He did a great job. Winning something was the only thing that was missing. I feel the best chance was the last Euros when they lost to Italy in the final.
Tactically, he maybe was not as good as his counterparts but in terms of culture, he has modernised it for England.
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Newcastle United co-owners Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi are to leave the club after three years at St James' Park.
Staveley, 51, played a key role in orchestrating the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund's (PIF) purchase of an 80 per cent stake in Newcastle for £300million (now $379m) in 2021, helping bring to an end Mike Ashley's 14-year ownership of the club.
As part of that deal, she acquired a 10 per cent stake in Newcastle, having made three failed attempts to buy the club from Ashley in 2017. The Reuben family also bought a 10 per cent share. The Premier League faced criticism for approving the Saudi-backed takeover, including from Amnesty International who called it "an extremely bitter blow for human rights defenders".
A Companies House update earlier this year showed that Staveley's stake has been diluted to six per cent, with the Reuben family's shares increasing.
In March, questions were raised about Staveley's future at the club after filings on Companies House showed she had resigned as a director from 20 Newcastle-related companies. However, she quickly moved to assuage any doubts about her role at the club.
"The changes made… were purely administrative, to non-trading subsidiaries," she wrote on Instagram. "After the takeover, Jamie (Reuben) and I stepped in as directors of all companies until we could build an executive team. We remain on the 'top-co' and the board."
Staveley featured heavily in the We Are Newcastle United Amazon documentary last August and recently helped secure a deal between golf's PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV tour. She is expected to continue to work with PIF and remain involved in football.
She also previously helped broker the £210m sale of Manchester City in 2008 to Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mansour.
I'm not Lewis Hamilton's biggest fan but that is fantastic to see. What a brilliant drive today, achievement to win for the 9th time, and first victory in nearly 3 years.
Max Verstappen has been given 2 penalty points on his super licence for causing the crash with norris.
Exact wording from stewards
"Car 1 [Verstappen] was approaching turn 3 with Car 4 [Norris] alongside on his left. Before turning in, the driver of Car 1 moved to the left, causing a collision with Car 4. The Stewards determine that the driver of Car 1 was predominantly at fault and therefore impose the above mentioned penalty in line with precedents."
Norris is impressive, it feels like he's learned a lot of race craft over the past couple of years to add to his speed.
Former Premier League champions, newly promoted, Leicester City have appointed former Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper as first-team manager on a 3 year contract.
Telling thing is that he apparently asked Dortmund to terminate the contract.
Hopefully he makes a full recovery but I've not seen anything announced other than "seriously ill" and that doesn't sound good.
One of the best defenders to play the game. He always made the game look effortless.
Max deserves DotD for this one if he wins it. Overcame some shitty odds and clearly didn't have the fastest car today. And yes like with any tight win there was also some luck involved.
I would take out Pique from there and replace him with Boateng and have Agüero over Lewandowski, and Henry on the left instead of David Villa although Villa was class in that Barcelona team.
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The correct decision. Yes, VAR can and should be definitely improved. But for me the fact that it prevents blatant referee mistakes alone is a major reason to keep VAR.
The overall % of accurate decisions have gone from low 80% to low 90%. VAR gets more right then it gets wrong. Getting the right decisions is the most important factor.
So sad, feel for his wife and kids who were amazing "warriors" in their care and support of him.
Heroes all of them with his best mate Kevin Shinfield who should be knighted for his support and fund raising
Real Madrid are something else when it comes to the Champions League.
They were second best for most of the final but they found a way to win like they have many times before. Dortmund were excellent in the first half but they paid the price for not taking their chances.
I thought Camavinga was excellent. He never seems to get the headlines but always impressed when I see him play. He looks so mature for his age in his playing style.
Interesting to see where Mbappe fits in. My guess is replacing Rodrygo as one of the split strikers if they keep that system.
Enzo Maresca has today signed 5+1yr contract to become Chelsea head coach.
He will bring six staff with him, plus inherit club specialists.
An agreement with Leicester has also now been signed: ~£10m compensation.
He's the most influential manager since Cruyff, imo. There have been lots of incredible managers, but I haven't seen many of them have this level of influence on the game. He's genuinely incredible - and I say that as a non-City fan. An absolute legend first as a player and now as a manager, there is nothing I dislike about Guardiola and have huge respect for his teams and the football they play.
I think @The GOAT is right, City will be going through a rebuild as players seek new challenges and others are moved on. I'm not sure Pep has the energy or desire to stick around for that, he will need to take a break from the high intensity, pressure and demands at some point and it would make sense to come at the end of his current contract.
Great result for Charles and also well done to Albon for getting Williams first points of the season.
Well done Man United. They made City pay for their sloppiness in the first half and managed to hold on to their advantage.
They'd be made to get rid of Ten Hag but you never know in football.
Atalanta have had too much for Leverkusen tonight. There will be no unbeaten season for the Germans, they have been soundly beaten here.
Three cracking goals from Ademola Lookman who played for Everton and Leicester earlier in his career.
The first one was all about the movement to get in front of the defender and put the ball into the top corner. The second was a beautiful one from the edge of the box and the third was just smacked into the top corner.
A superb individual display.
Leverkusen not really threatening and have been really poor.
Is Tierney fit enough? I thought he had a season ending injury?
Would obviously love to see us progress to the knockout stages but the full backs and lack of attacking quality is a concern.
Verstappen holds on, just. Norris was flying at the end after looking like he was going to lose out to Leclerc.
Verstappen had to work hard for that one.
Can't stand John Fury, always trys to make it about him, and Tyson would be better off without him around. John has became an absolute parody of himself.
I've massively gone off Tyson the last few year, but I was a big fan, and still rate him highly as a boxer. Looking forward to the fight (finally looks like it is going to happen).
John could be in bother, clear unprovoked assault on camera, the absolute w*nker.
Nottingham Forest have failed with an appeal against their four-point punishment for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules (PSR).
The three-person appeal board arrived at a "unanimous" decision to uphold the original ruling by the commission, describing it as "commendably clear and comprehensive".
"Some of the criticisms of the [original] decision have involved a minute examination of the words used by the commission," the board said of Forest's appeal.
"Decisions such as these should not be subjected to microscopic forensic examination and interpreted as if they were statutes which have been drafted by parliamentary counsel.
"Allegations of infelicities of language or errors which are not material to the ultimate decision add to the complexity and costs of proceedings and are rarely likely to lead to a successful challenge of a decision."
Even managing to swear on live TV :LOL:
Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce a spending cap.
A majority of clubs voted in favour of the spending cap, which will be determined by the amount of money earned in television rights by the lowest-earning club in the Premier League.
If approved in June's AGM, the new model will replace the current Profit and Sustainability Regulations from the 2025-26 season.
Premier League spending cap: Clubs vote in favour of developing plans
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