Ander Herrera says Jose Mourinho is the world s best manager when the going is good, but he does not take losing well.
The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder reflected on playing under Tottenham boss Mourinho at Manchester United and has largely fond memories of the manager s two-and-a-half-year tenure.
Mourinho is the best manager in the world when things go well,” Herrera said to The Athletic.
The relationship with the players, the way he treats everyone; I really liked his training sessions. Also, with [assistant] Rui Faria, they were a fantastic team together.
But it is also true, when he loses, he does not take it in a good way. That is true. And he accepts that! He does not hide from it.
We have a great relationship. The first year …
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Aston Villa and Leicester City will face each other in the Premier League this coming weekend. The match between the Villans and the Foxes will take place at Villa Park and is scheduled to kick off at 3pm UK time on Saturday.
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Aston Villa were really struggling under then manager Steven Gerrard. It did look like under the Liverpool legend, the Villans will get relegated to the Championship at the end of the season. Villa then decided to change their manager and brought in former Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain boss Unai Emery. Under the Spaniard, Villa have gone from strength to strength, and they are now in the race for a European place in the Premier League table.
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According to a recent report from De Telegraaf, Nathan Ake has insisted that he’s purely focused on proving himself at Manchester City.
The news comes in the wake of fresh speculation that Newcastle United are interested in signing him.
Ake has been with City since 2020 and while many expect him to stay for quite some time, especially given the fact that he’s just 27 year of age, Newcastle have the funds necessary to make some real noise in this department.
The Magpies were officially taken over back in October 2021 by backers in Saudi Arabia, with many believing they’d immediately jump to investing millions in the club.
They did so during the January transfer window and it seems as if that trend is set to continue in the months ahead with the summ…
Rangers secured their first win of this season s Europa League as they enjoyed a 2-0 victory over Brondby at Ibrox.
First-half goals from Leon Balogun and Kemar Roofe were enough to give Steven Gerrard s side the points and move them off the bottom of Group A.
Balogun opened his account for the club with a thumping 18th-minute header from James Tavernier s corner.
Roofe put the game beyond the reigning Danish Superliga champions on the half-hour mark with his 25th goal in 49 appearances.
1 Leon Balogun has scored his first ever goal. It s his first goal in any club competition since netting for Brighton against Crystal Palace in the Premier League back in December 2018. Rise.
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Both sides were searching for their fi…
Lionel Messi has revealed Ronaldinho told him to take his No.10 shirt months before the Brazilian left Barcelona in 2008.
Ronaldinho joined Barcelona in 2003 and inherited the iconic number from Argentine midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme who was sent on loan to Villarreal for two seasons.
The Brazilian star left after six years with the club, scoring almost 100 goals in just over 200 appearances.
And Messi revealed in an interview with Barca TV that Ronaldinho already promised him the No.10 shirt months before he announced he was leaving.
Before leaving the club [Ronaldinho] was coming off a few months where he was thinking about things, Messi said.
He had it in his mind that he was leaving and he told me to have his number.
I t…
The impact of Erik ten Hag is already being felt at Manchester United, with Luke Shaw acknowledging a big improvement as he aims to atone for a poor personal campaign last season.
Ten Hag arrived at Old Trafford after the departure of Ralf Rangnick, who replaced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer last November, following another underwhelming campaign from United.
The former Ajax coach has a sizeable rebuilding job to do after United recorded their lowest points tally in a Premier League season.
United also failed to end a league campaign with a positive goal difference for the first time since the 1989-90 season.
Ten Hag has acted by bringing in left-back Tyrell Malacia and Christian Eriksen, and has convincingly defeated Liverpool and Melbourne Victory in his opening…
Evan Ferguson believes Brighton and Hove Albion can go on and book a place in Europe after thumping Grimsby Town 5-0 to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.
Wembley awaits the Seagulls, who were handed a shot at Manchester United or Fulham next. United and Fulham contested the last of the quarter-finals on Sunday, after the draw was made.
Manchester City will face Sheffield United in the other last-four clash over the weekend of April 22-23.
Brighton could earn a place in next season s European competitions through the Premier League or by winning the FA Cup.
They sit seventh in the league, level on points with sixth-placed Liverpool and with a game in hand on the Reds.
I think we ve got the hope and the desire to go on and get to Europe, Ferguson said,…
A blind athlete says he is set to join the USC Trojans American football team.
Jake Olson, a lifelong fan of the Los Angeles-based Trjoans, who play in the Pac-12 conference of collegiate American football, was born with a rare cancer of the retina in both eyes.
Despite that condition, Olson tweeted on Monday: Tomorrow I walk out onto Howard Jones field [USC s practice facility] not as a fan or honorary member, but as a player for the USC Trojans! #fighton.
ESPN reported that a USC spokesperson had confirmed it was likely Olson would participate at the team s practice on Tuesday.
Olson, who was the starting long-snapper on his high-school team in Orange, California became a frequent visitor at USC practices and games as a young teen when the Tro…
Billy Gilmour and Ross Barkley are among Chelsea stars who face an uncertain first-team future after being left off the club s squad number list for the new season.
The midfield pair, full internationals for Scotland and England respectively, were joined by the likes of Ethan Ampadu, Kenedy and Michy Batshuayi in being omitted.
Gilmour, an unused substitute in the 2021 Champions League final, was loaned out to Norwich City last season. The 21-year-old s Chelsea contract was then extended in June of this year to run until the end of the 2023-24 season.
His and 28-year-old Barkley s first-team prospects at least for the near future look bleak. That was made all the more obvious when the Blues brought in teenage midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka this week, handing�…
Chelsea winger Victor Moses is closing in on a loan switch to Fenerbache, according to the Metro.
The Nigeria international has barely featured for the Blues since Maurizio Sarri became manager, with his only two Premier League appearances this term coming as a substitute.
He did feature regularly in each of the last two seasons having previously fallen out of favour – so much so that he was loaned out to both Stoke City and West Ham United.
Since signing for Chelsea from Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2012, the twenty-eight-year-old has racked up one hundred and twenty-eight appearances in all competitions, scoring eighteen goals while he has winners’ medals in the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League.
Internationally he has been capped thi…