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      Antonio Conte slams Tottenham flops and claims his Spurs are defending like a relegation-calibre team after City shocker

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      ANTONIO CONTE warned Tottenham are defending like a team scrapping in the relegation zone right now.Spurs have shipped 21 goals in their last ten league games – including four in Thursday’s 4-2 defeat at Manchester City – and have conceded two or more in nine of those fixtures.
      Spurs’ bumpy form has put their hopes of a top four place in perilCredit: Getty
      It is proving to be their Achilles heel which is overshadowing the progress Conte feels the team is making at the other end of the pitch when taking on the bigger opponents.
      The Italian said: “The positive situation is I think we have improved a lot to face important opponents like Manchester City. 
      “On one side, we are doing progress. On the other, compared to last season, we are doing less. 
      “To concede 21 goals in the last ten games, this is usually for a team that fights in the relegation zone.
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      “To turn the season, we have to improve when conceding a goal easily. To concede at the moment at least two goals every game, we have to turn this into a positive.”
      Spurs have kept just five clean sheets in the league compared to 13 last season after Conte had arrived.
      The North Londoners have conceded 31 goals in total in the league, which is five and six more than Everton and West Ham respectively, both of whom are in the drop zone.
      Their form in the last five games is worse than relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest and Wolves.
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      Asked how he can solve his defensive problems, Conte replied: “I think we have to improve the spirit, the collaboration, the will, the desire, the feeling to suffer.
      “Maybe we have forgotten to suffer and to understand that if we want to win the game then maybe you have to stay there, to suffer like last season. 
      “You have to defend the result, the will and desire not to concede a goal.”
      The poor run in the last ten fixtures has left Spurs five points off the Champions League spots, having played a game more than fourth-placed Newcastle.
      While defeat to Fulham on Monday would see the in-form Cottagers leapfrog them in the table.
      Conte feels it will take another “miracle” to finish in the top four – which was how he described last season’s achievement of doing exactly that.
      But he added: “We want to be realistic but at the same time in myself I dream. 
      “I dream, I want to play Champions League. There are 18 games in the Premier League.”
      “There is another competition in the FA Cup and for sure in our mind we need to dream of something important.” More

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      Arsenal could clinch Champions League football in just seven games as stats show average points needed for Europe

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      ARSENAL could clinch Champions League qualification in just seven games, according to recent history.And another 39 points may well secure their first Premier League title since 2004.
      Bukayo Saka and Mikel Arteta are dreaming of Champions League footballCredit: PA

      The Gunners have enjoyed a stunning first half of the season, dropping just seven points from 18 matches.
      They sit top of the table with 15 wins, two draws and just one defeat.
      And ahead of facing Manchester United at the Emirates on Sunday, Mikel Arteta knows his side are well on course for a successful season.
      In fact, the Gunners’ current record of 2.61 points per game would see the club finish on a whopping 99 points come the end of May.
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      But SunSport has crunched the numbers and worked out what is usually required for each significant place in the Premier League.
      We worked out how many points was enough to secure first, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and 17th – for the various European places and to avoid relegation – by taking the points tallies for the place below in each of the last season and adding one then averaging it out.
      So to finish top of the league, the winners needed one more point than second place – so 82 in 2017-18, 98 in 2018-19, 82 in 2019-20, 75 in 2020-21 and 93 in 2021-22.
      That averages out at requiring 86 to pip second place to top spot.
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      For fourth and Champions League qualification, the average points for fifth is 67 points over the last five years so 68 would guarantee a top-four finish.
      That is just 21 points more than Arsenal’s current total, meaning seven wins and 68 points could be wrapped up by early March, securing a first Champions League campaign for the Gunners since 2016-17.
      Lower down, 63 is statically on average enough for fifth and 59 for sixth to get into the Europa League.
      And 55 points – just eight more than Arsenal have after 18 games – works out as the benchmark to seal the final European spot in the Conference League.
      Arsenal, though, are already five points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand on the chasing pack.
      And last weekend’s North London derby win means they are 14 points clear of fifth-placed Spurs.
      At the other end of the table, 34 points tends to be enough to avoid relegation.
      However, just 29 was needed in 2020-21 but 36 was required last season.
      A whopping seven teams are still on 17 points or fewer this season – of those, only Leeds are yet to reach the midway mark of 19 games – so will be desperately hoping they can find some form in the second half of the season to ensure survival.
      The Gunners are well on track for a superb and successful seasonCredit: Getty
      Arsenal have not played in the Champions League since March 2017Credit: Getty Images – Getty More

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      Chelsea facing HUGE Champions League headache as only THREE of six new signings from £188m transfer binge can play

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      CHELSEA’S January spending splurge has left boss Graham Potter facing TWO major selection dilemmas.And even a major squad clear-out in the final days of the winter window will only solve one of them.
      Graham Potter faces two major selection dilemmasCredit: Getty
      Chelsea have made six January signings including Joao FelixCredit: Getty
      Latest signing Noni Madueke could be left out of Chelsea’s Champions League squadCredit: Getty
      The Blues have landed PSV winger Noni Madueke as their SIXTH signing of the mid-season window.
      With the £35million arrival of the English former Spurs trainee, the Chelsea hierarchy will have sanctioned a remarkable £181m transfer outlay since the turn of the year.
      But Champions League rules mean that only THREE of the new recruits can be registered to play in the competition when Chelsea take on Borussia Dortmund in the last 16 next month.
      While Prem rules are different, allowing wholesale squad changes in the mid-season window, Chelsea have to stick to the required eight “home-grown” players and can only register a maximum of 17 overseas stars.
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      That means Potter must confirm a list of exits or have a host of players who are unable to play first-team football for the remainder of the season.
      And the different regulations deployed by Fifa and the Prem will make things even tricker.
      It certainly means hard decisions that will have to be taken when the dust settles on the exact make-up of the Blues squad on February 1.
      Joao Felix, signed on loan from Atletico Madrid, is a certainty to be the first of the chosen trio for Europe.
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      But that would mean Potter having to then add just two from defender Benoit Badiashile, £62m-plus Ukrainian schemer Mykhailo Mudryk, Ivory Coast striker David Datro Fofana, Madueke and £18m Brazilian recruit Andrey Santos, who is more likely to be loaned out for the remainder of the campaign. 
      And even that is not as “simple” as it appears.
      Joao Felix would normally be a straight swap for the stricken Armando Broja, with the Albania striker ruled out for the rest of the campaign.
      But Slough-born Broja, a Chelsea player since joining the club’s set-up as a schoolboy, is on the “B” list of players who were under-21 at the start of the season and, more pertinently, “locally-trained”.
      It could therefore mean he must replace another player – which suggests sales or loans out from the core squad are inevitable.
      Madueke, as an English player, will count as home-grown for the Prem but not for Uefa, which demands at least eight players who spent three years between the ages of 15 and 21 at a club in the same country. He left Spurs for Holland at 16.
      The assumption is that Badiashile will come in for the injury-plagued Wesley Fofana, at least for the Uefa list, as well as Mudryk.
      But that would leave no place for striker Fofana or Madueke, although they have both been signed for the long-term.
      And in the Prem, while under-21 players do not count, Chelsea’s current homegrown list is made up of third-choice keeper Marcus Bettinelli, Reece James, Ben Chilwell, Trevoh Chalabah, Mason Mount, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Conor Gallagher and Raheem Sterling.
      Effectively, none of them can leave the club unless they are replaced by an English-qualified player.
      So far, only three of the new recruits – Joao Felix, Badiashile and Fofana – have made their Chelsea debuts.
      But the new arrivals – and there is continuing talk of a potential seventh signing, possibly Brighton’s Ecuadorean midfielder Moises Caciedo – mean Potter’s squad currently has 28 senior players, three more than the maximum permitted.
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      Prem rules give a hiatus to those regulations during January, allowing them all to be registered and play.
      But that moratorium ends when the window closes, meaning Potter and the Chelsea board have slightly more than a week to get their outgoings sorted and prevent omitted players having the right under Fifa regulations to move for nothing. More

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      Declan Rice is guaranteed to leave West Ham… and Arsenal and Man Utd are his most logical transfer destinations

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      DECLAN RICE has a massive decision to make this summer — and it does not involve  staying at West Ham.Every team in Europe is keen to sign the future England captain at the end of the season, although very few can afford him.
      Manchester United and Arsenal both want to sign Declan Rice this summerCredit: Rex
      But even the handful of clubs who can meet the Hammers’ demands will present a dilemma for Rice as he  considers all his options.
      Because how do you choose when you have got Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle and Manchester City all queueing at your door?
      The fact that West Ham still have an option to extend his contract to 2025 is immaterial.
      Whether they stay in the Premier League or not, they know their best player is leaving. Rice virtually confirmed that last month when he said that he is  desperate to play in the Champions League.
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      Because that ain’t going to happen at West Ham any time in the foreseeable future.
      That’s why he has already rejected an offer of a new EIGHT-YEAR contract from the club who would happily make him their highest paid player in the blink of an eye.
      There are about a dozen players at the London Stadium currently earning more than Rice, including left-back Emerson Palmieri, Ivory Coast winger Max Cornet and reserve keeper Alphonse Areola.
      But that’s often the case with players who have graduated through the academy rather than signing on big money from another club.
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      Yet it’s not about the money for Rice. It’s about competing at the very highest level and squeezing every last drop from his career.
      He will have seen how his 29-year-old England team-mate Harry Kane — who signed for Tottenham way back in 2011 — is still waiting to win his first major trophy at the club after committing himself to a lucrative long-term contract five years ago.
      And he is not going to make the same mistake with West Ham.
      He will also have noted how his pal Jack Grealish, 27, gave up being a big fish in a small pond at Aston Villa to win the Premier League in his very first season with Manchester City.
      So now it is simply a question of which club can offer him the best opportunity to maximise his talent  during the peak years of his career.
      Having just turned 24, he has the potential to become one of the best defensive midfield players in the world over the next decade.
      It was only last April that David Moyes said that West Ham would not consider selling their captain for less than £150million.
      But now the consensus is that he could go for little more than half that amount, particularly if the Hammers are relegated to the Championship.
      Yet with so many serious clubs  wanting his services, there’s plenty of potential for a bidding war taking that fee to British record levels.
      Chelsea, despite having released Rice from their academy at 14, would have no shame in breaking the bank to bring him back.
      But, like Liverpool, there’s every chance that they won’t be able to offer him Champions League football next season, even though the two are the last English clubs to win it.
      City only play with one holding midfielder and already have Rodri and Kalvin Phillips on their books.
      Newcastle are clearly an emerging force and have the resources to outbid anyone if they can secure a top-four finish this season.
      But it’s Arsenal or Erik ten Hag’s United who offer the most logical career path for Rice and, with both clubs apparently on the up, it could be a straight shootout between the resurgent giants this summer.
      Either way, West Ham fans should make the most of their best player while they still can.
      UTD MAY SMELL RAT
      MANCHESTER UNITED fans are understandably excited by the news that ‘Britain’s richest man’ is trying to buy the club from the Glazers.
      The fact that Sir Jim Ratcliffe has been living abroad as a tax exile is not going to curb their enthusiasm.
      Yet financial experts have calculated his personal fortune at £6billion — and the Glazers want at least £5bn.
      That does not leave a lot of spare cash for someone who clearly hates the idea of frittering his money on such avoidable expenses as income tax.
      And after he lost out in the bidding for Chelsea last spring, United should not hold their breath waiting for the takeover.
      GONE POTTY
      CHELSEA manager Graham Potter says they cannot keep trying to spend their way out of trouble or else they will end up with a 30-man squad.
      I hate to be the bearer of bad news, Graham, but the matchday programme for last week’s game against Crystal Palace already listed 33 Blues players.
      And that did not even include the club’s £88million new-boy Mykhailo Mudryk.
      Potter joked he hopes he is still in a job when Mudryk’s remarkable new contract finally expires in 8½ years.
      Good luck with that. Me? I just hope I am still alive in 2031.
      REFFING MAD
      BRITAIN’S top referees have been tying themselves in knots trying to justify Manchester United’s equaliser against neighbours City last week.
      But they’re defending the indefensible because anyone who knows anything about football could see Marcus Rashford was offside and the goal should never have stood.
      And if the laws of the game say differently because he wasn’t interfering with play, then the law is an ass.
      RAMS-FAIL
      SPURS are threatening to issue a lifetime ban to the supporter who kicked Aaron Ramsdale during Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat by Arsenal.
      More than 500 season ticket holders have already claimed responsibility.
      BLATT TO THE FUTURE
      FIFA have claimed five billion people ‘engaged’ with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
      What does that even mean?
      But then very little coming out of world football’s governing body makes sense any more.
      According to reports, TV companies covering the winter finals were ordered to show at least one shot of Fifa president Gianni Infantino at every match.
      But they weren’t allowed to film him on his phone, nor below knee height when he was sitting next to any of his dodgy dictator mates in the plush stadiums out in the desert.
      Come back Sepp Blatter, all is (almost) forgiven.
      GARETH FAIL
      A MOVE to rename the Severn Bridge the Gareth Bale Bridge has been KO’d by a House of Lords committee.
      Presumably they were worried the bridge — which connects England and Wales — would be out of action for nine months every year.
      EMMA’S MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
      TENNIS star Emma Raducanu has defended her commitment to the sport by declaring: “I give 200 per cent in everything I do.”
      That probably explains why the British ace, 20, has suffered so many injuries — she’s been trying to do the impossible.
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      ICE skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared by the Russian anti-doping agency — despite her positive test before last year’s Winter Olympics.
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      They announced that although the 16-year-old had taken banned heart medication, she bore ‘no fault or negligence’ for the offence.
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      Chelsea face ‘unpredictable’ FFP future if they fail to qualify for Champions League after £445m transfer spree

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      CHELSEA could be set for an “unpredictable” FFP future should they fail to qualify for the Champions League.The Blues have splashed out £445million on 14 new players since last summer.
      Chelsea have spent almost half a billion pounds on players including Raheem SterlingCredit: PA
      Some of the club’s high-earners such as Hakim Ziyech could leave the clubCredit: Getty
      That figure could rise further after the club reportedly agreed on a deal to sign Noni Madueke from PSV for £35m.
      However, should the club fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League they will miss out on vital financial benefits.
      Having struggled during the first half of the season, Chelsea are ten points behind fourth-placed Newcastle.
      Manager Graham Potter’s side will have to turn things around quickly in order to have a chance of reaching Europe’s premium competition.
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      This season the club are set to earn an estimated £81m from TV money, should they beat Borussia Dortmund and reach the round of 16.
      However, failure to qualify for the European tournament next year could be damaging to the club’s finances, according to the Swiss Ramble.
      The Premier League’s FFP rules state that clubs are allowed to lose £105m in a rolling three-year period.
      However, there are adjustments for money spent on the club’s infrastructure on things such as the academy, community project and women’s teams.
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      Allowances have also been made to clubs as a result of the impact Covid-19 caused due to lack of matchday revenue.
      Although UEFA has different rules as clubs are only allowed to lose £53m over three years.
      Chelsea do have some factors in their favour as many of the players that have joined are on long contracts which helps spread the cost.
      The club have also been reportedly interested in cutting some of its high-earners, such as Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz.
      While Jorginho is also likely to leave as his contract expires at the end of the current season. More

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      Man Utd Treble winner unrecognisable as he wins MasterChef sporting flowing grey ponytail

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      A MANCHESTER UNITED treble winner looks completely unrecognisable decades on from his days at Old Trafford and is now a MasterChef winner.Sir Alex Ferguson led his Red Devils to the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in a remarkable fortnight nearly 24 years ago.
      The Man Utd legend won MasterChef in SwedenCredit: Instagram @jesperblomqvistofficial
      He beat TV personality Karl FredriksCredit: Instagram @jesperblomqvistofficial
      The names that immediately spring to mind from that side are the likes of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Teddy Sheringham, David Beckham, Roy Keane and Paul Scholes.
      But one man who many may have forgotten is a Swedish midfielder.
      He made 25 Premier League appearances in that momentous season and also collected an FA Cup winners medal despite being an unused substitute in the final.
      The ex-footie ace then started the Champions League final against Bayern Munich before being taken off for Teddy Sheringham – who would go on to score the equalising goal.
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      Shortly after United’s European triumph the Swede suffered a serious knee injury and never played for the club again.
      And Man Utd fans may find it incredibly difficult to recognise him these days as he looks completely different to when he was gracing the Old Trafford pitch more than two decades ago.
      The mystery footballer can be revealed as… Jesper Blomqvist.
      Blomqvist is rocking a ponytail, beard, and does not possess the vibrant blonde hair he once had as a player.
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      Blomqvist was a part of United’s legendary Treble-winning teamCredit: Reuters
      Ferguson signed him from Parma ahead of the 1998-99 campaignCredit: PA:Press Association
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      MasterChef? No problem.
      The footie star-turned-cook won the competition beating TV personality Karl Fredriks.
      On his win, he said on Instagram: “What a lovely competitor I had on the other side of the kitchen table in @karlfredrik.se and what an exciting final it was.
      “Even though I knew the result, I got all sweaty watching it on TV.
      “Incredibly happy, grateful and humble for the win, know that you Karl-Fredrik might as well have won, it was an incredibly tough & even final.
      “The whole production has been amazingly funny, educational but also tough.
      “Then it helps to have such awesome competitors, jury members and the rest of the recording team who supports, pepper and spurs 🙏💪🙌 thank you all for a wonderful adventure🙏❤️🙏❤️.”
      What’s more, after a brief attempt at management, he found a new passion as he runs his own pizzeria.
      Speaking to The Telegraph about his new life previously, he said: “I have to say it is tough when people ask me in the beginning, ‘What are you doing?’ And I say, ‘I have a pizzeria’. It was tough that people look down at you.
      “Then I have to explain it’s the best pizzeria! Now I don’t care. People seem to be saying, ‘Are you down there? Have you lost all your money?’ I couldn’t care less.
      “I can understand it and feel it myself. It’s not a problem. It’s just me who has to work with myself. Footballers have been very spoiled. It’s very easy to lose perspective and to get carried away and this money can destroy players.
      “It’s the way it is, you have to learn to handle it and it’s difficult. I am so happy I was brought up in the north of Sweden where you keep your feet on the ground and you have to work hard.”
      Blomqvist, 48, also explained why he decided to pack in management after just two years – where he coached Swedish sides Enkoping and Hammarby IF.
      “Putting the team in front and not taking into consideration the human being behind the player – for me, that was the toughest challenge,” he added.
      “I tend to look more at the human being. Ferguson was good at that. When it comes to winning games you can’t care about the human being.
      “You have to be ruthless and sometimes I missed that. That’s my nature and it is hard to change.”
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      Blomqvist was back in a United shirt last summer.
      He joined up with several other familiar names to line-up for Man Utd Legends against their Liverpool counterparts – but they suffered a 3-1 defeat to the Reds.
      He now has his own pizzeria having gone into the industry after a brief stint managing in football
      The ex-footie star now looks a much-changed man years on from that iconic Man Utd seasonCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Here he is with fellow ex-Man Utd player Mikael SilvestreCredit: Instagram @jesperblomqvistofficial More

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      Ultimate combined XI from Wenger’s Arsenal Invincibles and Man Utd’s 2008 Champions League-winning heroes

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      ARSENAL welcome Manchester United to the Emirates this weekend with both in the race for the Premier League title.The Gunners are sat top of the Premier League after 18 games, picking up 47 points.
      Arsenal’s Invincibles achieved legendary status back in 2004Credit: Getty
      Manchester United’s 2008 Champions League-winning squad was stacked with qualityCredit: PA
      Here’s the best combined XI that we have chosen
      Both Manchester clubs are trailing by eight points, but United can close the gap to five with a win on Sunday.
      During the heyday of Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, the two teams would be regularly battling it out for the Prem title.
      In fact, for nine consecutive years from 1996 the trophy belonged exclusively to the both of them.
      Arsenal won it for the first time under Wenger in 1998 and lifted it another two times under the Frenchman.
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      But undoubtedly their greatest – and last – title-winning campaign occurred in 2004.
      With Thierry Henry leading their star-studded side, the Gunners incredibly went the whole campaign unbeaten, leading to them being dubbed ‘The Invincibles’ by fans and pundits.
      However, one thing they failed to do under Wenger was conquer Europe.
      They did manage to reach the 2006 Champions League final, but they suffered defeat to Barcelona.
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      But Fergie did manage to win it twice during his long-stay at Old Trafford, the first occurring in the 1999 treble season.
      He followed that up with success over Chelsea in the 2008 final after a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
      Both Arsenal’s Invincibles and United’s Champions League winning squad from ‘08 were stacked with quality.
      But ahead of the latest Arsenal vs Man Utd clash at the Emirates, we decided to try and pick an XI out of both sets of players from those eras.
      Jens Lehmann was in goal for Arsenal, but we’ve opted for United’s Dutchman Edwin van der Sar.
      Ashley Cole gets the nod over Patrice Evra at left-back, while his former Gunners team-mate Lauren is in on the right.
      An all-English centre-back pairing of Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand would take some stopping, especially with ex-Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira protecting them in midfield.
      With United legend Paul Scholes alongside him, there would also be plenty of ammunition for the vast array of attacking talents.
      Robert Pires was almost unstoppable for the Gunners back then, and he is almost impossible to leave out – despite the greatness of Ryan Giggs.
      You also have to find a way to fit in Cristiano Ronaldo, and as he was playing winger back then rather than forward, we’ve squeezed him in on the right.
      Then it comes to picking the forwards and we feel almost guilty for leaving out Arsenal’s fantastic Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp.
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      The same can be said of United’s 2008 hero Carlos Tevez – but Wayne Rooney just edges it to line-up with Henry up front.
      And whether you agree or not, we reckon even the second-string that we have assembled below would still be big favourites to win the league if they were together in their pomp. 
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      Wolves vs Liverpool ‘porn noise’ culprit found as serial pitch invader Daniel Jarvis claims responsibility for TV prank

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      A YOUTUBE comedian has owned up being the culprit behind ‘porn noises’ being heard during the BBC’s FA Cup coverage. Viewers were left stunned as erotic moaning was heard while Gary Lineker attempted to host coverage of Wolves and Liverpool’s FA Cup replay.
      Gary Lineker was caught on the wrong end of the prank and struggled to keep a straight faceCredit: BBC
      The prankster used a hidden phone to emit the noiseCredit: Jarvo69 aka BMWJarvo
      This Youtube comedian managed to cause chaos in the BBC studioCredit: Jarvo69 aka BMWJarvo
      The popular TV host struggled to keep a straight face as he spoke to pundit Alan Shearer while the strange noises continued to invade the studio.
      Now an online prankster has claimed credit for the stunt.
      The Youtuber Jarvo69, whose real name is Daniel Jarvis, hosted a live stream as he hijacked the BBC’s coverage.
      Jarvis has a long history of big stunts during sports events, and once even invaded the stage on the X Factor in 2016.
      He proudly announces at the beginning of the video: “Here we are, we have set up a phone with a loud sex noise in the BBC studios at the Wolves v Liverpool FA Cup replay.”
      Jarvis watches the coverage with his phone held carefully in hand, waiting for the moment to pull off his practical joke.
      Coverage begins and while Lineker discussing the game with Paul Ince and Danny Murphy, the prankster is on the phone receiving instructions on when to trigger the sex noises.
      He then calls the hidden phone in the BBC studio, which appeared to have a ringtone of the sex noises uploaded onto it.
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      Jarvis celebrates after successfully getting one over the BeebCredit: Jarvo69 aka BMWJarvo
      Gary Lineker revealed on Twitter that he found the phone at the centre of the prankCredit: @GaryLineker
      The comedian can then hardly contain his glee when the loud and disruptive noises burst into the studio and eventually breaks into celebration.
      Lineker and Shearer desperately try and stay professional as the groans and moans continue.
      Almost 4,000 people viewed the livestream and the moment quickly went viral.
      Lineker lated posted a picture of the phone and tweeted: “Well, we found this taped to the back of the set. As sabotage goes, it was quite amusing.”
      Jarvis responded to the tweet with the message: “It was me.”
      Reading manager Paul Ince was providing punditry just as sex noises were being pumped into the studioCredit: Jarvo69 aka BMWJarvo
      He has also now posted a short video to Twitter showing himself in the Beeb studio before coverage began.
      He wrote: “Yes, it was me that pranked the BBC Match of the Day with the sex phone. The video coming soon!!!! Best prankster ever!!!”
      Jarvis has 174,000 Youtube subscribes and has form when it comes to high-profile football pranks.
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      He has previously uploaded a video to Twitter showing him sneaking onto the pitch after the Champions League Final last year.
      The prankster managed to hug Vinicius Junior and Eder Militao after getting by security by donning a Real Madrid shirt. More