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[ad_1] Tickets for Arsenal’s final day of the season clash with Wolves are being sold for as much as €50,000 (£44,000), with Gunners fans clamouring to be at a potentially historic day in the club’s history. Arsenal currently sit atop of the Premier League table, eight points clear of nearest rivals Manchester City, and within touching distance of their first league title since 2004 – when they went the whole campaign unbeaten. The Gunners have around 40,000 season ticket holders, leaving just over 20,000 tickets for the reported 40,000 silver members – who pay £54 per year to have second option on tickets for gamesRead More →

[ad_1] Ansu Fati has met with Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez to explain that he does not agree with his father’s recent outburst over his lack of game time at Camp Nou. The talented 20-year-old has seen regular playing time extremely hard to come by under Xavi during the 2022/23 campaign. To date, Fati has started just 11 games in all competitions – including nine in La Liga – with his coach preferring an attacking trident of Pedri, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha to any that includes Fati. Earlier this week Fati’s father Bori Fati gave an interview on Spanish radio station Cadena Cope questioning the situationRead More →

[ad_1] 90min rounds up the latest transfer news, rumours and gossip circulating around the world… Real Madrid have rekindled their interest in Chelsea full-back Reece James, even though he signed a new long-term contract at Stamford Bridge last year. (AS) Jude Bellingham is Real’s priority signing, however, though he’s yet to decide if he’s leaving Borussia Dortmund. Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea are the other clubs awaiting news on his plans. (AS) Ilkay Gundogan is ready to bid farewell to Manchester City in order to join Barcelona on a free transfer this summer. (Football Insider) David de Gea has turned down Manchester United‘s first offerRead More →

[ad_1] England Under-21 manager Lee Carsley is hoping to ‘convince’ Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun to commit his international future to the Three Lions, having pulled out of this month’s junior squad. Balogun has a number of options at international level. He was born in the United States to Nigerian parents, but was raised in England from the age of two, making him eligible to represent all three. The 21-year-old has almost exclusively played youth international football for England aside from a handful appearances for the United States at Under-18 level. He has also expressed an openness to playing for Nigeria, but was reported to haveRead More →

[ad_1] Former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has revealed a desire to work in the Premier League while unveiling himself as something of an Anglophile. Four-and-a-half years after he was first appointed, Enrique permanently left his post as manager of the Spanish men’s national team following La Roja’s galling World Cup penalty shootout defeat to surprise package Morocco in the round of 16. Enrique was first hired after Spain exited the 2018 tournament in Russia to the hosts on penalties at the same stage of the competition. Personal issues forced Enrique to take a leave of absence for nine months in 2019 but theRead More →

[ad_1] After their narrow 1-0 loss against the United States in the Concacaf Nations League, head coach Hugo Perez was asked about his future, specifically, if he would be open to coaching the USMNT. With El Salvador just losing out to a tough US side, thanks to a Ricardo Pepi goal in the 62nd minute that saw them knocked out of the Nations League, the Salvadorian-American manager was asked about potentially taking over the Stars and Stripes. The US job has been in limbo since Gregg Berhalter’s contract expired at the end of 2022. After three months and several controversies later, Berhalter still isn’t backRead More →

[ad_1] The USMNT qualified for the Concacaf Nations League knockout rounds with a 1-0 win vs. El Salvador at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida.  Though Los Cuscatlecos didn’t make it easy, a goal from Ricardo Pepi propelled the American side through to the next round of the international tounament. It what a fairly difficult game for the US, as El Salvador went into the match tactically sound, specifically on the defensive side. They forced the Stars and Stripes to put six shots off target, which is a complete change from what the US put up during their 7-1 route of Grenada just a couple ofRead More →

[ad_1] US women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski explained the absence of Alyssa Thompson in the 26-player roster for the upcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland, revealing “we don’t want to add too much pressure on her.” Though only 18 years old, Thompson has been turning heads with her form lately, most recently scoring in Angel City’s opening-day 2-1 loss against Gotham FC. With the FIFA Women’s World Cup on the horizon, many believe that Thompson would earn another call-up to the USWNT during their last two friendlies before the tournament starts in July.  However, the latest roster drop sees Thompson’s name absent fromRead More →

[ad_1] Julian Nagelsmann and Mauricio Pochettino would both be open to succeeding Antonio Conte at Tottenham, but would prefer to wait until the summer to decide their next respective moves, 90min understands. Spurs confirmed on Sunday night that they had mutually agreed to part ways with Conte following a dismal run of results, notably capping off his tenure by labelling his players as ‘selfish’ in an explosive press conference after drawing 3-3 with Southampton. Conte’s former assistant, Cristian Stellini, has been placed in interim charge until the end of the season with the hunt for a new permanent boss underway – this search could beRead More →

[ad_1] Chelsea and Lyon go head to head in west London this week in the crunch second leg of their Women’s Champions League quarter-final tie. The Blues opened up a narrow 1-0 aggregate lead in the first meeting thanks to a sumptuous curling finish from Guro Reiten. But the teams have responded to that result in different ways. Chelsea were pegged back in the WSL title race by a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City, a second loss this month after Arsenal beat them in the Conti Cup final. Lyon, meanwhile, took their frustration out on Guingamp in a 6-0 demolition that shouldRead More →