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  • EPL: Phil Foden scoops Premier League player of the year award

    EPL: Phil Foden scoops Premier League player of the year award

    Three Lion of England and Manchester City midfielder,  Phil Foden has been announced as the Premier League’s Player of the Season on Saturday.

    The 2023/24 season has been the best campaign of Foden’s career  as the champions stand on the verge of their fourth consecutive league title.

    The 23-year-old has scored 17 goals and laid on eight assists in 34 league games.

    If  the Cityzens eventually win the title, Foden will become the youngest player ever to have won six Premier League trophies.

    “To win this award is an achievement that I am extremely proud of,” Foden said in a statement.

    “The Premier League is acknowledged as the greatest league in the world, and it is a pleasure to have been nominated with so many other great players who have all enjoyed special seasons for their clubs.”

  • EPL: Former England midfielder, Hoodles tips Liverpool to win Premier League title

    EPL: Former England midfielder, Hoodles tips Liverpool to win Premier League title

    Despite failing to go back on top of the premier League, former England midfielder, Glenn Hoddle has backed Liverpool to win the Premier League title ahead of Manchester City and Arsenal.

    All  three teams are bracing up to win this season’s premier League.

    Arsenal currently top the table on goal difference ahead of Liverpool after the Reds drew 2-2 with Manchester United on Sunday.

    Man City, meanwhile, are in third position on the log.

    However, Hoddle claimed that he fancies Jurgen Klopp’s side as the frontrunners for the title because of their relatively easy set of fixtures in their hands.

    Hoddle said, as quoted by The Boot Room:

    “I went City at the beginning of the season but after looking at the fixtures, I fancy Liverpool’s fixtures.”

  • EPL: Premier League bans Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta

    EPL: Premier League bans Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta

    The Premier League has banned Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta for just one match .

    The suspension means Arteta will not be on the touchline when they travel to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.

    The Spaniard picked up a yellow card for celebrating the Gunners’ winning goal against Luton Town on Tuesday.

    It was Arteta’s third of the season and that triggered a one-match ban.

    Recall that the rule was introduced at the start of the 2023/24  season.

    Declan Rice headed in a 97th-minute winner, triggering wild celebrations among the players, staff and fans at the stadium, as Arsenal went five points clear at the top.

    Speaking after the game, Arteta told beIN Sports: “I could not be seated in my seat.

    “It was pure emotion. If that’s a yellow… that’s a yellow.”

  • EPL: Guardiola to take a walk from Manchester City if

    EPL: Guardiola to take a walk from Manchester City if

    Pep Guardiola the Manchester City manager, has said he will only take a decision on his future if the Etihad side is punished for breaching financial rules.

    Guardiola stated this while answering questions from the media on Friday.

    Asked if he would quit the Premier League champions if they are docked points or relegated, the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss said he would quit.

    “It’s a good question. I will answer when I have the sentence.

    “You’re questioning me like we have been punished. At the moment we are innocent.

    “But wait and see, when the sentence is done and after I will sit and explain.

    “There is more chance I will stay if we are in the League.”

  • EPL: Chelsea face points deduction over alleged financial breaches

    EPL: Chelsea face points deduction over alleged financial breaches

    The Premier League could punish Chelsea after it was reported that the London side allegedly made secret payments concerning  the transfers of Willian and Samuel Eto’o.

    The PL is now investigating an alleged financial breaches at Stamford Bridge.

    Ironically, these deals were reported to authorities by the Todd Boehly consortium once they took over the club in May 2022.

    The new owners bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich after the UK government sanctioned the oligarch following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

    In the past, the Blues were fined £8.6 million by UEFA for submitting “incomplete financial information” between 2012 and 2019.

    But The Times reports that it could get worse, with the transfers of Willian and Eto’o from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala in August 2013 now under the microscope.

    Financial records allegedly show that payments were made by Chelsea to offshore companies and “Russian entities” separate from any transfer fee.

    Willian was signed for £30 million from Anzhi, while Eto’o arrived on a free transfer.

    There is no suggestion that either player knew of the payments.