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      Tickets for West Ham’s European final being sold for 50% more than those for Man City’s Champions League clash

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      TICKETS for West Ham’s European final were last night being sold for 50 per cent more than those for Manchester City’s Champions League clash.Hammers supporters hoping to see their team win the Europa Conference League on Wednesday face paying at least £1,500 online for a seat in their side’s end.
      West Ham fans heading to the final in Prague face paying at least £1,500 online for a seat in their side’s endCredit: PA
      Even West Ham superfan Chesney Hawkes, who was invited by the club to perform at the live fan zone in the Czech Republic’s capital, is having to barter for a final seat
      City fans — whose team could complete the Treble — can get a ticket for their final for £925 from the same website, Livefootballtickets.com.
       West Ham take on Italian side Fiorentina at Prague’s Fortuna Arena, which has a capacity of just 19,370.
      Even West Ham superfan Chesney Hawkes, who was invited by the club to perform at the live fan zone in the Czech Republic’s capital, is having to barter for a final seat.
      The One and Only singer, 51, said: “We still don’t even have tickets yet. We are hoping the club are able to help us out but if we have to pay, we will pay.
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      “A friend of ours paid four-and-a-half grand for some tickets — it’s getting crazy.
      “I spoke to another guy who has paid a couple of thousand. There will probably be more people in the fan zone than in the stadium at this rate.”
      Manchester City face Italian side Inter in their big final in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday.
      Pep Guardiola’s men are set to become only the second English club in history to scoop the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League titles in one season — matching the 1999 feat of rivals Manchester United.
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      Much maligned Man Utd centre-back set to be rewarded with new deal after impressing Ten Hag

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      ERIK TEN HAG wants to keep Victor Lindelof at Manchester United.The Swedish centre-half is set to be offered fresh terms after an excellent end to the campaign.
      Victor Lindelof has impressed towards the end of the seasonCredit: Jamie McPhilimey
      Erik ten Hag now wants to keep the defenderCredit: Getty
      His Old Trafford deal expires next summer but United are keen to trigger a one-year extension.
      Lindelof started the last 12 games of the season following Lisandro Martinez’s injury, having overtaken Harry Maguire in the pecking order.
      The 28-year-old who was signed from Benfica for £31million in 2017, looked to be heading for the exit until impressing Ten Hag in recent months.
      With United ready to offload Maguire, they want another centre-half, with Napoli’s Kim Min-jae top of boss Ten Hag’s wishlist.
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      The FA and police are looking for the fan who hit Lindelof in the face with a lighter during Saturday’s FA Cup final.
      Many United fans issued apologies to Lindelof following his string of impressive displays, having confessed to “blaming him for Maguire’s mistakes”.
      Indeed, the games United lost in that run came from errors from other players.
      Errors from Maguire and David de Gea saw the Red Devils crash out of the Europa League.
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      In the Premier League, a late Luke Shaw handball against Brighton was followed up by another De Gea error against West Ham as United lost back-to-back games 1-0.
      And there was little he could do in the FA Cup final when he saw his defensive header land at the feet of Ilkay Gundogan before he made it 1-0 after just 12 seconds. More

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      Marcus Rashford to STAY at Man Utd for many years with star close to penning biggest deal of his career

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      MARCUS RASHFORD plans to stay at Manchester United after they secured Champions League football.The forward has stalled over a new deal with his boyhood club and been courted by Paris Saint-Germain.
      Marcus Rashford wants to stay at Man UtdCredit: Getty
      But SunSport understands 30-goal Rashford wants to put pen to paper following a successful first season under boss Erik ten Hag.
      United won the Carabao Cup and qualified for Europe’s top tournament — yet painfully lost Saturday’s FA Cup final to Manchester City.
      And a source said: “Marcus is staying at United. He was waiting to see if the club  got in the Champions League and now they have, he is delighted.
      “He loves playing for Ten Hag and believes he has delivered on all of his promises.”
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      England star Rashford, 25, would be a free agent in 12 months.
      The source added: “The deal he is negotiating is the biggest of his career and still has work left in it.
      “But both sides want the same thing — for Marcus to sign and stay at United for many more years.”
      Rashford has enjoyed his best ever season at Old Trafford.
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      He has netted 30 goals in 56 games for the Red Devils, and was named the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year for this season.
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      It’s the first time he has been awarded the prestigious gong.
      On Saturday he suffered heartbreak as United lost the FA Cup final to noisy neighbours Man City.
      However, after the final whistle fans praised Rashford for his reaction in consoling Alejandro Garnacho – labelling him a ‘future captain’. More

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      Rangers cleared to sign forgotten Man Utd player after Crystal Palace rule themselves out of running

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      RANGERS are clear to sign former England keeper Jack Butland after Crystal Palace passed on the chance to extend his contract.The Eagles had the option of triggering a new one-year deal with Butland — who has been on loan with Manchester United — but decided against it.
      Jack Butland is edging closer to a Rangers moveCredit: Getty
      Palace already have two top keepers in Sam Johnstone and Vicente Guaita, making that department well covered and also expensive to run.
      Rangers have been keen on Butland, 30, for a year but only pressed on with a deal in recent weeks.
      Their initial interest faded when Allan McGregor returned to their plans.
      But his belated exit left them in need of an experienced replacement.
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      The former Stoke shot-stopper failed to make any appearances at Palace or United this season.
      Butland made nine league appearances for Palace in the league last season.
      He reportedly held talks over a move to Scotland on Tuesday night – the same day Gers confirmed the capture of Dujon Sterling.
      Last month we revealed how Man Utd were prepared to DOUBLE the wages offered by the Ibrox side in order to keep him at Old Trafford.
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      Butland has been capped nine times by England.
      Overall he has made 87 appearances in the Premier League, while making a further 161 in the Championship.
      Butland joined Man Utd on loan in January but hasn’t made an appearanceCredit: Getty More

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      Leicester City supporter trolled by rival fans after his dad’s phone number’s exposed on TV

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      RIVAL supporters let rip when they spotted a fan of relegated Leicester City listening to a radio with his dad’s phone number on it.They bombarded Paul Parwaiz with jokey calls after seeing son Asim on TV at the Foxes’ final game of the season.
      Rival supporters let rip when they spotted a fan of relegated Leicester City listening to a radio with his dad’s phone number on it
      Asdim Parwaiz and his dad Paul, 70, a retired GPCredit: Roland Leon
      Asim, 33, was using the radio to follow Everton v Bournemouth — crucial to whether his team stayed in the Premier League.
      He was seen on Sky Sports and Match of the Day reacting with horror at Everton’s goal, which meant Leicester would be going down, despite their 2-1 home victory over West Ham.
      Dad Paul, 70, a retired GP, had written his mobile number prominently on the digital radio in case he misplaced it.
      Asim had borrowed it and said: “When Everton scored, you can imagine my reaction, a bit four-lettered. I’d no idea the cameras had caught it until after.
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      “My dad called and said he was being bombarded with calls from fans of other clubs.
      “They had seen his number on the radio. One was asking for help to repair his because it was going down, down, down.”
      Asim, also a GP, added: “Ironically, Dad isn’t even a Leicester fan — he supports Chelsea.” More

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      Footie fan on the run for 20 years over brutal racist attack brought to justice

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      A FOOTBALL fan on the run for 20 years over a racist attack has finally been brought to justice.Gordon Colquhoun, 39, battered Dale Clark after Celtic beat Liverpool 3-1 in the 2003 Uefa Cup quarter-finals.
      Football fan Gordon Colquhoun has been brought to justice after 20 years on the run over a racist attackCredit: Supplied
      He left the victim with a split lip and black eye in the attack in Bracknell, Berks.
      Colquhoun asked Mr Clark “are you English” before laying into him with a friend.
      Prosecutor Sarita Basra said: “An ambulance was called but just after the assault they continued to shout abuse.”
      Colquhoun admitted his guilt to the police.
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      But he evaded justice by going into hiding in Scotland in 2004.
      Reading Crown Court heard his co-defendant had been convicted over the racially-aggravated assault soon after the attack.
      Although the race-hate assault case was abandoned, he has now been given 21 days behind bars for failing to surrender.
      Passing sentence at Reading crown court, Judge Sarah Campbell said: “You are now a grown man and have had nearly 20 years in effect to resolve the situation but you have chosen not to do so.
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      “You buried your head in the sand.” More

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      British boxing legend quizzed by cops after ex-pal’s £80k car’s tyres were slashed

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      BOXING legend Carl Froch has been quizzed after tyres on an ex-pal’s £80,000 car were slashed.The former unified super-middleweight world champ was snapped arriving at a police station for questioning.
      Carl Froch has been quizzed after tyres on an ex-pal’s £80,000 car were slashedCredit: Pinnacle
      The former boxer pictured at the police station in NottinghamCredit: Andy Kelvin / Kelvinmedia
      Cops want to know if he was the man who used a knife to pierce the front and rear passenger-side tyres of a Range Rover Sport.
      The vehicle was attacked at 10.30am on May 16 in the car park of the upmarket Nottinghamshire Golf and Country Club in Cotgrave.
      Witnesses are understood to have seen a man on a red £24,000 Ducati Diavel V4 park up and slash the tyres of the 4×4, causing £600 of damage.
      CCTV shows the individual then climb back on board the motorbike and roar off.
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      At no point did the knifeman remove his cycle helmet.
      The Sun understands Froch, 45, accompanied by a lawyer, gave cops a short statement on Sunday evening denying he caused the criminal damage.
      The Nottingham-born dad of two, awarded an MBE, is a keen biker and was pictured on social media earlier this month doing promotional work for Ducati.
      He was said to have been handed a brand new red Ducati to test drive as part of his deal with the motor firm.
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      Froch retired in 2015 after winning 33 of his 35 fights.
      His agent and police were approached for comment. More

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      Three Lions legend films McDonald’s advert 25 years after classic World Cup ad

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      FOOTIE star Alan Shearer has rebooted his classic McDonald’s TV ad with the actor who played a cheeky autograph-hunter 25 years ago.The burger chain’s original 1998 World Cup ­commercial featured Steve Hoyle, a teenage fan who would stop at nothing to get his hero’s signature.
      Alan Shearer recreated his McDonald’s TV ad from 25 years ago with the now grown-up child actor who played his autograph-hunter in the originalCredit: Supplied
      The burger chain’s original ad featured Shearer for the 1998 World CupCredit: Supplied
      Then-child actor Steve Hoyle played a super-fan who would stop at nothing to get his autographCredit: Supplied
      In the new sequel, Steve, now 42, plays the dad of a girl who vows to go one better than her father by getting a selfie with the former England and Newcastle ace.
      The online ad echoes the telly original, with the determined lass using her job at McDonald’s to trick the Match of the Day pundit, 52, into posing for a photograph.
      Viewers also hear Shearer’s daughter Chloe, who is now in her 30s but was just five in the original ad, reprise her role of begging her dad to get a McDonald’s.
      Shearer said: “Times have changed since I shot the first advert.
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      I don’t get many people asking me for signatures any more — now they’re all after selfies.”
      “Steve said meeting the football star again after 25 years was “pretty emotional”.
      He added: “As soon as Alan walked through the door, he waved and acknowledged me.”
      The actor showed his hero a cheque he’d signed — part of a ruse to get his autograph in the original ad — which the married dad-of-two had kept as a souvenir.
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      Steve said: “I pulled out the cheque and said, ‘Do you recognise this?’
      “He was like, ‘Oh my, God! Yeah, that’s definitely mine’.”
      In the sequel, the Shearer mega-fan’s daughter will try to get a selfie with the Three Lions aceCredit: Supplied More