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      ITV lose rights to Community Shield as Premier League curtain raiser is moved to new channel

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      Former Premier League star heading into 32ND season as he registers himself as a player ahead of 50th birthday

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      Two-time FA Cup finalists leave world-famous 51,866-seater home to play in tiny stadium holding just 990 fans

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      Lyon ‘must find £172MILLION to stop relegation from Ligue 1’ as Crystal Palace nervously wait for Europa League decision

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      Millwall slapped with fine and put on ‘extended action plan’ after homophobic chants towards Ben Chilwell

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      ‘Not a football club’ – Former Man Utd boss launches scathing attack on old side while heaping praise on bitter rivals

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      LOUIS VAN GAAL has launched a stunning broadside on former club Manchester United.The Dutchman was in the Old Trafford hotseat between 2014 and 2016.Louis van Gaal has hit out at the way Manchester United operate behind the scenesCredit: APRuben Amorim has struggled since joining the club last NovemberCredit: Shutterstock EditorialCo-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has also been criticised for cost-cuttingCredit: Shutterstock EditorialVan Gaal, 73, won a solitary FA Cup during his tenure as United boss.And he’s been watching their horror 2024/25 season from afar with interest. The Red Devils finished without silverware last term, languishing 15th in the Premier League.Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe – who has embarked on controversial cost-cutting across the club – employed Ruben Amorim midway through the season to stop the rot.READ MORE ON MAN UTDBut results continued to slide under the former Sporting Lisbon chief. Van Gaal told Sky Sports: “It is still a commercial club.”It is not a football club. I have said that before – and that’s always difficult.”The 73-year-old believes United will never find success unless Amorim is given the chance to choose his own players. Most read in FootballBEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKHe continued: “When [it’s] not the manager deciding which player has to come, it’s very difficult.”I think that is the way it should be. Bruno Fernandes reveals role his wife played in £200m Al-Hilal transfer snub even though Man Utd were ready to cash in”Because then you can fire the manager because he’s not getting results.”When other people buy the players, then you have a problem.”You need to have the knowledge [of the manager] because he has to train them.”Van Gaal also begged United chiefs to “pay attention” to the way Premier League champions Liverpool are operating under Arne Slot.He added: “Arne Slot is the man who says to his technical manager, you need to buy this player.”Pay attention to [that].”Van Gaal won 54 of his 103 games in charge at Old Trafford. His overall win percentage with the club stands at 52.43 per cent.That figure is lower than three United managers who have followed him through the door at Old Trafford.Jose Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Erik ten Hag all boast higher win percentages.But current boss Amorim has the lowest of all five.Read More on The SunThe Portuguese manager has won just 16 of his 42 games in charge – a paltry win percentage of 38.10 per cent.That’s the worst of any permanent United manager since Frank O’Farrell in 1971. More

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      ‘I want to suffer, I want to feel bad’ – Pep Guardiola reveals he struggled to eat during Man City’s horror season

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      PEP GUARDIOLA struggled to eat during Manchester City’s miserable campaign.The Etihad boss oversaw a first trophyless season since 2017 with a third-placed Prem finish, shock FA Cup final loss to Crystal Palace and play-off round Champions League exit to Real Madrid.Pep Guardiola struggled to eat last seasonCredit: AlamyHe endured only his second trophyless season as a managerCredit: AlamyIt was only the second time in Guardiola’s managerial career he failed to win any silverware — and he hopes to get his appetite back for City’s Club World Cup bid this month.The Spaniard, 54, said: “I want to suffer when I’m not winning games. I want to feel bad. I want to sleep badly.“My food, it tastes worse. I don’t need to eat much as I need to feel that [anger].”Yet Guardiola does not think he needs to prove people wrong next season.READ MORE MAN CITY NEWSHe added: “It’s to prove to myself that I can do it. I don’t want to have those feelings that last season left.“When we win, the wine tastes better afterwards, you sleep better. I don’t know a manager who loses and sleeps like a baby.  You’ve got to worry. It’s part of your life.“I will not judge myself or my team because of bad seasons or good seasons…“Maybe finishing third in a season and never giving up —  otherwise you finish tenth or 12th — maybe that’s a better season than when we won the fourth Premier League in a row.Most read in FootballJOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS“We faced many difficulties that were higher due to injuries, relaxation. I was not good enough… for many reasons.”Guardiola quoted former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica,’I will quit’ – Pep Guardiola gives Man City ultimatum over squad issue that is ‘impossible for my soul’Guardiola is reinforcing his team for next seasonCredit: EPA“Success is how many times you stand up when you fall down” as he bids to learn from the season’s setbacks.The Etihad chief, who has won 12 domestic league titles across spells in Spain, Germany and England, added: “Fall down, stand up. Fall down, stand up.“That is the biggest success. Winners are boring. It’s nice to see the losers. That’s when you really learn.”Guardiola dismissed the idea he is an exceptional manager.Speaking to Reuters during a break in Barcelona, he said: “Do you think I feel special because I won a lot of titles? No! Forget about it.“Special is the doctor who saves lives. People who invented penicillin. That’s a genius. Me, genius? Come on.”Guardiola hopes to have an injection of new blood when City kick off their Club World Cup bid in America on June 18 against Moroccan side Wydad AC.He is set to sign AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 26, and also wants 21-year-old Lyon winger Rayan Cherki and Wolves left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri, 23.Guardiola added: “The new players will bring us energy that we need to lift the team again. We can lift trophies.”The ex-Barca and Bayern Munich manager has no plans to leave City anytime soon.Read More on The SunBut he added:  “I’d love to be in a World Cup, in a Euros, a Copa America. I have always thought about it…“Stress is always there but nobody put a gun to my head forcing me to choose this job.”Tijjani Reijnders is expected to be confirmed as a Man City playerCredit: GettyRayan Cherki is also close to moving to the Etihad StadiumCredit: AFP More

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      Crystal Palace could be THROWN OUT of Europa League with fierce rivals benefiting as owners jet to emergency summit

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      CRYSTAL PALACE will meet with Uefa in a bid to avoid missing out on European football.The Eagles must convince Uefa’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) that co-owner John Textor’s position does not breach their rules – and failure to do so could allow rivals Brighton a route into Europe.Crystal Palace could be prevented from playing in the Europa LeagueCredit: GettyPalace co-owner John Textor’s stake in Lyon has caused a problemCredit: GettyAmerican billionaire Textor is Palace’s largest shareholder and also owns French side Lyon – who have also qualified for the Europa League.Uefa rules prevent two clubs from the same ownership group from participating in the same competition and where there is a conflict the spot will go to the team who finished highest in their domestic league.Palace finished 12th but qualified for Europe due to their shock FA Cup victory over Manchester City, while Lyon finished sixth in Ligue 1.They will also not be able to drop into the Conference League due to Textor’s stake in Danish side Brondby, who qualified for that compeition by finishing third.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLThe Eagles are confident that they have a strong case, though a result is not expected for around two weeks.While Textor owns around 43 per cent of the club via his Eagle Football Group, he has just 25 per cent of the voting share – the same as other shareholders.An individual holding the majority of the shareholders’ voting rights at both clubs is against Uefa’s rules.While Textor has operational control at Lyon, chairman Steve Parish runs Palace on a day-to-day basis.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERSThe two do not have a good relationship and Textor has long been looking to sell his stake after complaining about a lack of control.Palace will also argue that there are no shared assets or player trading between the two clubs.Crystal Palace stars lift FA Cup trophy as they win first major honour in club’s history with win over Man CityOwners of both Manchester City and Manchester United have had to take steps, including placing shares in blind trusts, to avoid such issues in recent seasons.Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis placed his shares in the club into a blind trust when it looked like they would qualify for the Champions League alongside the Greek businessman’s other club, Olympiakos.However, it is thought to be too late for Textor to use the option of a blind trust – with rules dictating that move would have had to have been made by March this year to satisfy Uefa.Were the CFBC to find against Palace, Forest would move up into their Europa League spot from the Conference League while Brighton would find themselves in Europe. More