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 Thierry Henry believes Liverpool’s ‘consistency’ makes them favourites to win the Champions League but admitted the tournament is still wide open. Liverpool already have one hand on the Premier League title after their comfortable 2-0 win over Newcastle in midweek saw them move 13 points clear of Arsenal in second place. And next month, the Reds will have an opportunity to claim their first trophy under Arne Slot when they face Newcastle again, this time in the Carabao Cup final. The Reds’ dominant displays have also translated onto the continent where they finished top of the Champions League league phase…

Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford has hit the ground running at Aston Villa Marcus Rashford makes decision on Man Utd future after Aston Villa loan move | Football Marcus Rashford has decided he wants to complete a permanent move from Manchester United to Aston Villa when the summer transfer window opens for business. The 27-year-old forward revealed in December he was actively seeking a new challenge away from United, the club he joined as a schoolboy aged just seven. The bombshell revelation came after an immensely disappointing 18-month spell for Rashford, in which he managed just 11 goals in 48…

Arsenal may be forced to sell one of Leandro Trossard or Gabriel Martinelli to generate the funds required to sign a big-name striker in the summer transfer window. Arsenal ready to sell first-team star to fund summer transfer move for striker The Gunners’ failure to strengthen up front has been highlighted by fans and pundits alike as a key factor in Mikel Arteta’s side once again dropping off the pace in the race for the Premier League title. Not since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have Arsenal possessed an out-and-out centre-forward capable of scoring 30 goals-a-season and injuries to Gabriel Jesus, Kai Havertz…

Arsenal’s plans for a summer transfer rebuild look set to be affected by their ongoing injury crisis, according to reports. Mikel Arteta is planning a summer rebuild Mikel Arteta’s side have seen their Premier League title hopes implode in recent days following dropped points against West Ham and Nottingham Forest. The Gunners have looked particularly toothless in attack which is perhaps no surprise given they have only three fit and available forwards after injuries to Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz. But staring down the barrel of yet another trophyless season, Arsenal are expected to embark on a major…

The Apprentice candidate Dr Jana Denzel has revealed a ‘really hurtful’ comment from Lord Alan Sugar led to him quitting the BBC One competition. The dentist from London was one of the candidates vying for a £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar, but it had earlier been revealed Dr Jana walked out after being a project manager on one of the tasks. It had also been claimed he’d been accused of using racist language in one incident, and was asked to take part in diversity training by producers. The next day, Dr Jana left of his own accord. The episode showing…

Michelle Trachtenberg, best known for her iconic role in Gossip Girl, was in a long-term relationship with talent agent Jay Cohen before her sudden death. Earlier this week it was announced the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress had died aged 39. She was reportedly found by her mother around 8am local time on Wednesday in a luxury apartment complex in New York. Police said she had been ‘unconscious and unresponsive’ and her death was not being investigated as suspicious. The actress had been linked to talent agent Jay Cohen since 2020. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cohen is a partner and head of film finance…

A film starring Saoirse Ronan praised as ‘powerful and inspiring’ is now streaming on Netflix. Released last year, The Outrun was based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by Amy Liptrot. It follows Rona, a young woman who has recently left rehab after checking in for alcoholism issues and returns home to the Orkney Islands in Scotland. The film charts her challenges with addiction in a series of flashbacks, showing her attempts to balance her work as a biology graduate in London and living with her boyfriend Daynin (Paapa Essiedu), who eventually leaves her. While in Scotland she…

One of the most obscure, and valuable, GBA games finally gets a re-release, as what was known in Europe as Ninja Cop becomes available for everyone. Ninja Five-O – not your average bobby on the beat (Konami) Video game rarity in an almost digital-only world is a very different thing to how it was 20 or so years ago. It’s currently impossible to play failed live service games like Concord and XDefiant, despite the fact that they’re less than a year old, and yet most games going back to the late ‘70s are relatively easy to play on one format…

Is the Switch 2 guaranteed to outsell the PS5? (YouTube) The Friday letters page is not optimistic about new Pokémon games on the Nintendo Switch 2, as one reader hopes for a Half-Life 3 reveal at the April Nintendo Direct. Twin rivalsOne thing I’ve been thinking about with the Nintendo Switch 2 is how it’ll do going up against not just the PlayStation 5 but also the other next gen consoles. The Switch came out halfway through the PlayStation 4’s life and now the Switch 2 is coming out halfway through the PlayStation 5. At the time it was thought…

Tesco has announced that it will be axing a popular Clubcard feature next week. The supermarket chain will be discontinuing the ability for customers to collect Clubcard points on fuel purchases at Tesco petrol stations. The decision to remove this feature comes as Tesco looks to streamline its Clubcard program and focus on other ways to reward customers. The supermarket chain has stated that customers will still be able to collect Clubcard points on all other purchases at Tesco stores, both in-store and online. The move has been met with disappointment from some customers who regularly collect Clubcard points on…