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      Jack Grealish enjoys ultimate date night as he whisks girlfriend Sasha out in £210k Lamborghini to go for favourite food

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      JACK GREALISH whisked his girlfriend Sasha Attwood out on a dream date night on Saturday.The Manchester City winger was seen with his partner in his £210,000 Lamborghini.
      Jack Grealish enjoyed a date night with girlfriend Sasha AttwoodCredit: BackGrid
      Grealish whisked Sasha out in his £210,000 LamborghiniCredit: BackGrid
      Grealish was pictured behind the wheel of his personalised sky blue supercar in Manchester.
      The England international splashed out on his car back in June to celebrate City’s Premier League and FA Cup triumphs.
      He and Sasha visited Wings Chinese, a popular Asian restaurant in the city.
      Grealish has previously spoken of his love for Chinese food and how it fits into his pricey post-match habit.

      The 28-year-old revealed earlier this year that he chows down on five Chinese takeaway dishes after a game.
      “Yeah, I love Chinese, man,” he explained. “After every game I get one. I go to Wing’s in Manchester.
      “I usually get a takeaway. I have Singapore chow mein, I have egged fried rice, I have salt and pepper chips, I have salt and pepper prawns and then curry sauce.
      “I then mix it all in and have a big free for all.”
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      Grealish kept up his post-match routine on Saturday by heading for dinner after City’s 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
      The former Aston Villa man came off the bench for the final three minutes at the Etihad Stadium, replacing goalscorer Phil Foden.
      Sasha was pictured smiling and laughing as she sat next to Grealish whilst he drove away from the restaurant.
      Grealish headed to Wing’s Chinese in Manchester for dinnerCredit: BackGrid
      Sasha wore a grey jacket as her and Grealish enjoyed their date nightCredit: BackGrid
      The stunning model wore a grey jacket and flared trousers as she rocked a comfy look for the date night.
      As for Grealish, he paired jeans with a white hoodie, completing the look with a jacket and white hat.
      Grealish and Sasha first met while attending St Peter’s Roman Catholic Secondary School in Solihull, Midlands and have been dating since they were 16. More

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      Sheffield United pay tribute to Maddy Cusack ahead of Newcastle clash after footballer’s tragic death aged 27

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      SHEFFIELD UNITED paid tribute to Maddy Cusack ahead of their clash with Newcastle on Sunday.Cusack tragically passed away aged 27 this week, with tributes pouring in from across the football world.
      Sheffield United paid tribute to Maddy Cusack before their match with NewcastleCredit: Sky Sports
      A minute’s silence was held prior to kick-offCredit: Sky Sports
      Clubs across the women’s game have been holding a minute’s silence before matches this weekend.
      The Blades confirmed Cusack’s death on Thursday and celebrated her life before Sunday’s game.
      In a club statement, Sheffield United confirmed: “Ahead of the Newcastle game, we will celebrate & honour the life of Maddy Cusack, a loved & respected figure of the Sheffield United family.
      “There will forever be a void in the hearts of everyone connected to the club & a number of activities have been planned to remember her.
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      “We would politely ask supporters to be in their seats for 4.15pm to partake.”
      The club’s matchday programme featured a black and white image of Cusack in a Sheffield United shirt on the cover.
      Meanwhile, Newcastle co-owner Amanda Staveley laid a wreath in memorial outside Bramall Lane.
      The Sheffield United players also wore shirts with Cusack’s name and number on the back prior to kick-off.
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      Supporters paid tribute to Cusack following her tragic deathCredit: Sky Sports
      Flowers have been left outside Bramall LaneCredit: PA
      Sheffield United fans have left tributes to Cusack outside the groundCredit: PA
      Both teams and the supporters then paused for a minute’s silence in memory of Cusack.
      A minute’s applause was also observed by fans in the eighth minute, with Cusack having worn the number eight shirt for Sheffield United.
      Midfielder Cusack joined the Blades back in 2019 and also worked for the club as a marketing executive.
      She signed a new deal back in July after making her 100th appearance last term.
      Prior to signing for Sheffield United, Cusack also had spells with both Birmingham and Aston Villa.
      Her cause of death has not yet been revealed.
      Cusack adorned the cover of the matchday programmeCredit: Getty
      Amanda Staveley laid a wreath in memorial outside Bramall LaneCredit: Getty More

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      Premier League manager and fan favourite looks unrecognisable in incredible picture from throwback interview

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      AN INCREDIBLE picture of a current Premier League manager being interviewed has resurfaced.The throwback snap shows the fan favourite boss appearing on TV decades before he managed in England.
      An incredible snap shows a Premier League boss looking unrecognisableCredit: SBS
      He looks completely unrecognisable from the incredible snap, which shows the manager sporting a striking moustache.
      In the image, he also has dark hair, a contrast to his current grey barnet and beard.
      Still not sure who it is? It is none other than Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou.
      The throwback snap shows the Aussie during his time at South Melbourne between 1995 and 2000.
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      Postecoglou began his coaching career with the club, having spent the entirety of his playing days with South Melbourne.
      During his five years at the helm, the club won two league titles as well as the OFC Champions League.
      He has since enjoyed a nomadic managerial career, which saw him arrive in the Premier League this summer.
      Since taking over at Spurs, Postecoglou has won four of his opening five league matches, drawing the other.
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      Ange Postecoglou has ditched his moustache for a grey beardCredit: Getty
      His side sit second in the table after last Saturday’s dramatic win over Sheffield United.
      Spurs could go top this weekend, with treble winners Manchester City just two points clear in first.
      However, Postecoglou faces his biggest challenge yet with the North London derby on Sunday.
      Arsenal will welcome Spurs to the Emirates Stadium, fresh from their return to the Champions League on Wednesday. More

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      I’m a former Man Utd manager but now I’m living a new life coaching kids football

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      FORMER Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opened up about his new life coaching kids football in Norway.The Norwegian coach managed the Red Devils for three years before being sacked in November 2021.
      Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has had a career change and now coaches kids’ footballCredit: Getty
      Since his departure he has taken time away from professional team management to coach kids aged 14-15 in his home country.
      The 50-year-old spoke to The Athletic about his recent lifestyle change.
      Solskjaer said: “I’m doing a lot of coaching, four times per week, and we have three teams.
      “I’m helping the kids, who enjoy it. You see a different side to football, the grassroots – except it’s all plastic pitches here.
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      “You see the brightness in their eyes, they listen to you, they want to learn.”
      The former United chief had a 13-year management career beginning at Manchester United, where he led to U21 team.
      He then became the head coach twice at Norwegian giants Molde and was the also the boss at Cardiff City before returning to Old Trafford for the first team.
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      But Solskjaer has admitted he misses the professional scene.
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      He added: “But you start to miss it professional football when you see the games, either in person or on television.
      “Since I left United, I’ve travelled around as a fan with my kids, going to places like Napoli, Milan and Dortmund to experience games. We loved it.”
      Solskjaer is currently coaching his youngest child Elijah and previously coached his eldest son Noah.
      Meanwhile his daughter Karna has followed in her father’s footsteps and played for Man Utd in their academy system and now plays as a forward for AsFK Fortuna.

      Solskjaer had an 11-year spell at Old Trafford where he made 366 appearances and scored 126 goals.
      He added: “This is how I remember growing up as a footballer. It’s lovely being with my youngest son Elijah.
      “Just as it was when I coached our eldest son Noah after I was sacked at Cardiff — and our daughter Karna just before I joined Man United.”
      Karna made one senior appearance for United in the 2021-22 Women’s FA Cup, making Ole and her the first father-daughter pair to play for the Reds Devils. More

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      Sheffield United vs Newcastle LIVE SCORE: Premier League latest as Toon seek back-to-back wins – stream, TV

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      SHEFFIELD UNITED are hosting Newcastle looking to pick up their first Premier League win of the season.The newly-promoted Blades suffered an agonising loss at Tottenham last time out, conceding two goals after the 97th minute in a 2-1 loss.
      While Newcastle secured a point at the San Siro in their opening Champions League clash against AC Milan.

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      Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba ‘turned down Man Utd captaincy’ after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer offered them both armband

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      MARCUS RASHFORD and Paul Pogba turned down the Manchester United captaincy, sources say.The duo were both offered the role by then boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer — but snubbed it for different reasons.
      Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with Paul Pogba and Marcus RashfordCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      In a no-holds-barred interview this week Solskjaer said he was “disappointed” when two players rejected the armband.
      However he refused to name names.
      Now a source has revealed: “Paul Pogba was offered it but said he wanted to leave the club so turned it down.
      “Rashford was also asked to take the captaincy but he said he didn’t think he was ready for it.”
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      Speaking earlier this week, Solskjaer rounded on the players he thinks caused his reign at Old Trafford to implode in November 2021.
      The Norwegian, who wants a return to management, said: “Some weren’t as good as their own perception of themselves.
      “I won’t name names but I was very disappointed when a couple turned down the chance to be captain.
      “I was also disappointed when others said they wouldn’t play or train because they wanted to force their way out.”
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      Solskjaer took charge as caretaker at Old Trafford in December 2018 before he was offered the job on a permanent basis in March 2019.
      At the time, Antonio Valencia was skipper.
      When the Ecuadorian left the club at the end of the 2018-19 season, the armband went to England full-back Ashley Young.
      But Young departed just six months later to join Inter Milan — and Solskjaer appointed Harry Maguire as captain.
      Solskjaer appointed Harry Maguire as captainCredit: Marc Aspland – The Times More

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      Ange Postecoglou told me I could be a leader at Tottenham… then I turned up late for training the next day

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      SPURS action man Yves Bissouma cuts out danger as well as anyone in the Prem nowadays — and he is always first into training.And the Mali midfielder’s revival is down to a telling-off from his new boss Ange Postecoglou.
      Yves Bissouma revealed he was once late to Tottenham trainingCredit: Rex
      The Spurs gaffer told Bissouma on the first day of pre-season he could be a leader — only for the star to turn up late the very next morning!
      Bissouma said: “That day I had a little problem with my car. I had a flat tyre and there was a lot of traffic, too.
      “It’s not an excuse, every player knows you have to be on time. I arrived late, he caught me. I said sorry and I told him why.
      “He said, ‘If you want to be a leader or a big player you need to be on time and respect all the details of the club’.
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      “It’s about respect, that’s really important. We fixed it. I told him and the players I was sorry. And now I’m always the first at training.”
      Bissouma is joint-top in the Premier League rankings for interceptions, along with Everton’s James Tarkowski.
      The ex-Brighton star is also highly ranked in many other stats and is the heartbeat of Spurs’ early season success.
      Bissouma said: “The gaffer said a lot of positive things about me. He had the confidence in me and showed this from the first day.
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      “He said, ‘Just be you and play the football we want to see and the football everyone wants to see because you have a lot you can do. I give you all my confidence and the rest is up to you’.”
      The mood around Tottenham could hardly be more different to last season.
      Former boss Antonio Conte, beset by personal tragedy off the pitch and problems on it, finally lost the plot after a 3-3 draw at Southampton in March and never returned to the Spurs dugout.
      Bissouma was midway through a long spell out with an ankle fracture but Conte rarely picked him anyway, claiming he was not tactically astute enough.
      Bissouma said: “If he said that then maybe it’s because of the way he wanted me to play — I didn’t play like that.
      “I respect him because he’s a great coach so I wish him all the best but I have to follow my way and stay focused on what I have to do here.
      “I think every season has its reality and last season wasn’t my season.
      It’s about respect, that’s really important. We fixed it. I told him and the players I was sorry. And now I’m always the first at training.Yves Bissouma on being late for training
      “You can see from the start, I had Covid in Korea. I came back and got injured. A lot of things happened.
      “To be honest, I tried but I wasn’t myself. I wasn’t feeling confident.
      “This season is completely different, I’m more confident. The coach has told me what he wants and talks with me.
      “I have to do what I have to do to show him he can have even more confidence in me.”
      Tottenham seem to have a collective self-belief if last week’s incredible stoppage-time turnaround against Sheffield United is anything to go by.
      Sub Richarlison equalised in the 108th minute then teed up Dejan Kulusevski for a 110th-minute winner that sent the home fans into delirium
      Bissouma said: “When I saw the added time I thought, ‘I know we can win.’
      ‘The stadium was on fire’
      “I cannot lose this sort of game. I respect Sheffield United a lot but to lose when you create so many chances as we did, for me, is unacceptable.
      “Then Richi comes on and . . . wow! A feeling like this is why we play football.
      “We win it in the last minute and the stadium was on fire.”
      The atmosphere should be red hot again today at the Emirates as the North London rivals — level on 13 points after five games — go head-to-head in the first real test of either team’s credentials this season.
      Bissouma famously had a great match for Brighton in a 1-1 draw at Arsenal back in 2019 which all but ended the Gunners’ hopes of finishing in the top four.
      He added: “Of course I remember that day, it was good — especially as I played very good.
      “I really like to play big games and any game against Arsenal is always a really big game.
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      “If you want to be the big player then you have to be an asset in the big games. It’s going to be a good one this Sunday and we have to be ready.”
      And it is fair to say that nobody will want to be late for this match.
      Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou with Yves BissoumaCredit: Rex More

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      Man City in transfer hunt for Championship wonderkid keeper who has already played for first-team aged just 16

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      MANCHESTER CITY have set their sights on Sunderland’s brilliant teenage keeper Matty Young.He is just 16 but already manager Tony Mowbray’s third choice at the Stadium of Light and a regular in the Black Cats Under-21 team.
      Man City have set their sights on Sunderland’s brilliant teenage keeper Matty YoungCredit: Getty
      Young is tipped to follow ex-Cats Jordan Pickford and Anthony Patterson to the top — and City plan to snap him up before any rivals make their move.
      Local lad Young — who has been at the Wearsiders since he was seven — is the latest discovery by Sunderland’s goalkeeping guru Mark Prudhoe, who is known for identifying and developing talent.
      Mowbray praised the stopper when he started for the first team in a pre-season game and his reputation is growing fast.
      Sunderland tied down Young to a two-year deal recently but he is already with a leading agency and the club may cash in on him.
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      The Black Cats released another keeper ‘find’, Toby Bell — who is even younger than Young — to Chelsea this summer.
      City also fancied Bell, 15, but their focus now is the latest Sunderland whizkid.
      SunSport also revealed how the Premier League champions are competing with Brighton to sign Argentinian left-back Valentin Barco.
      The Seagulls tried to sign Barco, 19, from Boca Juniors this summer and went close to triggering his release clause of around £10million.
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      However, Manchester City and Juventus were also strongly linked and the whole deal became too hard to broker.
      But progressive Brighton still think they can offer Barco the best move at this point of his career.
      Boss Roberto de Zerbi remains optimistic a deal can be struck however, the club may have to pay more for him than expected.

      City are competing with Brighton to sign Valentin BarcoCredit: EPA More