Paul Lambert hails Villa display

Paul Lambert was delighted after watching his Aston Villa side record their first win of the season thanks to goals from newcomers Matthew Lowton and Christian Benteke.

Right-back Lowton broke the deadlock with a 20-yard first-half volley from the edge of the box, and substitute Benteke wrapped up the points with two minutes left after being put clean through thanks in large part to a poor back header from Swansea defender Ashley Williams. Lambert told Sky Sports:

“I thought it was an exceptional performance. I thought we were absolutely brilliant from the off and I thought we thoroughly deserved to win the game. I know people’s euphoria, with a new manager coming in, but it’ll take time and this is just the start we wanted so we’ve done great. The young lads have done really well against an experienced Swansea side, but on the day I thought we were worthy of the result.”

The Scot was also pleased with the display of full-back Lowton and £7million striker Benteke, and will be hoping the pair can maintain their form heading into this weekend’s tough trip to St. Mary’s to face Southampton.

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Newcastle fans laugh off Slimani asking price

Newcastle fans can’t believe the asking price for Islam Slimani, after reports claimed Leicester want at least £17.5million for the striker.

According to the Chronicle, Leicester City will demand “in excess of £17.5m” for the struggling Slimani this summer, which will likely rule Newcastle out of the chase.

The Algerian international, who has an impressive hit rate of 27 goals in 56 caps for his country, failed to impress on his loan spell with the Magpies.

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The towering striker moved to Tyneside in January, as Rafael Benitez tried desperately to add some goals to his side on a shoestring budget.

While the loan additions of Kenedy and Martin Dubravka were huge successes for the Magpies, Slimani barely played because of an on-going thigh injury, and failed to score in the four appearances he made towards the end of the season.

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Benitez is once again in dire need of some firepower up front, but the Chronicle report suggests that firepower won’t come from the Algerian, as the manager moves on to the next target on his long striker shortlist.

Fans are clearly in agreement that the Algerian is simply not worth that much, and some of the best Twitter reactions can be found below…

HYS: Should Ross Barkley start vs Liverpool?

Everton gaffer Sam Allardyce has made it clear Ross Barkley is available to the Premier League’s top clubs this month, claiming the Toffees are expecting offers to arrive before the end of the January transfer window.

The 24-year-old is one of the top talents at Goodison Park but hasn’t featured for the Merseysiders since his move to Chelsea collapsed during the final days of the summer window due to a long-term injury.

It seems Allardyce is already planning for life without the 22-cap England international but could the attacking midfielder still make one final outing for his boyhood club?

Everton travel to Anfield this weekend to take on local rivals Liverpool in the Third Round of the FA Cup, when we usually see Premier League managers make significant changes to their starting line-up following a hectic Christmas period.

And while it may seem wasteful to start a player who looks set to leave before the end of the month, an outing at Anfield could be just the ticket for reminding potential suitors of Barkley’s abilities.

So, should Barkley make a shock start against Liverpool on Friday night? Let us know by voting below…

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Will international success be the icing on the cake?

Jose Mourinho is undoubtedly one of the top managers around and arguably the best. Even though he finished this season without winning any trophies for Real Madrid, he has made an impact and triumphed with every team he has managed during his already illustrious career.

During his time at Porto, the ‘Special One’ won the Primeira Liga twice and the Portuguese Cup and Super Cup once. He also lifted the Europa League and the Champions League trophies with the Dragons.

With his current team Chelsea he has won the Premier League in two consecutive years, the League Cup twice and the FA Cup, as well as the Community Shield. In Italy he won the treble with Inter Milan (Serie A, Coppa Italia and the Champions League) as well as the 2008 Italian Super Cup. Even before this year’s dry spell he managed to win La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup with Los Merengues.

Mourinho has travelled the world and succeeded everywhere but what’s missing for the successful coach?

Three days ago Mourinho told the Independent that the FA asked him to coach the England national team six years ago and he declined because he felt that the long periods of inactivity would distract him. Now, if Mou joined England that year he would have never had the glory he experienced at Italy and Spain. But what if he became England’s manager now? Wouldn’t the European Championship and more importantly the World Cup act as a huge goal for the 50-year-old manager?

England are currently a team that has been experiencing a dry spell for a long period of time, and the last big trophy they won was way back in 1966. The fans seem disappointed with their players and the team looks to have taken a permanent back seat to the giants of Spain, Germany and Brazil. If there is one coach in the world we know has slayed giants everywhere he has been, it’s Jose Mourinho. From the 2004 Porto underdog story all the way to dethroning Barcelona, Mourinho has done it all and has beaten them all. Why would the international level be any different?

Mourinho has also expressed interest in England’s young talent. He told the Independent that he was very “open-minded” about young players and added that English teams should push the young footballers more. He added that he would like to help the English youth football with his experience, once he learned more about it, and what a better way to do that and promote talented young players as England’s manager?

During his career, the Portuguese managed to mould the skills of talented youngsters such as Mario Balotelli at Inter Milan as well as Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema at Real Madrid. Therefore, the ‘Special One’ could easily work with the young rising stars of England’s national team such as Phil Jones, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Rodwell.

One thing that could also lure more fans into England games is Mourinho’s playing style. The Chelsea coach has always been a fan of attacking football and most of his tactics are based on that game plan. Football fans around the world are all admirers of this sort of football as they want to see goals and chances being created at the opposing net.

England’s last game at the Euro 2012 against Italy featured the Three Lions’ game plan being anything but attractive, as Italy dominated possession by 63 per cent. Furthermore, Italy had a minimum of 59 successful passes, 31 shots (18 on target) and seven corners. England only had a minimum of 18 passes, eight shots, four on target and three corners. That is something that the Three Lions fans would rarely see with Mourinho.

The former Real Madrid coach made a very good point as he would indeed be experiencing a long period of inactivity where he would have to be content to just visit other teams’ practice and assess the players through other coaches’ training methods and would also have to watch every single match per week to monitor the talent. That way he could possibly lose his edge.

But let’s take Vicente Del Bosque, Spain’s manager, for example. The Furia Roja are arguably the best team in the world, after winning two European Championships in a row and the 2010 World Cup, with players such as Andres Iniesta, Juan Mata and David Silva. There is no way Del Bosque couldn’t get any credit for that success (except Euro 2008) as he is the one calling the shots at the team and he is the one working the systems. The Spaniard didn’t lack any glory beforehand as he won La Liga and the Champions League twice as well as the 2001 Spanish Super Cup and the 2002 UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid.

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The same goes for Marcello Lippi, who has won the Serie A five times with Juventus as well as one Coppa Italia, four Italian Super Cups, one European Super Cup and one Champions League with La Vecchia Signora. When the Italian manager took over at Italy’s national team he managed to bring the country on the top of the mountain at the 2006 World Cup. Therefore, he as well didn’t lose his edge after picking a completely different schedule, so why would Mourinho suffer this sort of fate?

As said above, if Mou succeeded Steve McClaren in 2007 he would probably not have the fame he has right now, unless he won trophies with England. Truth is though that the World Cup and the Euro would work as great targets for Mourinho to get his rightful place in greatness a lot earlier than he will get it. That doesn’t mean he has nothing to win in the Premier League as he is back to a team that saw great success under his leadership and could bring the Blues back on top after three years. From then on, who knows…?

England under-21’s beat Azerbaijan

England under-21’s have beaten their equivalents from Azerbaijan 2-0 on Thursday night in Baku.

Goals from Liverpool’s Jonjo Shelvey and Tottenham’s Steven Caulker secured victory for the visitors, who are now five points clear at the top of their UEFA under-21 championships qualifying group.

With only a fixture against Norway left to play, Stuart Pearce has admitted that he is pleased with the progress made by his team.

“We are pleased to have won the match and hopefully that puts us in a situation that sees us in the play-offs,” The Guardian quotes Pearce as saying.

“We gave our best. We’ve played better, but this was my strongest team available.

“Whenever you play international football, there is an expectation on your team and we knew Norway were putting pressure on us to win the group with their game tonight, in Belgium.

“I think it was the game we expected it to be, a very tight game.

“Azerbaijan are an improving nation. The first two group games were difficult for them, coming to England and Belgium.

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“Since then, their results have been very, very good,” he concluded.

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Liverpool should not entertain Salah offers, even for three Real Madrid stars

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp would request three Real Madrid players in a deal that would involve Mohamed Salah moving to the Bernabeu, according to Don Balon.

What’s the story?

Salah has been a revelation for the Reds this season having scored 43 goals in all competitions so far.

There were some doubts over the Egyptian international’s ability when he arrived at Anfield from Roma last summer due to his failed spell at Chelsea.

However, the 25-year-old has since proved all critics wrong by putting in some sensational performances as part of Jurgen Klopp’s front three.

Salah’s form has understandably attracted interest from other clubs, and according to Don Balon, Liverpool’s Champions League final opponents Madrid are keen to sign the attacker.

The report adds that if a deal were to be struck, Klopp would want three players from Los Blancos, including Gareth Bale, Mateo Kovacic and goalkeeper Keylor Navas.

Should Liverpool consider a deal?

Having Bale as a like-for-like replacement for Salah would have been a great coup a season ago, but the Welshman has struggled with injuries since.

There is no doubt that the former Tottenham Hotspur star is capable of creating magic, but his fitness issues present a huge risk for Klopp.

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Salah may be having a slight lull given that he has failed to score in his last three appearances in all competitions, but selling the Egyptian international this summer is unthinkable from Liverpool’s point of view.

With regards to Kovacic, the midfielder could fill a hole left behind by Emre Can if the German international leaves at the end of the season.

Plus, Navas would certainly replace Loris Karius as number one goalkeeper, but losing Salah in the process would weaken the side.

5 worst Manchester United players of all-time

With Angel Di Maria departing Manchester United and Pedro reportedly set to replace him, our Red Devils fans in the Football Transfer Tavern are questioning just where he belongs on a list of all-time United flops.

In truth, United’s record signing actually started quite well and will most fondly be remembered for that sumptuous goal away at Leicester City last term despite going down 5-3 in one of the most entertaining games of the season.

From there on in however, it was a steady decline for the former Real Madrid winger who got sent off against Arsenal in the FA Cup defeat at Old Trafford before becoming a high profile substitute behind the likes of Ashley Young at the tail end of the campaign.

Despite turning out to be an incredibly disappointing signing given the lavish fee that was splashed on his talents, our United fans agree there have been a series of other players who were that much worse than the Argentine during their respective spells at Old Trafford.

Before we reveal too much, our United supporting punters have put their heads together while devising their five worst Manchester United players of all-time.

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Click on the image below to reveal what we believe to be the 5 worst Manchester United players of all-time.

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Massimo Taibi

Just the utterance of ‘Massimo Taibi’ strikes up nightmares for Manchester United fans who in association with his pronunciation comes not so fond memories of a home fixture with Southampton in September 1999.

Turning out to be the game which defined his short and not so sweet spell at Old Trafford, the Italian stopper endured an absolute nightmare between the sticks on that day where he let a long range strike from Matt Le Tissier slither from under his grasp.

In one of those moments that will forever adorn own goals and gaffes-type DVDs, Taibi was later branded the ‘Blind Venetian’ by the press and he exited Manchester United having only made four Premier League appearances.

Kleberson

Part of the star studded Brazil squad that won their fifth World Cup in 2002, Kleberson was a key member of Luiz Felipe Scolari’s team and this was enough to persuade Sir Alex Ferguson to splash £6.5 million on his services for the 2003/4 season.

To cut a long story short, Kleberson ended up departing Old Trafford in 2015 and in that time, he had only made 20 Premier League appearances for the Red Devils.

In fairness, it could’ve all been so different for the midfielder but in his second appearance for United he was injured and dramatically lost his way thereafter.

Signed as a replacement for another high profile United flop who we’ll reveal in our next few slides, central midfield proved a problem area for some time for Fergie down the years.

Bebe

The mother of all Premier League flops, let alone at Manchester United, Bebe was brought into Old Trafford as one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s worst ever signings.

Infamously signed by Fergie who didn’t even see DVD evidence of Bebe’s potential or lack thereof, blink and you would’ve missed the Portuguese attacker’s spell at the club.

Playing just two times for United in the Premier League over a four-year period, if you were at Scunthorpe’s Glanford Park ground for a League Cup fixture in September 2010, you would’ve been lucky – or unlucky – enough to witness this flop in the flesh.

Sent packing to conclude loan spells with Besiktas, Rio Ave and Pacos de Ferreira, eyebrows were raised when Bebe managed to secure a permanent switch to Benfica a year ago but since then, he’s suffered the same fate of making a lack of impact at a top club and is now on loan with Rayo Vallecano in La Liga.

Eric Djemba-Djemba

Still playing to this day, in the Indonesian Super League no less, Eric Djemba-Djemba will forever be recalled alongside the likes of Kleberson as one of the worst ever midfielders to grace the club.

Arriving as a relatively unknown prospect in English football back in 2003, it’s rather apt that like the aforementioned Kleberson, the Cameroonian also only went on to make just 20 Premier League appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson.

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An incredibly aggressive customer, Djemba-Djemba was often unpredictable and was initially attacked by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger who had claimed the Cameroonian made an ‘obscene’ tackle on Sol Campbell during the FA Community Shield of 2003.

Not content with giving up on making it in England after his United departure, Djemba-Djemba later moved to Aston Villa but given the fact the Villains ended up loaning him to Burnley, this tells you all you need to know about his time spent in this country.

Juan Sebastian Veron

With Kleberson being signed as a replacement for this man, that only serves to tell you just how bad Juan Sebastian Veron’s spell was at Old Trafford.

One of the most famous Argentine exports of all-time of course, Veron can’t add cracking England to his CV and was one of those players who simply didn’t live up to his £28.1 million fee after signing in 2001.

An incredibly lot of money in those days, the fact Veron didn’t live up to the billing didn’t sit well with United supporters and this is why it was all the more surprising that Chelsea moved to sign him thereafter in 2003.

With Chelsea just getting seven Premier League appearances out of Veron compared to the 51 he endured at Old Trafford, the Argentine was a flop in England, no matter which way you paint the picture.

The moist noise of Moyes will be deafening. Get used to it.

There’s an odd phenomena that occurs when a word is repeated too often in close proximity. After a while it loses all the values & meaning we’ve attributed to it and ceases to become anything but the bizarre collection of silly mouth noises the letters make when we verbalize these weird symbols together in the way we’ve been conditioned to. There’s a word for it. It’s called Semantic satiation. Try saying chimney 40 times. It’s ludicrous. What is a chim? What is a ney? Chim-ney. It’s bonkers.

This peculiar thing happened to me the day David Moyes was appointed manager of Manchester United. I encountered his name so ubiquitously that a simple word I knew well, and had happily associated automatically with a sinewy bug eyed football manager who worked in Liverpool, became a complete nonsense of a sound unable to be appropriated any value. Moize. Mwoys. Muoeze. What?

I tried to reprogram my brain to register it. I knew it belonged to a man, and I knew what that man looked like, but no, the word was now gibberish. Every time it was mentioned it refused to stick to him, and would only register as somewhere between “moist” and “noise”. By the end of the first day this had developed into an actual moist noise that I would subconsciously manifest in my own head whenever it came into my sphere of awareness. The name wasn’t even a silly word anymore, it was a silly sound. Like Prince, if he’d changed his name to a sound. A moist sound. Like very softly sucking your cheeks towards your tongue and then releasing them. “Sslukkd”. THAT, and only that, was Moyes to me. For weeks.

Then, thankfully, other news happened. The football season ended, other less important sports seized their chance in the graveyard atmosphere of Sky Sports News, and the noise himself went on a long holiday. The affliction subsided.

But now he’s back. Starting his first week proper as manager of Britain’s most famous football club. Guaranteed to be scrutinized in everything from his choice of first press conference tie to his inability to chew in a manner befitting of Sir Alex Ferguson.

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One thing that’s absolutely certain about the first few months (and possibly even years) of Moyes’s tenure, is that he’ll be castigated in some corners for everything he does. Loses Rooney? Moyes is weak for letting him go. Keeps Rooney? Moyes is weak for not getting rid. Fails to sign a world class midfielder? Moyes has no pulling power. Signs people from Everton? Moyes has no pulling power. Fails to win all pre-season games against Japanese electricians by eight clear goals? Moyes isn’t up to this level. Wears ugly suit to Charity Shield? Moyes has no pulling power.

Even now, typing the word out I’m drifting dangerously back towards satiation-land.

United’s ominously tough opening fixtures combined with sslukkd-era Everton’s historically slow start to the season means they’re guaranteed to drop at least a couple of points in the early going. Byline writers will undoubtedly already have their headlines primed, pre-set and ready to go at the touch of a button. Like the Queen’s obituary. Or prospective Yewtree candidate puns. MOYESEND CHALICE. MOYES FROM THE CRAP STUFF. UNITED CAUGHT WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN MID-MOYTUS. It’s going to become unbearable.

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United fans and board need to be patient. This barely needs saying and has been repeated ad nauseam by anyone with a brain still able to register the meaning of words, but it’s much easier to trot out before the actual business commences (and by business, I don’t mean business as in business, I mean business as in football. The business of playing football. Not football business. That much should be evident, unless the word business has now become meaningless to you. Business. Look at it, it’s nonsense!) Because when the first on-pitch stumbles start to happen, and they will, that name is going to be everywhere, losing it’s meaning and value with every red top headline, sensationalist hit whoring editorial and over emotional forum post.

Get to grips with it while you can. The noise is coming, and it’s going to be deafening.

Time for transparency over these transfer deals?

Corruption is rife in football, it’s a sad fact that few can protest and it’s tainted the beautiful game for far too long. The financial documents of each club can no longer be shrouded in mystery; it’s time to untangle this web of lies, deceit and confusion.

FIFA have sought to rectify this growing issue with the introduction of their new transfer matching system. The scheme requires clubs to submit their financial details with FIFA, including individual payments made whenever they complete an international transfer. They hope that this will help eliminate any illegal or questionable payments that are made on behalf of either club during negotiations.

“We know there is extreme behaviour out there,” said Mark Goddard, general manager of the transfer matching system. “There are still limitations with this system, but we are trying to ensure money is being paid between clubs. We are drawing a line in the sand, that nobody can get in between clubs.”

The report, which does not include transfers from within the same country, revealed that a staggering £82m had been splurged on agents in 2011 and the average payment to an agent during an individual deal worked out at just under £154k. It’s clear that player representatives are making a tidy sum during these deals but I’m struggling to understand how their role justifies such an enormous salary. These figures don’t even take into account the money that’s paid to the agent directly from the player.

The phrase ‘undisclosed fee’ is often the bane of every supporter’s life. The rumour mill continues to churn long after the confirmation of the transfer as the press and fans alike try to uncover the actual fee. The decision not to announce an exact figure usually revolves around a risk of embarrassment, either the buying club want to avoid being mocked for paying over the odds (Johan Elmander to Bolton) or the selling club don’t wish fans to know that the player went for less than his ‘supposed’ valuation (Kaboul to Tottenham).

There is also the stark realisation that no transfers are ever really free. Of course in some instances there will not have been a payment between the two clubs themselves but there will always be the cost of signing on fees, additional add-ons and of course aforementioned agent fees.

In a previous article of mine I eluded to a recent interview in which West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan revealed the intricate details of the move that saw Demba Ba join Newcastle.

“As I say, he was on £35 grand a week and I offered him £45 grand a week to stay, but he went to Newcastle. His agent got £2 million to take him to Newcastle.”

We could easily take these comments with a pinch of salt, the ramblings of a chairman who feels aggrieved by his own mistakes but the truth is we have no idea of the specific implications in any transfer deal that remain undisclosed. Isn’t it about time clubs were more open with their figures, especially when an increasing number of teams are descending into the murky waters of administration.

As a Palace supporter I can fully relate to the trials and tribulations being endured by Portsmouth fans at the moment but it’s difficult to sympathise with a club that has continued to operate outside their means. Trevor Birch, former chief executive of Chelsea and Leeds, who will front the administration for the firm PKF revealed, “I’m used to dealing with clubs in crisis; 30% of the clubs in the Championship are paying wages in excess of 100% of turnover.” A truly worrying statement that highlights the current status and grim outlook of the Football League.

The unyielding pursuit for success is financially crippling clubs. In this past week alone it has been revealed that the cost of the Glazers’ takeover at Manchester United has exceeded £500m. Elsewhere Aston Villa suffered a loss of nearly £54m (for the year ending 31 May 2011) as they struggled to cope with the turmoil following the departure of Martin O’Neill as manager.

In Scotland I don’t think anyone can fully comprehend just how much money Rangers owed the taxman. Every day this summer seemed to deliver another financial blow to Gers fans, who could only sit and watch as the interest on the debt accumulated. The consequence saw the club go out of business and having to start a fresh in the lower reaches of scottish football.

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Is it time for the FA to step in and thrust the account books under a microscope? Perhaps teams should accept the risk of ridicule and be more open with their expenses because one point remains abundantly clear, going out of business is no laughing matter.

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Rangers fans want Josh Windass sold after 5-0 Celtic humiliation

Rangers were thrashed 5-0 by Celtic at Celtic Park on Sunday in a match in which they needed to avoid defeat to stop their arch-rivals winning the Scottish Premiership title, and Gers fans want Josh Windass to be sold at the end of the season as a result.

The 5ft 9in attacker has impressed in terms of statistics for the Glasgow outfit this term having scored 17 goals and provided a further eight assists in all competitions, but the Ibrox faithful haven’t always been convinced about his attitude.

The 24-year-old certainly struggled to make any sort of impact against Brendan Rodgers’ men before he was replaced by Alfredo Morelos, and his latest display hasn’t done him any favours with the passionate fan-base.

Rangers supporters, who also slammed Windass’ teammate Daniel Candeias on Twitter for his first-half display, were quick to have their say on the former Accrington Stanley man’s showing via social media, and while one said “sell immediately”, another said “hopefully that’s the last we’ll ever see of Windass in a Rangers shirt”.

Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…

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