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West Ham’s relegation has been a long time coming. This is how it happened.
Jacob Steinberg
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Jacob Steinberg
@JacobSteinberg
Football reporter for The Guardian. Views are mine. Worked on Glenn Hoddle and Mark Noble’s autobiographies
- Just so I can keep up, Manchester United are trying to force out a player who spent all summer trying and failing to leave?
- Declan Rice was on a booking for 80 minutes. Didn't hide, just grew into it and became more powerful. Defensive midfielder who has ensured England are yet to concede a goal. If you don't rate him you don't know what you're watching.
- Tomori is playing every week for a strong Milan side and won the title last season. Struggle to see how a defender of his speed, quality and ability on the ball cannot be worth a go in either of these England games
- Chelsea won’t stop with Madueke…
- Chelsea’s talks with Sevilla over Jules Kounde ongoing. The defender isn’t set on going to Barcelona - he would accept Chelsea’s offer if a fee between the clubs is agreed #cfc
- If only there were any examples of Declan Rice playing brilliantly for a team worse than Arsenal.🤷♂️ "Can he hit a free-kick? Absolutely! So can Ward-Prowse..." 🤔 "I wonder how much he'd stand out in a very poor side!" Simon Jordan questions if Declan Rice is getting too much praise for his work at #AFC right now! 👀
00:00 - Thomas Tuchel considering leaving Romelu Lukaku out against Liverpool tomorrow following the Chelsea striker’s controversial interview about life at Stamford Bridge. Story on @guardian_sport soon #cfc
- Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThere was never confirmation before the FA Cup final that Erik Ten Hag was to be sacked regardless of the result After a thorough performance review, it’s now stated that he’ll stay as manager of Manchester United. t.co/6OD56MY48U
- Arsenal are closing on a deal for Declan Rice and are expected to pay over £100m for the West Ham midfielder if add-ons achieved #whufc
- Not long left but sounds like Enzo Fernandez to Chelsea is moving in the right direction #cfc
- Payment structure latest (exciting): Arsenal expected to pay guaranteed part of £105m deal for Declan Rice in 3 instalments over two years. Fee of £100m plus £5m in add ons. Talks with West Ham over add-ons being sorted, transfer should go through soon
- Chelsea closing in on £115m deal for Enzo Fernández and could make late push for Moises Caicedo tomorrow. Arsenal in for Jorginho
- Thomas Tuchel not wasting much time ripping up Chelsea’s attack. Farewell, Timo - we’ll always have that decoy run in the Champions League final. And the VAR calls.
