Seems like Eddie Howe hasn’t been very properly in any respect – however he’s nonetheless anticipated to be on the St James’ Park touchline on Sunday for the sport towards Manchester United.
“He’s been bed-ridden”, Jason Tindall mentioned of the Newcastle supervisor. “We’ve been in touch day by day so it’s not affected any of the preparations. I’m certain he’ll be advantageous for the weekend.”
Thanks Taha.
I’ll begin again up by pointing you within the course on this beautiful piece by Ben Fisher on Truro Metropolis. I do know what you’re considering – not one other Truro Metropolis piece!
Time for me to move off, with Dominic Sales space again on for the subsequent couple of minutes.
It’s a weekend of semi-finals within the Ladies’s FA Cup, with Liverpool taking up Chelsea tomorrow. Holders Manchester United face rivals Metropolis on Sunday.
Tom Garry spoke to Liverpool’s Olivia Smith about her upbringing in Canada, her household reference to the membership and the way issues have modified below interim coach Amber Whiteley.
Eddie Howe’s ailing so it was his assistant, Jason Tindall, who spoke at Newcastle’s press convention. There’ll be a “late name” on whether or not Anthony Gordon options towards Manchester United on Sunday. The winger damage his hip enjoying for England towards Albania final month.
“He’s had a good week with the physios,” mentioned Tindall. “He was again out on grass for a pitch session yesterday so we’ll assess him in the present day to see how he’s responded to that session, then we’ll need to make a late name on whether or not he’s out there for the bench on Sunday.”
A captivating piece from Simon Burnton on the controversial use of ticket resale web sites.
Time for a daily.
Moyes additionally mentioned the way forward for centre-half Jarrad Branthwaite, a participant routinely linked with a transfer away.
“It’s important to bear in mind Jarrad Branthwaite’s obtained a three-year contract left. He’s obtained two years and a 12 months’s choice. So, if something, Everton maintain all of the playing cards concerning that participant.
“Over the journey, over a few years, I’ve needed to promote totally different gamers, from Wayne Rooney to Mikel Arteta, to Joleon Lescott. A part of being a soccer supervisor, particularly at sure golf equipment, it’s important to promote on the journey to try to construct as properly. However I wouldn’t suppose Jarrad is likely one of the gamers I might need to lose, that’s for certain.”
David Moyes has been providing some harm updates for Everton. On Dominic Calvert-Lewin, recovering from a hamstring drawback, he mentioned: “We’ve obtained about one other three weeks on Dom earlier than we’re even in all probability speaking about him getting again into – I don’t find out about full-time coaching or video games but, I’m undecided – however we definitely suppose one other three weeks earlier than we will begin mentioning him.”
Jesper Lindstrøm has had a hernia operation – “that’ll rule Jesper out in all probability for a lot of the season now”.
It’s a outstanding season Mo Salah’s having for Liverpool: 32 objectives in 45 video games, together with 22 assists. However I don’t suppose something beats the magic of his debut 12 months, 44 objectives from the man who’d not obtained a look-in at Chelsea.
Fascinating to learn this from Barney Ronay seven years in the past.
And that is the subsequent problem, as even the higher groups start to make detailed plans for a participant who should now demand this stage of consideration. Can Salah proceed to provide his extraordinary, uplifting fantasy soccer? Solely a idiot – as they’ve up to now – would guess towards him.
Some Friday morning quizzing, should you fancy it.
Manchester United trying into alleged use of tear fuel on followers in Lyon
Jamie Jackson
Manchester United are trying into an alleged incident of tear fuel getting used on their assist throughout final night time’s 2-2 Europa League quarter-final draw with Lyon on the Groupama Stadium.
Thursday’s first leg was attended by 2,800 away followers, who had been required by native authorities to journey to a convention centre 13 miles away from the town centre to gather wristbands earlier than boarding shuttle buses to the bottom.
The numerous expense and inconvenience of these calls for had been compounded by a malfunctioning public transport community and enormous queues on the pick-up level earlier than being taken to the stadium within the east of the town.
Further reporting by PA Media
There’s not a lot of a title combat, neither is there one on the different finish of the desk. It’s all concerning the Champions League now within the Premier League, so right here’s a breakdown of the top-five contenders (not together with Liverpool and Arsenal).
It’s the second you’ve all been ready for. Sure, that is the large, thrilling weekend that’ll see the introduction of semi-automated offside expertise within the Premier League.
If that feels like gibberish to you, right here’s Ben Fisher’s useful explainer.
What’s semi-automated offside?
Semi-automated offside expertise (SAOT) is a device that automates key components of the offside decision-making course of for the video assistant referee (VAR). It is going to first be used for the primary time within the Premier League when Manchester Metropolis host Crystal Palace on Saturday lunchtime. The league hopes SAOT will tackle a key frustration: delays. As soon as a SAOT-generated end result has been reviewed and accredited by the VAR, the choice can be relayed to these contained in the stadium on screens and shared on social media, through the league’s PLMatchCentre X account.
How will it assist?
It ought to pace up choices, although earlier than final weekend the common VAR delay per recreation was down from 64 seconds in 2023-24 to 39 in 2024-25. The league believes SAOT will ship effectivity and consistency. For instance, it’s thought the VAR examine for Moisés Caicedo’s disallowed objective for Chelsea towards Tottenham this month, when Levi Colwill was deemed offside, which took greater than three minutes, would have taken lower than half the time with SAOT. It won’t, although, eradicate delays.
How does it work?
The system makes use of as much as 30 cameras mounted round stadiums – with most capturing footage at 100 frames per second, twice the body of typical broadcast cameras. The expertise tracks the motion of the ball and as much as 10,000 knowledge factors per participant to provide a ‘digital world’ by which potential offsides are detected. These are robotically flagged to the VAR, lowering the opportunity of lacking an offside. Within the Premier League this season, offside calls have been adjudged to be 100% appropriate.
Will SAOT imply extra ‘toenail’ offsides?
No. The league will proceed to implement the “tolerance stage” typically known as “thicker traces”, of about 5cm, which supplies the advantage of the doubt to the attacking workforce and prevents marginal offsides. The league adopted the strategy at the beginning of the 2021-22 season and the sense is it has been well-received by golf equipment.
Why the wait?
The league wished to be assured there can be a near-seamless incorporation. It has been testing the expertise from November and though it was hoped SAOT can be in use final autumn, the league additional delayed its introduction after an eight-minute VAR delay when it was trialled within the FA Cup fifth spherical in March. The expertise didn’t work throughout Bournemouth’s win over Wolves, earlier than Milos Kerkez’s first-half objective was disallowed, as a result of the ball was obscured by quite a few gamers. In these circumstances, officers will revert to the present VAR expertise.
Brighton supervisor Fabian Hürzeler has been reflecting on a troublesome few video games for his aspect: there was the FA Cup quarter-final exit to Nottingham Forest, a 3-0 loss at house to Aston Villa, after which defeat to rivals Crystal Palace. Cue some inspiration … from Gareth Southgate.
In fact, everybody can think about you probably have these three unhealthy outcomes it’s not the proper week. Yesterday I noticed a lecture from Gareth Southgate and he was speaking on the Richard Dimbleby lecture. And he talked about how one can construct resilience. And I actually favored that. He talked about, it’s worthwhile to fail to construct this resilience and I feel we [are] precisely in the identical state of affairs. We have to fail to construct that resilience.
It’s important to undergo it collectively and my job there may be to provide the blokes the largest perception I’ve to them that we get by this part collectively.
Kaoru Mitoma is an harm doubt for Brighton’s conflict with Leicester on Saturday.
Morning, all. We haven’t obtained to Spurs but: it was a blended night for Ange Postecoglou’s males, unable to nab a lead of their tie with Eintracht Frankfurt however nonetheless grateful for Pedro Porro’s little little bit of brilliance.
Right here’s what Ange needed to say: “I’m resigned to the truth that the soccer Gods have gotten their eyes elsewhere this 12 months – they’re clearly busy with different golf equipment and different managers so no matter we get we’re going to need to do it with out them.”
Proper, over to Taha Hashim to steer you thru the subsequent few hours. Salah response, Europa League fallout and press convention information, he’s throughout it. Take pleasure in.
Let’s pivot away from Salah and Liverpool for a second to absorb some response from final night time. Ruben Amorim defended André Onana after his expensive errors in Manchester United’s (nonetheless fairly creditable) 2-2 draw at Lyon.
However then, Amorim has to defend Onana, doesn’t he?
Slot has spoken much more about Liverpool’s type usually, as they give the impression of being to bounce again from a uncommon defeat – their first away from house within the league this season – to Fulham final weekend. The Reds host West Ham on Sunday afternoon as they edge nearer to the league title. They’re nonetheless 11 factors clear bear in mind.
Closest rivals Arsenal host Brentford within the Saturday teatime recreation, the place they will scale back the hole to eight factors to offer a semblance of jeopardy within the non-title race. Slot mentioned the Gunners may have received 5-0 or 6-0 towards Actual Madrid in midweek, so he was clearly impressed with Mikel Arteta’s males.
What makes Salah so particular?
Slot says: “He’s all the time judged as a participant, however I additionally see him as a humble human being who desires to place a number of effort into the participant he’s change into. What makes him particular on the pitch is that he can rating objectives, even when he’s not in the most effective half hour or greatest half-hour. He’s mentally sturdy and also you want that to be on the highest stage for seven, eight years. That’s in all probability what stands out.”
On the affect Slot himself had on Salah staying: “I’m a part of that course of however I don’t deserve the compliments. Firstly it’s Mo and his agent. Then it’s the membership, Michael Edwards and Richard placing within the effort, and energy additionally means cash!”
Slot says he has a extra “boring reply” to questions on Van Dijk’s contract and can’t affirm whether or not the Dutchman is near agreeing a brand new deal of his personal.
He mentioned all of it with a glint in his eye, thoughts you. “I don’t learn every little thing that you simply do,” he tells a journalist.
Slot admits Salah deal is reduction for followers
Arne Slot is chatting with the media proper now.
Response to Salah’s new deal: “Comfortable in fact. He’s proven for therefore a few years how a lot worth he has for the workforce. I assume all of the followers and his teammates are very completely satisfied that he prolonged for 2 extra years. Hopefully on Sunday he can present once more how essential he’s for us.”
Aid that he’s signed? “For the followers I feel it’s. I knew his contract state of affairs over the course of the season. I knew issues had been on target. It’s a praise for Richard [Hughes] that he [Salah] signed as he may in all probability go to any membership on the planet as a free agent.”
Subsequent up on Liverpool’s precedence checklist? Sorting a deal for Salah’s long-time teammate, VVD. It sounds prefer it’s undoubtedly within the pipeline in one more enhance for Slot and Reds’ supporters.
You marvel if Salah has Ian Rush and Roger Hunt in his sights. They’re the one two gamers to have scored extra objectives for Liverpool than the Egyptian.
Salah is presently on 243 objectives, with Hunt on 285 (catchable) and Rush method forward on a mammoth 346. Yeah, you wouldn’t suppose the Welshman’s document is in bother if Salah solely sticks round for 2 extra years.
Nonetheless, it’s been a outstanding effort since he arrived at Anfield from Roma in 2017 as a reasonably unreliable winger with a modest objective tally.
Salah reacts to signing Liverpool deal
Right here’s what Mo Salah informed Liverpool’s web site upon signing the brand new deal.
“In fact I’m very excited. We’ve an awesome workforce now. Earlier than additionally we had an awesome workforce. However I signed as a result of I feel we now have an opportunity to win different trophies and luxuriate in my soccer.
“It’s nice, I had my greatest years right here. I performed eight years, hopefully it’s going to be 10. Having fun with my life right here, having fun with my soccer. I had the most effective years in my profession.
“I want to say to [the fans], I’m very, very completely satisfied to be right here. I signed right here as a result of I consider we will win a number of large trophies collectively. Hold supporting us and we’ll give it our greatest, and hopefully sooner or later we’re going to win extra trophies.”
Preamble
Good morning all. Properly it appears Mohamed Salah and Liverpool have saved André Onana. Salah will at the very least take up a lot of the headline house that may have in any other case been reserved for the hapless Manchester United goalkeeper after he value them what would have been a powerful win in Lyon final night time.
It’s clearly big information for the Reds that Salah is staying till 2027, two extra years to take him to the age of 34 at Anfield by which Arne Slot will hope to ascertain a title-winning dynasty. And with Trent Alexander-Arnold certainly certain for Actual Madrid, it’s solely Virgil van Dijk of the ‘large three’ whose future wants sorting now.
Slot can be going through the media very quickly at Liverpool’s pre-West Ham press convention, so we’ll convey you the most recent from that, in addition to all of the Europa League and Convention League fallout from final night time. Follow us.
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