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      Anthony Joshua still does not respect Tyson Fury’s record – despite brilliant win over Deontay Wilder

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      ANTHONY JOSHUA still does not respect Tyson Fury’s record, despite his dismantling of Deontay Wilder.
      The undefeated Gypsy King has two iconic wins on his record — the 2015 masterclass points win over Wladimir Klitschko and the sensational February demolition job on the Bronze Bomber.

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      Anthony Joshua says he does not respect Tyson Fury’s boxing recordCredit: Reuters
      But AJ reckons his CV, which includes the scalps of Dillian Whyte, Klitschko, Joseph Parker and Alexander Povetkin, holds up far better under scrutiny — even after his loss to Andy Ruiz Jr.
      The WBA, WBO and IBF world  heavyweight champion said: “If the sport is lacking so much talent, it shows that all you need is feints and a bit of movement to be called a great of your generation.
      “I wonder what people see in Fury that is so intimidating that he can’t be touched?
      “Wladimir Klitschko was his first real challenge and he won that, it took him  eight years to get there — from the amateurs to there and then he had years out and fought Wilder.

      “He has not been in the deep end enough to prove he can swim there for a long time.
      “You don’t just come there once or twice, you have to do it repeatedly against championship-level fighters, that is how you gain my respect.”
      Joshua, 30, also pulled no punches when asked about his hot and cold  relationship with Whyte, who he lost to as an amateur but beat as a pro.
      He said: “I like Dillian as a fighter but I have rooted for some of his competition.

      “Against Derek Chisora, I would have liked to have seen Dillian on his back.

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      Fury is set to go for a third time against Deontay WilderCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      “I just don’t listen to what Dillian has to say. They have always tried to tarnish my career and spoken negatively about me, so I don’t respect those guys.
      “They don’t really sit in the same room as me, I keep a distance from those sorts of people.”
      Joshua also revealed how close he was to quitting boxing before he transformed from a local bad lad to London 2012 golden boy.
      He spent time on remand in prison around 2007 and was arrested again in 2010 when police found him with 8oz  of cannabis.
      He explained: “I was like ‘You know what, f*** this’. I was ready to leave GB Boxing, this s*** ain’t for me.

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      “But what I realised is that as long as  this s***  is not going to kill me, I can always come back tomorrow.
      “So I said, ‘I’m going for broke’ and that is where the ‘Stay Hungry’ came from.
      “You’ve got to stay hungry, stay motivated.”

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      Man City icon David Silva says farewell to the club ten years after Merlin first weaved magic at the club

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      FOR ten years the man known affectionately as Merlin has been weaving his magic for Manchester City.
      But tomorrow David Silva will do his disappearing act from the Premier League as the curtain starts to come down on his  glittering Etihad career.

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      It’s the end of the road for Premier League great and Man City legend David SilvaCredit: AP:Associated Press
      The Spaniard could yet add a Champions League winners medal to his incredible collection next month.
      But whatever happens there, he goes with 11 major domestic gongs — including four titles — and leaves a lifetime of memories for his  thousands of adoring fans.
      Many — including his long-term team-mate Pablo Zabaleta — will tell you that 34-year-old Silva is City’s greatest-ever player.
      Mario Balotelli called him “the slow Messi”, while his partner in crime, Sergio Aguero, described him as a “beacon that will light the club forever”.

      Certainly Silva has been a shining star in an unforgettable era for the blue half of Manchester following his bargain £25million move from  Valencia a decade ago.
      It is hard to believe it now but back in the summer of 2010, he joined a club which had not won any major silverware for 34 YEARS.
      For a man who already had a World Cup and a European  Championship medal, it looked like a bold decision.
      Yet before long, everything City promised him quickly began to fall into place — with Silva a pivotal part of that success. What has happened in the subsequent ten years has exceeded even his wildest dreams.

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      Silva has helped transform City into football royaltyCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Silva said: “They had told us we had a project and it was to win  trophies — and then in my first year we won the FA Cup.
      “The rest is history. We have won a lot of titles since then.
      “As they said to me at the time I joined, that was their project for us and the truth is we made it happen.
      “When you are young, you don’t dream about all of this.
      “You dream about becoming a  professional footballer, you dream of playing in the top flight.
      “But you never think about all the things you could possibly achieve.
      “Even more so now, when I look back at everything I have achieved,  I could never have imagined it —  not even in my wildest dreams.”
      At Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola managed some of the  greatest midfielders the game has  ever seen.

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      It’s been ten years since Silva burst onto the scene at the EtihadCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      So when he took over at the Etihad in 2016 and said he had always wanted to train Silva, you had a  feeling it was going to be a match made in heaven.
      Guardiola ensured his fellow  Spaniard has enjoyed a glorious and fitting swansong to his time at City.
      And Silva said: “I think Pep’s  influence has been huge. What he has done during his time here has been incredible.
      “We have won a lot of trophies and what’s more, we have dominated  football here in England too.
      “The way we play against the big teams and dominate matches is something that requires a lot of hard work.
      “But that’s what he has done. It hasn’t just happened by chance.
      “Thanks to him and the important role he has played, we have won  these trophies.”
      In addition to his influence on the pitch, Silva has been a model pro off it too, never giving the club a minute of trouble in a decade.

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      Silva will never be forgotten by the City faithfulCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      He rarely gives interviews, instead letting his dazzling feet do his talking.
      If he had his time again, he would not change much — which tells you everything about what he has done  in England.
      Silva added: “If I could give a message to myself in 2010, I think I would tell him to do things in the same way that I have — to stay relaxed and to work hard.
      “To try and adapt to the Premier League, to the club, the team-mates, while always trying to learn.
      “I have always tried  my absolute best, to always behave well and I have tried to work very hard too.”
      His form since football’s restart  last month has shown he still has plenty to offer.
      And whoever gets Merlin next  season will benefit hugely from his box of tricks.
      Silva smiled as he said: “I’m older but now I have more experience.
      “When you play and you are older, you feel better on the pitch.
      “I think quicker. I can see things that before I didn’t see.
      “When I was young I had more energy but now I can play better football.”

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      Pep Guardiola will ensure Silva gets the send-off he deserves when fans are allowed back in the EtihadCredit: Reuters
      City have said emotional goodbyes to some of their modern day legends recently in Joe Hart, Zabaleta, Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany.
      That Silva has to bow out in an empty Etihad feels like a huge  injustice after all he has done for  the club.
      But  he will return next season so the supporters can pay a proper  tribute to one of their all-time  favourites.
      He said: “I’m going to miss my team-mates a lot because we have been together for so many years.
      “I just want to say thank you to all the supporters, to the club, to the workers here.
      “They have made my life much  easier and I am grateful for that. I will be blue forever.”
      There have been so many special days and moments through the years but how would Silva himself like to be remembered?
      He added: “As a good guy that enjoys football. I hope the people enjoyed my football as well for all of these years. Simple, really.”

      Surely even fans of City’s bitter rivals would have to admit they have done that now and again.
      English football has been lucky to have such a player all these years.
      Gracias, David.

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      Tottenham will NOT sell Harry Kane this summer as Jose Mourinho prepares to build new look Spurs

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      JOSE MOURINHO has received assurances from Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy that the club will NOT have to sell Harry Kane this summer.
      The North Londoners have been left reeling by the Corona Crunch after a string of concerts and sporting events at their new £1billion stadium were cancelled.

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      Jose Mourinho says Spurs do not have to sell Harry Kane this summer
      After taking out a £175million bridging loan from the Bank of England, there were fears the club might have to cash in on star striker Kane and other key players to avoid plunging even further into the red.
      They also have a staggering £852MILLION stadium loan to repay.
      But manager Mourinho said: “Have I had assurances I will not need to sell key players this summer? Yes.”
      Tottenham travel to Crystal Palace for their final Premier League match of the season tomorrow, still hoping to qualify for the Europa League.

      Mourinho knows with no Champions League football next season, he will have to cut his cloth accordingly in the transfer market.
      He said: “There will be small changes — a big overhaul needs a lot of money.
      “I don’t think there are many clubs ready to buy, buy, buy — the ones that are going to is because they can do it with or without FFP.

      “If they do it, it’s because they feel they can do it.
      “We know what we can do and what is not possible to do.
      “We don’t want to sell our important players and that immediately is a limitation because by not selling big players you also don’t have big incomings.
      “So we are going to be very balanced but again the objective is to improve the squad. I’m totally convinced we’re going to manage.
      “Sometimes a club can improve by giving a better balance to the squad. So we are very calm and our squad next season will be better than this season.”
      Mourinho welcomes back Dele Alli after injury and Eric Dier from suspension for their trip to the Eagles.
      It has been a turbulent season but a relaxed Mourinho, looking more like his old self, is still managing to bring the curtain down with a smile as he insisted he has nothing to prove.

      He said: “I am the champion of the last five matches. You can give that medal now — champion of the last five matches, 13 points.
      “I try to do my best all the time, I’m not worried about proving or not, I try to do the best all the time.
      “My most important match is the next one and my most important season is the next one.
      “It’s not anything that can come from outside that’s going to motivate me more or less or put more or less pressure on me, it’s just my nature. I don’t need that.
      “So I look forward to next season, I want very much to start next season and that’s my nature.

      “It has been a very difficult season for Tottenham with injuries to Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane.
      “Do we think that next season we’re going to be less unlucky?
      “Yes, but at the same time we need to try and protect ourselves — and to protect ourselves is to build a better squad, with a little bit more balance so we can face these negative things.”

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      There’s no problem with VAR but there IS with those who operate it – it’s let football down

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      TWO things happened last week which put a smile on every West Ham United supporter’s face.
      The first was the convincing 3-1 win over Watford last Friday which 95 per cent secured our status in the Premier League.

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      Mark Noble is Mr West Ham and we are lucky to have him
      It was followed by an outstanding performance at Manchester United, which 100 per cent secured it.
      We also celebrated Mark Noble’s 500th senior appearance for West Ham which David Gold and David Sullivan paid tribute to last week.
      It is a quite phenomenal achievement in the modern game but then, as we all know, Mark is quite a phenomenal individual.
      He became just the tenth West Ham player to reach 500 first team appearances when he led out the Irons.

      Noble joins Billy Bonds, Frank Lampard Snr, Bobby Moore, Sir Trevor Brooking, Alvin Martin, Jimmy Ruffell, Steve Potts, Vic Watson and Sir Geoff Hurst in reaching the landmark, becoming the sixth academy graduate to do so.
      He also ranks ninth in games played for a single club in Premier League history.
      Yet his influence here at West Ham extends far beyond his commitment on the pitch.

      Throughout his long and distinguished career, Mark has always cared deeply about the welfare and needs of this club, and the staff who work so hard behind the scenes.
      We are lucky to have such a proficient, professional and dedicated captain. He is a leader in every sense of the word, on and off the pitch.
      Since the league recommenced, we have taken 11 points out of a possible 24 and scored 13 goals.
      It makes me reflect on what might have been this season if we had not had the dark period during it where we lost our goalkeeper and couldn’t keep a clean sheet.
      CRISIS CLUBS
      As this strangest of seasons grinds to a halt tomorrow, I feel sorry for the clubs at the bottom of the table. Of all the years, this is not the year to get relegated.
      The EFL appear to be looking to implement wage caps which are virtually impossible for relegated clubs to comply with.
      Games will still be played behind closed doors when the new season kicks off on September 12, which impacts the financial stability of all clubs — but those in the EFL rely most heavily on gate money.
      CEO of the EFL, Rick Parry, admitted to the select committee it was “difficult to answer” how many might go out of business as a result.
      With one having already dropped into administration, it is hard to be in a league which appears to have so much instability.
      Parry also stated that “parachute payments are an evil that needs to be eradicated” — even though he invented them and relegated clubs rely on them.
      If you get promoted to the Premier League, you owe it to your club to try to retain that status.
      That means massive investment which, if it doesn’t pay off, leads to financial disaster if you are relegated.

      No-one wants a promoted club to do a Blackpool but you might be forced to if relegation means you go into a league which seems to want to operate for the benefit of the lowest common denominator, not the highest, and will impose impossible conditions and fines which only impact you when you least need it to.
      VAR-CICAL
      And finally, VAR. The problem is not actually VAR itself but those that operate it.
      The Premier League shared with us the results of a fan survey.
      Supporters stated their main concerns are the subjectivity of VAR decisions, VAR interrupting goal celebrations, VAR decisions being communicated too slowly and not enough information about decisions that are being reviewed by VAR.
      This is about everything that VAR has to do!
      Which means the supporters, the players, the managers and the executives of the Premier League all share the same concerns.

      When you consider the amazing job the Premier League executive has done to get our football back on after lockdown, what a shame VAR has let football down.
      The Premier League now has to decide if we accept VAR as it currently is or do we do away with it completely?
      When the 17th Premier League meeting of the season concluded yesterday after a long three hours, it was agreed to have this debate at the summer meeting.

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      Mourinho preparing to make Tottenham legend Ledley King part of backroom team after tactical analyst leaves dugout

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      LEDLEY KING could make a return to football as part of Jose Mourinho’s backroom team at Tottenham.
      The White Hart Lane legend is being widely tipped to replace tactical analyst Ricardo Formosinho, who is leaving the club to pursue a career as a head coach.

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      Ledley King looks set to return to Spurs as part of Jose Mourinho’s backroom teamCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      One-club man King, 39, made 323 appearances for the North London club from 1999-2012. He was then a coach in the club’s academy before becoming a club ambassador.
      New boss Mourinho asked the former centre-back and defensive midfielder to come in and do a few training sessions with the club’s defenders before lockdown.
      King was seen on the pitches at Tottenham’s Enfield training HQ with Mourinho before lockdown.

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      Mourinho wants someone closely associated with Spurs to replace Ricardo FormosinhoCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      And now it seems he could be working there more frequently after Mourinho revealed his new coach has already been appointed and is a Spurs man.

      Former stars Ryan Mason and Jonathan Woodgate are other names in the frame after Mourinho said: “Ricardo is leaving and he’s leaving because he feels that he would like to have, in this stage of his career, probably one of his last opportunities, due to his age, to be a head coach.
      “I’m not going to say where of course, that’s up to him, but he’s leaving and we all wish him all the best.

      “Who is coming to replace him?
      “I prefer that it’s the club that’s going to inform you about that but my decision was to go again in one direction that I had before in other clubs which is to help local people to develop, instead of bringing one more assistant with me.

      “So it’ll be someone with a history with the club, connected with the club and let’s try to give him an opportunity because I’m not really a fan of people moving with a lot of assistants and forgetting local talent and people from the house.”

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      This has been football’s craziest year ever – but brought us closer together

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      IT’S over, it’s finally over. The Championship season is finally over.
      My team got promoted. This would be special at the best of times but, after the longest season ever, it’s an unbelievable feeling.

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      West Brom fans celebrate their team’s promotion to the Premier LeagueCredit: PA:Press Association
      It’s over, this weird season, which for several months looked like it might not finish at all. Fans not being allowed to go to matches somehow made it even more nerve-shredding than usual. And it all boiled down to an evening in which the fans of a whole host of teams were to either jump for joy or drown in despair in front of their TVs.
      On Wednesday night my team, West Brom, got themselves promoted by the narrowest of margins right at the end of the very last match, crawling desperately over the finish line.
      At the very same moment Brentford, having won seven straight games since the restart, then lost their second consecutive match to miss out on automatic promotion.
      Their despair was our joy. In turn, their opponents — Barnsley — by winning had saved themselves from relegation, so their joy raged unconfined as Brentford’s players fell to the ground in abject misery.

      Elsewhere, Swansea and Nottingham Forest pulled off a minor mathematical miracle by respectively winning and losing in some style to get into, and fall out of, the playoffs, which start this weekend.
      Fans around the country felt sick to their stomachs, joy in their hearts, horror in their souls.
      All this kind of thing would of course still be true in normal times: the joy of Liverpool fans; the despair at Bournemouth and Watford as they face relegation; the quiet, agonising stress of Aston Villa fans as they pray their players now don’t go and fluff their lines on Sunday.
      But two factors have made this bizarre, crowdless end to the season much more intense. We’ve had to watch alone or perhaps with one or two friends. 

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      West Bromwich Albion players celebrate their side’s promotion at the end of the game against QPRCredit: PA:Press Association
      All in same boat
      There’s been no physical strength in numbers — no fellow travellers to lean on, sing with, laugh with, sob with or hug. It’s been a lonely road at times, and all the tougher for that.
      But in a different way it’s brought us all closer together, because there’s normally a big dividing line between fans of a club. 
      There are those who are there, at the match — and those who aren’t. 
      This last month there has been no divide, we’ve all been in the same boat. And I suspect that for fans around the world that’s been an extra special feeling. Because now, for once, they’ve been equals.
      Ahead of our big promotion game I heard from West Brom fans in Croatia, Australia, France, Italy, New York, California and Japan. We’d all be watching anxiously from the same place, in front of our screens. 
      And as well as fans of my own team I had good wishes from, among others, a Southampton fan I once met in Antigua; a Wolves fan who happens to be a rock god (Robert Plant); and a family of orthodox Jewish Man United fans in Jerusalem who I filmed with five years ago.
      All of this was very nice but ratcheted up the tension to unbelievable levels. 
      At home things had been tense for days.
      My girlfriend, you see, is a Leeds fan. They’d got promoted thanks to us losing last Friday. She kindly kept her celebrations very quiet that day, while I’d just glowered darkly in a most immature fashion. 

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      Brentford’s players appear dejected after the Barnsley match at Griffin ParkCredit: PA:Press Association
      Unbearable
      But she wanted the Albion to be promoted too (she knows what the team’s fortunes do to my mood). The tension was so unbearable she went off to fold some washing.
      Meanwhile at Anfield, my friend Lee Dixon was covering the Liverpool v Chelsea game. 
      As a West Londoner he was hoping for the Brentford goal which would have promoted them instead of us. But he said on 89 minutes he suddenly had an image of me sitting there, in pieces. 
      Lee calls my hair “the squirrel” as he says it looks like one is sitting on my head.
      “I just thought of you tearing your squirrel out”, he said. “And I found myself almost hoping Brentford wouldn’t score. I didn’t think you would survive the trauma.”
      He’s right about that, and possibly about the squirrel too. But then the whistles blew, and we were promoted. 
      The bloke from Antigua, Robert Plant, the Reds of Jerusalem and hundreds of others all texted.
      I thought, randomly, of something Jeremy Paxman, of all people, said to me the other day. 

      He’s not greatly into football but said he always liked the way us fans use the word “we” when we talk about our teams.
      And “we” is what it’s all been about this summer. 
      And I mean “we” not just as in fellow fans of our own teams, but “we” as in all fans of this wonderful game the world over.

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      Social media can be a cesspit of sewer rats.. this is worst year on record for racism in football

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      THIS has been a season we will never forget.
      In terms of football and racism, everybody has seen the discrimination and abuse, including England’s game in Bulgaria and increasingly online.

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      Palace star Zaha is one of those players subjected to sickening racismCredit: Rex Features
      For society, the death of George Floyd made me depressed.
      Then you add coronavirus and the financial implications across football and it becomes a worrying time.
      But there are always things that give hope, like the way football has reacted to Covid-19, with so many clubs doing amazing work in their communities.
      Marcus Rashford’s success with school meals is another and the way football — and players in particular — have responded to Black Lives Matter.

      There is an appetite to turn the words into real, meaningful and long-term action, to do the things needed to create lasting change and opportunities. But we also have to tackle discrimination.
      This will be the worst year on record. We have to stem the tide.
      Online abuse is a massive issue and it can turn into real-world abuse.
      There is no magic wand. Everybody needs to step up to the plate and raise their game.

      And I mean everyone — football, social media companies, government and law enforcement.
      We need the likes of Twitter and Facebook to do more, taking stuff down and also educating the public.

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      Bhandari says this has been the worst year on record and that the time for change is nowCredit: PA:Press Association
      Social media is not all bad. Look at how Rashford used it to create change.
      It also was why we knew about that awful incident in the Haringey versus Yeovil FA Cup tie so quickly.
      But while it can be an absolute fountain of joy, it can also be a cesspit of sewer rats. The problem is there are no real consequences for social media behaviour.
      People feel free to do whatever they want.
      We do not know whether it’s a 12-year old kid in Birmingham who is trolling Ian Wright or Wilfried Zaha, or if it is organised, orchestrated online hate.
      That doesn’t mean a blanket ban on anonymity but every account must have a verification link to a specific person.
      Then it is down to working with law enforcement to make sure appropriate action is taken.
      But the past two months have been a real positive.

      We must go beyond gestures and push for change past the news cycle
      Sanjay Bhandari, Chair of Kick It Out

      People see that what Black Lives Matter stands for is greater equality and fairness. They want to make that happen.
      The challenge now is to go beyond gestures. We have had them before.
      Shiny, high-profile initiatives don’t necessarily solve the problems.
      You have to stay involved when the news cycle has moved on. We need sustained action over four or five years to move the dial.
      Slogans on shirts are not enough. Supporters must know what to do if they see or hear something in a stadium, or on social media.
      It is about the academy player who has been racially abused or bullied having simple guidance about how to respond.
      It is helping the Sunday League player feel confident that a report of abuse will be investigated properly.
      We need concrete actions to change behaviour. Values alone will not.
      There is no quick fix. Culture doesn’t change overnight because someone says it should. It happens gradually.

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      Premier League players have taken a knee since football resumed in support of the Black Lives Matter movementCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd
      Football boardrooms are still white and male, there is still an absence of black coaches, while Asians in football are completely invisible.
      But black players now feel more encouraged to speak out.
      Tyrone Mings, Troy Deeney, Rashford and Raheem Sterling are influencers in their own right, potentially bigger than clubs or any politicians.
      They can change opinions and have the courage to use their platforms responsibly.
      Football is enabling them to do that, which wouldn’t have been the case a few years ago.
      For my generation, the seminal game was West Brom thrashing Manchester United at Old Trafford in 1978.
      Not just for Laurie Cunningham and Cyrille Regis laying that slur about black players and snow to rest but because Gerald Sinstadt, the commentator, called the racism out.
      That was so unusual then. Now you would expect a commentator and the media to talk about it, not brush it under the carpet.

      Having lived in football for 46 years, it feels like George Floyd’s death has changed people. I do think it’s different.
      I’m more confident now.
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      Michail Antonio scooped £250k bonus after netting tenth Prem goal of season against Man Utd

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      MICHAIL ANTONIO landed an incredible £250,000 bonus for scoring West Ham’s penalty against Manchester United.
      The Hammers forward hit the jackpot after reaching 10 Premier League goals for the first time in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at Old Trafford but this was only after normal spot-kick taker Mark Noble stood down.

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      Michail Antonio calmly scored his penalty to continue his, and West Ham’s, fantastic end to the seasonCredit: EPA
      Antonio, 30, renegotiated his last contract in 2017 meaning he would earn £250,000 for getting into double figures but has never previously managed this in the top-flight.
      A £7million bargain from Nottingham Forest five years ago, he has one year left on his current deal but West Ham are offering him a new four-year contract.
      But it is the size of his goal bonus which is staggering even by Premier League standards. Afterwards, Antonio spoke about reaching his goal target.
      He said: “Me and Nobes talked and he asked me what my target was for the season. I said it’s ten goals and it’s been my target for the last five years I’ve been here.
      “I’ve never been able to reach it – I’d got to nine but not ten – so he said if we get a penalty in the next two games he’d give it to me because I’d scored so many important goals for us this month and he believed I would score.
      “I honestly didn’t think we’d get a penalty, and when we got it, I didn’t think he’d still give it to me! But as soon as they made the decision on VAR he said, ‘Are you ready?’ And I said, ‘Yes I am’.

      “I knew where I was going to put it. Because he spoke to me in the week I had a couple of practice penalties, so because I knew where I was going to put it I was confident, and just slotted it home.

      “Nobes will be back on them from Sunday, this was literally so I could hit my target of ten goals for the season and hopefully I can score another in open play!”
      West Ham face Aston Villa on Sunday. More