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      Kalvin Phillips gets off to worst possible start just three minutes into West Ham debut

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      KALVIN PHILLIPS has made a horror start to his West Ham debut after gifting Bournemouth the lead.The midfielder signed on loan from Manchester City earlier this month.
      Kalvin Phillips made a nightmare start to his West Ham debutCredit: TNT Sports

      David Moyes handed him his debut from the start in their draw with the Cherries on Thursday.
      However, Phillips made a costly error just three minutes into the match as his back pass was intercepted by Dominic Solanke.
      The Bournemouth forward then made no mistake to put the visitors in front.
      Phillips’ costly error came from just his second touch of the match.
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      Fans were quick to react on social media, as one wrote: “Poor old Phillips.”
      Another jokingly commented: “Great assist.”
      However, others were quick to point to Kurt Zouma’s pass into Phillips as the cause of the error.
      A third supporter added: “Think Zouma more to blame.”
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      Phillips’ misplaced pass gifted Bournemouth the leadCredit: TNT Sports
      Meanwhile, one more agreed, writing: “You can’t blame him for that.”
      Fortunately for the Hammers, James Ward-Prowse second half penalty rescued a point for the hosts.
      Phillips completed his loan move away from City last week after struggling to break into Pep Guardiola’s side.
      He made just six starts for the Treble winners and had been restricted to 89 minutes of Prem action this season before tonight’s match.
      The 28-year-old is hoping to cement his place in Gareth Southgate’s Euros squad with regular action for the Hammers. More

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      West Ham star Pablo Fornals ‘agrees £7m La Liga transfer’ but Said Benrahma’s Lyon move collapses just before deadline

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      WEST HAM ace Pablo Fornals is set to sign for Real Betis.According to transfer insider Ben Jacobs, Betis have agreed a £7million deal with the Hammers for Fornals, 27.
      West Ham ace Pablo Fornals is set to move to Real BetisCredit: Getty
      Fornals will be reuniting with ex-West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini at BetisCredit: Getty
      Fornals will be following Said Benrahma out of the London StadiumCredit: Getty
      The playmaker made 23 appearances this season under David Moyes.
      However, SunSport understands Fornals arrived at the London Stadium alongside his West Ham team-mates in full club tracksuit ahead of this evening’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth.
      And Said Benrahma’s move to Lyon dramatically stalled at the 11th hour.
      A Hammers spokesperson said: “West Ham United can confirm that the Deadline Day deal for Saïd Benrahma to join Olympique Lyonnais was not concluded ahead of the deadline, with a deal unable to be completed before 11pm.”
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      Lyon – who had a camera ready to do a live interview with Benrahma – will appeal to Fifa.
      They thought they had a loan deal with an option to buy for £15m in June.
      Fulham were also interested in the Algeria international.
      However, West Ham turned the Cottagers down as they offered a simple loan deal.
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      Fornals leaves West Ham after almost five years with the club
      Fornals is now set to reunite with former manager Manuel Pellegrini at Betis.
      Pellegrini managed the former Spain international for a few months when he was in charge of the East Londoners.
      Fornals joined West Ham in 2019 from Villarreal, just six months before the ex-Manchester City boss was sacked.
      The versatile midfielder has 23 goals and 19 assists in 203 appearances. More

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      Premier League manager flips at assistant referee for ‘disrespectfully’ eating SANDWICH during conversation after match

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      SHEFFIELD UNITED manager Chris Wilder berated an assistant referee for eating a sandwich after his side’s 3-2 defeat by Crystal Palace on Tuesday.In a furious post-match rant, the 56-year-old claimed that “every 50/50 or tight decision” went against his team.
      Chris Wilder was left furious after Sheffield United’s defeat to Crystal PalaceCredit: Getty
      Wilder also revealed that he went to see referee Tony Harrington at full-time, but was taken aback by his assistant’s response to the criticism.
      Discussing the brief chat, Wilder told BBC Sport: “I’ve been to see the referee, I’ve told him that (every decision went against Sheffield United).
      “One of his assistants was eating a sandwich at the time and I thought that was a complete lack of respect.
      “Hopefully he was enjoying his sandwich while talking to a Premier League manager.”
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      Sheffield United took the lead through Ben Brereton Diaz just 20 seconds into the match against Palace.
      Eberechi Eze levelled the score in the 17th minute before James McAtee quickly restored the Blades’ advantage.
      Eze equalised once again at the half-hour mark with a fantastic strike into the top-left corner.
      And Michael Olise sealed the vital win for Palace in the second half.
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      After the match, Blades boss Wilder was highly critical of the referee’s performance.
      He said: “It’s yet again another ridiculous performance from the referee. 
      “I was told by a Premier League referee, who I’ve known for a long time and who’s as honest as the day is long. He said get ready because every tight decision will go against you. 
      “He said every 50/50 decision will go against you. We had two bookings in the first half of the game but they weren’t bookings. They were just a coming together. 
      “Their boy absolutely takes our goalkeeper out, we have to change goalkeepers and the boy doesn’t get booked. He says it was an accident, he clashed, it makes no odds if it’s an accident or it’s not an accident. It’s a yellow card.
      “We pick up four yellow cards, they pick up one at the death for time wasting. They’re taking an age. Their game management was good, but they’re taking an age.
      “We talked with Howard Webb about speeding the game up and making sure that referees have got a grip on that and he could hear the frustration for the supporters. He could see our frustration from our players. 
      “Every 50/50 or tight decision goes against us and if that’s what we’re going to have to deal with between now and the end of the season, we’re going to deal with it.” More

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      Gary Neville fires Ten Hag blunt Marcus Rashford warning and begs someone to tell Man Utd ace: ‘Sort your s*** out’

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      GARY NEVILLE has urged someone at Manchester United to tell Marcus Rashford to “sort his s*** out”.The 26-year-old England star went on a 12-hour bender in Belfast last week.
      Marcus Rashford went on a 12-hour bender in BelfastCredit: Rex
      Erik ten Hag has said the matter is ‘closed’Credit: Getty
      Gary Neville has urged Rashford to sort himself outCredit: PA
      A hungover Rashford phoned in sick to training before the true reason for him feeling under the weather was exclusively revealed by The Sun.
      The forward was dropped from the squad for the 4-2 FA Cup win over Newport and he has been fined two weeks wages totalling £650,00 as punishment.
      Rashford has since “taken responsibility” for his actions but it is not the first time his behaviour has hit the headlines after he missed a team meeting due to oversleeping last season and having gone to a nightclub after defeat in the Manchester derby in October.
      Neville believes Rashford is a good professional going through a tough period but needs a telling off.
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      The club legend told SkyBet’s Stick to Football podcast: “There are things in the papers that his team-mates are sick of him, he’s distant in the dressing room.
      “Sometimes you think about support in the dressing room – who is grabbing a hold of him in that dressing room and saying: ‘Sort your s**t out’.”
      Meanwhile, Roy Keane said: “The penny has to drop for Rashford.
      “When we went into the dressing room, guys wouldn’t pat you on the back and saying, ‘Well done for missing training yesterday’.
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      “You’re talking about Marcus getting that protection – sometimes you are on your own.
      “You’re 26, you’re an experienced player in the dressing room. You must hold your hands up and say, ‘I have been an idiot’.” 
      Ian Wright also added: “I’m a little bit worried, I’m hoping it’s a blip – at 26 you can have a blip and you have enough time to get it back. I’m just worried if it doesn’t come back.” 
      As for Jamie Carragher, he suggested that Rashford should not be thought of as a “saint” just because of his off the pitch work with supplying free meals for children.
      The Liverpool legend said: “I wouldn’t get too carried away with Rashford’s behaviour.
      “We all tell stories about what we got up to when we were players. I certainly had a few escapades off the pitch with drink and you get in a bit of trouble, and that’s what’s happened.
      “I don’t ever believe he was this saint that he was made out to be, and this inner circle, I think they have done a great job with Marcus – there was a lot of PR around him.
      “It put him as if he was this guy that was almost going to save the world, when he’s just a young lad from Manchester, with a few quid and is a brilliant footballer.”
      ACE RASH’S TIPPLES TIMELINE
      WEDNESDAY JAN 24
      9.55am: Rashford arrives for Man United training.4.21pm: Private jet leaves Manchester.5.17pm: Plane lands at Belfast International airport. Rashford checks into the Fitzwilliam Hotel and visits the Dirty Onion and Lavery’s bar.
      THURSDAY JAN 25
      1.06pm: Picture posted online of Rashford at Larne FC.2pm: Arrives at Sarah’s restaurant.4.30pm: Leaves restaurant.9.40pm: Rashford sends a driver to bring Sarah to Villa Italia restaurant.
      FRIDAY JAN 26
      00.30am: Rashford filmed going into Thompson’s Garage nightclub.2am: Rashford leaves and the group go back to his hotel — although a source close to the player insists it was at 1.15am.2.50am: The star passes out fully dressed.5am: Rashford and his minders leave hotel.7am: Private jet leaves Belfast airport.8am: Plane touches down at Manchester airport.
      SUNDAY JAN 28
      Rashford is dropped from FA Cup game against Newport County. United boss Erik ten Hag says Rashford’s behaviour is an “internal matter” and he will “deal” with it.
      MONDAY JAN 298.45am: Rashford arrives for training.

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      Liverpool reject £15m transfer offer from Nottingham Forest for Caoimhin Kelleher forcing club to turn to Matz Sels

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      LIVERPOOL have rejected Nottingham Forest’s £15million bid for back-up goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher. Forest have been in the market for a stopper and have made several late deadline day moves.
      Liverpool rejected Nottingham Forest’s £15m bid for Caoimhin KelleherCredit: AFP
      It included a £15million offer to Liverpool for Kelleher, who is back up to No1 Alisson Becker.
      But according to the Daily Mail, the Reds have no intention of selling the understudy and rebuffed Forest’s approach.
      Nuno Espirito Santo – a former keeper himself – has instead turned to Strasbourg’s Matz Sels with a medical now set to follow.
      Kelleher, who came through Liverpool’s academy, has made 12 appearances this season.
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      But only two have come in the Prem, with the other ten divided equally between the Carabao Cup and Europa League.
      With Liverpool chasing a quadruple this season they feel the need to keep Kelleher in the squad and rate him at £20m.
      So after their approach for the Ireland international was rejected, Forest struck a deal for former Newcastle keeper Sels.
      A bid of £5.5m was launched for the Belgian, who spent two years at St James’ Park from 2016-2018.
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      Sels was never a Toon first-teamer but made nine appearances for them in the Championship.
      He also played three times in the FA Cup and two times in the League Cup.
      While Sels spent his time in England as a backup, he has become a first-team regular at Strasbourg, playing 19 times in Ligue 1 this season.
      The keeper, 31, is set to provide competition to Matt Turner and Odysseas Vlachodimos, both of which have struggled at times this season.
      Nuno also looked at England pair Jack Butland of Rangers and Crystal Palace’s Sam Johnstone. More

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      Erling Haaland’s representatives ‘convinced Man City ace must complete stunning Real Madrid transfer – thanks to Messi’

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      ERLING HAALAND’S representatives are reportedly convinced he must join Real Madrid.The Manchester City striker has previously been linked with a blockbuster move to the Spanish giants.
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      Erling Haaland’s representatives are convinced he must join Real MadridCredit: Rex
      Lionel Messi has contributed to the decision, according to reportsCredit: Getty
      However, his entourage now believe the time has come to head to the Bernabeu – and it is all thanks to Real’s long-term foe Lionel Messi.
      AS report that Haaland’s representatives believe he must “go to a club like Madrid” to receive the focus and recognition he deserves.
      Their stance comes after the 23-year-old was pipped to Fifa’s The Best award by Messi earlier this month, the report adds.
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      The pair finished level on 48 points from the award’s voting, with the Argentine wizard crowned the winner due to more first place votes from national team captains.
      He also beat Haaland to the Ballon d’Or back in October, where the Norwegian goal machine was instead awarded the Gerd Muller Trophy as the highest-scoring player in the 2022/23 season.
      Haaland scored 52 times in his debut campaign with City as the club won an historic Treble.
      His personal accolades include Uefa’s Player of the Year award, the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the European Golden Shoe.
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      However, his failure to win either The Best award or Ballon d’Or could now see Real Madrid swoop.
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      The Spanish giants have long been linked with a move for the Norway forward.
      Reports in Spain earlier this month claimed Real were hoping to enlist Jude Bellingham to help bring Haaland to the club.
      The duo played together at Borussia Dortmund and would reunite if Haaland moved to the Bernabeu.
      His City deal currently runs until the summer of 2027, with the prolific striker remaining on form this season.
      Despite missing 12 matches through injury before his return in the win over Burnley on Wednesday, Haaland has scored 19 goals across all competitions.
      He is also joint-top scorer in the Premier League with Mohamed Salah on 14 goals. More

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      Roy Keane opens up on Ryan Giggs feud which saw Man Utd legend stop speaking to team-mate for six months

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      ROY KEANE has revealed he had a six month feud with Ryan Giggs and refused to speak to him.The duo were team-mates at Manchester United for 13 years and won the Treble together in 1999.
      Roy Keane and Ryan Giggs did not speak for six monthsCredit: Action Images
      But the no-nonsense captain had a huge spat with Welsh winger after he once refused to attend a club event.
      Keane lifted the lid on the argument telling SkyBet’s Stick to Football podcast: “I fell out with Giggsy, he wouldn’t do a function one time at the club.
      “I was fuming with him. Me and Giggsy didn’t speak for five or six months.
      “You know [as a player] when you have to do something for your club – nobody wants to do anything at the club.
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      “I was like, ‘Giggs you have to do what the club wants, we’ve all done it and it’s just your turn next.
      “Giggs was obviously good with doing functions – it was just that day he went, ‘I’m not doing it’.
      “And I was just irritated by him – simple as that – we dragged it on for a few months.”
      Gary Neville also revealed that he once got caught in the middle of Keane and Giggs’ falling out.
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      He explained: “I walked in at 8am into the dressing room, Giggsy comes in and sits there.
      “There were only three of us in the dressing room – me, Roy and Giggsy. They started arguing.
      “I remember Roy saying you’ve done stuff for your testimonial or something like that and this arguing went on for about five minutes.
      “I thought, ‘I’m getting f*****g out of here’.
      “There’s nothing I can do so I walked out, I came back in ten minutes later and they were still going.”
      Giggs was not the only team-mate that Keane had a lengthy feud with.
      The Irishman also had a dispute with Gary Pallister because he left a night out too early.
      Keane said: “Me and Palli didn’t speak for about 12 months. You just have these disagreements. Palli’s a good guy.” More

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      John Terry reveals why he turns off the plug sockets every day at Chelsea training ground as fans say he ‘just gets it’

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      CHELSEA legend John Terry has revealed he turns off plug sockets around the training ground to avoid seeing the colour red.The Blues icon, 43, returned to Stamford Bridge last summer as an academy coach.
      John Terry has revealed an unusual habit he has at Chelsea’s training groundCredit: Getty
      He turns off all the switches to avoid the colour redCredit: Instagram @johnterry.26
      And he has now shown off an unusual chore he completes to get rid of any red around the complex – the colours of Chelsea’s rivals Arsenal.
      Terry shared a picture on Instagram of a turned on switch in the corner of a room – which has a small amount of red on it.
      And he added the caption: “When I’m at the training ground I have to switch these off because I hate the red in our building, I done this everyday as a player also.”
      Chelsea fans were loving the post from one of their club’s all-time greatest players.
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      One replied: “We will never have a player like him ever again 😭.”
      Another added: “He just gets it.”
      A third said: “Haha love this 🤩.”
      And a fourth responded: “Elite mentality right there.”
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      Terry, who earned 78 England caps, spent 19 years as a Chelsea first-team player, racking up 717 appearances for the club.
      He won five Premier League titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, the Champions League and Europa League.
      After departing Stamford Bridge in 2017, he spent one season at Aston Villa, before he retired to become a coach.
      He started as Dean Smith’s assistant at Villa Park, before joining Leicester in the same role last season.
      Terry became an academy coach at Chelsea in July. More