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Sports Manchester United were Dull but Does Mourinho Have a Duty to Entertain?

Manchester United were Dull but Does Mourinho Have a Duty to Entertain?

Some Manchester United fans saw a wonderful game in Seville, it just wasn’t the one their team played in. A handful of supporters made the most of their team’s…

Sid Lowe (London)
Sports Thomas Vermaelen: ‘People Think Being a Barcelona Defender is Easy’

Thomas Vermaelen: ‘People Think Being a Barcelona Defender is Easy’

No one was happier to find out the lineup than Raff and Ace but their dad was not far behind. Thomas Vermaelen was in the tunnel at the Santiago Bernabéu and…

Sid Lowe (London)
Sports Why Manchester City Broke Record For Aymeric Laporte

Why Manchester City Broke Record For Aymeric Laporte

Aymeric Laporte turned Manchester City down once but he was not going to do it again and certainly not now. Pep Guardiola had tried to sign him in 2016 only…

Sid Lowe (London)
Sports Andreas Pereira: ‘Alex Ferguson Said Hi In Portuguese. I didn’t Expect That’

Andreas Pereira: ‘Alex Ferguson Said Hi In Portuguese. I didn’t Expect That’

“Bom dia.” It was only two words and it was not exactly poetry, but it was enough. Andreas Pereira was being shown around Carrington by Manchester United’s…

Sid Lowe (London)
Sports Meet Javi Gracia, the New Watford Manager who Stands up for his Players

Meet Javi Gracia, the New Watford Manager who Stands up for his Players

Watford’s new manager walked away from his first senior job because he felt he had failed but everyone else disagreed. The club’s president wanted him to stay…

Sid Lowe (London)
Sports Paulinho: ‘Everyone Said: “ His Career Is Over.” Now I’m at Barça. That’s Football’

Paulinho: ‘Everyone Said: “ His Career Is Over.” Now I’m at Barça. That’s Football’

“I told him I didn’t want to play any more. He was phoning and phoning but I said: ‘I’m not going to play.’” The calls came, the president on the line, but…

Sid Lowe (Madrid)
Sports Alberto Moreno: ‘I Used to Think Attack, Attack, Attack – but I Have Changed’

Alberto Moreno: ‘I Used to Think Attack, Attack, Attack – but I Have Changed’

“Alberto Moreno is 100% back” Jürgen Klopp said this summer and you can see it. You can hear it, too, with every joke, every giggle, every time he bursts out…

Sid Lowe
Sports Saúl Ñíguez: ‘I Was Tired of it All, I Said: Doc, Just Take the Kidney Out’

Saúl Ñíguez: ‘I Was Tired of it All, I Said: Doc, Just Take the Kidney Out’

“Doc, just take it out. I’ve got another one.” Saúl Ñíguez had made up his mind. He had had enough. He had spent months in pain and discomfort, urinating blood…

Sid Lowe (London)