Leeds firm on Archie Gray sale stance amid Liverpool, Man City & Newcastle interest
Leeds United are not looking to sell teenage starlet Archie Gray despite rising interest in his services from across Europe. Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle United are all keeping close tabs on Gray.
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Cesc Fabregas determined to take ambitious Como into Serie A
Cesc Fabregas is determined to take Como to Serie A after taking over as boss at the Italian club. The former Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona midfielder, who is an investor in the club along with Thierry Henry, replaced Moreno Longo as interim boss on Monday in what is his first managerial position. He ended his playing career in the lakeside city last season and was coach of the club’s under-19s before getting the top job. Como are a club on the rise, having won back-to-back promotions and currently sit sixth in Serie B following a 2019 takeover. The Spaniard says he does not see the position as a stepping stone for a Premier League job, but a long-term project to get them to the top tier in Italy. “Obviously, now it is one of the main objectives, 100 per cent,” he said at Web Summit in Lisbon. “Whatever my role is I will always give my best. “When I joined the club one of the main objectives was to become the coach of Como 1907, I didn’t expect it to come so soon because I retired a little bit earlier, I could still be playing. “It is an opportunity for me. It is a long-term project, I am not here for two days or two months, it is a long thing. I trust the club, I trust the people, my family has found happiness in Como. “I feel great, I feel ready. This is something that happened very quickly in the last couple of days. “I have a lot of respect for the manager that was in charge for the last year and a half. I am used to the pressure, I am used to the requirements that the club wants, I am looking forward to it, it is very, very exciting.” Mirwan Suwarso, representative of the Como ownership group, said they sacked Longo because data showed they were regressing ahead of the January transfer window. He has grand plans to turn Como into the “ultimate soccer tourism destination”. It is an opportunity for me it is a long-term project, I am not here for two days or two months, it is a long thing. Cesc Fabregas “We have to rely on data and it showed that as we are heading towards the transfer window we are actually regressing in terms of our performance,” he said. “So instead of investing heavily in the transfer window in the wrong bloke we had to fix it so that is why we pulled the trigger. “When we stumbled upon the football club in Como we realised we had a great opportunity. Como is a great destination for tourism but at the same time there is nothing around it. “So our goal is to build the ultimate soccer tourism destination in the world and Lake Como is the perfect setting for it. It shows, we have been growing extensively.” Read More England skipper Jos Buttler vows to learn from World Cup ‘mistakes’ Anything is possible – Eric Dier on Tottenham’s Premier League title challenge Welsh Rugby Union was a ‘toxic’ environment, independent report finds We know what it means to Wales to get to Euro 2024 – Jordan James Rohit Sharma urges India to retain same mindset for World Cup semi-final Sol Campbell ‘happy in different space’ as he turns back on football management
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Ken Dorsey is out: Bills take a dangerous gamble with season on the line
Bills offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey was fired on Tuesday following the loss to the Broncos.
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Demonstrators gather in Washington to back Israel, condemn antisemitism
By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON Demonstrators began to gather in Washington on Tuesday for a "March
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Dutch Retreat on Airport Flap That Risked KLM Ouster at JFK
The Netherlands abandoned a plan to reduce capacity at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, bowing to pressure from the US,
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Stores That Will Be Closed for Thanksgiving 2023
Don’t leave your Thanksgiving grocery shopping to the last minute this year. Aldi, Publix, and Trader Joe’s are among the businesses giving employees the day off on the fourth Thursday in November.
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Britons Still Have £280 Billion of Excess Savings, Fitch Says
UK households are still sitting on £280 billion ($349 billion) of “excess savings” accumulated during the pandemic, according
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2023 NFL power rankings, Week 11: Midseason grades for Eagles, Chiefs and more
Our week 11 NFL Power Rankings are handing out midseason grades for every team, including the Chiefs and Eagles and before a huge Monday night matchup.
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German union calls on train drivers to strike this week in a rancorous pay dispute
A union representing German train drivers says it is calling its members out on a 20-hour strike later this week as a rancorous round of pay negotiations with the country’s main rail operator gets under way
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Pimco Calls for Bond Rally in 2024 After Bullish Forecast Crumbled This Year
Bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co. — among the many whose expectations for a rally this year were
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Mendoza starts Mets job emphasizing how close team was to success in 2022, not this year's fall
Carlos Mendoza began his tenure as New York Mets manager emphasizing how close the team was to success in 2022, not how far it descended this year
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Selfridges Thai Co-Owner to Take Control as Signa Struggles
Thai conglomerate Central Group said it’s taken control of the company behind London’s landmark Selfridges department store after
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