Erik ten Hag insists he will NOT ‘get distracted’ over winning a trophy in his first season at Manchester United as he prepares for his first FA Cup game against Everton at Old Trafford

Erik ten Hag has told his Manchester United players not to carried away by their resurgence this season or risk ending up empty-handed again. United are in the top-four of the Premier League and kick off their FA Cup campaign at home to Everton on Friday before facing Charlton in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals next…

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Erik ten Hag insists he will NOT ‘get distracted’ over winning a trophy in his first season at Manchester United as he prepares for his first FA Cup game against Everton at Old Trafford

Erik ten Hag has told his Manchester United players not to carried away by their resurgence this season or risk ending up empty-handed again. United are in the top-four of the Premier League and kick off their FA Cup campaign at home to Everton on Friday before facing Charlton in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals next…

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Cody Gakpo is pictured for the first time training with his Liverpool team-mates… as the £44m World Cup star gives the Reds a selection boost ahead of his potential debut in the FA Cup against Wolves on Saturday

Cody Gakpo has been snapped participating in Liverpool training for the first time since his £44million move to Anfield.  The Reds announced the arrival of the PSV forward in late December, but his transfer was not officially ratified until Tuesday. With everything now sorted out, Gakpo was pictured in his first training session with team-mates…

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SAMI MOKBEL: David Moyes’ future as West Ham boss rests on crucial games against Wolves and Everton, with manager entering critical fortnight as he bids to save job

West Ham boss David Moyes’ is entering a crucial two-week period that is set to decide his future. There remains uncertainty over the Scot’s position at the London Stadium, though the manager is said to have the immediate backing of chairman David Sullivan. The Hammers face Brentford in the FA Cup this weekend where victory…

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SAMI MOKBEL: David Moyes’ future as West Ham boss rests on crucial games against Wolves and Everton, with manager entering critical fortnight as he bids to save job

West Ham boss David Moyes’ is entering a crucial two-week period that is set to decide his future. There remains uncertainty over the Scot’s position at the London Stadium, though the manager is said to have the immediate backing of chairman David Sullivan. The Hammers face Brentford in the FA Cup this weekend where victory…

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EXCLUSIVE: Argentina legends Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa talk Maradona, Messi and magical memories from their playing careers… and explain why a World Cup title would bring euphoria back to the country

After all these years, they are still the Argentines most associated with England. Ossie Ardiles liked our country so much, he made his home here, settling in Hertfordshire, just north of London. Ricky Villa came, made an indelible impression on our football life with one of the great FA Cup final goals, and is now…

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MARTIN SAMUEL: This is Lionel Messi’s last chance to shape his legacy and rest in the pantheon beside Pele and Maradona… an off day against a great French side will be fatal. No pressure, then.

Click:chinese novel There used to be a segment on the original Fantasy Football show, about Pele. It implied he was rubbish. There would be a clip of him skying a free-kick high over the bar, missing an open goal, getting his jump for a header entirely wrong. The joke, obviously, was that Pele wasn’t rubbish…

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JEFF POWELL: Forget the emotional outpouring, Lionel Messi still ISN’T the Greatest Of All Time… he’s behind Pele and Maradona in third – and Cristiano Ronaldo is ninth in the list of football’s GOATs

Lionel Messi has ascended at last to football’s celestial rostrum, his elevation authenticated in the most scintillating of all World Cup Finals. Amid the heart-stopping euphoria of Sunday night in Qatar, the emotional outpouring to acclaim him as the Greatest Of All Time was inevitable. As the sands of that eye-scorching desert storm settle on…

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