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Jobe Bellingham on brink of £25m move to Dortmund from Sunderland

3 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Martin Hardy |Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

Jobe Bellingham is on the brink of completing a move to Borussia Dortmund that could be worth more than £25million to Sunderland. Bellingham, 19, has been a target for three German clubs since helping Sunderland return to the Premier League with a dramatic Championship play-off victory against Sheffield United at Wembley. He met officials from Eintracht Frankfurt last week and spoke to representatives from RB Leipzig.
How Bournemouth became the Premier League's long-ball experts

Jan 14, 2025 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat
Jurgen Klopp: Club World Cup is useless

Jan 14, 2025 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat
The art of time-wasting

Jan 14, 2025 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

But was the Arsenal manager right to draw attention to the time-wasting tactics, and which teams are the most effective at slowing the game down? Analysis by Opta found that Arsenal (30.7sec) take the fourth-longest time to restart play of Premier League teams, behind Brentford (30.8), Aston Villa (32) and Nottingham Forest (32.1). Newcastle get the ball back into play at the sixth-fastest rate in the league.
and why it separates elite from the rest

Jan 8, 2025 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat
Forest on best run since days of Clough as they storm towards Europe

Jan 6, 2025 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat
How to stop Arsenal scoring from corners? Walls, zonal marking and bravery

Dec 5, 2024 | thetimes.com | Martin Samuel |Tony Cascarino |Gregor Robertson |Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

Arsenal picked up a 2-0 win against Manchester United with two goals from corners: their 21st and 22nd goals from corners since the start of last season.
Lee Carsley on Greece gamble, anthem row and top-secret Tuchel dossier

Dec 5, 2024 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

Away from the cameras and spotlight, Lee Carsley is a much more relaxed figure, but never more so than when he is leading England’s Under-21 team — his side. With his talented tyros he is a cerebral and provocative tactician, sometimes fielding teams composed almost entirely of attacking midfielders. Yet when he attempted to do likewise with the senior England team, the ploy backfired and they fell to a disappointing 2-1 home defeat by Greece at Wembley in October.
Caiomhin Kelleher error costs Liverpool as Newcastle relish underdog role

Dec 4, 2024 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

Ding ding, the Slot machine has finally stopped rolling winners. After charging to seven consecutive victories, Liverpool were held to a draw by a brilliant Newcastle, who equalised at the last.
FA Cup draw: Tamworth to host Spurs while Arsenal face Man United

Dec 2, 2024 | thetimes.com | Hamzah Khalique-Loonat

National League side Tamworth will face eight-times winners Tottenham Hotspur at home in the third round of the FA Cup. Tamworth, who are 16th in the fifth tier of English football, are the lowest-ranked side remaining in the competition — 101 places below Ange Postecoglou’s side, who are seventh in the Premier League. hey reached the third round after beating Burton Albion on penalties, in a game where they fell behind in the 92nd minute and equalised in the 94th.