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      Dele Alli hailed for opening up on mental health battles as Everton star joins Monday Night Football panel

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      FANS hailed Dele Alli for opening up on his mental health battles as he joined the Monday Night Football line-up on Sky Sports. The 28-year-old Everton midfielder bravely opened up about his childhood trauma including being abused and selling drugs during an interview with Gary Neville last July.Dele Alli opened up on in a brave interview with Gary Neville but has been injured sinceCredit: GettyThe star was a guest on Sky Sports’ Monday Night FootballCredit: Sky SportsThe ex-MK Dons and Tottenham ace also revealed that he went to rehab for a sleeping pill addiction as he heartbreakingly broke down in tears.Everton fans unveiled a flag at Goodison Park as the football community quickly rallied to support the former England international.Dele, who has been sidelined with a muscle injury all season, has now revealed how much he was surprised by the reaction to his tell-all interview.Speaking on Sky Sports’ MNF alongside host David Jones and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher ahead of Everton’s trip to Chelsea, he said: “I’m doing really well, it’s been nearly a year now.READ MORE ON FOOTBALL“I’m feeling good, obviously injured which is disappointing. I think when I did that interview that I’d said it was the best I’d felt at that time, obviously coming out of rehab and getting ready to be back playing.“It’s been tough but it’s a journey I’ve been on and I’m enjoying it and just waiting to get back now.“The reaction and support that I got was obviously overwhelming. It was amazing to see how many people that did help and I’m definitely very proud of it.”Dele last played for Besiktas in February 2023 while on loan from Everton.Most read in FootballHe has only made 13 appearances since swapping Tottenham for Merseyside in January 2022.Dele’s contract runs until June 2025 and he admits he is “excited” for next season already as he targets a return to first-team action after injury.Eric Dier says he ‘has lots of regrets’ and admits to being ‘disappointed he didn’t do more’ to help Dele AlliHe added: “It’s been a long journey with the injury, a lot of ups and downs, but it’s something that I’ve learned a lot from and helped me grow even more as a person.“I’ll forever be thankful to have this opportunity to really get to know myself.“I think the pain of the injury is something I can really channel to really motivate me.“Obviously, after the interview people were asking when me I was coming back to football thinking I was just taking a break, but it is just an injury.“It’s one I’m hopefully getting to the end of – I can see the light and I’m excited.”His career in numbers:
      MK Dons – 2011/15
      88 apps 24 goals
      Tottenham – 2015/22
      269 apps 67 goals
      Everton – 2022-
      13 apps 0 goals
      Besiktas – (loan 2022/23)
      15 apps 3 goals
      England
      37 caps 3 goals

      After seeing how upbeat the ace was tonight, fans soon jumped on social media to hail Dele.One wrote: “Not optimistic, but how lovely would it be to see Dele back playing regularly again next season.”“Seeing Dele Alli on #MNF talking about his mental health, I really do think he’s showing money isn’t everything,” declared another.A third commented: “Nice to see our boy dele on Monday night football. Be nice to see him play again after all he has been through.”As a fourth said: “Ahhh, Dele Alli on Monday Night Football… still love the guy.”Fans loved seeing the ace with a smile back on his faceCredit: GettyMeanwhile, Everton will save £10m through Dele’s appearance on Monday Night Football.In doing so, he will save his club from having to pay Tottenham a fee as part of his January 2022 move.Alli joined Everton two years ago on a free transfer with a series of appearance-based add-ons.As part of the deal, Everton would have to pay Spurs £10million if Alli made 20 Premier League appearances.READ MORE SUN STORIESWith Everton having just seven matches remaining this term and Alli’s contract expiring in the summer, his appearance on Sky Sports means he cannot end the campaign with any more than 19 league appearances for the club.As a result, he will save Sean Dyche’s side £10m. More

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      Why Dele Alli’s Sky Sports MNF appearance will save Everton £10m from Tottenham transfer fee

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      EVERTON will save £10million through Dele Alli’s appearance on Monday Night Football.The midfielder will make his punditry debut on Sky Sports for the Toffees’ trip to Chelsea.Dele Alli’s Monday Night Football appearance will save Everton £10millionCredit: GettyIn doing so, he will save his club from having to pay Tottenham a fee as part of his January 2022 move.Alli joined Everton two years ago on a free transfer with a series of appearance-based add-ons.As part of the deal, Everton would have to pay Spurs £10million if Alli made 20 Premier League appearances.However, injuries and a dip in form have limited him to just 13 league appearances.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLWith Everton having just seven matches remaining this term and Alli’s contract expiring in the summer, his appearance on Sky Sports means he cannot end the campaign with any more than 19 league appearances for the club.As a result, he will save Sean Dyche’s side £10million by joining Jamie Carragher and David Jones in the studio.Alli, 28, has failed to make an appearance so far this season after struggling with a muscle issue that has ruled him out since March 2023.The injury has prevented him from playing for Everton since returning from a loan spell with Besiktas last summer.Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSHe also confirmed he has undergone rehabilitation for his mental health in an emotional interview with Gary Neville.The 28-year-old also revealed in the interview last year that he was sexually abused as a child.Eric Dier says he ‘has lots of regrets’ and admits to being ‘disappointed he didn’t do more’ to help Dele AlliAlli was twice named the PFA Young Player of the Year in 2015/16 and 2016/17 after emerging as a key man for Tottenham.Meanwhile, at international level, he has won 37 caps and scored three goals for England.Those caps include appearances at both the 2016 Euros and 2018 World Cup. More

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      Emiliano Martinez gets emotional in live Sky Sports interview while talking about his love for Arsenal

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      EMILIANO MARTINEZ appeared emotional as he lifted the lid on his love for Arsenal.The 31-year-old goalkeeper made crucial saves as Aston Villa dented the Gunners’ title hopes with a shock 2-0 win yesterday.Emiliano Martinez looked emotional when discussing his years at ArsenalCredit: Sky Sports Martinez came back to haunt his former club and dent their title hopes with huge savesCredit: ReutersAfter the game, Martinez celebrated with the club’s travelling fans and did his best Jurgen Klopp impression as he punched the air to cheers from the away end.Prior to joining Aston Villa, the Argentine spent ten years at Arsenal.And asked about his love for his former club, Martinez emotionally said: “I think it was ten to eleven years here. I still love the club and I still have friends here.”When you spend ten years of your life – I came here as a young lad and I left as a man.READ MORE ON ARSENAL”I always love this club and I always will.”Martinez arrived at Arsenal as a teenager in 2010 and went on to play 38 times, helping them win the FA Cup during his final season.He was loaned out six times during his decade at the Emirates to the likes of Sheffield Wednesday, Wolves, Reading.Martinez is now hoping to fire Aston Villa into next season’s Champions League and lift the Conference League.Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSWith Unai Emery’s side now three points above Tottenham in the race for fourth, the keeper said: “We knew we needed a big away win for our Champions League hopes.”This is the first step, we have got five finals left and we need to enjoy this this one.Paul Merson’s pre-match prediction that ‘might come back to bite Arsenal’ comes true in Aston Villa clash”And we go on Thursday [against Lille] to try to qualify for the semi-finals.”Villa are 2-1 up against the French side after the first leg.Martinez’s rise to stardom
      Emi Martinez began at Argentine club Independiente and was signed by Arsenal as a teenager following a successful trial.
      Soon after his arrival, the keeper was sent on an emergency loan to Oxford in League Two.
      He struggled to break into Arsenal’s team for years, being loaned to Championship sides Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham, Wolves, Reading and LaLiga outfit Getafe.
      But Martinez got his break at Arsenal after No1 Bernd Leno got injured in 2020.
      Despite impressing while filling in for the German, he was sold by Mikel Arteta to Aston Villa.
      He has since helped the club climb from relegation contenders to Champions League hopefuls.
      All while becoming Argentina’s first-choice goalkeeper and lifting the World Cup and Golden Glove at the tournament after penalty shootout heroics in the quarter-final and final. More

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      Major broadcasting change with more than 1,000 EFL fixtures moved from streaming service iFollow

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      EFL teams have received a big boost after Sky Sports agreed a new blockbuster TV deal.The broadcaster has shown EFL fixtures live on air since 1996.Sky Sports will show 1,059 EFL fixtures from next seasonCredit: GettyBut their coverage is set for a massive expansion over the next five years, beginning from next season.A total of 1,059 EFL matches are set to be broadcast by Sky Sports each year, with some to be shown via a Sky Sports streaming destination available on TV and mobile devices.That is a record number of games in any football TV deal.And it guarantees EFL clubs a package worth £895million, with £40m more in marketing benefits.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLThat represents a 50 per cent increase in value on the current package, while guaranteeing viewers much more action.It is particularly good news for fans in the Championship, with 328 fixtures to be shown from the division across the season.League One and League Two will each have 248 matches broadcast live, while midweek fixtures in every division will be shown on Sky Sports.Each league weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown, – five being Championship games.Most read in FootballSky Sports broadcast breakdown

      1,052 EFL matches shown live on air includes:
      328 Sky Bet Championship matches
      248 Sky Bet League One matches
      248 Sky Bet League Two matches
      All 15 Play-Off matches
      All 93 Carabao Cup matches
      All 127 EFL Trophy matches

      BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKEREvery Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy clash will also be broadcast.The change means domestic fans will no longer be able to watch their teams on streaming platform iFollow, which came into use during the pandemic-affected season 2020-21.Eight bizarre football rules you may not know More

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      Watch Champions League manager ask footballer-turned-pundit for selfie on live TV as fans say ‘who can blame him?’

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      FANS said “who can blame him” after Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic asked Alessandro Del Piero for a selfie.The Juventus legend was interviewing Terzic for CBS Sports’ coverage of the Champions League.Edin Terzic could not resist asking Alessandro Del Piero for a selfieCredit: CBS SportsTerzic was speaking after his side fell to a 2-1 defeat against Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their quarter-final.Sebatian Haller’s late goal will give Dortmund fans hope of turning over their deficit at the Signal Iduna Park next week.After Del Piero had wished Terzic “good luck” the Dortmund manager walked away before coming back and asking for a selfie.Reacting to Terzic “fanboying” one X user said: “This is honestly such fan moment and I respect that!”READ MORE IN FOOTBALLAnother said: “Rightfully so. Del Piero is a legend.”A third posted: “Who can blame him?”A fourth fan said: “Anyone who calls something like that embarrassing isn’t a football fan themselves. At the end of the day, every player and official is just as much a fan of the sport.”A fifth simply said: “Wholesome.”Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSDel Piero played for Juventus between 1993 and 2012, making 705 appearances for the club, scoring 290 goals and making 172 assists.He won the World Cup with Italy in 2006 and made 97 appearances for the Azzuri in total, scoring 27 goals.’OMG he really went there’ – Fans stunned at Jamie Carragher’s savage jibe as he predicts Champions League winnersAfter leaving Juventus, he played for Sydney FC before ending his career at the Delhi Dynamos. More

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      Premier League fixtures in May moved as Tottenham vs Man City finally rearranged with ’62k City fans that night’

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      MANCHESTER CITY’s potentially title-deciding clash against Tottenham finally has a date.The game was initially postponed due to the Treble winners’ participation in the FA Cup.Spurs vs City has been rearrangedCredit: PATottenham will now welcome Man City on Tuesday 14 May – just two days after Arsenal head to Manchester United. The match has been squeezed into the packed schedule in between each club’s penultimate and final clash of the Premier League season.Therefore, the title could potentially be decided that night.And Spurs fans are joking they would prefer their side to lose if it means the Gunners don’t get their hands on the trophy.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLOne said: “Very out of touch if we beat them to give Arsenal the league.”Another laughed: “The stadium will have 62k City fans that night.”Tottenham vs City will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.It’s a bumper penultimate week of Prem action for fans as Pep Guardiola’s side face Fulham at 12:30pm on Saturday 11 May – live on TNT Sports.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERGameweek 37’s new-look schedule
      Saturday 11 May 202412:30 Fulham v Man City (TNT Sports)AFC Bournemouth v BrentfordEverton v Sheff UtdNewcastle v BrightonSpurs v BurnleyWest Ham v LutonWolves v Crystal Palace17:30 Nott’m Forest v Chelsea (Sky Sports)
      Sunday 12 May 202416:30 Man Utd v Arsenal (Sky Sports)
      Monday 13 May 202420:00 Aston Villa v Liverpool (Sky Sports)
      Tuesday 14 May 202420:00 Spurs v Man City (Sky Sports)
      Wednesday 15 May 202419:45 Brighton v Chelsea20:00 Man Utd v Newcastle (Sky Sports)

      Arsenal head to Old Trafford the day after, which is also the eve of Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football offering of Aston Villa vs Liverpool.Meanwhile, Spurs vs City is not the only game set for that midweek.Every Premier League club’s most famous and also most surprising fanBoth Chelsea’s clash with Brighton and Man Utd’s meeting with Newcastle are now scheduled for Wednesday 15 May.This fixture movement is again due to their involvement in the FA Cup semi-finals. More

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      I was sat in a service station when Sky Sports News said I was flying in for a transfer – I couldn’t believe it

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      PETER CROUCH was once left shocked with a McDonald’s burger in hand ahead of a transfer he made.The former England star revealed his departure from Tottenham was a lot less glamorous than the media made out, and involved a service station stop rather than a helicopter ride.Peter Crouch revealed he was waiting in a McDonalds ahead of his move from Tottenham to StokeCrouch, 43, moved to Stoke in the summer of 2011 but was unsure the transfer would get the green light with paperwork still to be completed.So on his way up north he stopped off at a McDonalds as he waited for the deal to go through, as Sky Sports reported a completely different version of events.Crouch recalled the story on That Peter Crouch Podcast, saying: “I remember sitting in a Maccies and watching Sky Sports News on my phone.”It was breaking news with the yellow bar, [it said] ‘Peter Crouch has been spotted in a helicopter landing at a golf club near Stoke, and I was sitting there with a quarter-pounder on a target roundabout.”READ MORE IN FOOTBALLCrouch spent seven-and-a-half years at Stoke, scoring 62 goals in 261 appearances following a two-year stint at Spurs.The former striker also spent time at Tottenham as a youth player and recalled another story from that time about some harsh treatment he received from first-team players.He said: “I remember being in the Tottenham dressing room, going in to pick up my boots and they were like ‘Crouchy, what is your love life like?'”And you’d have to stand there in front of like 20 first-team players and go ‘well, nothing’ and they’d go ‘are you a virgin?’ and you’d go ‘yeah at the moment’.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKER”They’d go ‘do you have a girlfriend, have you kissed one yet?’ and you’re standing there as they’re all absolutely buzzing off you as you tell them what you’ve achieved with the opposite sex. There’s nothing worse – horrible, horrible, horrible.”It was horrible to be a part of. They would say things like ‘well how would you kiss a girl’ and you’d have to practise it on something.”You know the back one, you’d have to show your technique. It’s not right. I hope it’s out of the game now, it wasn’t nice for a young lad to be in that environment.”Peter Crouch reveals ‘horrible’ Tottenham interrogation ‘you couldn’t do now’ where stars found out about his sex life More

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      Jeff Stelling calls out Sky Sports for coverage of Arsenal’s win over Brighton and says solution ‘is not brain surgery’

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      JEFF STELLING has called out Sky Sports’ coverage of Brighton vs Arsenal for a lack of “balance”.The legendary presenter, 68, quit the broadcaster last year after 25 years hosting Soccer Saturday.Dave Jones was joined by Karen Carney, Alan Smith and Theo WalcottCredit: X/SkySportsPLJeff Stelling wasn’t overly impressed by the coverageCredit: PAStill an avid viewer, Stelling was unhappy with how Gunners-tinted he felt Sky’s coverage of yesterday’s match had been at the Amex.Host Dave Jones was joined by former Arsenal players Theo Walcott, Karen Carney and Alan Smith.During the coverage, Stelling tweeted: “Brighton v Arsenal has ex Arsenal co commentator and both pundits are ex Arsenal.”Maybe next time Sky should be a bit more balanced. It is like using me on a Hartlepool game!!!”READ MORE ON ARSENALAn Arsenal fan hit back at Stelling, claiming that Smith in particular, nicknamed Smudge, isn’t biased.They replied: “Jeff that’s poor from you. Shall we put Carra (Jamie Carragher) or Nev (Gary Neville) on who are rivals. Smudge is most impartial pundit going.”Stelling, however, wasn’t having the argument.He responded: “Smudge is great. So when you have decided to use him on commentary, pick two neutrals as pundits.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKER”Or one from each side if you wish. Not brain surgery.”Arsenal went on to stroll to a 3-0 victory on the South Coast.BBC commentator takes dig at Arsenal star Ben White during Match of the Day coverageBukayo Saka put them ahead from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute after Tariq Lamptey was adjudged to have tripped Gabriel Jesus.Kai Havertz doubled Arsenal’s lead just after the hour mark, before Leandro Trossard sealed the win four minutes from time.Mikel Arteta’s side returned to the top of the Premier League table, moving a point ahead of Manchester City with seven games remaining.Liverpool will return to the summit should they beat Manchester United at Old Trafford later today.Arsenal cruised to a 3-0 win on the South CoastCredit: Getty More