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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 contextManchester United have decided to NOT sack Erik Ten Hag after the FA Cup final x.com/David_Ornstein…
- 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.
