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      Man Utd centre-back transfer target reveals he rejected summer move over fears he would ‘make a mistake’

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      MANCHESTER UNITED transfer target Jean-Clair Todibo didn’t join the Red Devils this summer over fears he’d make a “mistake”.Todibo, 23, was heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford last month.
      Todibo revealed he didn’t want to ‘make a mistake’ when asked about joining UnitedCredit: Rex
      The Red Devils approached OGC Nice over a potential swoop just before deadline day, but a deal failed to materialise.
      And now the defender has opened up about why he decided against joining Erik ten Hag’s side.
      Todibo told L’Equipe: “I’m not going to lie and say that I didn’t have the thought to tell myself that perhaps I should play in a ‘top club’ to increase my chances [of playing for France], but there are also guarantees when playing at Nice.”
      When pressed about rumours linking him to Man Utd, he added: “I experienced it differently from my previous situations in my career.
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      “My thinking was much more in-depth, thoughtful. I didn’t want to make a mistake in my choice. I remained very calm.
      “Reflection is much more important than when I started. I’m waiting to be presented with the complete project.
      “What is expected of me? Why am I coming? You shouldn’t arrive at a club like that. I know what I have at Nice. Why go into the unknown?
      “So, everything must be clear. My first transfer, I was 18 years old. The thinking was not as thorough.”
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      Todibo joined Nice from Barcelona in 2021 and has since made 106 appearances.
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      Lamine Yamal ‘lined up for shock summer transfer to Premier League but Barcelona blocked move for record-breaking teen’

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      MANCHESTER CITY tried to sign Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal this summer, according to a club chief.The two clubs have conducted a number of deals in recent years, with former City captain Ilkay Gundogan joining Barca this summer.
      Manchester City tried to sign Lamine YamalCredit: Getty
      Joao Cancelo also signed for the Spanish giants on loan until the end of the season.
      In return City tried to sign 16-year-old Lamine Yamal, according to Barcelona board member Enric Masip.
      He told Radio Marca: “Lamine Yamal and Balde were in serious danger of leaving this summer because there is a club that tried to poach them.”
      But Barca blocked the move from happening and they are now plotting a contract extension for the youngster.
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      Yamal is set to be offered a three-year deal – the maximum that can be given to a player of his age.
      The Spaniard impressed in pre-season for Barca and he has been rewarded for his fine form with minutes for the first-team this season.
      He has featured in all four LaLiga games so far and even has two assists.
      Barcelona boss Xavi is a big fan of Yamal and predicted a bright future for the teenager.
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      He said after Barcelona’s win over Villarreal: “He is a very good player. Very unbalancing, very electric, a difficult opponent to cover. He has a great future.”
      Yamal has also burst on to the international scene and set a new record for the youngest player to represent Spain when he made his debut against Georgia last week. More

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      Jurgen Klopp fumes at journalist and rants ‘you can’t wait until December to ask this?’ ahead of Wolves vs Liverpool

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      JURGEN KLOPP let rip at a journalist after being asked about Mohamed Salah’s future.The Liverpool star was a target of Saudi Arabia but the club held off Al-Ittihad who were prepared to bid a staggering £215MILLION.
      Jurgen Klopp was not impressed when asked about Mohamed Salah’s futureCredit: AFP
      The Liverpool winger is wanted by Saudi side Al-IttihadCredit: Getty
      Al-Ittihad were ready to offer Salah, 31, a staggering £1.8m-per-week.
      Klopp would have been relieved to see his star player stay at the club.
      However, rumours that the Saudi club will try again for him will not go away.
      The manager was asked about a reported January move that could see Salah leave Anfield, and he was not impressed.
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      He fumed back: “A week after the transfer window, you ask about January? Are you kidding?
      “You can’t wait! I’m not worried, we will see what happens.”
      Liverpool had a busy summer window as the club replaced the entire midfield.
      Stars such as Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and James Milner left the club, while Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo joined.
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      Despite the turnover of players, Klopp has insisted that he is “happy” with his squad.
      He added: “I’m happy. I was with the midfield we had over the years.
      “They were super characters, grew fantastically into different roles from younger players.
      “It was a big task to replace them but I’m happy with what we’ve got.”
      Liverpool return to Premier League action with a trip to Wolves as they hope to maintain their unbeaten start to the season.
      However, Klopp is not expecting an easy match.
      He said: “It is a difficult place to go. The Premier League is the Premier League.
      “If you ask if there are any grounds where we think we have the points already, there are none.
      “Wolves lost a few key players but you look at the line up and think they have quality. A really good football team.” More

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      Forgotten Premier League star joins MLS revolution on free transfer after four months unemployed

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      A FORMER Premier League star has ended four months of unemployment by joining MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps.Winger Junior Hoilett has been a familiar name in the upper echelons of English football for the past 15 years.
      Junior Hoilett has signed a one-year deal with Vancouver WhitecapsCredit: Twitter @@WhitecapsFC
      The winger left Reading after last season’s relegation to League OneCredit: Getty
      Now the Canadian international has returned to his homeland on a deal until the end of the season following this summer’s departure from Reading.
      The 33-year-old snubbed a move to link up with his former Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock at Huddersfield Town in order to join the Whitecaps.
      And the club’s director, Axel Schuster, is delighted to have him on board.
      He said: “Junior brings a wealth of experience and leadership to our group.
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      “He has played a key role with Canada’s men’s national team over the years, having most recently helped Canada finish at the top of Concacaf qualifying for the World Cup and was the captain at the Gold Cup.
      “We are very pleased to welcome Junior and his family to the club.”
      Hoilett arrived at Blackburn Rovers in 2003 from amateur club Oakville SC and he quickly progressed through their academy alongside the likes of Phil Jones.
      After loan spells in Germany with Paderborn and St Pauli, he went on to become a regular in the Premier League for Rovers and made his debut against Manchester City on the opening day of the 2009/10 season.
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      Hoilett left in 2012 to sign for QPR but tasted relegation with the Hoops.
      However, he played a key role in helping them return to the Premier League after just one season but he departed in 2016 when his contract expired to sign for Warnock at Cardiff.
      He once again tasted top-flight action and then relegation with the Bluebirds during his five-year stint in Wales, which produced 23 goals in 173 league appearances.
      Having fallen out of favour under Mick McCarthy, he left Cardiff to sign for Reading in 2021.
      But his second season there ended in relegation to League One from the Championship and he snubbed a contract extension to become a free agent in June.
      “Wonderful surprise! Welcome to Vancouver,” wrote one fan reacting to his latest transfer move.
      Another declared that Hoilett was “gonna tear it up” while another tweeted: “Looking forward to those smooth silky moves that Junior has.” More

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      Fulham ‘still plan to SELL Joao Palhinha with new contract not changing Bayern Munich transfer exit in January’

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      FULHAM are reportedly still planning on selling Joao Palhinha to Bayern Munich despite him signing a new contract.The Portuguese star was set to join the Bundesliga giants on transfer deadline day until the move collapsed.
      Fulham are reportedly still planning on selling Joao Palhinha after he signed a new contractCredit: Getty
      Palhinha, 28, was at Bayern and was even believed to have posed with a club shirt.
      Fulham were unable to sign a replacement, with Manchester United’s Scott McTominay reportedly the favourite to arrive at Craven Cottage.
      This meant that the club pulled the plug on Palhinha’s move to Bayern.
      The midfielder has since signed a new deal with the Cottagers.
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      Fabrizio Romano, however, has claimed that Bayern still want to sign Palhinha and will move for him in January.
      The transfer guru has also suggested that the midfielder’s new contract was “key” after the drama on deadline day.
      He continues to suggest that Fulham are still planning on selling Palhinha for a “huge fee” next summer.
      Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel believes that his squad is still “thin” despite the arrivals of high-profile stars such as Harry Kane, Kim Min-jae and Konrad Laimer.
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      Palhinha has been backed to still make the move to Bayern, with his agent brother Goncalo suggesting that the transfer has merely been  “postponed”.
      He said: “They didn’t kill the dream, they just postponed it.
      “Very proud of my brother and the player I represent.”
      Tuchel has also been asked whether his side could return for Palhinha in the future.
      He said: “I have no opinion on that. There’s no point in thinking about it now. He plays at Fulham and we play here without him.
      “In winter we have to see. Things change sometimes, you can’t predict that.”
      After signing his new contract, Palhinha said: “I feel happy. A lot of history happened these few weeks for me, you heard a lot of things about my future, but I’m just focused on my work at Fulham.
      “I always have 100 per cent commitment with this club, I have all the respect for the club, for the fans. Since the first day, they supported me a lot, and me and my family felt this since the first moment that I arrived here.
      “I have a lot of respect for everyone here in Fulham and I am ready to start again, to give all my best, and I want to achieve good things.” More

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      Jadon Sancho lined up for shock switch to Premier League strugglers with Man Utd outcast ‘open to January transfer’

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      JADON SANCHO is reportedly wanted by Nottingham Forest amid his fallout with Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag.The winger’s Old Trafford future is up in the air after he hit out at Ten Hag following the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal.
      Jadon Sancho has been linked to Nottingham ForestCredit: Getty
      Sancho issued a statement, which has since been deleted, denying Ten Hag’s claim he had been left out because he wasn’t training well enough, and insisted he was being made a scapegoat.
      The winger was subsequently banished from first-team training after Sancho refused to apologise for his outburst, with his days at the club looking numbered
      According to Manchester Evening News Sancho is open to a January transfer – and there is no shortage of interest.
      Nottingham Forest are the latest club to be linked to the 23-year-old, who signed Anthony Elanga from United in the summer.
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      Sancho’s former side Borussia Dortmund is also rumoured to be interested with a potential loan deal being offered.
      Saudi Arabia side Al-Ettifaq, who are managed by Steven Gerrard, made a late move for Sancho in the summer transfer window but ran out of time to complete a deal.
      Sancho’s row with Ten Hag exploded after he hit out the manager’s comments on social media with a bombshell statement.

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      Ten Hag said “n his performance on training, we didn’t select him”.
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      To which Sancho wrote: “I will not allow people saying things that is completely untrue, I have conducted myself in training very well this week.
      “I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into, I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair!
      “All I want to do is play football with a smile on my face and contribute to my team.
      “I respect all decisions that are made by the coaching staff, I play with fantastic players and grateful to do so which I know every week is a challenge.
      “I will continue to fight for this badge no matter what.” More

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      Bayern Munich told they should have signed in-form rival instead of Harry Kane as Tuchel aims sly transfer dig

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      THOMAS TUCHEL has scoffed at a rival manager for suggesting Bayerm Munich should have signed Victor Boniface instead of Harry Kane.Tuchel paid £104million for England skipper Kane, while new £18m Bayer Leverkusen frontman Boniface has been compared to Erling Haaland.
      Harry Kane has notched three goals in four games for BayernCredit: Rex
      Victor Boniface has four goals from Leverkusen’s three league winsCredit: EPA
      Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart claimed if he was Bayern boss he would have targeted the Nigerian 22-year-old over Tottenham legend Kane, 30.
      But Tuchel believes the comparison is ridiculous.
      He described Boniface as “a totally different type of player” – then teased Baumgart.
      Ex-Chelsea manager Tuchel said: “It’s good that Cologne’s coach is concerned about our market.
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      “If we had known earlier, we would have expanded our transfer committee to nine people.”
      Nonetheless, pound for pound, and in plain stats, Baumgart has a strong case for backing Boniface as the dream strike recruit for Bundesliga clubs.
      Younger than Kane by eight years, he has helped blitz Leverkusen to the top of the table with four goals from their three wins in three games.
      Champions Bayern, in second place, are the only other team to have won all their three German top-flight matches this term.
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      Three Lions’ record scorer Kane has notched three goals in his four appearances since arriving at Munich last month.
      Tuchel said on Thursday the Londoner was already showing he’ll become an “absolute success” for Bayern.
      And German outlet BILD claim Kane has quickly established himself within the dressing room as one of Bayern’s three most senior figures.
      Thomas Muller and Joshua Kimmich share that status – with club captain and fellow Germany star Manuel Neuer slipping down the list.
      Meanwhile, Boniface has continued his astonishing rise of the past four years.
      He totalled 23 goals and eight assists from 66 matches as he twice won the Norwegian top-tier title with Bodo/Glimt.
      Then 17 goals and 12 assists in 51 games last term for Belgium’s Union Saint-Gilloise persuaded Leverkusen to splash out for him.
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      Premier League cult hero Mario Balotelli ‘seeks return to former club after becoming unemployed at 33’

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      ADANA DEMIRSPOR want to bring Mario Balotelli back to Turkey, according to reports.The Italian spent the 2021-22 season with the Turkish Super Lig team.
      Mario Balotelli spent last season at FC SionCredit: AFP
      He departed last year to join Swiss side FC Sion.
      But, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Sion have agreed to terminate Balotelli’s contract.
      He adds that Adana Demirspor will explore the possibility of bringing the striker back.
      Balotelli, 33, scored 19 goals in 35 appearances for Adana.
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      But things went less well in Switzerland, where Super Mario scored six times in 19 games.
      He did provide a leadership figure, however, earning the captain’s armband.
      But unfortunately he couldn’t prevent his side from being relegated.
      Balotelli achieved cult hero status in the Premier League during his time at Manchester City.
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      He arrived at the Etihad in 2010 after signing from Inter Milan.
      The maverick forward spent three seasons at Eastlands, helping City win their first Premier League title in 2012.
      Balotelli scored 30 goals in 80 appearances for City.
      But his only assist was the contribution that really mattered, setting up Sergio Aguero for his iconic league-winning moment.
      He later returned to the Prem for what would be a less successful spell at Liverpool.
      The Italy international managed just four goals in 28 games for the Reds.
      During his career he has also played for AC Milan, Nice, Marseille, Brescia and Monza.
      Baotelli, 33, spent the 2021-22 season with Adana DemirsporCredit: Getty More