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JACK GREALISH shouted “she’s not with me” after being pictured leaving a swanky restaurant at the same time as a mystery blonde.The Manchester City star was all smiles as he departed Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone on Wednesday night.Jack Grealish was spotted leaving a swanky restaurant at the same time as a mystery blondeCredit: SplashGrealish declared ‘she’s not with me’ as he left Chiltern FirehouseCredit: SplashKieran Gibbs’ twin brother Jaydon was situated between themCredit: SplashThe mystery woman and Grealish reportedly ‘looked cosy’ at the barCredit: SplashGrealish went back inside the venue before exiting alone and ‘sneaking’ into a carCredit: SplashGrealish looked to be in good spirits just a day after coming off injured in City’s 3-2 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.And the ex-Aston Villa star was spotted leaving the popular celeb hangout as a mystery woman walked behind him.Another man, believed to be former Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs’ twin brother Jaydon, was situated between them.The Mail claims she “accompanied” Grealish on his way out.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLWhile a source said the pair “looked cosy” at the bar before trying to make a “low key exit.”But outside, Grealish was heard shouting: “She’s not with me.”He then reportedly went back inside Chiltern Firehouse before coming out again completely alone.Grealish completed his exit by “sneaking” into a chauffeur-driven car.Most read in FootballJOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUSAnd it remains unclear whether he will be involved in Man City’s Premier League clash against Newcastle tomorrow.Other celebrities at the venue that night are said to have included Mark Ruffalo, Ellie Bamber, Morena Baccarin and Jamie Carragher.Man City boss Pep Guardiola responds to late collapse to Real Madrid Grealish has been with long-term partner Sasha Attwood for over 12 yearsCredit: Instagram @sasha__rebeccaThe pair met while at schoolCredit: InstagramThey welcomed their first daughter together in SeptemberCredit: InstagramGrealish was forced off injured in Man City’s 3-2 defeat to Real MadridCredit: AFPGrealish’s night out in London came after he recently admitted 2024 had been “the most difficult year of my life.”The ace welcomed daughter Mila Rose with partner of 12 years Sasha Attwood in September – their first child together.But his football season was blighted by injury and long spells on the bench, leading to his omission from England’s Euro 2024 squad.Grealish said: “Last year, the whole year itself, it was weird because my little daughter was born, but apart from that it was one of the most difficult years.“Probably the most difficult year of my life for many reasons, on and off the pitch.“I found it really difficult. It’s a new year now and hopefully I can kick on.” More

NOTTINGHAM FOREST flop Hwang Ui-jo has landed a prison sentence – after a court found him guilty of illegally filming his ex-girlfriend during sex.The South Korea striker spent two years on Forest’s books after a 2022 move from Bordeaux.Nottingham Forest flop Hwang Ui-jo has been found guilty of illegally filming his ex during sexCredit: AFPHe has been handed a suspended prison sentence of one yearCredit: GettyBut he never played for the Premier League side, instead going out on a series of loans.Hwang, 32, appeared 18 times for Norwich last season – scoring three goals for the Championship club.But he was charged with filming two women during sex without their consent on four occasions in 2022.And Seoul’s Central District Court handed him a one-year suspended jail term on Friday after convicting him of charges relating to one of the women.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLThe court said: “Considering that he filmed them with a cellphone during sexual intercourse against their will, the number of times the crime was committed, and the specific details of the filmed material, the nature of the crime is not good.”Given the seriousness of the socially harmful effects of illegal filming, it is necessary to punish strictly.”The court said Hwang’s punishment had been reduced as he had previously expressed his remorse, and the videos had been shared on social media by a third party.The striker has been with Turkish club Alanyaspor since joining them on an initial loan from Forest last year.Most read in FootballHe previously spent three seasons with Bordeaux, scoring 29 goals in 98 games for the French Ligue 1 club.Hwang has so far played 11 times for Alanyaspor this season, scoring five goals.Last season he featured eight times for the Turks, scoring just once.His contract with the Super Lig side expires this summer. More

ARNE SLOT has broken his silence after being sent off following Liverpool’s dramatic 2-2 draw at Everton. The league leaders looked moments away from going nine points clear after goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah. Arne Slot broke his silence after being sent off following Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at EvertonMichael Oliver sent Arne Slot off after Liverpool’s draw with EvertonCredit: ReutersCurtis Jones and Abdoulaye Doucoure were sent off for their clashCredit: ReutersBut in the EIGHTH minute of stoppage time, Everton defender James Tarkowski hammered home a last-gasp leveller. It sent Goodison Park into a frenzy – but the drama was not over there. Abdoulaye Doucoure would goad the travelling Liverpool support – sparking a clash with Curtis Jones. And both were sent off after they started a mass brawl between opposing players of the Merseyside rivals. READ MORE IN football Anfield boss Slot was also shown red for his involvement in the chaos – and he then skipped the post-match press conference. But ahead of Liverpool’s home game with Wolves on Sunday, the Dutch manager spoke out but refused to give details over his ban. He said: “There’s an ongoing process now and I think I have to respect that we have to respect that so can’t go into details. “What happened was that the extra time, five minutes that ended up being eight, happens a lot. Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS”The emotions go the better of me. I would love to do it differently and am looking to do it differently next time as well, but I don’t want to disturb the ongoing process.”The Premier League deleted a statement suggesting Slot will face a two-match touchline ban for alleged “offensive, insulting, or abusive language”.New footage of Arne Slot’s interaction with Michael Oliver emerges as mystery surrounds Liverpool manager’s red card So the process is still under review meaning the Dutchman could be in the Liverpool dugout over the weekend while the investigation carries on. But Jones will miss the match following two yellow cards. Slot added: “The good thing is we have played so many games. He got a second yellow I assume so that’s only one game. “Next Wednesday there is a game, he comes back from an injury so he already missed a few games.”I liked him a lot when he came on. It was our best part of the game, the only part of the game where I felt a bit of comfort and where it felt like a bit of control. That is maybe because we went 2-1 up.”I like a lot that he stands up for the team but I think there are also other ways to do that for the team and the fans. “I will talk with him about that. But it is the same for me, I should have acted differently after the game as well.”But it is an emotional game and sometimes people make the wrong decisions in an emotional moment and that’s what I did.”With Jones also out, Liverpool face more injury misery with Cody Gakpo to be sidelined along with Joe Gomez is out and Tyler Morton. READ MORE SUN STORIESSlot said: “Joe Gomez is out and Tyler Morton is out. Cody is a bit of a doubt as well, so let’s wait [to see] how he is today.”I had to take him off because of an injury, because he got a knock, so let’s see how he is today.” More

GARY NEVILLE has revealed how he kept his “second life” a secret from Sir Alex Ferguson during his time as a Manchester United player.Neville played 602 times between 1992 and 2011, winning eight titles and two Champions Leagues in the process.Gary Neville has opened up over his secret second life while being a Man Utd playerCredit: AFPNeville pulled out all the stops to prevent Sir Alex Ferguson from discovering his secretCredit: GettyThe right-back was also capped 85 times by England and remains a Man United legend to this day.However, Neville has now opened up on living a secret double life during his playing days.Speaking to The Times, he revealed how he would covertly study ARCHITECTURE while teammates enjoyed games of poker to pass the time travelling between games.Neville knew he had to keep things under wraps from Sir Alex, who demanded his stars gave 100 per cent focus and attention to the beautiful game.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLNeville ended up using his new-found skills to build a series of homes in northern Bolton, knowing Fergie’s spies mainly stuck to southern Manchester where most players were based.And the former defender would even use the name of a trustee, instead of his own, on documents to make sure he was never caught out.Neville, who ended up selling most of his 25 executive homes over the next decade without being busted, said: “I’ve still got four. My mum lives in one of them.“(Things were done) under the radar. Purely because I knew that it would be deemed a distraction.Most read in Football“For me, my football was everything. But distraction was absolutely illegal at United.“You could not be distracted by anything. At the same time, I knew that my football career would one day come to an end, and I knew I had to plan for that.”Neville now oversees a vast property empire boasting 56 businesses worth £100million.And it all started with him using his free time after training to understand the ins and outs of the trade.Neville continued: “I was going up on site every afternoon after training. I don’t know what other lads did.“But I would go on site, spend time in the design team meetings, sit on the construction meetings and make sure I was in cost meetings, bank meetings, sales meetings. I loved every aspect of it.“I used to bring the architects’ drawings with me in the bag for the plane on European trips. I wouldn’t read them before the game but you can’t sleep after, you’re wired.“I’d make sure no one was sitting next to me and then get them out and start looking at the drawings, the designs and all the things I needed to do.“For 10, 12 years, I had this almost double life. If you asked me what I know most about other than football, it would be property.” More

GOODBYE Goodison Park and with it farewell to the Premier League’s last bear pit.The blue smoke bombs have cleared and the players have stopped punching each other in the riotous finale to the last Merseyside derby before the old girl gets bulldozed this summer. What a way to go . . . Goodison Park erupted after James Tarkowski’s last-gasp equaliserCredit: PAEverton’s ground is one of the last stadiums with an old school, traditional feelCredit: RexSmoke bombs greeted the last ever Merseyside derby goal at Goodison Park as James Tarkowski equalised in the 97th minute against LiverpoolCredit: APIn a few months, Everton are moving barely a couple of miles from their ancestral home to a brand spanking new detached condo on the Liverpool waterfront.No more rickety wooden stands leaning over the touchline, or Gwladys Street fans breathing down visiting players’ necks.Instead, shiny steel, gleaming glass and concrete aggregate overlooking a sprawling fan plaza in a fully-equipped stadium fit for  21st-Century football. A world away from Wednesday night. What a shame. READ MORE IN FOOTBALLAs football ploughs along its path to total corporatization, new grounds are being built with the aim of accommodating high-end stakeholders in place of diehards.Where tourists in half-and-half scarves can sit mute and cling on to biodegradable paper bags, chock full of overpriced merchandise, while nibbling popcorn and not knowing what to sing, or when.The architects behind 52,000-capacity Bramley Moore Dock claim it will be a home ‘befitting a club with rich traditions, passionate fanbase and ambitious future’.That is what they all say. Most read in FootballBEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERSEverton are not alone. The hothouses of The Dell, Upton Park and Filbert Street are now dust or, even worse, modern metropolitan apartment blocks.Gentle curves of billion quid multi-use arenas set back a safe distance from the pitch have largely replaced spit-and-sawdust terraces shoehorned in between low-grade housing.Everton fans say ‘I feel sick just looking at it’ as new video of Bramley Moore Dock stadium go viral Even those still occupying their original foundations seem purpose-built to diffuse atmosphere.The climactic nature of Everton’s last home game with Liverpool ahead of their relocation to Bramley Moore Dock was a 95-minute fuse for the explosive scenes after the final whistle.But there is no doubt that the decrepit structure of Goodison Park — with just over 39,000 seats crammed into its now-outdated form — played a huge role in adding nitro to the glycerine.And it helped trigger the pantomime mayhem that brought the curtain down so fittingly on an inner-city cauldron of tribal passion.An old-fashioned tear-up between warring players, finger jabbing, fans in equal uproar and euphoria from a goal that meant a draw.Four red cards and a report as long as your arm from Michael Oliver on its way to referees’ HQ in London, with further repercussions bound to come. And final, conclusive proof that the guff we are fed about the longest-running derby in English football being a friendly, neighbourly get-together is total cobblers. What fun.Watching from the TV commentary box, former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand was contractually obliged to declare ‘nobody likes to see this’.Curtis Jones and Abdoulaye Doucoure had a tear up at full-timeCredit: ReutersTempers flared and it was pure entertainmentCredit: PAMeanwhile, the rest of us sat back and lapped it up as James Tarkowski volleyed home an injury-time equaliser that even got TV sets at home rocking . . .   along with nine tenths of Goodison Park.When Abdoulaye Doucoure goaded the pocket of Liverpool fans in the microscopic away end after Everton finished the night with their dignity intact, forget Ferdinand — it was exactly what everybody wanted to see.As was the reaction of Liverpool’s Curtis Jones, a born-and-bred Scouser and Anfield disciple since the age of nine, rightly outraged and hell-bent on landing a right-hander on his cocky opponent.Long may that and the ensuing pushing, shoving and verbals between coaches, managers, staff and officials continue.  Former Chelsea captain John Terry and ex-West Ham star Frank Lampard suffered dog’s abuse every time they played for the Blues at the now rubble-ised Upton Park.And when each of them scored the inevitable goals that won them the match, they gave it right back to the baying mobs of E13.Fists clenched, teeth gnashing. Revenge served and done so in close proximity.And postage-stamp grounds like Southampton’s Dell were worth extra points per season.Just as well, because there seems to be a direct correlation between teams in smaller grounds and c**p players.Saints fans of a certain age still lament the old days at The Dell.Everton’s next home game against Liverpool will be played in far more comfortable surroundings on the docks.READ MORE SUN STORIESWith a granite walkway leading up to a bigger home, with a clean concourse and uninterrupted views.Capacity will have increased by 13,000 — but size isn’t everything.It won’t be easy to bring the Goodison atmosphere to their new stadiumCredit: PAEverton’s new home will hold 13,000 moreCredit: The Times More