Antonio Conte kept his team at the club’s training ground on Tuesday night after flying back from Lisbon and forced them into an early 11am workout session before releasing them. The players were reprimanded in the dressing room. His anger at the way Spurs lost made him want to prepare for the game againstLeicester so he could get the team back on track. Since the beginning of the season, Son Hueng-Min has failed to score a goal. Son’s place could go to Kulusevski, but he also has the option of linking Richarlison with Kane.
The two teams are competing in a game.
The postponement of the game gave Mikel Arteta a chance to work with his defence against the aerial attacks of Ivan Toney. The responsibility for dealing with Toney’s threats will be given to William and Ben. Thomas Partey is back to full training this week after missing four matches with a thigh injury. Partey is a very vocal leader in the middle of the field. He will take on Toney as he tries to get past defenders. If there are any doubts about his fitness, he will be on the bench.
Takehero Tomiyasu will also be available after recovering from an injury. Arteta wanted to try them out against the Dutch team. I have been told that Arteta is worried about Oleks’s recovery, so Granit Xhaka and Albert Lokonga will start in the middle. Elneny and Nelson won’t be on the team this week. Emile Smith-Rowe is away for a while. Arteta said this week that everyone has trained and are fine except for one person, who has been injured. The doctor gave him bad news after we scanned him. Hopefully, he will be back soon, but we don’t know when. Arteta has a plan to link up Party and Zinchenko when both are fit. He will lead from the front again. Arteta moved centre-back White to right back so he could play both Gabriel and William Saliba, and they both made impressive starts to their careers. The extra goal power provided by playing in front of White is due to the fact that he is world class and plays in front of them.
Thomas Frank is a legend in the area. The “Bees” are a respected team after being promoted from the Championship. Ivan Toney is an important goal scoring threat, but Mbeumo and Lewis Potter will support him. Two men are going to take on Toney. Franks is trying to fill the huge hole in the middle of the field that will be left by Christian Norgaard.
The game is between Manchester City and Wolves.
With Wolves sitting 14th in the table and Manchester City in second place, eight points higher after six games, most commentators can only think of one way in which City will win. Bruno Lage is looking forward to taking on the champion. Nathan Collins is the new signing at the club and he will fill the place left by Conor Coady who went on loan toEverton. The force that Diego Costa brings to the strike line is immense. The move to the midlands club has lit a fire within him, he said this week. They can expect from me a lot of things. Costa terminated his own contract at the end of January. Lage will only play him from the start or off the bench if he thinks Diego can do it. At the weekend, Lage will make a decision but his squad is thin with few options.
Wolves depend on how they handle Erling Haaland to live or die. Wolves defenders practiced to defeat the arial and ground threat of Haaland. The City training squad this week consisted of Ederson, Ortega, Carson, Lewis, Ake, Stones, Laporte, Akanji, Dias, Cancelo, Gomez and Wilson-Esbrand. It is difficult to see how Akjani will break into the regular starting line-up, even though he wants to prove he can be a valuable City player. John Stones and Aymeric Laporte need to keep working out.
Boehly has restored stability to the team.
Todd Boehly wants to stop the rapid succession of managers at the club. He has given Graham Potter a five-year contract, which is more than the four-year contract that the other managers got. The four year contract was signed by James. The owner of the Dodgers, Boehly, has had the same manager for seven years.
There is a link between Kane and the Bavarians.
Sources in Germany tell me that Harry Kane is being considered to replace Robert Lewandoski. I have found out that Charlie Kane is Harry’s brother and agent, and that he has been in touch with the Germans. Negotiations are already underway. Spurs won’t necessarily lose Harry because he has a contract until 2024. He would have had 21 trophies in his cabinet if he joined the club. The cabinet is empty at 29 years old.
The same mistakes are being made by Forest and Cottager.
Imagine you were promoted to the top level of the game after playing for the Forest. The club returned to the top flight after 23 years. You rush home to tell your wife that next year she would be rubbing shoulders with some of the best athletes in the world. It’s hard to get into the stadium when the revolving door is spinning so fast. Forest brings in 21 new players and there are lots of departures. Suddenly, you don’t recognize most of the team, and you might be sold to a different team. Since the formation of the premier league, Forest has completed the most transfers. As the new players arrive in town, local agents must have run out of properties to sell or rent. When they were promoted to thePL, the last time this happened was at Fulham. Why did it happen? They were demoted to the second tier.
Howe takes a lot of risk.
Eddie Howe has signed a new goalkeeping player in the hopes of providing competition. When the Reds lost to Real Madrid in the final of the European Championship, it was because of the howler by Karius, who dropped the ball into his own goal. His contract with the club ended in June. Howe said that the injury to Karl Darlow made it necessary to have another goalie.
The Mata is going to Galatasaray.
I have admiration for Juan Mata. He has extended his career by moving to Turkey. He left United after playing in more than 300 games.
He regains his confidence.
He was the most solid defender in the Red’s match at Real Sociedad, according to the boss. The way the two of them played was very pleasing to Ten Hag.