group C finale against Slovenia has reportedly been revealed and Trent Alexander-Arnold has been dropped.
s contract is due to expire later this year and Euro 2024 is widely expected to be his final tournament as England boss.
Alexander-Arnold is dropped
The 53-year-old has been heavily criticised in recent weeks as have produced a couple of poor performances in their opening two group games against Serbia and Denmark.
The Three Lions were brilliant for half an hour against Serbia as Jude Bellingham headed them into the lead, but Serbia grew into the game and were unlucky to come away with nothing.
as England lacked cohesion and had no control of the game as they were held to a 1-1 draw.
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Two Dutch journalists Valentijn Driessen and Mike Verweij are baffled as to why Ruud van Nistelrooy would want to join Man Utd as assistant manager.
The Red Devils decided to stick with Erik ten Hag in an Ibiza summit earlier this month despite their poor eighth-placed finish in the Premier League.
A lack of outstanding candidates and saved Ten Hag s job.
And now are closing in on agreeing a new deal for the Dutchman and .
Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has revealed that there is a very good possibility that former Man Utd striker Van Nistelrooy chooses to join Ten Hag s coaching staff ahead of the new season.
Romano said: What I’m hearing is that Ruud van Nistelrooy is very tempted by this possibility to go back to Manchester United.
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Defiant France boss Didier Deschamps has insisted he does not care if people have been “bored” by his Euro 2024 semi-finalists.
Deschamps, who guided his country to World Cup glory in 2018, will send them into battle against in-form Spain in Munich on Tuesday evening with some onlookers less than impressed with the form they have shown in the competition so far.
Sorry if the Swedish are bored
Asked by a Swedish journalist at his pre-match press conference about accusations his team has played “boring” football, he said: “If you’re getting bored, you know what? Watch another game, that’s fine. You don’t have to watch, it’s fine. It’s a European Championship, it’s very difficult for everyone.
“Up until now, it has not been the same as in…
Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Chelsea have come to an agreement over the signing of Pedro Neto, after personal terms were earlier agreed with his agent.
Chelsea have signed a number of first-team wingers in the past few transfer windows. Since the summer of 2022, they have brought in Raheem Sterling, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Noni Madueke and Cole Palmer.
Yet Todd Boehly, who has spent £1billion in that time, becoming chairman in 2022, never seems satisfied with what he has got.
As such, Chelsea have raced out of nowhere to agree to sign Wolves winger Neto. , the Blues firstly reached an agreement with his agent, Jorge Mendes, over the signing, .
Earlier reports priced him at £60million, but Romano states that the entire fee will be closer to £54million.
New Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca does not expect any problems within his playing squad when Enzo Fernandez returns to club duty next week.
Fernandez has been at the centre of a racism row this month after he posted a video on Instagram which appeared to show him and his Argentina team-mates engaging in a derogatory chant about the France national team during celebrations of their Copa America success.
centre-back Wesley Fofana described it as “uninhibited racism” and, while Fernandez has issued an apology, FIFA and his club are investigating the incident.
The £106.8million midfielder is currently on holiday after his international commitments this summer, but is set to link up with the Chelsea squad later in July.
Maresca, speaking during the club’s…
Manchester United have reportedly been dealt a blow as they attempt to offload Aaron Wan-Bissaka and replace him with Bayern Munich s Noussair Mazraoui.
have been active in the transfer market this summer. They have already spent £90m to sign Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee and more signings are expected in the coming weeks.
Man Utd are scouring the market for a new centre-midfielder but
Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his new-look recruitment team are searching for a new midfielder while they remain in talks with Bayern Munich over signing Mazraoui and Matthijs de Ligt.
Speaking on Monday, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claimed
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Romano said: “Manchester United are still confident, and are sending very good messages to the playe…
Pep Guardiola has admitted that not replacing Julian Alvarez could be a mistake for Manchester City, but he would prefer not to have players waiting 10 months without appearing.
All of City s transfer business was done with a week left to go in the summer window. Savinho was announced as a City player before the window had even opened, before Ilkay Gundogan joined on August 23.
The latter seemed as if he was perhaps not on the club s radar, with him approaching Guardiola, not the other way around. It seems City are all done in terms of inbounds, but the lack of one particular inbound transfer is of note.
City let attacking star Alvarez leave for Atletico Madrid, for £82million, which meant they could have signed a good quality player to replace him.
But…