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      Married Jose Mourinho toasts Spurs win with close female pal Prue Carter-Robinson… and appears to bring ARSENAL kit

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      Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho celebrated his team’s victory over rivals Arsenal by visiting his close female pal.
      The Special One went to the £1.5million home of blonde Prue Carter-Robinson.

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      Jose wore a mask, sunglasses and cap when visiting his good friend Prue Carter-Robinson
      Married Jose wore a mask, ­sunglasses and a cap — and was also spotted with an official Gunners shirt stuffed into a bag.
      An onlooker said: “He was still in the same clothes he had been wearing during the game.
      “He had a very expensive wristwatch on. Jose arrived in an Audi 4×4 and went straight inside.”
      Tottenham beat their North London rivals Arsenal 2-1 at home in the Premier League last Sunday.

      In 2018, The Sun on Sunday revealed how Jose, 57, had struck up a close friendship with Prue, 43 — a single mum of one.
      The pair met around a decade ago and in March last year enjoyed a sunshine break in Qatar.
      Jose was in the middle eastern state for a £100,000 TV job.

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      The pair met around a decade ago and in March last year enjoyed a sunshine break in Qatar
      They were spotted sunbathing at the five-star Four Seasons hotel alongside his long-time assistant Ricardo Formosinho.

      Former IBM worker Prue drives a £60,000 Mercedes and boasts a Chanel handbag and Rolex watch.
      Mourinho — who received a reported £15million pay-off after his sacking from Manchester United in 2018 — has previously spoken about his marriage.
      He met Matilde, nicknamed Tami, when he was 17 and she 15, and often credits her for his achievements. They had their 30th wedding anniversary last year.
      In December 2016 he flew to Tami twice in 24 hours as she recovered from emergency surgery in Lisbon. Reports at the time said she had suffered complications from an earlier op.
      Jose has said that the “most important thing in my life is my family and being a good father”.

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      The football manager met wife Matilde, nicknamed Tami, when he was 17 and she 15Credit: Nikki Houghton/ Nick.tierney@me.com

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      An onlooker said Jose ‘was still in the same clothes he had been wearing during the game’ on SundayCredit: PA:Press Association

      The couple have two grown-up children and a £5million home in Belgravia, central London.
      In 2007, it was reported that Mourinho had an affair six years earlier with boutique owner Elsa Sousa, while manager of Portuguese side Uniao de Leiria.
      She told a newspaper: “He told me he was separated from his wife because he was not happy.”

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      Bellingham tipped to emulate Rooney at next summer’s Euros… as he faces England legend on Birmingham farewell

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      JUDE BELLINGHAM has been tipped to star for England at next summer’s Euros — just like a teenage Wayne Rooney did 16 years ago.
      Birmingham sensation Bellingham became the world’s most expensive 17-year-old when he sealed his £30million move to Borussia Dortmund on Monday.

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      Birmingham wonderkid Jude Bellingham will play for Borussia Dortmund next seasonCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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      Wayne Rooney, then 18, took Euro 2004 by storm and was named in the team of the tournamentCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Tonight he makes his farewell appearance for Brum, desperately hoping to help secure their Championship future as his parting gift.
      Standing in his way will be Derby’s veteran midfielder Rooney, who Bellingham will lock horns with for the first time in his fledgling career.
      The significance of the clash has not been lost on the Blues caretaker-boss, Steve Spooner, who nurtured the Stourbridge kid during his formative years in the academy.
      Spooner, 59, said: “The thought of Jude playing in a major tournament for England in a year is a distinct possibility.

      “His talent is limitless. A more focused boy you couldn’t get. He can achieve whatever he wants.
      “He has wonderful potential for this country going into major championships.
      “If it goes well for him with Dortmund in Germany, we have the Euros and World Cup coming up.
      “We have all seen what has happened with Jadon Sancho, who has gone on to represent England at the highest level.

      “Every challenge he ever came up against, he has risen to. So playing in a major tournament for England in a year’s time is a real possibility while he progresses at his current rate.”

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      Steve Spooner helped mould Jude Bellingham in the Birmingham youth ranksCredit: Rex Features

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      Derby player-coach Rooney, now 34, is coming to the end of his illustrious careerCredit: PA:Press Association
      Derby player-coach Rooney, 34, knows better than anyone what is required to make that massive step after he scored four goals in four games at Euro 2004.
      Despite England losing on penalties to Portugal in the quarter-finals, the 18-year-old Roo was named in Uefa’s Team of the Tournament.
      Spooner said: “From what I’ve read about Rooney, they both share a comic strip-style love of football — they are straight from those football annuals we used to read when we were kids.
      “Billy’s Boots and all that… they just seem to love football, that’s the first thing.
      “Technically, they share a tremendous range of passing, a change of pace to go past people, superb balance and the ability to play off either foot.
      “Both have also handled so much pressure at an early age.”

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      Bellingham will play his final match for Blues against Rooney and CoCredit: PA:Empics Sport

      Although Borussia Dortmund beat Manchester United to England’s outstanding teenage talent, Spooner admitted Bellingham could have played for any club in Europe.
      Spooner added: “There was a plethora of the very best clubs in Europe coming to our training ground to watch him.
      “We were used to Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City but it wasn’t so usual to have Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Ajax and Juventus joining them.”

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      Daniel Dubois has dreams about finally nailing Joe Joyce on Brit heavyweight pair’s third date

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      DANIEL DUBOIS is dreaming about finally nailing his Joe Joyce grudge… on their third date.
      The heavyweight pair – who were separated by a  protective screen at yesterday’s face-off – have seen their clashed canned in April and July due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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      Daniel Dubois (left) faced off with Brit rival Joe Joyce as the pair gear up for their October boutCredit: Reuters
      And Brit champ Dubois has revealed the socially-distanced relationship has made Joyce a permanent fixture in his bedtime thoughts.
      Ahead of their scheduled October 24 clash at a fan-filled O2, 22-year-old Dubois said: “He’s been on my mind since the very first fight was made and he has never gone away, even after the postponements.
      “He has been nagging at me all the time, I have dreams about this fight. And yes I win everytime.
      “It’s not personal for me. But this is an aggravating business and fighters just have to fight to better themselves and take no prisoners.”

      The London pair will put their unbeaten records on the line at the Greenwich venue as long as they come through a keep-warm fight each.
      Joyce faces German hardman Michael Wallisch on Saturday, before Dubois meets respected amateur Erik Pfeifer on August 29, both at the BT Sport studios in Stratford.

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      Dubois also faced off with Michael Erik Pfeifer before their warm-up bout on August 29Credit: Reuters

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      Medical protocols were the order of the day at Tuesday’s media dayCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      Despite turning 35 in September and having a silver medal from the 2016 Olympics, Joyce is miles off a world title shot because of the rematches and mandatories Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are juggling.
      So he wants all promoters, managers and broadcasters to have him on speed dial if they need a last-minute replacement, like Andy Ruiz did a year ago.

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      Joyce said: “Beating Daniel Dubois spectacularly will help my case for a world title shot but I don’t really have a plan to get me there.
      “I wanted the AJ fight that Ruiz got on late notice and won but they wanted an America-based opponent.
      “If anything like that happens again, I want to be the first person on the list if another world title sub is needed.”

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      Married Jose Mourinho toasts Spurs win with close female pal Prue Carter-Robinson… and appears to bring ARSENAL shirt

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      Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho celebrated his team’s victory over rivals Arsenal by visiting his close female pal.
      The Special One went to the £1.5million home of blonde Prue Carter-Robinson.

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      Jose wore a mask, sunglasses and cap when visiting his good friend Prue Carter-Robinson
      Married Jose wore a mask, ­sunglasses and a cap — and was also spotted with an official Gunners shirt stuffed into a bag.
      An onlooker said: “He was still in the same clothes he had been wearing during the game.
      “He had a very expensive wristwatch on. Jose arrived in an Audi 4×4 and went straight inside.”
      Tottenham beat their North London rivals Arsenal 2-1 at home in the Premier League last Sunday.

      In 2018, The Sun on Sunday revealed how Jose, 57, had struck up a close friendship with Prue, 43 — a single mum of one.
      The pair met around a decade ago and in March last year enjoyed a sunshine break in Qatar.
      Jose was in the middle eastern state for a £100,000 TV job.

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      The pair met around a decade ago and in March last year enjoyed a sunshine break in Qatar
      They were spotted sunbathing at the five-star Four Seasons hotel alongside his long-time assistant Ricardo Formosinho.

      Former IBM worker Prue drives a £60,000 Mercedes and boasts a Chanel handbag and Rolex watch.
      Mourinho — who received a reported £15million pay-off after his sacking from Manchester United in 2018 — has previously spoken about his marriage.
      He met Matilde, nicknamed Tami, when he was 17 and she 15, and often credits her for his achievements. They had their 30th wedding anniversary last year.
      In December 2016 he flew to Tami twice in 24 hours as she recovered from emergency surgery in Lisbon. Reports at the time said she had suffered complications from an earlier op.
      Jose has said that the “most important thing in my life is my family and being a good father”.

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      The football manager met wife Matilde, nicknamed Tami, when he was 17 and she 15Credit: Nikki Houghton/ Nick.tierney@me.com

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      An onlooker said Jose ‘was still in the same clothes he had been wearing during the game’ on SundayCredit: PA:Press Association

      The couple have two grown-up children and a £5million home in Belgravia, central London.
      In 2007, it was reported that Mourinho had an affair six years earlier with boutique owner Elsa Sousa, while manager of Portuguese side Uniao de Leiria.
      She told a newspaper: “He told me he was separated from his wife because he was not happy.”

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      Man City make first move to pip Chelsea to £40million Nathan Ake transfer should Bournemouth be relegated

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      MANCHESTER CITY have made their first move in their bid to land Bournemouth defender Nathan Ake.
      Pep Guardiola is on the look-out for at least one – and possibly two – new centre-backs this summer.

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      Man City have made the first move in the chase for Bournemouth star Nathan AkeCredit: AFP AFP or Licensors AFP or Licensors
      And he is a long-term admirer of the versatile Dutch ace, 25, – who could also fill in at full-back.
      While no bid has yet been lodged, it is believed an approach from City has gone into the relegation-threatened Cherries.
      Last summer, he was valued at around £80million by the South Coast club – but if they do go down at the weekend they may have to accept around half of that.
      Pep feels Ake could help fill the gap left by former skipper Vincent Kompany who left to return to Belgium 12 months ago.

      He is also keen on Napoli’s Kalidou Koulibaly but there are doubts over the huge fee involved for the 29-year-old Senegalese.
      Chelsea have also been linked with their former defender Ake and are believed to have a buy-back option.

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      Ake made 17 appearances across his six-year spell with ChelseaCredit: AFP or licensors

      Ake made 17 appearances in total during six years with the Blues, before making the permanent switch to Bournemouth in 2017.
      The 11-cap international has since become a key figure for Eddie Howe’s side, but has been powerless to prevent their struggles this term.

      Bournemouth currently occupy 19th position in the table, and will be relegated before they even kick another ball – should Watford avoid defeat against Man City tomorrow night.

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      Victor Orta’s binoculars stunt shows ‘Dirty Leeds’ are back… and the Premier League will be better for it

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      LEEDS UNITED’S director of football Victor Orta is no dyed-in-the-wool Yorkshireman raised on tales of Don Revie, bitten legs and little black books.
      Although, as a former journalist and agent, the Spaniard certainly knows how it feels to be hated. And he clearly does understand Leeds.

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      Victor Orta’s churlish act will antagonise Leeds United’s enemies and those who remember their infamous old antics Credit: Sky Sports

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      Boss Marcelo Bielsa has taken Leeds up in his second season, via hard-working but entertaining footballCredit: PA:Press Association
      So as Leeds celebrated the end of a 16-year wait for top-flight football with a trip to Derby on Sunday, Orta pulled out a pair of binoculars to taunt the Rams about last season’s ‘Spygate scandal’ — when United were fined £200,000 after Marcelo Bielsa admitted sending a spook to their promotion rivals’ training ground.
      Orta’s little stunt was crass. It was classless. And it was a glorious snapshot of why we’re so glad to have Leeds back in the big time.
      Dirty Leeds. The Damned United. Football’s favourite anti-heroes. The chippiest, and the earthiest, of all England’s great clubs.
      Rival supporters are adamant that Leeds are currently the subject of a mass media love-in, while Whites fans will insist — as they always have — that the entire world is against their club.

      Neither is exactly true but it all adds to the gaiety of the nation.

      In recent years Leeds fans can be forgiven for having a siege mentality. Their club has been to hell and back under a succession of poor owners. Now they have been revived.

      There will be a whole generation of younger football fans struggling to understand exactly why Leeds are the most eagerly anticipated promotion-winners since the Premier League was formed 28 years ago (when Leeds were last champions of England).
      And while the answer has something to do with their much-feted manager Marcelo Bielsa and his enterprising side, it is more about history and mythology, fear and loathing.
      Some clubs, such as Liverpool and Manchester United, have been hated for being successful. Leeds are hated because they are Leeds.

      Most clubs enjoy fierce rivalries within their locality. Leeds have fierce rivalries across the nation — with Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Millwall and Cardiff City.
      In the 16 years since the last league fixture between the two clubs, supporters at Old Trafford have never stopped singing: “We all hate Leeds scum.”
      Whereas most leading clubs play at modern stadiums, where the atmosphere can often be muted, Elland Road remains a spit-and-sawdust, fire-and-brimstone place.
      You can feel the history there — predominantly from the Revie era, when Leeds were the best, and the most brutal, team in the land.
      Billy Bremner, Johnny Giles and the recently departed defensive duo of Norman ‘Bites Yer Legs’ Hunter and Jack Charlton, with his little black book.
      Before them came John Charles — arguably the greatest British footballer of all time — and afterwards those 1992 title-winners and the David ‘So Nearly’ O’Leary team who reached a Champions League semi-final in 2001.

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      David Batty, who won 42 England caps, was one half of a terrier twosome when Leeds were promoted in 1990 – he then won the top flight in 1992Credit: PA:Empics Sport

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      And the more infamous part of the tough-tackling tandem was Vinnie JonesCredit: PA:Empics Sport
      For my generation, it was the 1990 Second Division champions who nailed down the ‘dirty Leeds’ mythology with a central midfield partnership of David Batty and Vinnie Jones.
      Not even Revie would have paired those two.
      Revie was a brilliant manager but a deeply paranoid man.
      He found his spiritual home at Leeds, where they have held grudges against officialdom since their original club, Leeds City, were kicked out of the Football League for spurious reasons in 1919.
      So should Jose Mourinho ever fancy it, he would fit like a glove at Elland Road.
      In recent years Leeds fans can be forgiven for having a siege mentality.

      Their club has been to hell and back under a succession of poor owners, most notably the ruinous Massimo Cellino.
      Now they have been revived under Andrea Radrizzani and Bielsa — regarded as a spiritual guru by Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and a legion of tactics wonks.
      Bielsa sits on a bucket, dresses like a dustman and speaks through a translator, yet the Argentinian is adored in Leeds, where a city-centre street is to be named after him.
      His team are an image of their manager . . . workaholic, entertaining, possession obsessives capable of thriving in the top flight.
      As it happens, Bielsa’s Leeds are not especially dirty, sitting halfway in the Championship disciplinary table.

      Yet, once the pandemic allows it, visitors to Elland Road will feel all of that historic hostility.
      And Leeds will be welcomed back to the top flight as what they have always been.
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      Married Jose Mourinho toasts Tottenham win with close female friend Prue Carter-Robinson, appearing to bring ARSENAL kit

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      Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho celebrated his team’s win over rivals Arsenal by visiting his close female pal.
      The Special One went to the £1.5million home of blonde Prue Carter-Robinson.

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      Jose wore a mask, sunglasses and cap when visiting his good friend Prue Carter-Robinson
      Married Jose wore a mask, ­sunglasses and a cap — and was also spotted with an official Gunners shirt stuffed into a bag.
      An onlooker said: “He was still in the same clothes he had been wearing during the game.
      “He had a very expensive wristwatch on. Jose arrived in an Audi 4×4 and went straight inside.”
      Tottenham beat their North London rivals Arsenal 2-1 at home in the Premier League last Sunday.

      In 2018, The Sun on Sunday revealed how Jose, 57, had struck up a close friendship with Prue, 43 — a single mum of one.
      The pair met around a decade ago and in March last year enjoyed a sunshine break in Qatar.
      Jose was in the middle eastern state for a £100,000 TV job.

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      The pair met around a decade ago and in March last year enjoyed a sunshine break in Qatar
      They were spotted sunbathing at the five-star Four Seasons hotel alongside his long-time assistant Ricardo Formosinho.

      Former IBM worker Prue drives a £60,000 Mercedes and boasts a Chanel handbag and Rolex watch.
      Mourinho — who received a reported £15million pay-off after his sacking from Manchester United in 2018 — has previously spoken about his marriage.
      He met Matilde, nicknamed Tami, when he was 17 and she 15, and often credits her for his achievements. They had their 30th wedding anniversary last year.
      In December 2016 he flew to Tami twice in 24 hours as she recovered from emergency surgery in Lisbon. Reports at the time said she had suffered complications from an earlier op.
      Jose has said that the “most important thing in my life is my family and being a good father”.

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      The football manager met wife Matilde, nicknamed Tami, when he was 17 and she 15Credit: Nikki Houghton/ Nick.tierney@me.com

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      An onlooker said Jose ‘was still in the same clothes he had been wearing during the game’ on SundayCredit: PA:Press Association

      The couple have two grown-up children and a £5million home in Belgravia, central London.
      In 2007, it was reported that Mourinho had an affair six years earlier with boutique owner Elsa Sousa, while manager of Portuguese side Uniao de Leiria.
      She told a newspaper: “He told me he was separated from his wife because he was not happy.”

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      Danny Cowley sacked by Huddersfield as owner Phil Hodgkinson wants total control over transfers

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      DANNY COWLEY was sacked just two days after he rescued Huddersfield from relegation after rows over recruitment.
      SunSport understands owner Phil Hodgkinson wants total control over transfers — but his manager was not willing to work that way.

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      Danny Cowley, and his brother and assistant Nicky, were sacked after helping Huddersfield avoid the drop – they took over when the club had one point from nine gamesCredit: PA:Press Association
      Cowley, and his brother and assistant Nicky, were fired after Terriers avoided the drop to League One by beating West Brom.
      Hodgkinson is talking to Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson and Marcelo Bielsa’s assistant Carlos Corberan.
      Insiders claim the Terriers’ owner decided  he was going to dismiss the brothers during the  coronavirus lockdown.
      A club source said: “Danny and Nicky had an inkling and could have just walked out.

      “But they wanted to see it through because so many jobs were at stake if they went down.”
      The Cowleys took over from Jan Siewert in September after the club had  one win in seven months.
      Despite only having one point from the first nine games, they kept the  club up. 
      No Championship team has ever survived from that position.

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      The Terriers are 18th the table following their 2-1 win against West Brom on FridayCredit: PA:Press Association
      After Friday’s  2-1 win, Cowley said  the club needed to sign  working-class British players  fans would identify with.
      Sources say Cowley felt they should follow the model Sean Dyche has used at Burnley.

      We have a different vision for how our ambitions can be achieved
      Phil Hodgkinson

      But Hodgkinson decided he wanted to bring in  European players.
      It is also understood the  owner released several players this summer against Cowley’s wishes.
      The brothers have enjoyed an incredible rise after starting in Essex Senior League football at Concord Rangers.

      They took Lincoln to League One and the FA Cup quarter-finals while still a non-league side before saving Huddersfield.
      Hodgkinson released a statement saying: “I would like to place my thanks on record to Danny and Nicky for their hard work.
      “We have a different vision for  how our ambitions can be achieved.”

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