England boss Gareth Southgate should swap Harry Kane for Ollie Watkins earlier on in matches, according to former Aston Villa striker Gabby Agbonlahor.
The Three Lions have struggled to score goals at the tournament so far with Southgate s side waiting until the fifth minute of stoppage time at the end of the second half against Slovakia to find an equaliser.
Jude Bellingham s spectacular overhead kick was followed by a Kane extra-time header to secure .
Despite scoring two goals at the tournament, Kane s overall play has been criticised and Agbonlahor reckons Southgate should take off the captain earlier in games for Aston Villa striker Watkins.
Responding to a caller claiming Southgate s decision to not replace Kane against Slovakia was justified, : …
Gary Neville thinks England boss Gareth Southgate should ve made two substitutions at half-time in their Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain on Sunday.
, suffering back-to-back defeats in European Championship finals as the 58-year wait for a major men’s trophy goes on.
Despite reaching the final, ’s performances in Germany were widely criticised as they required moments of magic to rescue all of their knockout ties before ultimately coming up short against Spain.
Those ragged displays certainly were not caused by a lack of effort, with England boasting the seven top players to cover the most ground across the competition.
But and Neville reckons the England boss should have made two changes at the interval against the Spanish.
Neville would hav…
Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona could have to move on from any attempt to sign Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams this summer, according to reports.
Williams had a brilliant Euro 2024 tournament as Spain won the tournament by beating England in the final in Berlin earlier this month.
There were rumours that Williams could move away from Bilbao in the summer but his performances in Germany increased his stock even further.
Premier League sides and Chelsea have been showing interest throughout the summer, following the conclusion of Euro 2024.
Discussing his future during the Euros, Williams said: In the end, my brother [Athletic team-mate Inaki Williams] is a very important person for me. He has lived a similar situation to mine.
He has als…
Newcastle United and Aston Villa both had scouts in attendance to watch Galatasaray forward Baris Alper Yilmaz on Friday night, according to reports.
, splashing just under £150million on eight new players.
Only 15 clubs in Europe have spent more than , who have bought Lewis Hall, Odysseas Vlachodimos and William Osula for around £60m as well as Lloyd Kelly and John Ruddy on free transfers.
Both clubs are expected to make more signings before the window closes with the Magpies top target believed to be Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi.
Unai Emery s side, meanwhile, have been linked with Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix and Chelsea s Trevoh Chalobah, .
It now appears that Newcastle and the Villans are targeting Turkish international Yilm…
Paul Scholes thinks Man Utd s 1-0 win against Fulham exposed their problem as he didn’t see many differences from their performances last season.
endured a miserable season in 2023/24 en route to finishing eighth in the Premier League, but this campaign has gotten off to a positive start.
Man Utd have been active in the transfer market this summer as around £150m has been spent to sign Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.
Zirkzee scored in his Premier League debut against Fulham as Erik ten Hag s side started the 2024/25 campaign with a 1-0 home victory.
United were the deserving winners but tougher tests lie ahead and
Scholes thinks Man Utd did okay against Fulham, but he didn t see many differences and they …
According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Jadon Sancho is almost guaranteed to leave Manchester United and join Chelsea on a permanent deal.
One of the summer s most surprising transfers saw Sancho leave and join Chelsea on deadline day. This deal is structured as a loan with an obligation to buy.
has failed to live up to expectations at Man Utd and his long-term future had been in doubt after his fallout with head coach Erik ten Hag last season.
After refusing to apologise for accusing Ten Hag of making him a scapegoat, Sancho was banished from the first team and was sent back to Borussia Dortmund on loan during this year s winter transfer window.
The 24-year-old impressed for Dortmund during the run-in and he featured heavily for Man Utd during pr…
Rafael van der Vaart stands by his claim that Liverpool star Ryan Gravenberch is better than Jude Bellingham, in every way after the Netherlands midfielder s excellent start to the season.
The former Tottenham midfielder insisted that his compatriot was better than Bellingham in April 2023, prior to players respective moves to Real Madrid and Liverpool.
What I think is the big difference (between the two players); Bellingham is a step lower at a club and always plays, Van der Vaart said. “I think Gravenberch is better than him, in every way. Especially physically.
Do you know what is most important when you go to a new club? The first two weeks. You have to show in every training session, every training game that you are a justified purchase.
It wou…
Pundit Alan Shearer has insisted that Arsenal s performance in their 2-2 draw against Manchester City at the Etihad proves they are a force .
went into Sunday s match knowing that a draw at least was required to boost their Premier League title hopes.
The gem started horribly from Arsenal s perspective as Erling Haaland broke through on goal and scored past David Raya to give the lead.
However, Arsenal who were helped by Rodri suffering an injury grew into the game and went into the break 2-1 up thanks to goals from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhaes.
The game changed again before the interval, though. This came as Leandro Trossard was rightly shown a second yellow card for delaying the restart.
Arsenal had to defend for their lives in the…
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An Alabama Senate Tourism committee meeting ended with no action taken on two comprehensive gaming bills this afternoon after a high-strung 40 minutes of discussion.
The scheduled public hearing for bills and , which call for an expansive gaming package in Alabama, started nearly 20 minutes late. Several committee members expressed their displeasure with the delay and the expectation that they were to take action on the bills without first seeing their full pages.
However, it was mentioned in the meeting that changes are likely coming to the bills. Several committee members lamented that they have yet to see the proposed changes in full and could not in good conscious take a vote on the bills.
I have not seen any legislation. I have not seen any substitute t…