It is officially the week of Christmas and we are keeping an eye on the latest football news, reacting to yesterday's action and previewing this week's Carabao Cup quarter-finals. Also there is likely to be an update on the Premier League after six games were cancelled this weekend.
Don't know when football will shutdown again so lets make the most of it while we have it!
Oli McBurnie and David McGoldrick both miss out as they continue to recover from Covid-related issues whilst Ben Davies misses the game due to personal reasons.
#SUFC 🔴
The only way he could go from Everton to Newcastle would be the financial pull surely? Stiff competition in Paul Dummett and Matt Ritchie mind you...
[via @MirrorFootball]
It hasn't been the earth-shaking move we thought it would be when the young Dutch international left Ajax two years ago but you can't blame him for looking to move on in his career.
It appears Oldham are banning fans from attending home, away and youth games for speaking negatively about the club...
Henry Winter of The Times believes that Premier League football will be going behind closed doors.
Spanish news outlet Marca are reporting that the decision has been made to stage the FIFA World Cup every two years and will be going ahead with the plan.
It was inevitable that this tweet would arrive!
🏆 Premier League [x2]
🏆 Charity Shield [x2]
🏆 League Cup [x2]
🏆 FA Cup [x1]
🎶🇪🇸 "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏..."
Remarkable it takes big organisations this long, but the gender pay gap no longer exists in UEFA and is now recognised for achieving it.
It ensures a fair wage policy among all staff and is a key milestone in UEFA's work as an inclusive employer.
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cinch Premiership side Hibernian have appointed Shaun Maloney as their new head coach. The FA Cup winner has had quite the life, spending the first few years of his life in Malaysia as well as growing up playing Tennis against Andy Murray.
SETTPACE has just released this Nike x Nigeria concept kit, and we're in love with it. Can just see Kelechi Iheanacho running the AFCON in this beauty...
As shown in the graphic, the best defensive side in Europe belongs to a Madrid team, but not the ones you'd expect...
An incredible run of results means that Arsenal and Spurs are still yet to win on the same weekend or midweek.
There's also not been a weekend/midweek where neither has won.
Simon Stone of the BBC confirms that Spurs have been kicked out of the UEFA Europa Conference League after being unable to play Rennes, giving the French side a 3-0 win by default.
Depending on who you ask, it was deemed that there were around 4-6 key moments in the Spurs-Liverpool match yesterday with VAR only getting properly involved in one of them, when Andy Robertson was sent off, leaving Jurgen Klopp feeling aggrieved. The Sky pundits have a further conversation about it:
🗣️ "It's a joke decision."
The Super Sunday panel discuss the inconsistency of refereeing and VAR this season after the decisions made in #TOTLIV
Stick with us throughout the day as more news comes in from the world of football. Also check out our reviews of yesterday's games below:
Gifted Manchester City Give Nothing Away Against Newcastle United
Dishonours Even: Spurs And Liverpool Play Out A Controversial And Thrilling Draw