Norwich boss Alex Neil has enjoyed a meteoric rise from the Scottish second tier to the English Premier League
Yesterday I wrote an article about Bournemouth’s chances of surviving the drop from the Premier League next season.
Today I will look at another promoted club Norwich’s chances of avoiding relegation in the new campaign.
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That was the number of seasons that Norwich spent in the Championship. The Canaries were relegated in season 2013/14, but last season finished third in the second tier before winning a play-off final against Middlesbrough to earn promotion to the top-flight.
Norwich may have won promotion in the end, but for a long time it looked like they were going to miss out on even the play-offs.
However a late surge…
Bolton Wanderers have confirmed midfielder Stuart Holden has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
The 27-year-old picked up the injury during the United States 1-0 victory in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final against Panama on Sunday.
Holden recently signed a new contract and the Reebok Stadium and it is not yet known how long he will be sidelined for by his most recent injury.
Bolton s head of sports performance Mark Leather told the club s official website: We ve got the scans and the results will be analysed by our specialists.
We can then put an action plan in place over the next week to 10 days when the initial swelling reduces.
Holden has been badly affected by knee injuries over the course of the past two years.
He first inj…
Alan Pardew praised Ryan Taylor after he returned from his injury nightmare in Newcastle United s 2-0 League Cup win over Manchester City.
Taylor has had to recover from two serious knee ligament injuries in the last two years, and Wednesday s fourth-round tie at the Etihad Stadium was his first start for Newcastle since August 2012.
Goals from Rolando Aarons and Moussa Sissoko gave Newcastle a surprise victory against the League Cup holders.
And Pardew was quick to hail the returning Taylor, who put in an accomplished performance at the heart of Newcastle s midfield.
He did outstanding, said Pardew. His performance was what he is all about discipline and quality, which is what he s like as an individual.
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Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo confirmed Filipe Luis will rejoin the La Liga club soon as he hailed the arrival of Jackson Martinez.
Speaking at a dinner with Atletico s squad on Tuesday, Cerezo applauded the club s transfer dealings so far in the close-season, with Martinez, Luciano Vietto, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco and Stefan Savic having arrived at the Vicente Calderon.
Filipe Luis is set to become the fifth signing for Atleti coach Diego Simeone, with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho revealing he expects to sell the Brazilian full-back soon.
And Cerezo confirmed the capital club are working to regain Filipe Luis services.
Filipe s missing, I don t think it ll take long for him to come in, Cerezo said, according to AS.
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As millions around the world continue to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, one slice of normality has remained the same sport. We re now in a new year and that means we re going to be experiencing a whole lost of games coming at us thick and fast between now and May, which is especially true in the English Premier League. Today, we re going to take a look at a game between two clubs with very different ambitions at this stage of the campaign Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur.
Sheffield United
The confidence boost of the Blades getting that win over Newcastle simply cannot be understated but in equal measure, they ve still got a whole lot of work left to do. They ll need to show the fo…
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Liverpool and Burnely are set to face each other at Anfield on Thursday evening, in what will be the 19th Premier League game of the season for the hosts and the 18th for the visitors. It should be an interesting one too Burnely were the only team in the English top flight to leave Anfield undefeated last season when a second-half strike from Jay Rodriguez cancelled out Andy Robertson s opener in the first half.
Liverpool
Liverpool s relatively poor form in recent matches has been the subject of much debate in the last couple of days. The defending champions haven t won a league game since thrashing Crystal Palace 0-7 at Selhurst Park in mid-December. They failed to beat West Bromwich Albion at home (1-1), Newcastle United away (0-0),…
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon, accused of rigging the club s last annual general assembly, may finally remain in his post until early elections in June, several Spanish newspapers reported Friday.
Spanish media had reported late on Thursday that the 57-year-old lawyer would resign on Friday after sports daily Marca reported earlier this week that unauthorised people had voted during the club s general assembly on December 7.
Calderon, whose four-year mandate expires in 2010, has denied any wrongdoing. The assembly voted by a small margin to approve the accounts of the club the world s richest football club for 2008 and 2009.
Sports daily AS reported Friday that Calderon has accepted announcing elections for June but refuses to step down unless the managem…
Real Madrid s Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will be out of action for at least another two weeks, the club said Thursday, after a doctor in Amsterdam examined his injured ankle.
It said new tests by his former doctor, Cornelius Nicolas Van Dijk, confirmed the diagnosis given by the medical team of Real Madrid obtained after MRI and CT scans on Tuesday.
Dr. van Dijk will reexamine him in another 15 days, Real said in a statement on its website.
Dutch physician van Dijk, who has also treated Ronaldo s team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy and AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, previously operated on the Portuguese winger in 2008.
Ronaldo, Real s record signing at 94 million euros, will definitely miss their Madrid derby meeting with city rivals Atletico on Satu…
Manchester United made Monaco and Anthony Martial offers that were simply too good to refuse, according to the Ligue 1 club s vice-president.
Martial completed his surprise move to Old Trafford just 30 minutes before Tuesday s transfer deadline, with the initial fee believed to be £36million making the 19-year-old forward the most expensive teenager in history.
And Monaco chief Vadim Vasilyev explained: We wished to keep him this season but Manchester United made an incredible offer that neither Anthony, nor AS Monaco, could refuse.
Our project showcases many players and Anthony has proven his worth and potential on the pitch. Though this move was not planned, it shows the quality of the work undertaken by the technical staff but also that we were right…
Son Heung-min could make his Tottenham debut this weekend as Mauricio Pochettino s men travel to face Sunderland in the Premier League.
The South Korea star, who scored a hat-trick for his country in an 8-0 thrashing of Laos during the international break, has been declared fit enough to make his first appearance since joining from Bayer Leverkusen for a reported £22million last month.
While Spurs boss Pochettino expects to be able to field the 23-year-old at the Stadium of Light on Sunday, he will not have the services of Christian Eriksen at his disposal, with the Dane still sidelined by a knee complaint.
Mousa Dembele is also a doubt after failing to recover from a knock sustained against Everton.
Christian is close but not yet fit, Mousa is do…