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      Jose Mourinho reckons Tottenham are turning into ‘intelligent c****’… like boss demanded in X-rated Amazon team talk

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      JOSE MOURINHO reckons Spurs are turning into the ‘intelligent c***s’ he wants them to be.
      He turned the air blue in Tottenham’s fly-on-the-wall documentary last season.

      Jose Mourinho believes Spurs are turning into ‘intelligent c***s’Credit: Getty Images – Getty

      And eight months on from his X-rated teamtalk, Mourinho is happy with their progress, saying: “We are improving as a team, that is not in doubt.
      “The concept of what the team needs and the type of mentality we need in the team, which is something I have been very, very clear about, we are improving step by step.”
      Tottenham have demonstrated perfectly their new ruthless, streetwise side in the last three Premier League games — a sensational run that took them to the top of the Premier League table.
      Mourinho’s team have beaten Manchester City and Arsenal, and drawn with Chelsea, all without conceding a goal and with less than 40 per cent possession in each game.

      The Special One was seen telling his players they were a ‘very nice group of guys’ who needed to become ‘intelligent c***s’ on the pitch.
      The City win was hailed as a tactical masterclass but Graeme Souness and Jamie Redknapp, pundits for Mourinho’s former employers at Sky, criticised Tottenham for having a negative approach against bitter-rivals Arsenal.Mourinho could not care less.
      The Tottenham boss said: “I’m not going to be the pundit of the pundit.

      Tottenham are firmly in the title hunt after a flying start to the seasonCredit: Getty – Pool

      “They are professional. I was a pundit but not professional.

      “I was a pundit on my free time as a manager when I didn’t have a job.
      “It was something I enjoyed and something that helped me to respect people’s opinions, so I’m not going to comment on that.”

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      England ace John Stones made my life hell after World Cup fame went to his head, says ex girlfriend Millie Savage

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      ENGLAND ace John Stones’s ex has told how he callously dumped her, saying: “I’m done. I don’t feel free and I don’t love you anymore.”
      Millie Savage, mum to their daughter, three, said: “The last two years have been hell and it is ongoing. I wouldn’t want to put anyone through this. He has been an a***hole.”

      Millie Savage has told how she was cruelly dumped by John StonesCredit: Paul Cousans – The Sun

      She says the England ace made her life hell after World Cup fame went to his headCredit: Darren Fletcher – The Sun

      Stones started dating beautician Olivia Naylor weeks after he and Millie split

      John Stones’s devastated ex says World Cup fame went to his head — adding: “I thought we’d spend our lives together but I feel he’s become a bully.”
      Millie was left heartbroken when their relationship crumbled after the England ace’s heroics in summer 2018.
      The couple, who met when Millie was 14 and have a daughter, three, split in November that year.
      Weeks later she got an Instagram message from a mystery sender revealing that the £175,000-a-week Man City defender, 26, had started secretly dating Olivia Naylor.

      Millie, 27, added: “You see these girls in the nightclubs who throw themselves at footballers.
      “John has moved on with one of those girls and I feel bullied ever since by his wealth and power.
      “Footballers are treated as gods and John bought into it wholeheartedly after the World Cup. He let fame get into his head.
      “For footballers the rules of normal life become blurred.

      I feel bullied by John’s wealth and power
      Millie Savage

      “We are just mortals to them, but in reality it is like looking after a child who has no concept of how the real world works.
      “I put my hopes to one side and supported him throughout his career. I kept him grounded.”

      Millie and Stones were childhood sweethearts – they’re pictured at their prom in 2010
      Millie and Stones met at school in South Yorkshire. She was a devoted presence as he moved from Barnsley to Everton before joining City for £47million in 2016.
      A year later she gave birth. And at the 2018 World Cup in Russia the couple were pictured hugging in the stands after England beat Sweden 2-0 to reach the semis.
      MARRIAGE TALKS
      Millie added: “Before the World Cup John was just John. He was lovely, polite. He’d speak to people and was just daft.
      “We were like an old couple, we’d walk the dogs. We weren’t showbizzy.”
      Millie said she noticed a change in his behaviour after the tournament. He partied more with teammates and started drinking at home.
      Millie said he once returned from a casino at 7am and threw money at her.

      Before the World Cup John was just John. He was lovely, polite.
      Millie Savage

      Then in November he walked out leaving her in tears. Millie recalled: “We heard Rio Ferdinand had got engaged to Kate Wright.
      “I said, ‘That’s nice to see’. John knew I’d always wanted to marry.
      “We’d been together for years. I’d become a Stones. I asked why it hadn’t happened. He just didn’t want to know.
      “We came home and went through our normal routine. Later that night I said, ‘Look John, I know it annoys you when I bring up marriage but you’ve got to understand it from my perspective’.

      She was a devoted presence in his life as he worked his way up from Barnsley to CityCredit: Getty

      Millie gave birth a year before the 2018 World Cup in Russia

      The couple were pictured in the stands after England’s 2-0 win against Sweden

      Millie says she noticed a change in him after the tournamentCredit: Getty
      “He refused to answer then replied, ‘Look Millie, I’m done. I’m not happy. I don’t feel free and I don’t love you anymore’.”
      Stones left their Cheshire home and stayed in a flat at City’s training ground, as we reported.
      Millie said: “I couldn’t believe what was happening. I had no income, no money of my own.
      “Some people may think I was daft but I gave up everything for him when he signed for Everton and he asked me to go with him.”
      After laying out his feelings, Stones — a starter in last night’s 0-0 Manchester derby — told Millie how he saw his future without her.
      She added: “He said, ‘I’ll always look after you. I want us to get on, but this is my house’.
      “Straightaway I knew what I was going to have to deal with. He left me there crying and that was it.”
      Soon after Millie received the mystery Instagram message titled: “Must Open, About John.”
      It read: “Hi Millie, Please be with a family member or friend when you open this.
      “I’m so sorry you have to find out this way and hope you can understand my reasoning for wanting to be anonymous with all the mess and publicity around the situation. You need to speak to John about Olivia Naylor.

      The couple, pictured in 2013, had even spoken about marriage before the shocking split

      They were all smiles as they took their last picture together

      Millie was left with nothing as she had given up everything to support himCredit: Paul Cousans – The Sun
      “He has had a baby to her this Christmas, and she talks about how they are biding their time for now but they will be together once he has settled with you financially.
      “It has been weighing on my conscience as it is so wrong what the pair of them have done.
      “I hope I’ve done the right thing to inform you as it is hard to know what’s best in these toxic situations. All I can say is keep your chin up. X.”

      I couldn’t believe what was happening. I had no income, no money of my own.
      Millie Savage

      Beautician Olivia’s baby was born a month after Stones left Millie — but the child is not his. We reported on his new relationship in March 2019.
      Millie added: “It’s like a Jeremy Kyle episode. John denied knowing Olivia at first but later said they’d known each other long before the World Cup.
      “He told me, ‘Olivia is ten times the woman you’ll ever be’. And after everything I gave up for him he rang to say, ‘If it wasn’t for you, I’d have done better’.
      “I think back to when he hugged me at the World Cup. We were elated — but it’s been cheapened.
      “I suspect he thought Olivia’s baby was his, so he left suddenly in November because he knew he was living off borrowed time. The thing is, it’s not his.”
      Millie stayed in their home but became aware that Stones was accessing CCTV via a phone app.
      Millie recalled: “During the Covid lockdown he was sending messages about my comings and goings. I was creeped out. I felt like I was being constantly watched.”

      Game over for couple

      2006: John Stones meets Millie Savage while a pupil at Penistone Grammar School, South Yorkshire.
      2008: The two begin dating.
      AUGUST 2016: Stones signs for Manchester City from Everton for £47million, a then-world record fee for a defender.
      DECEMBER 2016: Stones has a tattoo of Millie’s face inked on his arm after claims he cheated on her with events organiser Jessica Peaty.
      APRIL 2017: The couple celebrate the birth of their daughter.
      JULY 2018: Millie flies to Russia to support Stones at the World Cup.
      NOVEMBER 2018: The couple split.
      MARCH 2019: The Manchester City ace is reportedly seeing former beautician Olivia Naylor.
      NOVEMBER 2019: Stones has the tattoo of Millie removed from his arm.
      MAY 2020: Millie accuses Stones of watching her on home CCTV.

      Now Millie is trying to move on with her lifeCredit: Paul Cousans – The Sun
      As The Sun on Sunday reported, Stones was spoken to by cops but not suspected of committing any offence.
      After the CCTV incident, Millie said: “John told me he wanted to move into our home with Olivia and her baby and that I’d have to leave.
      “It felt like he was kicking me out. I left in September with nothing. I couldn’t take a thing with me.
      “I walked out of that house as it was when John and I lived together.
      “The same curtains we chose, the bedding, the job lot. I mean, what kind of woman would want to move into the ex’s home?”
      Millie has moved to a new home paid for by the star where she can stay until their daughter turns 18.
      But she ran up legal fees of around £45,000 following the split and said: “To me he’s an a***hole who is trying to control me. All I’m trying to do is move on and be the best mum I can be.
      “Fame got too much for him when he went to City then the World Cup.
      “Everyone there has reached out to me because they’re in utter shock at his behaviour.
      “I want to see him succeed. Yes, he’s done wrong to me but at the end of the day he’s my child’s father. Whatever the present feelings between us I can never take that away from him.”
      A source close to Stones said: “John is a devoted and loving father and his priority has and always will be the welfare and total privacy of his daughter.

      “He denies and refutes the version of events described and has always gone above and beyond since his break up with Millie to protect his daughter.
      “He has now been in a happy relationship for almost two years and is moving on with his life.
      “He is saddened that Millie has taken this route for herself and their child. He won’t be making any comment.”

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      Celtic put on red alert as old boss Martin O’Neill eyes managerial return aged 68 with Neil Lennon under pressure

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      MARTIN O’NEILL’S wish for a managerial comeback will put Celtic on red alert.
      The experienced 68-year-old has not worked since a brief spell at Nottingham Forest — but is looking for a return soon.

      Former Celtic manager Martin O’Neill is interested in a return to managementCredit: Reuters

      O’Neill has sounded out a couple of agents about finding him a club as he itches for a new challenge.
      The Irishman would ideally like to work in England but Celtic will be in the market for a boss in the new year if results do not improve.
      O’Neill is a legend there after his first spell, though he would need a new coaching team this time.

      The Glasgow giants have also considered Steve Clarke — but Scotland making the Euros means it will be difficult for him to move before then.

      Hoops’ feelers have gone out about Paul Lambert, however, he is in contract at Ipswich.

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      John Terry’s dad admits drink-driving after being caught over twice legal limit

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      THE dad of ex-England football skipper John Terry has been caught more than twice the drink-drive limit.
      Ted Terry was in an Audi A4 stopped by traffic cops on the A6 in Basildon, Essex.

      John Terry’s dad has admitted drink-driving after being caught more than twice the legal limit

      A breath test returned a reading of 74micrograms of alcohol per 100millilitres of breath.
      The limit is 35mg. 
      Terry, 66, of Grays, admitted drink driving before Southend JPs.
      He was banned for 18 months and must pay costs and fines of £600.

      A source told The Sun on Sunday: “He was well over the limit and needs to grow up.”
      It is the latest controversy for Ted who has a previous conviction for cocaine dealing.
      His son is now assistant boss at Aston Villa and the source added: “John still holds a high-profile position and is well respected, but Ted just acts like an idiot.”

      Ted Terry has a previous conviction for cocaine dealingCredit: Paul Edwards – The Sun

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      Wolves lining up £19m Oleksandr Zinchenko transfer bid – two-years after rejecting move from Man City

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      WOLVES are lining up a return raid for Aleks Zinchenko –– two years after he turned down a £19million move there.
      The Manchester City left-back rejected their offer as he was convinced he could crack a regular slot at the Etihad.

      Wolves are plotting a swoop for Man City’s Aleks ZinchenkoCredit: AP:Associated Press

      But he has now slipped further down the pecking order.
      And Wolves are considering testing his resolve again next month.
      Zinchenko’s deal runs for another four years.
      But this season he has made more starts for Ukraine than City.

      Benjamin Mendy and Joao Cancelo are ahead of him, while centre-backs Nathan Ake and Aymeric Laporte can also operate on the left.
      Pep Guardiola has also been impressed by Angelino’s displays for Leipzig in a season-long loan.
      However, the City boss remains a fan of Zinchenko.
      The 23-year-old has also been on Napoli’s radar.

      The Italian side could also be plotting a swoop for the defender.
      But the fact he can also play in midfield or on the wing makes him more attractive to Wolves.
      And they are ready to make a move once the transfer window re-opens.

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      Premier League Big Six to make THIRD attempt to bring in five subs next week with Klopp and Guardiola leading calls

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      BIG Six clubs will make a THIRD attempt to bring in five subs to the Prem this week.
      The move will be backed by top bosses led by Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola.

      Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola are leading the calls for the Premier League to introduce five subsCredit: PA:Press Association

      But the clubs are growing increasingly angry at Prem bosses for failing to push strongly for the move.
      And that risks opening a serious rift among the Prem elite.
      SunSport revealed the letter from PFA chief Gordon Taylor that demanded League boss Richard Masters over-ruled the clubs to impose a switch back to five subs with immediate effect.
      Taylor’s letter was forwarded to all 20 clubs on Friday evening.

      Club leaders were told the matter will be put on the agenda at Thursday’s next meeting of the 20 ”shareholder” clubs.
      But it is understood that Masters declined to follow Taylor’s wish that he made clear his support for the policy.
      Instead of telling clubs that he strongly agreed with the PFA that the move was needed for reasons of “player welfare and health and safety”, Masters is said to have merely noted that clubs are divided but that there should be a further debate.
      He also failed to make any comment about the Taylor email other than to confirm he had been asked to circulate it to all clubs.

      We believe there has been a scandalous lack of leadership on this issue.

      And that response has infuriated a number of Big Six clubs, who believe the chief executive has failed in his duties.
      One club chief told SunSport: “We believe there has been a scandalous lack of leadership on this issue.
      “This is too important to be left to the clubs without strong guidance.”
      Another key club boss added: “It is simply ridiculous that the Premier League, which rightly sets itself as the best in the world, is so far behind everybody else on this.
      “We expected Richard Masters and Gary Hoffam (the Prem chairman) to do the right thing.
      “Instead, they don’t want to do anything.”

      Gordon Taylor has urged Richard Masters to take control of the situation
      As SunSport revealed, Taylor wrote: “We have been very concerned, and remain so, about the physical load on players who are now frequently required to play every two or three days or so.
      “The physical load on players is therefore hugely increased and the consequent fatigue that players are currently experiencing is leading to avoidable and distressing injuries.
      “Premier League Managers have been expressing concern on behalf of their players and there was a strong consensus that the 5five subs rule should now be adopted.
      “I therefore write to repeat our call to amend the rules in order to allow clubs to field five subs, with the number of substitutes on the bench increased to 9.
      “This is now paramount in the interests of player welfare and health and safety.
      “We respectfully request the Premier League Board of Directors and its Executive team to convince all of its member clubs to adopt and ask you to reintroduce the five subs rule with immediate effect.”

      Any reversion to five subs will need the support of 14 clubs, with both previous votes – first in August and then in September – having been defeated by 11 votes to nine.
      Last month, 15 of the 20 top flight managers agreed to lobby for a change.
      But SunSport has been told that at least three club chiefs have said they will ignore the views of their own managers and vote to continue with only three substitutes.

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      Wolves line up Salomon Rondon transfer swoop as cover for Raul Jimenez after his fractured skull

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      WOLVES are looking at former West Brom and Newcastle striker Salomon Rondon as possible short-term cover for Raul Jimenez.
      Nuno Espirito Santo is bare of options to lead his attack with his wafer thin squad exposed by the shocking injury Jimenez suffered last month.

      Wolves want to bring in former Newcastle striker Salomon RondonCredit: PA:Empics Sport

      The Mexican is likely to miss the majority of this season at least after fracturing his skull in a collision with David Luiz of Arsenal.
      But with few players expected to be available in the January transfer window, Wolves are looking at whether Rondon could provide the solution for them.
      He is currently playing for Dalian Pro in China but the club may be open to a deal.
      And the 31-year-old Venezuelan’s proven ability to lead the line in the Premier League makes him a viable option.

      Jimenez paid tribute to Wolves fans who raised £20,000 for a banner in his honour at Molineux.
      The Mexican picked up a horror injury at Arsenal when he fractured his skull in a sickening clash of heads with David Luiz.
      And supporters of the Midlands side clubbed together to pay homage to the striker at their stadium.

      Jimenez suffered a fractured skull in a clash of heads with David LuizCredit: EPA

      Wolves fans paid for an epic banner of Raul Jimenez at MolineuxCredit: AFP

      The giant 45m x 11m banner stretches across the upper tier of the Steve Bull stand.

      Jimenez shared a video of the artwork and wrote: “Amazing!
      “I am very grateful to all the people who have been supporting me during this process.

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      Chelsea star Fikayo Tomori wanted by Nice in loan transfer with Blues game time hard to come by

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      FIKAYO TOMORI is being tracked by Nice for a loan move next month – and the deal is unlikely to be hit by the new post-Brexit transfer regulations.
      British players now have to qualify for work permits before European sides can sign them up, which is hitting a number of proposed switches for young players fresh out of the academy.

      Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori could be on his way out on loan in JanuaryCredit: Reuters

      But though Tomori’s game time at Chelsea has been limited this season, the fact he has proven Premier League experience plus an England cap is enough to see him secure enough points to be cleared to play in France.
      Tomori has featured in just one top-flight match this term with Frank Lampard preferring a pairing of Kurt Zouma and Thiago Silva.
      The ex-Derby loanee has been involved in just three fixtures this campaign, with his last outing coming in the Carabao Cup defeat against Tottenham on September 29.
      But despite being out of favour in West London, several Premier League clubs have shown an interest in taking the centre-back.

      One of those looking to secure his services are Newcastle, but Chelsea are not keen on letting him move to a rival in the Premier League.
      The 22-year-old is interesting Nice on a short term deal until the end of the season after they lost defender Dante to a knee ligament injury.
      Chelsea have no interest in selling Tomori at this stage as they belief he could still mature into a top class defender, but are unable to give him game time as they mount a title challenge.
      Speaking last month, Lampard opened up on Tomori’s decision to turn down a loan move to West Ham.

      He said: “I think there’s arguments on both sides. Fikayo is our contracted player. We know that West Ham were interested.
      “Fikayo took the decision not to go and that’s well within his rights. That had no bearing on my thoughts at all. He’s still a developing player.
      “When I say developing, he’s had a great two years. He got himself in the England team, was one of the best defenders in the Championship and then played 20-plus games for Chelsea.
      “It’s normal for a young player sometimes, in a squad as competitive as ours, where there are periods where you maybe aren’t playing every week.”
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