Lauren won the Premier League twice and the FA Cup three times in a successful six-and-a-half-year spell with Arsenal. In an exclusive bwin interview, the former Cameroon international discusses the latest at the Emirates Stadium and in the Premier League.
Tottenham’s performances will surely suffer in the absence of Harry Kane, but we wanted to know which players’ presence has the biggest positive impact on their team. Here are the 10 players who have made the largest positive difference in a range of top European leagues.
West Brom are going through a little rocky patch but the Trueform rating they received for a 4-0 win at Rotherham shows they have the scope to outclass Bolton. Wanderers have lost 12 of their last 17 Championship matches and are odds-on to be relegated, so the Baggies can get back on track.
Huddersfield caretaker boss Mark Hudson faces a baptism of fire when Premier League champions Manchester City visit John Smith’s Stadium on Sunday. Under-23 coach Hudson will fill the void left by David Wagner’s shock departure and could hardly have been handed a more daunting first test.
Newcastle enjoyed a confidence-boosting FA Cup win at Blackburn in midweek and can build on that by beating Cardiff in the Premier League. The Magpies are currently third from bottom in the table, a point behind the Bluebirds, but boast a more talented squad in our book.
Norwich need a win to get their automatic promotion bid back on track and are tipped to shade a tight tussle with Birmingham in the Championship. The Canaries have slipped out of the top two on goal difference after four league games without a victory, but haven’t been playing badly.
Tottenham’s defeat to Manchester United extended their run of Premier League matches without a draw to a whopping 26 but they remain third in the Premier League, so does a lack of draws necessarily mean that there’s a problem? And which managers are most likely to settle for a share of the points?
Millwall should be full of confidence following a run of four straight victories and can continue their resurgence by seeing off Blackburn. The Lions are looking to pull further clear of the Championship relegation zone and face a Rovers team which has been struggling on the road recently.
With the turn of the year coinciding almost perfectly with the halfway point of the domestic season, we wanted to hand out some half term awards to the clubs and players who have put in the most encouraging performances so far. We’ve crunched the numbers across the Premier League and EFL – up to 31st December 2018 – to reward those who have caught our eye.
Cardiff moved four points clear of the bottom three after Victor Camarasa’s stunning stoppage-time strike earned them a 1-0 win at Leicester. Tottenham saw their Premier League title hopes suffer a setback as they went down 3-1 to Wolves at Wembley but we’re taking them to bounce back in Wales.
Leicester entertain Cardiff full of confidence following back-to-back Premier League victories over Chelsea and Manchester City. The Foxes have already beaten the Bluebirds in Wales this season and are hard to oppose in the reverse fixture at King Power Stadium on Saturday.
Jose Mourinho has been sacked as Manchester United manager after months of speculation that his time at Old Trafford was up. We’ve compared his record to those of the other managers at one of the Premier League’s ‘big six’ since he took charge of the Red Devils to break down where it all went wrong.
Andrei Kanchelskis won seven trophies during his four years with Manchester United before joining Everton in the early part of the 1995/96 season. In an exclusive bwin interview, the former Russia international shares his thoughts on what is happening at Old Trafford as well as what would be deemed a good season for the Toffees.
When we discuss local footballing rivalries we usually focus on bragging rights between neighbouring clubs, but we were interested to find out which players can claim to be the best in their region.