The nominees for the annual Golden Boy award, selected by Italian newspaper Tuttosport and ultimately bestowed upon Europe’s best footballer aged under 21, are out. Among the boys are Tottenham’s Dele Alli, Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman, Borussia Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembele and Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford.
You may know James Corden from his Late Late Show on NBC or his famous episodes of carpool karaoke. Recently, the popular talk show host took a break from hanging out with celebrities and took on a new role. Arsenal was lucky enough to gain him as their new head coach.
The team begins their day on the bus where Corden leads the group in singing some pump up songs. Corden’s strategy is to get the players out of their comfort zone, which he does by getting them to chant songs about winning.
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What a week for 23-year-old Manchester United winger Jesse Lingard. The Manchester United youth academy product put in his best performance of the Premier League season on Saturday in United’s 4-1 victory over Leicester City.
Starting the match and playing for 78 minutes, Lingard played a vital part in United’s second goal by registering a classy assist for Juana Mata’s 37th minute goal.
Juan Mata's goal. Great team goal! pic.twitter.com/1bFu5A6TqK
Blackburn Rovers defeated Derby County 2-1 on Saturday in the English Championship, but the main storyline from the game involves the unleashing of American mascot ‘Mackerel Jordan’ on an unsuspecting British public.
Sportsmail, the online sports section of the British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail, has revealed another ‘hippy crack’ storm surrounding Aston Villa and England youth international Jack Grealish. Our feelings concerning this issue can be nicely summarized by this Villa supporters poll:
“To play, all I need is audacity, happiness and to be with my friends, that’s all.” So croons Neymar on his debut single from the eagerly anticipated #Neymusico. Part soul bearing confession, part brooding acoustic melody, Neymar’s #Neymusico is the best thing I’ve heard since The Beatles released Abbey Road.