Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge insists he would love to see former team-mate Raheem Sterling make a success of his move to Manchester City.
Sterling faced a barrage of criticism from Liverpool fans when he completed his big-money close-season switch to the Etihad Stadium, with many accusing the England international of being motivated by money.
Sturridge suffered similar negative attention when he swapped City for Chelsea back in 2009, but says he only left in search of first-team football.
The striker served as a mentor to Sterling during his time at Liverpool and has since taken on a similar role to help rising Anfield star Jordon Ibe.
Jordon is my brother and I take him under my wing, Sturridge told Sky Sports ahead of Saturday s match between …
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Barcelona will play host to Real Betis at the Camp Nou on Saturday evening within the 32nd round of the 2022/23 season in La Liga. The points waiting to be distributed according to the outcome would surely come in very handy to both sides, and a highly competitive contest is to be expected.
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Having opened a significant gap between themselves and arch-rivals Real Madrid in the La Liga table, Barcelona are currently struggling to get across the finish line and kill the race off. They could ve obviously been far more comfortable by now in that aspect, but they failed to win three of their last four matches in the Spanish top flight, which speaks volumes about their current form.
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The death of former Manchester United youth coach Eric Harrison was confirmed on Thursday, prompting Alex Ferguson to pay tribute to his incredible contribution to the club s success.
Ferguson won 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups and the Champions League twice during his 27-year stint at the helm.
But he owed at least some of that glory to the work of Harrison, who produced a group of young players who would go on to become iconic in the history of English domestic football the Class of 92.
Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Phil Neville all came through the system under Harrison and went on to become key components of Ferguson s dominant United side of the 1990s and 2000s.
The six racked up 2,329 league appearan…
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Runaway Premier League leaders Manchester United travel to St. Jakob Park on Tuesday night, looking to confirm their Champions League ambitions in a two-leg tie against Swiss giants Basel.
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The Swiss outfit has had its fair share of Champions League duels with English rivals over the past couple of years. Having beaten Chelsea in 2013 and United in 2011, Basel were once again pitted against the Red Devils in this year’s group phase. The Switzerland behemoths maintained their tough nut moniker by beating Manchester United again at St. Jakob Park which is why Pep Guardiola and his Citizens will need to stay alert.
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Everton captain Phil Jagielka is keen for the club to turn promise into silverware and end the club s 21-year wait for a trophy.
The club s last success came in the FA Cup in 1995, and despite underwhelming in the Premier League this season, Jagielka and his team-mates are through to the quarter-finals of the Cup, where they will face Chelsea, after beating Bournemouth 2-0 on Saturday.
But Jagielka has played in enough quarter and semi-finals in his time at the club to know that it is only the team that lifts the trophy that is remembered.
The quarter-finals are nice to have and it means you are doing well in cup competitions but nobody remembers who has been in quarter-finals and semi-finals, he said.
It’s all about getting to the final and giving yo…