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Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has admitted that he is “really worried” about his former club’s chances of staying in the Premier League this season.

Indeed, in his weekly column for The Sun, as cited by ChronicleLive, Shearer claimed that “relegation is a real possibility”.

Steve Bruce replaced Rafa Benitez as head coach of the club during the summer and it has not been the best of starts to the 2019-20 campaign.

Granted, Newcastle were only just beaten by Arsenal on the opening weekend of the season courtesy of a strike from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

However, they lost 3-1 at Norwich City on Saturday – a result that would have certainly concerned the club’s fans more than the Arsenal reverse given the Canaries are a newly-promoted club.

Shearer has predicted a relegation battle for his former employers this season.

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And a number of Newcastle fans have been on social media offering their views on the former striker’s claims – a selection of which can be seen below:

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s The Chalkboard series, which provides a tactical insight into teams, players, managers, potential signings and more… 

Hoops midfielder Ryan Christie has had a roller-coaster history at Celtic Park already in his short career, initially farmed out on loan to Aberdeen before returning to be on the fringes of Brendan Rodgers’ squad last summer.

Eventually making a notable impact in 2018/19’s Scottish League Cup, scoring in the semi-final and final of the competition, Christie began to secure a regular spot in the midfield.

A sickening facial injury saw him miss the tail-end of the campaign though and he is only just returning to full match fitness, playing in Celtic’s opening UEFA Champions League match against Sarajevo.

Can he now make the ‘number ten’ role at Celtic his own ahead of others in the squad such as Tom Rogic?

It’s time to throwback to another Celtic legend in the video below. This time, Keith from C’mon the Hoops remembers Stiliyan Petrov…

On the chalkboard

Celtic’s familiar 4-2-3-1 formation means that it’s critical they have a reliable and hard working player behind the central striker who can not only link midfield and attack but provide a bit of flair that can unlock defences and provide goals.

When thinking of the Hoops over the last few years, the first name that comes to mind regarding that role is Rogic, but the Australian has sharply fallen out of focus at the club over the last six months.

Missing the start of the year at Celtic due to participation in the Asian Cup, the player returned injured and then lacked real match fitness for the rest of the season, with Chris Sutton eventually claiming that the 26-year-old “looked miles off it” last term.

It’s not  a short-term problem either. Rogic has never started more than 30 matches in a single season for the club, which makes him an unreliable presence in a team that regularly plays 60+ games a year.

Christie meanwhile is ready to cement himself as the premier pick in that attacking midfield role, providing Lennon with the presence his team badly needs.

This week he told The Evening Times:

“I want to stay in the team week in, week out, and hopefully if I can, I need to put in big performances, score goals and create goals.

“The position that I was playing on Tuesday night, that number 10, I love playing in there. The gaffer says he sees me in there so that’s music to my ears. He wants to me to deal with that pressure.

“It was amazing to get back on the pitch. It’s been a long time, even since February it’s been frustrating with injuries. Touch wood that I’m back in for the long run now and can really kick on.”

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After getting his big chance in the Celtic team last season, Christie went on to score 11 goals and assist a further nine. It was a good return considering he didn’t really come into the equation until October.

With a busier style than Rogic, his obvious passion for the position and that eye for a direct goal contribution, the 24-year-old is now well-placed to be Lennon’s preferred choice in the Celtic line-up, finally providing the team with a ‘number ten’ that can be an almost ever-present fulcrum in the Hoops attack.

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It has been a quiet summer at Crystal Palace so far in terms of signings, and Eagles supporters have been busy discussing sporting director Dougie Freedman and the club’s scouting team on the Holmesdale forum.

While they have received an initial £45m fee from Manchester United for Aaron Wan-Bissaka, their only incoming to date has been goalkeeper Stephen Henderson on a free transfer.

You would think that the south London outfit at the very least need a right-back to replace the England U21 international, as well as a striker given Christian Benteke and Connor Wickham only managed to score one goal between them in all competitions last season.

Freedman is one of the main men when it comes to making these transfer decisions, and he has his own thread on Holmesdale right now where fans have been discussing him and those responsible for identifying potential new players.

What have they been saying? Any interesting comments?

There are those for and against, to be fair.

In the video below, find out which Chelsea academy prospect is reportedly being lined up to replace Aaron Wan-Bissaka at Crystal Palace…

Some are still clearly backing the former Palace striker and believe he has a difficult job, and others that feel that he isn’t doing well enough in his role.

One fans points to the club bringing in Cheikhou Kouyate, Max Meyer and Vicente Guaita as proof that Freedman is working with tough restrictions – which is difficult to argue with – while another says that the presence of a club like Chelsea makes it difficult to win the race for the best young players.

Others are not so impressed with the 45-year-old and the transfer team at all though, and rightly so. As one individual points out, they have brought in two currently out-of-favour players in Alexander Sorloth and Jaroslaw Jach, while two goalkeeper additions have already left Selhurst Park.

There are good points made for both sides of the argument when it comes to the Scot’s role and how he is performing, and those opinions on him could go either way depending on what business the Eagles do in the next month.

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Now that the Premier League season is long behind us, the players can finally unwind and step away from the football pitch to do something else instead.

Alexandre Lacazette has been doing exactly that, if his latest

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Seeing how the 28-year-old forward has had a pretty decent season in the Arsenal shirt, scoring 13 goals and assisting a further 12, a little relaxation and fun away from the “office” could be just what the good doctor prescribed.

Unfortunately, his tally wasn’t enough to lead the Gunners to any trophies last season but the Europa League final was definitely a step in the right direction.

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Still, if the reports are to be believed, Unai Emery is quite happy with his striker and the talks about a possible renewal are already underway.

[ad_pod ]Jurgen Klopp has been at Liverpool for four years now and in that time, the German has conjured up some absolutely timeless quotes.The charismatic 51-year-old has captured the hearts of Liverpool fans, who practically worship the man after he delivered a sixth major European Cup – even before that, they adored him when he hadn’t won a single thing with the Reds.You can relive Liverpool’s Champions League celebrations in glorious 2D thanks to the guys at 442oons in the video below…Klopp has been a dream for those who regularly attend Liverpool’s press conferences, pre and post match, whilst he has come out with enough punchy one liners to fill an entire book; he really does offer great entertainment value.As a result of that, narrowing his best quotes down to just a handful is an extremely tough task, but nevertheless, it is one that we have attempted.Let’s take a look at some of the former Borussia Dortmund boss’ best quotes as manager of Liverpool…

“I am the normal one”

In just his first press conference as Liverpool boss, Klopp immediately produced the first of many amazing quotes.

When reminded that Jose Mourinho dubbed himself as ‘The Special One’ in his first Chelsea press conference, Klopp responded with: “I am the normal one, not the special one.”

It is a phrase that Liverpool have since attempted to have copyrighted.

Doubters to believers

One of the more significant messages that Klopp has tried to get across to the Liverpool fanbase since day one is to believe.

Again, on his very first day as manager at Anfield, Klopp spoke of how the fanbase has been living in the past and must believe in order to write a new chapter in the club’s history.

“We have to change from doubters to believers. Now.” It is a message that the supporters have taken on board, and they are definitely getting their just rewards.

The erotic translator

As previously mentioned, the German offers great entertainment value in his press conferences, and he definitely didn’t disappoint back in November.

When listening to a translator through earphones before his side took on PSG, Klopp exclaimed: “That is a very erotic voice by the way from the translator. Congratulations. Wow.”

Clearly, he wasn’t feeling the nerves of facing Kylian Mbappe and Neymar Jr.

Boom

In what was one of the clearest indications that Klopp’s ‘heavy metal’ football was coming to fruition, a 3-0 demolition of Manuel Pellegrini’s Manchester City inside a raucous Anfield provoked a simple, but effective response from Klopp.

“The best word I can say to describe this is: Boom!” Enough said.

Where are the drinks?

Almost immediately after Klopp won his first ever Champions League title, the former Mainz boss had his priorities in line.

A brief cuddle with his No.1 Alisson Becker, who was phenomenal on the night, ended with Klopp sternly asking: “Where are the drinks?”

Get the man a Heineken.

نشبت مشادة كلامية بين مروان محسن، مهاجم الأهلي، ورضا عبد العال، نجم الزمالك السابق، عقب تتويج الأحمر بلقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

توج الأهلي بلقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا للمرة التاسعة في تاريخه، بعد فوزه على الزمالك بهدفين مقابل هدف، في النهائي الإفريقي في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما أمس الجمعة على استاد القاهرة.

اقرأ ايضًا.. صحف جنوب إفريقيا تتغنى بـ موسيماني بعد فوز الأهلي بـ دوري الأبطال أمام الزمالك

بدأ رضا عبد العال حديثه خلال تواجده في برنامج “اللعيب” على فضائية “إم بي سي مصر”، بتوجيه نصيحة لمروان محسن، بضرورة الدخول لمنطقة الجزاء لتسجيل الأهداف، وعدم الاكتفاء باللعب من خارج منطقة الجزاء ومساعدة زملائه لتسجيل الأهداف.

ورد مروان محسن على هذا الحديث قائلاً: “هجيب شيوخ بقى علشان أبقى أجيب إجوال يعني ولا إيه”.

وتابع: “(كلمني كورة مش تقولي مش بتسجل أهداف)، هناك انتقادات مقبولة وهناك هجوم ودائما تقول عني (ما يستحقش يلعب في منتخب مصر)”.

واستكمل: “هناك أمور لا تصح والهجوم غير مقبول وبيتي يتأثر كثيراً بالهجوم عليّ”.

ورد رضا عبد العال على مروان محسن قائلاً: “أنت مهاجم النادي الأهلي ولا بد أن تسجل الأهداف حتى يتم ضمك لمنتخب مصر”.

وأضاف: “أنا أقول لله، رأس الحربة الذي نعرفه لا بد أن يحرز أهدافًا”.

ورد مروان محسن: “أنا لا أتأثر بأي حديث ولكني أطالب أن يكون هناك احترام وأن نتحدث في الكرة فقط”.

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Tottenham Hotspur came unstuck against Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon for more reasons than one, but the influence of Mark Travers between the sticks was arguably the most important of them all.

What’s the word?

The Irish goalkeeper was handed his Premier League debut against one of the most potent attacking outfits in the Premier League last weekend.

It was a high magnitude test for the 19-year-old but he passed it with flying colours, successfully completing a series of excellent saves to deservedly claim a clean sheet.

His cause was aided by Tottenham going down to nine men early in the second half, but his first half heroics were a major factor behind the 1-0 victory for the home side.

And, with his performance fresh in mind, Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp included him in his team of the week column, as published by the Daily Mail, and delivered a glowing verdict on what was a compelling senior debut.

‘After that performance, Howe should have every confidence that this young man can be part of his first-team squad next season.

‘He certainly doesn’t need to buy another goalkeeper this summer. Travers may well have saved his club £30million.’

Massive claim after just one fixture

Tottenham’s weekend nemesis will be completely flattered by these comments but they are clearly a touch on the sensationalist side.

After all, this was one performance and it’s difficult to judge how high Travers can climb in the game.

To place the comments into context, Manchester City signed Ederson, arguably the best goalkeeper in Europe right now, for £35 million in June 2017.

It’s unlikely that Bournemouth would be willing to spend close to that figure on a new goalkeeper and equally it would be rash to suggest that Travers could be as reliable as a £30 million stopper.

But this was a performance which will have naturally alerted Spurs and plenty of top sides in English football to the breakthrough stopper, and they will surely be taking a closer look at his development in the coming years.

Perhaps he could be a £30 million keeper in the making.

Every Arsenal fan knew the result was coming, but the performance was on a whole new level of embarrassing.

The 3-0 defeat to Leicester City marked yet another low point in Arsenal’s season, a game in which the Gunners had their lowest percentage of possession ever in a Premier League match and conceded the most shots on target in a single game out of any team in the division this season.

Arsenal are yet again bottling a top-four finish, which is impressive when the Gunners almost looked certain to claim a Champions League spot in the table with other teams competing for those illustrious positions slipping up as the north London side kept on winning, but things aren’t that simple in football.

Arsenal have slipped to fifth in the table two weeks since their away win against Watford, and although the club are still in the race for top-four with teams around them also failing to pick up wins in the remaining fixtures, you can’t help but think the Gunners won’t get over the finish line.

With two games remaining in the league in the form of Brighton at home and Burnley away, Unai Emery knows that six points from six is what the club will need to qualify for the Champions League, and if the Spaniard can execute that whilst also having more luck from other teams slipping up, it would be a masterstroke from the Gunners boss.

Not many Arsenal fans would have expected the team to be two points fourth place with two games remaining in the league, but if you were to tell them that at the start of the season they would take that position in a heartbeat, and Emery now needs to do what must be done to return the club back to the Champions League.

Arsenal fans, can Emery secure top-four this season? Let us know!

Every Arsenal fan knew the result was coming, but the performance was on a whole new level of embarrassing.

The 3-0 defeat to Leicester City marked yet another low point in Arsenal’s season, a game in which the Gunners had their lowest percentage of possession ever in a Premier League match and conceded the most shots on target in a single game out of any team in the division this season.

Arsenal are yet again bottling a top-four finish, which is impressive when the Gunners almost looked certain to claim a Champions League spot in the table with other teams competing for those illustrious positions slipping up as the north London side kept on winning, but things aren’t that simple in football.

Arsenal have slipped to fifth in the table two weeks since their away win against Watford, and although the club are still in the race for top-four with teams around them also failing to pick up wins in the remaining fixtures, you can’t help but think the Gunners won’t get over the finish line.

With two games remaining in the league in the form of Brighton at home and Burnley away, Unai Emery knows that six points from six is what the club will need to qualify for the Champions League, and if the Spaniard can execute that whilst also having more luck from other teams slipping up, it would be a masterstroke from the Gunners boss.

Not many Arsenal fans would have expected the team to be two points fourth place with two games remaining in the league, but if you were to tell them that at the start of the season they would take that position in a heartbeat, and Emery now needs to do what must be done to return the club back to the Champions League.

Arsenal fans, can Emery secure top-four this season? Let us know!

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Sunderland could be handed a huge boost as the season draws to close, with Duncan Watmore eyeing a return before the end of the campaign.

Sunderland fans were of course gutted after Watmore’s most recent injury, but the 25 year-old could hand Jack Ross a surprise boost if the chips fall in the right places.

Watmore was initially ruled out for eight to twelve weeks after a horror tackle from Wycombe’s Marcus Bean, having only just returned from an ACL injury before that.

Now, his father has spoken out about his son’s state of mind and future.

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What’s the word?

“What really annoyed him about it was he’d just had his high,” said Ian, Watmore’s father, as reported by The Sunderland Echo.

“You can imagine scoring that goal in front of the fans, the equaliser in the 94th minute is the sort of high that you dream of when you’re doing those endless hours of rehab.

“He’s had two years of that and then he finally comes out and does it and then it’s two minutes later and he didn’t really get the chance to enjoy the moment.

“I think probably in the back of his head, he hopes he doesn’t have to play again this season because it means automatic promotion, but if there was a need to go to Wembley for the play-off final, he might just be fit for that.”

A Wembley return after all?

The Black Cats currently sit fourth in League One, five points behind Barnsley with two games in hand on the second-placed Tykes.

While Ross’ side still have their fate in their own hands, it will take a near-flawless run of results from here until the end of the season to secure an automatic jump back into the Championship.

A quest through the play-offs is the next best thing, and of course winning in the first round would guarantee another trip to Wembley for the Wearsiders.

After missing this month’s Checkatrade Trophy final, what a story it would be for Watmore to return to the side to aid their promotion push at Wembley.