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      Neil Warnock takes first job outside England as he makes stunning return to management at 75

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      NEIL WARNOCK has been named the new manager of Aberdeen.The 75-year-old has been out of work since leaving Huddersfield earlier this season.
      Neil Warnock has been appointed Aberdeen’s new managerCredit: Aberdeen FC
      Warnock has managed nearly 2000 games during his storied career
      But now he has moved north of the border to join the Scottish Premiership side.
      Speaking about the appointment, Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack said: “From the moment we first spoke with Neil his enthusiasm for managing Aberdeen was infectious.
      “He has had an incredible career in management, not only in terms of volume of games and winning promotions, but also of coming into clubs at short notice and making an immediate impact.
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      “We look forward to Neil, Ronnie and the team pushing hard in the remaining four months of the campaign as we still have a huge amount to play for both in the SPFL Premiership and the Scottish Cup.”
      Warnock’s first game is set to come on Tuesday night when Aberdeen travel to Rangers.
      The Scottish outfit sit just one point adrift of the top six ahead of their trip to Ibrox.
      They are also into the last 16 of the Scottish Cup where they will play Bonnyrigg Rose on Saturday.
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      Warnock’s last job came at Huddersfield where he helped them survive relegation, before he departed in September.
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      Best Neil Warnock quotesHere are some of the most memorable Neil Warnock quotes:
      “I don’t think we’ve got a discipline problem. It’s the players who are thick who are causing the problems.”
      “Matches don’t come any bigger than FA Cup quarter-finals.”
      “When I pass away, I don’t want clapping or a minutes silence. I want a minute’s booing at Bristol City.”
      “The money players are on these days is immoral, but you can’t knock it.”
      “My wife will be glad about Mourinho coming to Bramall Lane because he’s a good looking swine, isn’t he?”
      “I remember the day when they sold Brian Deane and Jan Aage Fjortoft. It was like when President Kennedy got shot.”
      “Forget the boring Premiership; this was a cracking advertisement for the Championship.”
      “For many years I have thought he (El Hadji Diouf) was the gutter type – I was going to call him a sewer rat, but that might be insulting to sewer rats.”

      A number of names had been linked with the Aberdeen job, including ex-Celtic boss Neil Lennon.
      Former Sunderland and Stokes manager Alex Neil was another named mooted.
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      But perhaps the most left-field candidate in the frame was ex-Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere.
      The 32-year-old, who took over as Arsenal U18s head coach in July 2022, is understood to have applied for the position.
      But Aberdeen wanted someone with more experience – and there are few more seasoned than Warnock as he approaches 2000 games in management. More

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      Former Chelsea star reveals the only job Jose Mourinho would take in England after Roma sacking

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      JOSE MOURINHO could still return to England despite his dramatic dismissal from Roma.That is according to Chelsea hero Mario Melchiot, who claims the Three Lions position is probably the only team Mourinho would return to the UK for.
      Jose Mourinho could return to the UK to take over as England bossCredit: Rex
      The Special One had two glittering stints with the Blues as he won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup trophy and three League Cups.
      The Portuguese tactician also won the EFL Cup as well as the Europa League with Manchester United before a two-year stint with Tottenham.
      Melchiot is not sure if the ex-Real Madrid manager has anything left to prove in the Premier League.
      However, the former Birmingham and Wigan star believes the England job poses as a major possibility as long as Mourinho is open to “slowing down” after 24 years of club football.
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      Plus, a lot will depend on how England fare in Euro 2024 with manager Gareth Southgate’s deal running out in December.
      Melchiot told Ladbrokes Fanzone: “Jose Mourinho has always been a strong character, and football teams need characters, whether that’s on the pitch or in the dugout.
      “He’s so instrumental; if you talk to any players who have worked with him, they love him. I wasn’t fortunate enough to work with him during a season, as I left Chelsea just as he arrived in 2004.
      “But I’ve had enough conversations with him over the years to know what he’s like as a person. And whenever I came up against Chelsea in my career, Jose would always go out of his way to stop and talk to me.
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      “He’s the kind of guy who respects good players, whether they’re on his team or not. And if he respects you as a player, he will stop you in the tunnel, and shake your hand. And every time I played against his team, he would do that to me.
      “Do I see him coming back to England? I’m not sure. Why would he? He has done so many great things in this country. He had two spells in charge of Chelsea and was successful in both, he’s also managed Manchester United and Tottenham before going out to Italy.
      Glum Jose Mourinho fights back tears as he leaves Roma training ground after being brutally sacked and replaced
      “I just don’t know what else he’d need to prove in England. What is he going to do next? Go to Liverpool? Probably not. I suppose the only job he might take in England, now, is the national job.
      “It’s something that has been spoken about in the past and, personally, I think that would just come down to what the FA want from their next manager.
      “Then you’ve got to ask whether or not Jose wants to slow down… Taking a national job is a sign of a manager slowing down, because the demands of that kind of role are completely different to those within club football management.
      “Everyone knows how he likes to play, so you’ve got to look at that, too. His style of play… Does that suit England right now, and where they want to be?
      “If England want him, then he’s a great name to bring in when Gareth Southgate moves on, for sure.”
      Chelsea hero Mario Melchiot claims Mourinho may not be done with English footballCredit: Getty More

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      Galatasaray complete shock double Premier League raid… the day AFTER transfer window shut

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      GALATASARAY have signed Premier League duo Serge Aurier and Carlos Vinicius.The Turkish giants completed both transfers after last week’s deadline.
      Serge Aurier has joined Galatasaray in a permanent transfer from Nottingham ForestCredit: Getty
      Carlos Vinícius has joined the Turkish side on loan from FulhamCredit: Getty
      Aurier, 31, joined the club in a deal worth just £85,300 following a 16-month spell with Nottingham Forest.
      An official statement from Galatasaray read: “An agreement has been reached with professional football player Serge Alain Stephane Aurier and his club Nottingham Forest Football Club Limited regarding the transfer of the player.
      “Accordingly, a transfer fee of 100,000 euros will be paid to the football player’s former club. A contract has been signed with the football player until the end of the 2023/2024 season.
      “Accordingly, our football player will be paid a net guarantee fee of 600,000 euros and a net signing fee of 150,000 euros for the 2023/2024 season.”
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      Aurier will become a free agent this summer unless he agrees a contract extension with the Super Lig side.
      Galatasaray have also completed a loan deal for Fulham striker Carlos Vinicius.
      The 28-year-old joins the club on a temporary basis until the end of the season.
      An additional statement from Galatasaray, released just 10 minutes before Aurier’s announcement, read: “An agreement has been reached with professional football player Carlos Vinicius Alves Morais and his club Fulham Football Club Limited regarding the temporary transfer of the player for the 2023-2024 season.
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      “Accordingly, a net temporary transfer fee of 600,000 euros will be paid to the football player’s club.
      “The football player will be paid a net season wage of 600,000 euros for the 2023-2024 season.”
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      Vinicius has been limited to just two Premier League starts this season and 16 appearances across all competitions. More

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      Arsenal fans say ‘good news on a Monday morning’ as key defender signs new long-term contract

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      TAKEHIRO TOMIYASU is set to sign a new long-term contract with Arsenal.According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, the defender has already agreed terms with the Gunners.
      Takehiro Tomiyasu is set to sign a new Arsenal contractCredit: Getty
      Mikel Arteta was reportedly eager to tie him down to a new deal.
      Tomiyasu is the latest star to commit his future to Arsenal, following the likes of Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba.
      Arsenal fans were thrilled to wake up to news of the defender’s contract extension on Monday morning, with one person tweeting: “Mr irreplaceable is here to stay. COYG.”
      Another added: “Good news on a Monday morning.”
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      A third wrote: “A big part of our squad when fully fit. Great move by Arsenal to extend his deal.”
      While a fourth commented: “What a start to the day.”
      Tomiyasu joined Arsenal in a £20million transfer from Bologna in 2021 and has since made 73 first team appearances.
      Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Napoli expressed an interest in signing the defender in January, but Arteta refused to let him leave.
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      The Gunners are also in talks with Ben White over a new deal.
      Arteta wants to keep the nucleus of his squad together until 2027 and beyond. More

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      Carragher in war of words with ex-Premier League star Fjortoft over Odegaard’s Arsenal celebrations against Liverpool

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      JAMIE CARRAGHER was embroiled in a war of words with ex-Premier League star Jan Aage Fjortoft over Martin Odegaard’s celebration.Odegaard’s Arsenal blew the title race wide open by helping the Gunners to a 3-1 win over Liverpool at the Emirates.
      Martin Odegaard took the club photographer’s cameraCredit: Rex
      Jamie Carragher aimed a dig at OdegaardCredit: Rex
      But Jan Aage Fjortoft hit back at OdegaardCredit: Getty
      And he celebrated by taking the camera off club photographer Stuart MacFarlane to snap a shot of his own.
      Liverpool legend Carragher reacted by using an iconic Neil Warnock dressing room quote.
      He posted on X, formerly Twitter: “By all means enjoy it, but enjoy it by being disciplined!”
      Fjortoft, formerly of Middlesbrough and Sheffield United, responded: “Come on @Carra23 Let Martin show his passion!
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      “Also on the pitch. Let him have this moment with his mates at @Arsenal like @Stuart_PhotoAFC.
      “Nothing to do with being disciplined or not. Football could do with more people express their love for the game
      “I know you deep inside agree with me, mate.”
      Carragher hit back: “Jan it’s a joke about a Neil Warnock quote, FFS!
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      “I like the way you’ve tagged them all in including the camera man so you get the retweets & likes you want.
      “I thought the camera stuff was a bit OTT, a bit like your claim that Mo Salah would leave Liverpool!”
      Fjortoft then responded: “Yes, Jamie! I tagged in the Arsenal- photographer Stuart MacFarlane, cause he has been at Arsenal since 1991.
      “And he deserves all the praise – I guess that’s the same Arsenal- captain Martin Ø thought after their win.
      “In terms of your last line… only a thief sees who is stealing.”
      Warnock infamously hit his Sheffield United players with the disciplined team talk before an FA Cup clash against Arsenal.
      And he also joined in the banter with Carragher, telling him: “Love listening to your opinions Carra, but get your own catchphrase!” More

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      Kylian Mbappe ‘CHOOSES next club’ ahead of summer transfer exit after Real Madrid and Liverpool battled for PSG star

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      KYLIAN MBAPPE has reportedly decided where he will be playing his club football next season.The PSG star has found himself in a drawn out transfer battle with Real Madrid and Liverpool amongst the clubs fighting for his signature.
      Kylian Mbappe has reportedly chosen his next clubCredit: AFP

      Mbappe’s current deal in Paris expires at the end of the season when he will become a free agent.
      And according to French outlet Le Parisien, the 25-year-old has decided that he will join Real Madrid when that deal comes to an end in the summer.
      It is reported that Madrid are optimistic that they can get a deal done for Mbappe who is expected to sign a contract that will see him take a pay-cut from his current terms at PSG.
      But the superstar is said to be negotiating terms that would still make him the highest earner at Los Blancos.
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      Real Madrid have long been eyeing a deal for Mbappe, but other suitors have also been linked with the World Cup winner.
      It was claimed that Liverpool are “serious candidates” to convince the pacy bagsman to make a Premier League switch.
      While PSG are said to be doing their best to convince Mbappe to remain at the Parc des Princes.
      After Foot RMC reported that the Ligue 1 outfit are willing to offer their man a never-before-seen contract that would see him earn a jaw-dropping £1.8MILLION PER WEEK.
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      The Parisians reportedly accepted a world-record £259m bid for Mbappe from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in the summer.
      But the former Monaco man turned down the opportunity to ply his trade in the Middle East in favour of remaining in Europe.
      Mbappe has been free to negotiate with clubs outside of Ligue 1 since January 1 as he heads into the final six months of his contract.
      He continues to impress on the pitch despite the swirling speculation around his future going on off of it.
      The France international has netted 20 goals and registered four assists in his 19 league appearances this season. More

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      Inside the rise of Conor Bradley, the ‘gift from God’ who turned down Man Utd and Chelsea to become Liverpool star

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      CONOR BRADLEY called his first Liverpool goal “a dream” but few back in Aghyaran will be surprised he is now living his fantasy.For them it was only a matter of when, not if, the kid from a hamlet in Northern Ireland would make it big.
      Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp hailed Conor Bradley after the win over ChelseaCredit: PA
      The Northern Irish ace is known as ‘a gift from God’ back in West TyroneCredit: PA
      Yet it was in this tiny place in West Tyrone, population 1,384, that Bradley became known as “a gift of God”.
      Everybody who knew him knew that and Jurgen Klopp now knows it too.
      From playing for Dungannon Swifts as a winger, to the organised violence of Gaelic football with St Davogs or becoming Northern Ireland’s primary school cross-country running champion all who knew him believed he would fulfil whatever dream he chose.
      Swifts head of development Dixie Robinson, who signed him aged 14, revealed: “He had tactical know-how beyond his years.
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      “He had a lot of talent to go with that and every time you stepped him up, he answered the call.
      “Conor was a gift of God and a ­fantastic young man.”
      At the right-back’s primary school St Patrick’s, five miles down the road in Castlederg where he was born, they speak of him with fondness, declaring: “He’s a great friend. What marked him out was his temperament and ability to include everyone at play.”
      Tommy Moss of St Davogs GAA said: “Everyone is so very proud of him because he’s really down to earth, a lovely fella, none of this will go to his head. 
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      “That  attitude is everything to do with why he’s made it.”
      His coach at first club St Patricks marvelled after Bradley, 20,  set up two goals in the 5-2 FA Cup win over Norwich last Sunday.
      And then he added another couple of assists plus that unforgettable goal in Wednesday’s 4-1 battering of Chelsea. Rory Lynch said: “His football brain always set him out — he was doing things no one else could do.”
      Manchester United and Chelsea had him over for trials but he had always supported Liverpool.
      By 2019 he was an Anfield academy player and in 2021  Ian Baraclough gave him his debut as a sub against Malta.
      Baraclough, now No 2 at Cheltenham, said: “What Conor shows every time he plays is energy and enthusiasm.
      “When a young lad like that comes into a team it gives everyone a lift.
      “He is  quiet but  there’s a glint in his eye. I suspect there’s a naughty side there — but it will be funny, not nasty.” More

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      Ex-Man Utd ace Jesse Lingard on verge of shock free transfer to South Korea after eight months unemployed

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      JESSE LINGARD is on the verge of completing a shock move to South Korean side FC Seoul.The former Manchester United midfielder has been a free agent since leaving Nottingham Forest in the summer.
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      Jesse Lingard is set to complete a surprise transfer to FC SeoulCredit: Getty
      According to Sky Sports, Lingard has verbally agreed a two-year deal with the option of a further year to join FC Seoul.
      The 31-year-old is expected to fly to South Korea to complete the deal in the coming days.
      FC Seoul are six-time K League champions and have twice reached the final of the Asian Champions League.
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      Their squad includes former Swansea and Newcastle midfielder Ki Sung-yeung, who helped the club to a seventh place finish in 2023.
      Lingard had been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia this month.
      However, Al-Shabab were unable to complete the deal before the Saudi Pro League window slammed shut.
      A number of Turkish clubs had also been monitoring Lingard, who even offered himself to Barcelona.
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      He has been available since his Forest deal expired at the end of June last year.
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      Lingard made 20 appearances during his solitary season at the City Ground, scoring twice.
      The former England international has also appeared in the Premier League for the Red Devils and West Ham. More