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More from Newcastle’s Dan Ashworth, this time in the sphere of women’s football.

Already, they’ve gone from a team where the players had to pay to play last year to being professionalised. We will do everything we can to give them the support to get to the WSL as quickly as possible.

In the WSL itself this weekend, all eyes on Chelsea, where Emma Hayes has taken her leave of absence. Her assistants Denise Reddy and Paul Green will take charge of the team in her absence. Chelsea’s next game is at Everton on Sunday. They begin their Champions League campaign at Paris Saint-Germain the following Thursday.

Some meat on the bones of that SENSATIONAL Nuno return to Wolves from Ben Fisher.

Nuno signed a two-year deal with Al-Ittihad in July and his lucrative contract with the Saudi Arabian club could prove prohibitive, with compensation likely required. But Nuno’s agent, Jorge Mendes, who also represents Lopetegui, is highly influential at Molineux and could ease talks.

Wolves have also spoken to their former Under-23s coach Rob Edwards, who was recently sacked by Watford after 11 games. Edwards, a former Wolves defender, is highly regarded by the club’s hierarchy.

Newcastle corner, courtesy of a BBC interview with sporting director Dan Ashcroft Ashworth, and some decent quotes from the former West Brom, England and Brighton operative.

On heavy transfer spend: “You can’t keep doing that every year. You just can’t, so consequently we have to look at some emerging talent, enhancing our academy and getting the players through from a different route.”

On selling to buy: “I can’t lie to you and say we’ll never have to sell a player, we’d always be able to hold on to our top talent. That doesn’t happen anywhere. Liverpool sold Mane – you have to sometimes make a pragmatic decision to go, ‘OK, we’ll do that because that’s a way of reinvesting in the club’. But as a rule of thumb, I would like to think we’ll be able to hold on to our top talent in order to drive our ambitions of driving up the league and competing for cups.”

Meanwhile, for their game at Old Trafford, Newcastle will be without Alexander Isak, who will be back soon, and Emil Krafth, who has a long-term injury.

Jake Daniels of Blackpool and the Australian Josh Cavallo of Adelaide United are the highest-profile current male players to have come out. Asked why more had not followed, Lineker said: “Fear. Fear of the unknown, I imagine. Perhaps they are worried what their teammates might think, although they probably already know. It seems insane that it should even be a thing.

Some Jürgen Klopp, ahead of Sunday, firstly on his team’s concession of early goals.

These things can happen if you lose the ball in the wrong moment,” he says of Liverpool’s habit of conceding first. Obviously when you play against somebody at the moment who is the best striker in the world you have to make sure he doesn’t get that many balls. That’s what we will try but obviously against City the problem is if you close Haaland down with too many players you open up gaps for all the other world-class players. So that will not make life easier, it’s a challenge, it’s a football problem and we will try to find a solution.

And on City’s attacking talent, including you know who.

When [Haaland] was very young, you could see the potential, it was insane. I don’t think he started against us in a home game, I think he was injured or came on – but we were already pretty busy with thinking about him, I can remember that. How can you close him down, shut him down – he scored anyway!

Physically he sets new standards, the combination of being really physical and technical and sensational awareness, his orientation on the pitch is exceptional, he knows always where the decisive gaps are, barely offside. Now at City he has some of the best players in the world at setting up goals – De Bruyne, Mahrez, Foden, Bernardo Silva, – so it’s a perfect fit.

This was Haaland’s previous visit to Anfield.

The word is that Nuno has a dream of going back to Wolves, and so do they. Nuno, of course, was the first client of Jorge Mendes, who is the club’s owner’s “football adviser”, but who couldn’t get Julen Lopetegui, also his client, to Molineux. He was also Bruno Lage’s agent.

Talks have opened over a shock Nuno comeback at Wolves. It’s believed the former head coach has told the club he’s eager to return to Molineux

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— Tim Spiers (@TimSpiers) October 14, 2022

It’s hotting up in the MLS, though no playoff place for the David Beckham/Pippin Neville dream team in Miami. Always next year, lads.

The World Cup Qatar from next month will have areas for drunk fans – and journalists – to sober up as the first to be held in a Muslim country with strict controls on alcohol yet still sponsored by a certain American beer brand.

Per Reuters.

Qatar will let ticketed fans buy alcoholic beer at matches starting three hours before kickoff and for one hour after the final whistle, but not during the match, Reuters reported in September, citing a source with knowledge of plans for the tournament.

Qatar 2022 chief executive Nasser Al Khater told Sky News in an interview published on Thursday that anyone who overdoes it would be looked after. “I know that there are plans in place for people to sober up if … they’ve been drinking excessively,” Al Khater said, adding that it was to make sure they were safe and not harmful to others or themselves and said it was “a good idea”.

Al Khater also repeated assurances that LGBTQ+ fans were welcome and would feel at ease in Qatar. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, as it is in many countries in the Middle East. “Everybody is welcome here and everybody will feel safe when they come to Qatar,” he said when asked for his message to LGBTQ+ fans. When asked if that included gay fans holding hands in public, he said: “Yes” and said “yes” again when asked if that was a message of reassurance.

Tournament organisers have previously stressed that everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation or background, is welcome in Qatar, while also warning fans against public displays of affection. Qatar and several countries in the region banned Disney’s animated film “Lightyear” from screening in cinemas this year for featuring characters in a same-sex relationship.

Crisis club latest, from Reuters.

Barcelona will sport the owl logo of Drake’s OVO Sound label on their jerseys instead of main sponsors Spotify when they take on Real Madrid on Sunday to mark the Canadian rapper surpassing 50 billion streams on the music platform.

Barcelona, who were one of the last major clubs without a shirt sponsor, said the move was part of their efforts to bring soccer and music together. Four-times Grammy award winner Drake posted an image of the limited-edition jersey on Instagram to his more than 120 million followers. Barca lead La Liga on goal difference ahead of Real Madrid.

To “bring soccer and music together” is an interesting concept. Why didn’t anyone think of that before? Well done, Drake, on 50 billion streams. Don’t spend the $20 cheque all at once, mate.

Recap of last night’s Europa League news and events.

Our overnight 10 things starts off with this from Andy Hunter

One “freak” result – as Jürgen Klopp put it – has transformed the mood inside Liverpool after they condemned Rangers to the joint-heaviest defeat in their history at Ibrox on Wednesday. The next, and more onerous, challenge is to ensure an emphatic first away win changes the momentum of an inconsistent season. Manchester City and a rested Erling Haaland pose the most formidable threat but the 7-1 win in Glasgow, or certainly the standard of the second-half display, has to be the benchmark for a team that comfortably beat Rangers at Anfield last week before underperforming in defeat at Arsenal. With 13 points separating the two teams who have dominated the title race in recent years, Liverpool cannot afford another false dawn. Their intensity will be key, according to Andy Robertson. “We need to get consistency back into our game, back into our performance,” said the fit-again full-back. “We have to play with that intensity again. At our best we know we can cause problems to any team. Anything below that and it will be a difficult afternoon.” Andy Hunter

Preamble

If Liverpool’s visit to Arsenal last week was a last-chance saloon for the title race, then maybe Sunday and the visit of Manchester City represents something akin to Douglas Adams’ Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Should Erling Haaland do Erling Haaland things then there’s a possibility it puts an end to the club’s latest golden era, a doomsday that means the top four becomes a distant prospect, too. Of course, we are talking about a team that gubbed Rangers 7-1 just two days ago but then again the 9-0 defeat of Bournemouth rings out. Bournemouth are two points above Liverpool at the time. There was a time when there was nothing between Liverpool and City, a matter of two points over four seasons, but not now.

There’s loads of other stuff to look forward to including Brentford v Brighton tonight, with the home team struggling for form. Saturday sees the latest examination of Brendan Rodgers when Crystal Palace visit Leicester. There’s also an unlikely mid-table class between Fulham and Bournemouth, managerless Wolves v Nottingham Forest, that bastion of incredulity.

Sunday is where the main action can be found with Aston Villa, Steven under severe pressure, welcoming Graham Potter’s Chelsea. Table-toppers Arsenal go to Leeds Leeds Leeds. Manchester United v Newcastle now feels like a big match again, which is what a decent run of form in red and an injection of Saudi cash will do for you. Ralph Hasenhüttl’s tightrope walk continues when Southampton welcome West Ham, before the big one takes place at Anfield.

Unlike last week, when Everton played Manchester United, there’s no game in the Hi de Hi/Last of the Summer Wine slot, and long may that continue.

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