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    Jurgen Klopp gave injured Jarrod Bowen consoling pat on head as Liverpool boss eyes transfer for £75m-rated West Ham man

    JARROD BOWEN was probably in too much pain to notice the gesture.But as the grimacing star was helped off at Anfield after suffering a heel injury, Jurgen Klopp gave him a consoling touch on the head.
    Jarod Bowen is embraced by Liverpool boss Jurgen KloppCredit: Reuters
    West Ham yesterday confirmed scans showed “no significant damage” but he remains a doubt for Thursday’s Europa League clash at Sevilla.
    And Klopp himself will be pleased the injury news is not too serious.
    For before that 54th-minute exit due to a collision with Andy Robertson, the forward underlined why the Liverpool boss rates him so highly.
    West Ham manager David Moyes did not see Klopp’s compassion as an illegal approach. Yet it would have been understandable if he had.
    For his Anfield counterpart went into a game that should easily have seen the wasteful Hammers take a point raving about the 25-year-old.
    Bowen, said Klopp, is “an unbelievable player”, adding: “We saw him as well at Hull and he was really good that time.
    “I don’t think a lot of people expected this jump.”
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    Bowen is now rated at £75million after Moyes made him his £22m first major buy in January 2020, a month after he began his second stint in charge at London Stadium.
    He is from good farming country in Herefordshire and Moyes knows fine pedigree when he sees it. So does Klopp.
    Reds strikers Sadio Mane and Mo Salah are scheduled to leave at the end of next season if new contracts are not sorted.
    Yet that worst–case scenario will not worry Klopp quite so much as the Kop.
    Not when he has £37m Luis Diaz on his books and a player in Bowen who looks prime stock for an Anfield future.
    Mo Salah and West Ham forward Jarod BowenCredit: Rex More

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    Sheffield Utd’s Oli McBurnie offers £20k reward after ‘rats’ stole £500,000 watch collection

    SHEFFIELD Utd striker Oli McBurnie is offering a £20,000 reward after “rats” took his watches.The Scotland player said the £500,000 collection was taken in a burglary a few months ago.
    Oli McBurnie is offering a £20,000 reward after ‘rats’ took his watchesCredit: PA
    Oli, 25, shared pics of eight timepieces including a gold Rolex.
    He wrote: “£20k cash if anyone lets me know anything that leads to the recovery of the watches or the rats that done it.”
    Rival footie fans trolled him.
    One tweeted: “This lad’s had more watches than goals.”
    Another posted: “I’ll watch out for them.”
    One joked: “I’ve actually got one, bought it off lucky lucky man on holiday €5.
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    Man United’s Jesse Lingard has £100k of clothes and jewellery stolen from his home

    MAN United ace Jesse Lingard was targeted by “Away Day” robbers who stole more than £100,000 of clothes and jewellery from his home.The Sun can reveal he became their latest victim on January 15 as the Red Devils went to Aston Villa.
    Man United ace Jesse Lingard was targeted by the ‘Away Day’ robbers while he was playing against Aston Villa in BirminghamCredit: AFP
    The raiders stole more than £100,000 of clothes and jewellery from his luxury £3million mansionCredit: Getty
    The gang escaped with the haul before security was alerted at his £3million mansion.
    In May 2020 Lingard gave an MTV crew a tour of his five-bedroom home for its Cribs show.
    He  showed off his walk-in wardrobe featuring a huge designer trainer collection and his 32 England caps.
    Since the burglary, Lingard, 27, has put the property in Hale, Gtr Manchester, up for sale and accepted an offer.
    It boasts a swimming pool, gym and cinema room.
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    A source said of Jesse, who has a young daughter: “He was really upset to find out he had been targeted.
    “The items which were stolen are replaceable, but it’s very invasive for him to have someone break into his home, especially as he is a father.
    “He has stepped up security since the robbery and is reviewing how his home is protected when he is away from it.”
    Lingard was robbed four days before a terrifying raid on teammate Victor Lindelof’s home as the club played against Brentford.
    Last week The Sun told how two other United stars had also been burgled over the Christmas period, forcing the club to recruit a mobilised 24/7 security squad.
    A club source said all players were being offered a review of their security arrangements and extra support.
    Victor Lindelof was playing against Brentford when his family home was raided on Wednesday nightCredit: Craig Thomas/News ImagesWe pay for your stories!Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? More

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    Three Lions poster boy Phil Foden made £2million in one year on image rights alone

    ENGLAND’S latest poster boy Phil Foden made £2million in a year from his image rights alone.The Manchester City player’s company Rondog Sports Limited raked in the cash at a rate of £165,000 a month to the end of August 2020.
    The latest accounts available reveal Foden’s firm had assets of £1,998,804Credit: Getty
    He also has a lucrative boot deal with sportswear giant NikeCredit: Getty
    The latest accounts available reveal Foden’s firm had assets of £1,998,804 — compared to £45,539 a year earlier — including £920,764 cash.
    The ace, 21, exploited his image further last year when he bleached his hair as England made it to the Euros final.
    Foden has a six-year contract with City thought to be worth £150,000 a week.
    He also has a lucrative boot deal with sportswear giant Nike.
    The three-time Premier League champion made the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious Ballon d’Or award in October.
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    Thugs are carrying out Kurt Zouma-style attacks on cats as part of sick online craze

    THUGS are carrying out Kurt Zouma-style attacks on cats as part of a sick online craze.The shamed West Ham defender, 27, was filmed slapping and kicking one of his Bengal moggies across his kitchen last month.
    Thugs are carrying out Kurt Zouma-style attacks on felines as part of a twisted online crazeCredit: Rex
    The West Ham footballer, 27, was filmed kicking one of his Bengal catsCredit: Supplied collect
    It has sparked a rise in similar attacks by an online group called “Kick the Cat Club”, who film their disgraceful antics and circulate the footage online.
    Dawn Stacey, 49, faces vet bills of £2,000 after her year-old cat Murphy suffered a haemorrhage behind his eye during an attack last week.
    Dawn, of Dorchester, Dorset, said: “I heard Murphy trying to get through the cat flap.
    “I came outside to help and had the shock of my life. The right side of his face looked like a helmet full of blood.”
    She said the vet told her the moggy had been kicked in the head, and she blamed the online craze, saying: “I cannot believe someone would do that to an innocent animal.”
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    Police are investigating, while animal charities denounced the disgusting attacks.
    Nicky Trevorrow, from Cats Protection said: “We are imploring social media users to stop abusing their pets in the name of entertainment . . . the level of psychological trauma and extreme stress being inflicted on them is vast.”
    Zouma was fined £250,000 by his Premier League club and had his cats taken away by the RSPCA after The Sun’s revelations. More

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    Lewis Hamilton’s blossoming friendship with stunning model Camila Kendra hits the skids

    F1 star Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with model Camila Kendra has skidded to a halt — with the racer back on the grid.Pals claim the Mercedes team driver, who was knighted last December, grew close to her last year — but their relationship is no longer ticking over.
    Lewis Hamilton liked a string of her sexy snaps on social mediaCredit: INSTAGRAM/CAMILA KENDRA
    Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with Camila is no longer ticking overCredit: AP
    A source said: “Their friendship started to develop into something more.
    “She was staying at his home in Colorado and — although they had been pals for many years — Camila developed feelings for him and it became more romantic.
    “It’s cooled off now though and Camila is no longer with Lewis. She’s stopped following him on Instagram too.
    “Her mates thought they would make a great couple but it clearly wasn’t to be and they’re no longer as close as they were.”
    The Sun revealed last August how Lewis, 37, and Dominican Republic-born Camila, 28, had grown close.
    As well as taking pictures of the inside of his palatial home in Colorado where she was staying, fans of the model spotted her wearing one of Lewis’ plaid shirts in an Instagram photo.
    He also liked a string of her sexy snaps on social media.
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    Those close to Lewis insisted the pair were just pals.
    Seven-time World Drivers’ Championship winner Lewis has previously stayed quiet on his love life.
    Camila was spotted wearing one of Lewis’ plaid shirts in an Instagram snapCredit: Instagram
    Lewis Hamilton in the same plaid shirtCredit: Instagram
    He dated pop star Nicole Scherzinger, 43, for seven years until 2015 and admitted three years after their split he focused more on driving.
    He said: “I’ve just been throwing myself at work. I’ve worked harder than ever this year, I’ve travelled like crazy, I’ve experienced everything I wanted to experience.”
    Lewis, who is reported to be worth over £190million, was also linked to reality TV star Kendall Jenner, 26, and pop star Rihanna, 34.
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    ‘Christian just wants to be normal’ – Brentford boss Frank tells fans to forget Euro scare and let Eriksen play football

    THOMAS FRANK hopes Christian Eriksen will be allowed to let his feet do the talking from now on — after the midfielder’s emotional return put a smile on the face of football.Eriksen was given a standing ovation from fans and players on both sides when he arrived as a 52nd-minute substitute on Saturday.
    Brentford boss Thomas Frank says he wants Christian Eriksen to be treated as ‘normal’ nowCredit: Getty
    It completed a remarkable comeback, just 259 days after he suffered a cardiac arrest playing for Denmark against Finland at Euro 2020 in June.  
    Bees boss Frank said it felt like the club had been a circus sideshow in the days leading up to Eriksen’s return.
    So now he wants the talk to be all about how his fellow Dane can help keep the Bees in the Premier League.
    Frank said: “I completely understand the circumstances which make Christian coming back to football a really big event.
    “But now he has played his first game, he really wants to just speak about football and less about what happened in June.  
    “He wants to be treated like a normal football player — even though we know he will never be a normal football player because of what happened to him.
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    “For everyone involved in football, it was a big moment. It was fantastic to see the reception he received and it was a big moment for Christian and his family.  
    “Now he should only talk with his feet and speak about football instead of everything else.”
    Eriksen’s team-mates were a man and two goals down by the time he entered the arena.
    But nothing was going to overshadow his big day, played in front of his family and some of the doctors who nursed him back to fitness.
    Eriksen said: “Leaving aside the result, I am one happy man to have been through what I have been through and be here — it is a wonderful feeling.
    “Being on the pitch for the first time is very special.  
    “It has been very special since day one coming here. Everyone has been very helpful and taken care of me. It has been a pleasure.
    “Nobody is naive but everyone is focused on doing our job and staying up and the confidence is there.
    Brentford fans support for their new signingCredit: Rex
    “I want to get back that feeling of playing football and help Brentford stay in the Premier League.”  
    It was a bit of surprise that, despite their lack of match fitness, Frank did not start with Eriksen and star striker Ivan Toney. 
    But any gameplan went out of the window when Josh Dasilva was sent off on 11 minutes and Joelinton and Joe Willock put the visitors out of reach before half-time.
    The lift Eriksen gave his team was clearly visible and, with Norwich and Burnley next up, they will hope to end a run of seven defeats and one draw in their last eight matches.  
    Frank added: “I have had the privilege of seeing Christian train in the last three weeks and see his qualities. I am convinced that he will 100 per cent help us going forward.
    “He is a top player who will add big value to the team.  
    “He is an easy player to manage. He is calm, down-to-earth, humble, and he trains and works hard because he wants to do the best for the team.
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    Superfit Galal Yafai ready to go distance on 10-round pro debut after Team GB star’s gold medal heroics at Tokyo 2020

    GOLDEN boy Galal Yafai booked a brutal debut on Sunday — after being Team GB’s shock Olympic star.The Birmingham fighter, 29, was crowned flyweight champ in Tokyo last summer to cap a Cinderella story, having worked in a Land Rover factory.
    Yafai will make his professional debut on Sunday eveningCredit: Reuters
    Almost all Yafai’s amateur bouts — taking in two Olympic Games — were scheduled for three rounds and a pro bow is usually an easy four or six.
    But the superfit youngest of three boxing brothers is boldly launching himself into a ten-round clash against Carlos Bautista at London’s O2 as he attacks the 8st division.
    Ahead of facing the Mexican, he grinned: “I was sound with the idea. I am pretty fit and think I can do the ten rounds.
    “Hopefully it doesn’t go the full ten but I’m sure I’ll cope if it does. I don’t want to go out all guns blazing in the first few rounds and blow a gasket.
    “There is a lot of expectation on myself but the Olympic gold is in my past now.”
    Leaping in at the deep end is hopefully the springboard Yafai needs to land a world title inside just ten fights.
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    But he has seen enough of boxing’s dark side — in his own amateur  struggles and the careers of brothers Gamal and Kal — to know it will not be easy.
    He said: “I believe I am good enough to be a world champion, 100 per cent. But it doesn’t mean it is going to happen.
    “There are always ups and downs in boxing. I’ve seen first and second hand with my brothers.
    “So I will just try to work hard and see what happens.”
    Sections of the O2 roof were blown off by Storm Eunice but repairs have been a success and Sunday’s show is on.
    Yafai said: “I’m used to fighting in empty arenas in places like Bulgaria and Hungary, being bored all week in the hotel, so all this is a nice change.
    “This is a lot more fun, we’ve been put up in a nice hotel and I am just ready to go now.”
    Hackney’s WBO cruiserweight champ Lawrence Okolie, 29, headlines against Michal Cieslak.
    And he insists he did not panic when the venue’s roof blew off.
    Ahead of his fight with Polish slugger Cieslak, 32, Okolie said: “I was actually quite calm about it all.
    He will begin his pro journey in a 10-round contest at the 02Credit: Reuters
    “I thought the worst-case scenario would be the fight getting relocated and maybe it might be delayed.
    “But I never try to let anything get to me — I like to take everything as it comes.”
    Meanwhile, Okolie still cannot help laughing when anyone calls him a world champion.
    He claimed the cruiserweight crown last March and is now the proud owner of a faultless 17-0 start to his career.
    His story is even more surreal as he was bullied over his obesity as a child and — just ten years ago — worked in a McDonald’s and considered a career in social services.
    The inspirational turnaround from flipping burgers to headlining at the O2 still has him smiling.
    He explained: “It is starting to feel a bit more normal but I do still laugh when someone calls me ‘the world champion’.
    “I always felt I was meant to do something — but I did not know what that was. I was considering becoming a manager at McDonald’s and because my mum is involved in social work, that was also something that I was looking at.”
    The 14st 4lb ace is itching to unify against any of the three other champs with WBC, IBF and WBA belts.
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    But he has found it a frustrating struggle and so could leap up to the heavyweights sooner than expected.
    He warned: “Every­one knows I want to unify the division and, ideally, go for undisputed with all four belts.
    “But if these other champions avoid me, I’ll move up and get some real dance partners.” More