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      Man Utd target Jurrien Timber’s girlfriend sparks talk of shock transfer to Premier League rivals by ‘house-hunting’

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      MANCHESTER UNITED reportedly look set for transfer disappointment as Liverpool close in on a move for Ajax’s Jurrien Timber – with the star’s girlfriend house-hunting on Merseyside.The Holland centre-back shone at the World Cup finals, where he played alongside Reds and national captain Virgil van Dijk.
      Liverpool appear to be leading the chase for Jurrien TimberCredit: Getty
      Timber, 21, has won two Eredivisie titles and a Dutch FA Cup in the past two seasons with Ajax.
      Manchester United wanted to sign Timber last summer, but saw their pursuit fall flat as he signed a contract extension.
      However, the 21-year-old recently indicated that he may leave the Dutch champions with the Red Devils still keen.
      But Anfield boss Jurgen Klopp has set his sights on the Utrecht-born ace – and Timber is tempted by the potential move, says Voetbal.
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      Ajax will seek around £50million for the versatile defender, who can also operate at right-back and is under contract until 2025.
      He has made 41 appearances for the Amsterdam club this season, but is eager to leave with Ajax eight points behind leaders and arch-rivals Feyenoord.
      Experts discussed Timber’s future on Dutch TV show Veronica Offside on Monday night.
      Presenter Wilfred Genee insisted: “It appears that Timber’s girlfriend is looking for a house in Liverpool.
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      “He is also very preoccupied with it, so he will probably make a quick departure.”
      Ex-Ajax and Everton winger Andy van der Meyde said: “You can sometimes see now when he’s on the pitch that he is thinking: ‘If only I’d left sooner!’ ”
      And Holland great Wesley Sneijder added: “Timber is a bright lad, and a genuinely good defender.”
      However ex-Real Madrid playmaker Sneijder warned: “He will lose every aerial battle against the ‘wardrobes’ in the Premier League.
      “That will be his downfall. Manchester United’s Lisandro Martinez is also short, but he comes out on top everywhere.”
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      Inside Welsh village of Marford where Ryan Reynolds is set to make his home after buying ‘poshest house on the road’

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      ITs top tourist attraction is a volunteer-run forest on the site of a former quarry.But the sleepy village of Marford on the Wales-England border will soon welcome Hollywood royalty when an A-list couple moves in.
      Marford on the Wales-England border is known for its gothic architectureCredit: Alamy
      Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at Wrexham FC’s stadium The Racecourse GroundCredit: Instagram
      Ryan Reynolds has bought a £1.5million pad in the area – just five miles from Wrexham – after snapping up the town’s football club.
      The Deadpool star, 46 – a local hero after pumping some much-needed cash into the team – now owns a four-bed property near the Racecourse Ground.
      It is in stark contrast to the luxe £4.3m home in New York where he lives with wife Blake Lively, 35, and their kids.
      A source said: “Ryan is moving to Marford and it’s all the locals can talk about. His house is on the poshest road.
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      “The most famous person from Marford is Tim Vincent from Blue Peter, so a Hollywood star is a step up!
      “It might not be the Big Apple but the red carpet will be rolled out when Ryan comes to town.”
      Ryan bought ailing Wrexham with pal and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney, 45, in November 2020.
      The pair have spent £10m on the club as it bids for promotion to the Football League.
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      And it appears Ryan is more committed than ever to the second-in-the-table fifth-tier team as he looks to make his Welsh roots more permanent.
      If he chooses to stick around, Ryan can enjoy the community-run Maes y Pant nature reserve, which covers about 70 acres of land and is listed as the number one thing to do in town on Tripadvisor.
      There are scores of footpaths and mountain bike trails on what was once Marford Quarry, which provided materials for the construction of the Mersey Tunnel in 1927.
      Also on the must-see list is All Saints in Gresford – a late 15th century church which is one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and described by visitors as a “hidden gem”.
      Several four-star pubs including the Trevor Arms, the Red Lion and The Crown are also seemingly worth checking out.
      Asked about the prospect of having celebrity customers, Mafuz Malik, manager of the Red Lion, said: “We are very excited.
      “I’ve seen Ryan and Blake about in the area already but they haven’t come into the pub yet.
      “We hope to see more of them. Time will tell.”
      ‘WE ARE VERY EXCITED’
      But he did say he thought a £1.5m home seemed rather modest for the couple, who together are said to be worth a combined £161m.
      Mafuz added: “I have a holiday home worth £1m. It’s not unusual in the area.
      “I would have thought they would have picked somewhere costing £2.5m or £3m.”
      Marford itself has a population of about 7,500 people and covers some 750 acres.
      Its known for its quaint-looking gothic cottages, Grade II-listed buildings and stunning countryside.
      There are next to no shops in the village itself, with residents and visitors more frequently travelling to nearby Gresford and Rossett.
      Maps show there is a Co-op, a car dealership and an ice cream parlour, but little else.
      The average house price in the area over the last year was £479,000, according to Rightmove.
      The most expensive property currently listed on the site is a four-bedroom detached home for £999,000.
      Marford has an almost non-existent crime rate, with just 10 street level incidents reported in January 2023, iLiveHere reports.

      These were theft, violent crime, public order and shoplifting offences.
      This compares to 12 in nearby Broadoak, 22 in Gresford, 220 in Borras and 224 in Garden Village.
      Wrexham FC owner Ryan waves to crowds after a match in JanuaryCredit: Getty
      The local Co-Op store in MarfordCredit: Google
      Ryan and Blake with daughters James and Ines in 2016Credit: Getty
      The Red Lion pub, where the manager is ‘very excited’ about the prospect of celebrity customersCredit: Google
      Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan watch a game with BlakeCredit: Getty
      The happy couple snap a selfie before a Vanarama National League matchCredit: Getty
      Ryan has bought a four-bedroom house in MarfordCredit: Getty
      A source said: ‘The most famous person from Marford is Tim Vincent from Blue Peter’Credit: Rex Features More

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      Ryan Reynolds buying house in Welsh village of Marford as he pledges future to Wrexham FC

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      ACTOR Ryan Reynolds has bought a £1.5million pad near Wrexham after snapping up the town’s football club.The Deadpool star, 46 — a local hero after pumping cash into the team — now owns a four-bed property in a small village five miles from the ground.
      Ryan Reynolds, pictured with wife Blake Lively, has bought a £1.5million pad near Wrexham FCCredit: Instagram
      The Wrexham owner has a four-bed property in a small village five miles from the groundCredit: AFP
      It is in stark contrast to the £4.3million home in New York where he lives with wife Blake Lively, 35, and their kids.
      A source said: “Ryan is moving to Marford and it’s all the locals can talk about. His house is on the poshest road.
      “The most famous person from Marford is Tim Vincent from Blue Peter, so a Hollywood star is a step up!
      “It might not be the Big Apple but the red carpet will be rolled out when Ryan comes to town.”
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      Ryan bought ailing Wrexham with Hollywood actor pal Rob McElhenney, 45, in November 2020.
      The pair have spent £10million on the club as it bids for promotion to the Football League.
      Ryan will watch Wrexham play Notts County at his club’s Racecourse Ground today in a table-topping clash.
      The red lion pub in Marford, Wales More

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      World Champion boxer Tyson Fury reveals surprising career switch

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      TYSON Fury is hoping to become a knock-out as a property tycoon — by starting a firm to buy, sell and lease real estate.The world heavyweight champion boxer, 34, is ­taking a leaf out the book of his aunt Maureen who owns travellers’ caravan sites across the country.
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      World Champion boxer Tyson Fury is making a surprising career moveCredit: Getty
      Dad-of-six Tyson, known as The Gypsy King, will run Greenway Balmoral Ltd from his £500,000, six-bedroom former home in seaside town Morecambe, Lancs — the HQ for all his businesses.
      He and wife Paris, 33, live in a £1.7million mansion nearby — but Tyson launched his new career by buying a house close to that of brother, Tommy, 23, and the fellow boxer’s girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague, also 23.
      His plan to flatten the Cheshire home and build a six-bed with a pool were thwarted by roosting bats.
      Tyson now plans to extend the original building. It is not clear if he aims to make it his main home or sell it.
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      It is believed patriotic Tyson may have named his new firm in tribute to the Queen, who died at her Balmoral estate in September.
      He and Paris laid flowers at Buckingham Palace with a card reading: “Great may your bed be in Heaven”.
      His auntie Maureen, who won permission for a 100-mobile home site in 2018, runs her property empire through Fury Developments Ltd. More

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      Conor Benn’s wife Victoria reveals horror after thief breaks in while she was at home with baby son

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      BOXER Conor Benn’s wife has spoken of her terror after an intruder broke in while she was at home with their toddler.Victoria Benn was home alone with her two-year-old son Eli when she went to investigate a noise and saw a man stood on the stairs.
      Victoria told how her home was broken into while alone with son EliCredit: INSTAGRAM/CONOR BENN
      Boxer husband Conor was out of the house at the timeCredit: Getty
      The mum, married to welterweight champ Conor, said the robber left empty-handed and thankfully neither she or Eli were hurt.
      Describing the horror on her YouTube channel, Victoria said she was eating her dinner on Sunday evening when she heard a noise.
      The mum added: “I thought ‘There’s no way that could have been a breeze’.
      “I walked out to the hallway and I found a man on the stairs, it was probably the most scariest thing that has ever happened to me.”
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      Victoria explained she “lost it” after finding the intruder and began “screaming and swearing at him”.
      The mum said: “I cannot explain the feeling that took over me, it makes me want to be sick.
      “When you’re going towards that noise and then seeing someone in your house.”
      She said her phone was charging in the bedroom so she couldn’t get help straightaway as she did not want to leave Eli alone.
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      Eventually she managed to raise the alarm with her neighbours and the man left without taking anything.
      Victoria believes the thief was watching the house as Conor – son of ring legend Nigel Benn – had left 30 minutes before he broke in.
      She has slammed the “disgusting” robber for their “audacity” at targeting her while she was home alone.
      But she thanked Essex Police for their help since the break-in and confirmed there is now extra security at their home.
      Victoria added: “How horrible it is to know your house broken into. When I’m now home alone without Conor it’s not a nice feeling at all and it made me feel very vulnerable.
      “Now I have that fear when I’m home alone with Eli that anything can happen. To go through that was honestly the most scariest moment of my life.”
      It comes after Conor revealed this month he wanted to kill himself after being accused of taking a banned testosterone-boosting drug
      The boxer told Piers Morgan that he suffered night terrors and panic attacks in the wake of the drugs tests last autumn.
      And in Piers Morgan Uncensored, Benn also revealed he wants to sue British boxing’s governing body for loss of earnings and damage to his reputation.
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      Victoria said she confronted the robber after hearing a noiseCredit: PA
      She said he left empty-handedCredit: INSTAGRAM/CONOR BENN
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      I presented Soccer AM and got given away as a prize… I had to spend a day hoovering some bloke’s house in Preston

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      IT will be tough to fill the vacuum when Soccer AM goes off air in may.But long-running star Rocket might just know how – as he once once had to hoover a stranger’s house after show chiefs gave him away as a prize.
      Rocket has seen the lot on the popular Sky Sports football show
      Helen Chamberlain and Tim Lovejoy were the show’s most iconic presentersCredit: Rex
      Rocket, aka James Long, has revealed his most amazing experiences on the Saturday morning football show, having worked on it until 2017, for 19 of its 28 years.
      Sky Sports plan to blow the final whistle on the light-hearted programme on May 27.
      Rocket’s highs include bringing Christmas joy to the families of troops in Afghanistan and hope to street kids in Kenya.
      But he had to dust himself down following a more unusual role.
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      He said: “I got given away as a prize when I got sent to Preston.
      “Some guy won me on the show and I had to hoover his house and clean his curtains.”
      Having joined for work experience aged 15, he became a runner for the show before emerging as a fixture in front of the camera.
      He added: “There were so many cool things that I managed to do with my time there.
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      “But the one thing that really stood out  is when we went to Afghanistan we got videos of the troops doing Christmas messages to loved ones.
      “We must have shot about 30 or 40 video messages of all these troops because they weren’t going to see their families. 
      “It must have run for about seven minutes at the end of one show and even now I get choked up because it was so powerful and emotional.
      “I just remember the difference it would have made to kids watching the show to see their dad saying, ‘Merry Christmas’.
      “That’s one thing that really sticks out for me – the good that Soccer AM did, the difference that it made.
      “It was one of those moments where you felt proud to be a part of that.”
      Mainly it was lighter moments – “I got to play the first match at the new Wembley Stadium, turn Stoke’s Christmas lights on”.
      But it’s the life-changing events that stir him the most.
      Rocket said: “Going over to Kenya and giving out the football shirts that all the children sent into the street children, helping them get off glue because they were all addicted to sniffing glue.
      “It was like a way of getting them into work. We would reward them for tasks around the area, maintaining pitches, maintaining nets, and they would come and play every day.
      “They would get fed milk and bread and they would get medical care if they had cuts and stuff.
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      “It was a way of making them feel like a normal kid because out there they were seen as like pests, a nuisance, by the police.
      “This was an amazing experience, a real kind of sad experience for me just to see how tough these kids had it. That was a real eye-opener.” More

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      Luxury housing development backed by ex-Premier League star covered in piles of rubble after three-year war with council

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      A LUXURY housing development backed by a former Premier League star is bogged down in a three-year planning fiasco with mounds of rubble and broken fences. Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler is an ambassador for the scheme to build 300 new homes on the edge of Liverpool city centre.
      Elatus Developments have said that they are still committed to the scheme on the edge of Liverpool city centreCredit: CHRIS NEILL
      The scheme was set to be delivered in 2021 but nothing has been built so farCredit: CHRIS NEILL
      Mounds of rubble inside the scheme where the developer hopes to build 300 new homesCredit: CHRIS NEILL
      Collapsed hoardings at the site on the corner of St Anne Street on the edge of Liverpool city centreCredit: CHRIS NEILL
      Robbie Fowler appears inside a corporate brochure promoting the property schemeCredit: Elatus Developments
      But after years of delay the homes have not been built.
      Pictures show collapsed hoardings and mounds of rubble at the site on St Anne Street.
      Photographs of smiling ex-England international Fowler holding a football initially surrounded the site.
      Elatus Developments, owned by Liverpool businessman Robert Taylor, initially hoped to deliver the scheme in autumn 2021.
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      A glossy sales brochure promoting the posh development set a new completion date of spring this year.
      Elatus has been working with the council over recent years to try and conform to the city’s planning policies.
      Councillor Steve Radford, who has spoken out about planning issues in the city, said: “I have been advised that the scheme is held up in planning.”
      A spokesman for Elatus Developments said: “We are still committed to delivering this scheme.
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      “Unfortunately the planning process has been complex and we have had to work to conform to the council’s Local Plan.
      “But we are still hopeful that an agreement can be reached and that we can start work as soon as possible.”
      Track Capital, who are marketing the scheme, have said in a sales document that block B has been ‘sold out.’
      A spokesman for Elatus said that ‘reservation fees’ had been accepted but that buyers had not been asked for deposits.
      The spokesman said that Elatus has been negotiating with the local authority on the inclusion of affordable housing within the scheme.
      Prices start at around £90,000 for a studio and go up to £190,000 for a two bedroom apartment.
      Buyers will pay around £15,000 for a parking space facility.
      The sales brochure includes a quote from Fowler, who scored 183 goals for Liverpool and was nicknamed ‘God’ by adoring Reds’ fans.
      It reads: “I’m delighted to announce that I have teamed up with Elatus Development Group to develop St Anne’s Gardens, a prime residential development in Liverpool, offering a range of spacious studios, 1 & 2 bedroom apartments, all currently below market value.
      “The aim is to build out numerous developments throughout Liverpool over the next couple of years, with St Anne’s Gardens being the first.
      “I have always had a passion for property development and to be part of a big project like this is not only great for my personal ambition but will be great for the Liverpool region.
      “St. Anne’s Gardens presents an ideal opportunity for both residential and buy-to-let investors. The apartments offer the highest quality and affordability and are conveniently located just minutes from Liverpool city centre and Anfield Stadium.”
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      Images of Fowler which initially surrounded the site have now been taken down.
      The Sun approached Mr Fowler for comment.
      Fowler scored 183 goals for Liverpool and became a cult figure amongst fans during his playing careerCredit: PA:Press Association
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      Thugs linked to raid at Man Utd star Victor Lindelof’s home while his terrified wife and kids were inside are jailed

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      A GANG of car thieves have been linked to a terrifying raid at Victor Lindelof’s home while he was playing for Man Utd.The centre-back’s wife Maja previously revealed how she was forced to lock herself in a room with her two children as the thugs broke in.
      Victor Lindelof and wife Maja were targeted by thievesCredit: Getty
      Lindelof, 28, was playing for Utd against Brentford at the time of the burglary on January 19 last year.
      Declan McClusky, Alan McCabe, Kade McEwan and Christopher Ward have now been jailed for their part in a conspiracy to burgle homes in a three-month rampage.
      Manchester Crown Court heard the burglars at Lindelof’s home in Trafford left empty-handed after they were “interrupted”.
      But police found a white Nissan Qashqai linked to the raid, which ad earlier been stolen from a nearby property.
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      Fingerprints found on the seized motor were identified to McCluskey.
      Police later linked the gang to 13 incidents where cars – including Audis and Porsches – were stolen from car parks and driveways acrpss Manchester.
      These vehicles would then be used in other burglaries as the thugs terrorised victims across the city.
      Hugh Mckee, prosecuting, said: “McCluskey and McCabe, the Crown says, are part of a long-running operation to burgle houses and steal cars.
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      “Jewellery was taken on at least two occasions that we know of.”
      Maja previously opened up about the raid on the family home in a harrowing Instagram post.
      She wrote: “During Victor’s game this Wednesday night we had a break-in at our house in Manchester.
      “I was home alone with both the kids but we managed to hide and lock ourselves in a room before they entered our house.
      “We are okay under the circumstances, but it was obviously a very traumatic and scary moment for both me and my little kids.
      “We are now in Sweden and are spending some time off with our families. Love, Maja.”
      Ralf Rangnick, then-interim manager, said at the time the Sweden international told him he did not want to leave his wife and children at home alone.
      McClusky, 20, was caged for thee years and four months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary, driving whilst disqualified and without insurance.
      McCabe, 19, was jailed for three years and 11 months and McEwan, 20, was sentenced to one year and 20 months after after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
      While Ward, 20, was jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary, dangerous driving, driving without insurance, possession of a bladed article and possession of cannabis.
      Detective Constable Chris Bromley from GMP Serious Organised Crime Group said: “This group were prolific thieves, and these were really intrusive crimes where they would often break into people’s homes and steal the cars from their drives, leaving people unable to get to work or take their children to school.
      “These men had no regard for public safety with their behaviour and reckless driving, and I hope this incident demonstrates that no matter how organised a gang may think they are, we will use all the experience and resources available to available to put these individuals behind bars.”
      Maja previously spoke of her terror at the burglaryCredit: Instagram / @majanilssonlindelof
      She had to hide with their two children as thugs raided her home
      Lindelof was away playing for Utd at the timeCredit: Getty
      The couple wed in 2018
      McClusky’s fingerprints were found on a car linked to the burglaryCredit: GMP
      McCabe was jailed for three years and 11 monthsCredit: GMP
      McEwan admitted conspiracy to commit burglaryCredit: GMP
      Ward was jailed for two years and eight monthsCredit: GMP
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