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West Ham v Tottenham: Premier League – live

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Tottenham attempt to attack early with a long throw into the box, but the ball runs behind for a goal kick.

Kick-off

We’re under way at the London Stadium!

The teams are out. Kick-off is just a few minutes away.

Former West Ham star Mohammed Kudus returns to the London Stadium today for the first time since his £54.5million transfer to Tottenham.

The 25-year-old starts for the visitors.

As always, feel free to email in with any thoughts, feelings or score predictions today. Will Spurs get back to winning ways this evening? Or will the Hammers take all three points?

Today’s Premier League results

Arsenal 3-0 Nottingham Forest

Bournemouth 2-1 Brighton

Newcastle 1-0 Wolves

Everton 0-0 Aston Villa

Crystal Palace 0-0 Sunderland

Fulham 1-0 Leeds

Speaking of Levy, take a look at this from David Squires…

Jacob Steinberg

“It will not only be fans of Tottenham looking on with interest when the architects of one of English football’s most astonishing acts of corporate brutality watch life after Daniel Levy begin with a game against rivals where most supporters are waiting for something similar to happen at their club…”

As I briefly mentioned earlier, West Ham have banned half-and-half scarves for today’s match. The move is among a number of increased security measures aimed at preventing away supporters from getting into the home sections at the London Stadium for a potentially volatile match.

A statement on the club website read: “West Ham United would like to make supporters aware that enhanced security measures will be in place for Saturday’s match against Tottenham Hotspur. This includes additional checks at turnstiles, restrictions on half-and-half scarves or items illustrating the colours/crests of both clubs and steps to ensure home areas remain for West Ham United fans only.

“We would like to kindly ask all supporters for patience when entering the stadium to allow our staff to perform these checks, especially during the busiest times in the 45 minutes ahead of kick-off.”

Today marks Tottenham’s first match since Daniel Levy’s sudden departure last week. Head coach Thomas Frank revealed yesterday that he held constructive talks with Spurs’ owners following the chairman’s exit and hopes that he will be given a say in the club’s long-term strategy.

Team news

West Ham starting line-up: Mads Hermansen; Kyle Walker-Peters, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Max Kilman, El Hadji Malick Diouf; James Ward-Prowse, Mateus Fernandes, Tomáš Souček; Crysencio Summerville, Jarrod Bowen (C), Lucas Paquetá.

Substitutes: Alphonse Areola, Igor Julio, Callum Wilson, Niclas Füllkrug, Luis Guilherme, Soungoutou Magassa, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Freddie Potts, Andy Irving.

Tottenham starting line-up: Guglielmo Vicario; Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero (C), Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence; Pape Matar Sarr, Palhinha, Lucas Bergvall; Mohammed Kudus, Mathys Tel, Xavi Simons.

Substitutes: Antonín Kinský, Kevin Danso, Richarlison, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ben Davies, Randal Kolo Muani.

Preamble

Hello, good afternoon and welcome to coverage of the Premier League clash between West Ham and Tottenham. There is always a buzz around a London derby and this occasion is no different - we even saw half-and-half scarves banned a few days ago, more on that a bit later on.

West Ham go into the match off the back of their first win of the season, a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Meanwhile, Spurs’ last Premier League outing saw them lose 1-0 to Bournemouth at home.

This is bound to be a fiery one. Kick-off is at 5:30pm BST - join me!

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Liverpool v Everton, Spurs v West Ham, Manchester United v Leicester and more: WSL – live

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Marc Skinner turns to his bench again. Manchester United named just five substitutes for this one and Millie Turner becomes the third to come on. Still 2-0 they lead against Leicester.

Taylor makes two changes for Liverpool to try to salvage something from his first match in charge. Beata Olsson and Kirsty MacLean are on for Kapocs and Nagano.

Vignola becomes the fourth Everton player to score a hat-trick in the WSL after Toni Duggan, Chloe Kelly and Hayley Raso.

Latest scores (after about 60 mins):

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-4 Everton (Kapocs 12; Vignola 24 54 56, Snoeijs 45+4)

Man Utd 2-0 Leicester (Toone 13, Terland 25)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

In the meantime, Jess Park has come on for her Manchester United debut at Leigh. And at Brisbane Road, the injured Szemik has been replaced by Megan Walsh in goal for West Ham.

And with that, Vignola matches her tally from last season: three goals in 28 appearances in Liga F for Granada.

GOAL! Liverpool 1-4 Everton (Vignola 56)

What a day for Everton’s new signing! Vignola completes her hat-trick, cutting inside on to her left foot and a deflection off Woodham takes her shot past Kirby!

Updated at 14.23 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-3 Everton (Vignola 54)

Everton go further in front as Vignola scores again! The 20-year-old beats Bonner to Pacheco’s cross and the ball goes in off the underside the bar. Breathing space.

Updated at 14.23 CEST

West Ham have got goalkeeper troubles too. Kinga Szemik backpedals to see that a cross doesn’t drop in and she collides with the post. She’s receiving treatment.

Malard can’t convert a good chance for Manchester United to make it 3-0 against Leicester, the France international dragging her shot wide.

Brighton v Aston Villa is also back under way. Villa have had to make a change in goal, with Ellie Roebuck coming on for D’Angelo after a first-half injury.

Golden opportunity for West Ham! Viviane Asseyi’s cross from the left is met by Seraina Piubel at the back post but the Switzerland international’s volley is blazed over from close range. Should have scored.

Second half begins!

The action is under way again at Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool. Everton, interestingly at 2-1 up, have made a triple change at half-time. Record signing Ruby Mace is among those to enter the fray.

Updated at 14.08 CEST

Manchester United are in control against Leicester, who have had just two training sessions under new interim manager Rick Passmore. I wonder what he’ll ask his side to do at half-time?

Then it’s goalless between Tottenham and West Ham (which is getting better after a drab start) and Brighton and Aston Villa (where a handful of England stars, past and present, are on display).

Everton are yet again enjoying their visit to Anfield, coming from behind in that first half. What a moment for Ornella Vignola too. The highly-rated Spain youth international showed her class with that brilliant equaliser. Snoeijs’s header in first-half stoppage time means they are on course for their sixth successive win at Anfield.

Half-time scores

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-2 Everton (Kapocs 12; Vignola 24, Snoeijs 45+4)

Manchester United 2-0 Leicester (Toone 13, Terland 25)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

Updated at 13.55 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-2 Everton (Snoeijs. 45+4)

Pacheco’s cross from the left is met by Katja Snoeijs and Faye Kirby cannot get enough of a glove on the header. On the stroke of half-time, Everton lead!

Updated at 13.54 CEST

Tom Garry

Spurs are playing some decent buildup stuff here, intricately working to get the ball out wide to their wingers Araya Dennis and Jessica Naz, both of whom are having a good half in terms of dangerously running at their full-backs and causing problems, but it’s the final ball that’s missing.

Chance for Spurs: Holdt produces a lovely piece of skill down the Tottenham right before Naz’s shot is tame and drifts over the bar.

Goalmouth scramble at Spurs! Lize Kop does well to bat away a West Ham corner from under her own crossbar and pinball ensues. Shekiera Martinez tries to squeeze the ball in but her shot is blocked and Spurs survive.

Off the post! Liverpool threaten to retake the lead in the derby, with Holland cutting inside from the right and seeing her curling shot come back off the post.

Kirby goes close for Brighton, getting in behind the Villa defence and fizzing a low shot beyond the far post.

Updated at 13.35 CEST

Off the bar! Villa’s Rachel Daly rattles the crossbar with a right-footed shot from range that so nearly found the top corner.

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-1 Everton (Kapocs 11; Vignola 24)

Man Utd 2-0 Leicester (Toone 13, Terland 25)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

GOAL! Manchester United 2-0 Leicester (Terland 25)

After 10 goals in the WSL last season, Elisabeth Terland opens her account for the campaign with a header from Riviere’s cross. Leicester look in trouble.

Updated at 13.42 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Everton (Vignola 24)

Liverpool’s corner is cleared long to Ornella Vignola who twists and turns past Holland in the penalty area and finds the far corner with a glorious curling effort!

Updated at 13.38 CEST

Liverpool continue to press for a second goal. Mia Enderby forces a corner at the Kop End. Everton clear it and go on the counter …

Anfield rises in the 20th minute in honour of Diogo Jota. The rain is still coming down on Merseyside.

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 1-0 Everton (Kapocs 11)

Man Utd 1-0 Leicester (Toone 13)

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

Updated at 13.21 CEST

Fran Kirby is denied an opener for Brighton. The former England midfielder taps home from close range but the offside flag is up.

Off the bar! Gemma Bonner stretches to get on the end of a Liverpool free-kick and Courtney Brosnan tips her effort on to the crossbar.

Brighton’s Michelle Agyemang is causing problems against Aston Villa. She finds Rachel McLauchlan on the edge of the box and the left-back’s shot is well saved by D’Angelo.

GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Leicester (Toone 13)

Ella Toone gets off the mark for the campaign as the ball falls to her inside the box and she cooly slots past Leicester’s Janina Leitzig in goal.

Updated at 13.25 CEST

GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Everton (Kapocs 11)

First blood in the Merseyside derby goes to the hosts. Cornelia Kapocs comes in off the left flank, goes past Martina Fernández and smashes her shot in off the crossbar!

Updated at 13.24 CEST

Brighton 0-0 Aston Villa

Liverpool 0-0 Everton

Man Utd 0-0 Leicester

Tottenham 0-0 West Ham

Updated at 13.11 CEST

Hansen is OK after receiving treatment and tests Brighton’s debutant goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie with a low shot.

At Anfield, Ceri Holland fronts up Maz Pacheco and sends a really dangerous cross through the corridor of uncertainty but it comes to nothing.

Villa’s Kirsty Hansen is down and receiving treatment after a collision in midfield.

Tottenham have threatened from a couple of corners in the opening stages at Brisbane Road.

Meanwhile at Crawley, Brighton’s Kiko Seike has had a shot saved comfortably by Villa’s Sabrina D’Angelo.

Updated at 13.16 CEST

Sophie Downey

It’s a rather blustery and drizzly day here at Anfield for the opening Merseyside derby of the season. There was an excited atmosphere building around the stadium as Liverpool and Everton fans started to gather and queue to get to their seats.

It is a fresh start for Liverpool this season after the frustrations of the last campaign and a first game in charge for manager Gareth Taylor who was appointed over the summer. He will be hoping that he can bring a change to Liverpool’s fortunes in this encounter – the Reds are winless in their last seven WSL meetings against the Toffees and have lost the last two encounters.

For Everton, it has been an exciting summer for Brian Sørensen who has made good use of the influx of funds provided by The Friedkin Group since their takeover. Nine players have come through the door – eight permanent and one in on loan – and he will be hoping they will be able to help him start to move the Toffees up the table after a rollercoaster of a few seasons.

Kick-off

All four games are under way!

Tom Garry

The pitch here at Brisbane Road is soaked in sunshine on the day of Martin Ho’s first game in charge of Tottenham and the mood is optimistic. The hosts have given a debut to the 19-year-old Japan international Toko Koga – who is held is such high, she tends to start for her country – and the club are understood to be particularly delighted to have persuaded her to join them from Feyenoord this summer because there were so many other big clubs enquiring about her.

What Spurs feel they can offer a young star like Koga, that perhaps current Champions League clubs can’t, is game time, and that seems to be what helped them do this deal. Their far more critical summer signing was the appointment of Ho, the former Manchester United assistant coach who led Brann of Norway to a Champions League quarter-final. Ho was understood to have been selected from a shortlist of around 30 candidates and came with glowing recommendations from some of his former colleagues. Spurs like that he is obsessive and passionate about the job and now they’ll hope it can translate into better results on the pitch.

Ho has just been introduced to the crowd here to warm applause and cheers, with the Merseyside-born coach raising both of his arms in the air to wave to the Spurs fans. He is wearing – as almost every WSL manager seems to do these days – white trainers, (what else?) with smart dark trousers, plus a grey top, and all the pitchside photographers are pointing their cameras straight towards him.

Updated at 13.04 CEST

We are five minutes from kick-off in all four games.

There are plenty of new faces in the starting lineups at Anfield – Sam Kerr and Lily Woodham make their full debuts for Liverpool, while Martina Fernández, Maz Pacheco, Katie Robinson, Rion Ishikawa and Ornella Vignola are the new signings in Everton’s XI. Club-record signing Ruby Mace could also make her debut for the visitors off the bench.

Chelsea are, of course, the team everyone is chasing. The champions began their tilt at a seventh successive title on Friday night but were given a run for their money by Manchester City at Stamford Bridge:

Leicester are the only side starting the campaign without a manager after the sacking of Amandine Miquel 10 days ago. Rick Passmore was appointed as interim manager earlier this week and has had just two sessions with the team before facing Manchester United today.

“The last couple of days have been manic, a whirlwind,” Passmore said this week. “I would love to stay at this club.”

Manchester United v Leicester team news:

Manchester United (4-4-2): Tullis-Joyce; Riviere, Le Tissier, Janssen, Sandberg; Toone, Zigiotti Olme, Miyazawa, Bizet; Malard, Terland

Subs: Middleton-Patel, Turner, Naalsund, Park, Griffiths

Leicester (4-2-3-1): Leitzig; Ale, Kees, Boureille, Thibaud; Tierney, Cayman; Cain, Van Egmond, O’Brien; Eríksdóttir

Subs: Clark, Wellesley-Smith, Rantala, Payne, Las, McLoughlin, Sherwood, Ayane, Kaczmar

Updated at 12.40 CEST

Tottenham v West Ham team news:

Tottenham (4-3-3): Kop; Koga, Hunt, Rybrink, Nildén; Dennis, Spence, Summanen; Holdt, England, Naz

Subs: Ahtinen, Tandberg, Graham, Grant, Gunning-Williams, Heeps, Jackson, Maite Oroz

West Ham (4-2-3-1): Szemik; Denton, Nyström, Zadorsky, Hanshaw; Siren, Gorry; Piubel, Ueki, Asseyi; Martinez

Subs: Bellomou, Brasero-Carreira, Cemal, Houssein, Morgan, Paví, Tysiak, Walsh, Wandeler

Spurs finished second bottom last season but there is hope for improvement under former Everton and Manchester United assistant manager Martin Ho.

As for West Ham, they have the winner of the Women’s Super League’s Rising Star award for last season: Shekiera Martinez.

Brighton v Aston Villa team news:

Brighton (4-3-3): Nnadozie; McLauchlan, Rule, Minami, Olislagers; Kirby, Cankovic, Symonds; Seike, Haley, Agyemang

Subs: Auée, Baggaley, Camacho, Carabalí, Hayes, Kafaji, Noordam, Rayner, Tsunoda

Aston Villa (3-4-1-2): D’Angelo; Wilms, Patten, Deslanders; Grant, Kearns, Baijings, Maritz; Daly; Salmon, Hanson

Subs: Kelly, Kendall, Maltby, Mayling, Mullett, Parker, Roebuck, Taylor

The Gareth Taylor era at Liverpool begins with the visit of Everton to Anfield in the Merseyside derby. The Reds finished 7th last season and will want to kick on now under the former Manchester City manager.

As Tom Garry points out, Everton have won on each of their last five trips to Anfield, which their manager Brian Sørensen joked was “our training pitch” last season.

Merseyside derby team news

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Kirby; Fisk, Bonner, Evans, Woodham; Nagano, Kerr; Kapocs, Höbinger, Holland; Enderby

Subs: Morgan, Parry, Risa, Kiernan, Roman H, Olsson, Clark, MacLean, Silcock

Everton (4-2-3-1): Brosnan; Ishikawa, Ladd, Fernández, Pacheco; Hayashi, Van Gool; Robinson; Momiki, Vignola; Snoeijs

Subs: Ramsey, Wheeler, Payne, Gago, Weir, Stenevik, Holmgaard, Mace

Updated at 12.55 CEST

In case you missed it yesterday, Arsenal got off to a winning start as they look to challenge Chelsea in the title race. The Gunners didn’t have it all their own way though, having to come from behind against promoted London City Lionesses.

Suzanne Wrack was there to watch £1m signing Olivia Smith turn the game in Arsenal’s favour:

Preamble

Hello and welcome to Sunday in the Women’s Super League. Four teams have already kicked off their campaigns and the rest will follow at 12pm (BST) today. Four matches kick off simultaneously at midday and we’ll endeavour to bring you all the key moments from each of them. Those getting their season under way today are …

Brighton v Aston Villa (at Crawley’s Broadfield Stadium)

Liverpool v Everton (at Anfield)

Manchester United v Leicester (at Leigh Sports Village)

Tottenham v West Ham (at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road)

That’s a Merseyside derby and a London derby, plus Michelle Agyemang’s second Brighton debut – and all starting before we’ve even thought about lunch.

If you’d like to get in touch with your predictions for the season or thoughts on Chelsea and Arsenal’s opening victories, you can email me here.

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Stones ruled out for England, Tottenham latest, Russo’s new deal as WSL kicks off: football news – live

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The Billericay Town legend, Jamie O’Hara, was just talking about Daniel Levy’s time at Tottenham. O’Hara was at the club when they won the Carling Cup, as it was then, in 2008.

“You never felt like he wanted more,” O’Hara says. “Can we go to the next level?

“It never felt like you was going to be a Liverpool, or a Manchester United, or an Arsenal … It was: ‘Oh, amazing, we won the Carabao Cup.’”

And what of the future? Can Spurs become a force in the Premier League?

“Spending money is easy … there has to be a plan in place. If Tottenham have a plan in place, I believe they can challenge for the title in the next five, six years.”

Updated at 13.30 CEST

Tuchel was also talking about England’s lack of a natural No 6 in this squad – “Maybe John Stones, but he left this morning.”

Then he was asked if the success of the England Women’s team, and the Under-21s, has added pressure for him?

Of course, Tuchel says no. He was really happy for Sarina Wiegman and Lee Carsley, they have done a great job, but it doesn’t add pressure for him approaching the men’s World Cup.

Updated at 13.18 CEST

More from Tuchel’s press conference: “We need to be flexible. It’s not the moment to make final decisions for the World Cup. The decisions are made for Andorra and nothing else.”

And here is the Newcastle and England defender Burn, applying some kind of defensive stroke to a question earlier about IsakGate:

“I’m happy it’s over,” he says. “Alex is a mate … I’ve got nothing but sort of good wishes for Alex.

“No animosity … As a Newcastle fan, we’re very protective of our club and city … we want people there who want to play for the club and the city … I understand why fans are frustrated, but I’ve been in football long enough to know what goes on. I wish Alex all the best, apart from when we play Liverpool.”

“He didn’t flat-bat it,” says the Sky Sports News reporter, of the fact that Dan Burn spoke about Alexander Isak’s departure from Newcastle at today’s England press conference.

I think he means “straight-bat”? Or even “dead-bat”? But not flat-bat. You can flat-bat a ball anywhere, including over the pavilion.

Updated at 13.07 CEST

Thanks John. Football – it really is back, whether you like it or not. Personally I try and ignore it until the County Championship has wrapped. Any thoughts on that or anything else – Email me.

With that, taking the lunchtime baton, is Luke McLaughlin.

Everton seek to secure Pickford future

Andy Hunter

Everton are planning talks over a new contract for Jordan Pickford that they hope will keep England’s first-choice goalkeeper at the club for the remainder of his top-flight career.

Pickford is under contract at Everton until 2027 but the club’s new owners, The Friedkin Group (TFG), want to secure him on a lucrative, long-term deal that reinforces his importance to their future ambitions. Negotiations are expected to commence with the 31-year-old’s representatives now that the summer transfer window is out of the way.

The England international joined Everton from Sunderland for £30m in 2017 and has played a key role in preserving the club’s Premier League status throughout a troubled period. With the club raising its ambitions under TFG, Everton believe retaining the services of the country’s best goalkeeper is important for the team’s improvement and their long-term strategy.

Pickford is already one of Everton’s highest earners on the four-and-a-half years contract he signed in February 2023. He has received interest from rival Premier League clubs but Everton hope the player, who has a strong relationship with the club’s hierarchy, will commit his peak years to Moyes’ team on improved terms.

Pickford, who could win his 77th England cap against Andorra on Saturday, has grown in influence behind the scenes at Everton in recent years and is part of the team’s leadership group alongside captain Seamus Coleman and James Tarkowski. A good friend of Jack Grealish, he was also influential in encouraging his England colleague to join Everton on loan from Manchester City this summer.

Moyes considers the defensive trio of Pickford, Tarkowski and Jarrad Branthwaite as the cornerstone of his attempts to improve Everton and compete higher up the table. Branthwaite signed a new five-year contract at Everton amid interest from other clubs this summer and Pickford could follow in committing his long-term future to Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Who remembers Steve McClaren after Andorra in 2007?

A highly amising outburst that could only end in umbrella shame.

Tuchel looked back on the previous Andorra game in June, which was something of a grind.

“We made it too easy for Andorra to find the moments to close us down and to find the moments to slow our game down and we will find new solutions to break down the block a bit easier. We always have to balance our expectations because Andorra is a well drilled team, I know it maybe sounds a little silly but that is the way it is, they know what they are doing after 8-10 years with the same coach.

“It can feel a little like chewing gum to break a block down like this but we have to play with more energy and more enthusiasm and so far I’m sure we will.”

Marc Guehi’s had an interesting week but Tuchel has every faith: “He is the main driver of Crystal Palace’s success, he is the captain and the leader and he played very impressively at the end of last season. He has continued like that in camp and he handles it [his transfer situation] with respect and with and with brilliant attitude.”

Ruben Loftus-Cheek was given props, Tuchel having worked with him at Chelsea: “It was always a pleasure to work with him and I am very happy that I had the chance to call him up. He is a nice guy to be around, very friendly and very polite with a good sense of humour.

“He is full of qualities and sometimes I don’t think he is aware how good he is and how good he can be but he fits in seamlessly because of his character and his quality and he competes for a place in central midfield and it is good to see that he is fit and not injured.”

Tuchel has been speaking to the broadcast media:

“We have had excellent training sessions, excellent energy, both on and off the pitch. The group worked very well and I am at the moment very, very positive.

“Like I said, in sport it is not about what you have done yesterday but about what you do tomorrow to get better and so I expect a good training session from the players to be ready for tomorrow. We will face - in both matches - a deep block and a 5-4-1 for sure in the first match and it is the challenge to overcome that quickly and aggressively and play with more rhythm than we did in the first match [against Andorra].”

Harry Kane will start.

“There is no balance, the competition is on and it is World Cup season. We have a condensed camp and that means we will start with the team that we trust and the best team possible and we will manage the second game. We will not do it backwards.

“We will not get caught up in experiments and everything that counts is today and tomorrow and then we will do our assessment after the match to see who is available.

John Stones ruled out for England

The Manchester City defender has withdrawn from the England squad through injury.

Thomas Tuchel said: “Unfortunately, John Stones just left. He came with minor issues, muscular issues, to camp and didn’t progress as we thought and hoped he would. So, he left camp this morning (Friday) because we will not take the risk. Everyone else is available.”

Tuchel confirmed captain Harry Kane will lead the line for England as he names a strong line-up for the qualifier against Andorra.

Just like Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash, on Poland duty, has been speaking about Aston Villa’s PSR problems. At one point, he was headed for a return to Nottingham Forest.

“The PSR and stuff, it’s frustrating because obviously the owners have got money that they want to spend and do what’s best for the club, and obviously we’ve got limits and we can’t do it,” Cash said.

“But obviously we’ve had good success with the squad that we’ve got now in. So as players, you can’t really get too drawn into it. You just have to focus on your job. We’re the ones that are out there on the pitch. Our jobs as players, we get paid to perform on the pitch, and that’s all we can do. We’ve got a good, strong group. We’re very close together as a team. So it’s important to have that.

Some reaction to that Germany defeat to Slovakia. Their next World Cup qualifier is at home to Northern Ireland in Cologne on Sunday in Group A.

“We have a chance to do things better in three days,” Joshua Kimmich said. “We have talked about the World Cup before this match but we first have to qualify. Because with performances such as this it won’t work with the qualification.”

“I do believe that the players now feel what is needed (on Sunday). The entire team must carry that energy. If we are more energetic then we will have a better game on Sunday,” said Julian Nagelsmann.

Leander Schaerlaeckens pays warm tribute to Michael Bradley, former USMNT mainstay now on his coaching journey.

Did he walk or was he “eased aside”? We’re expecting plenty more fallout from the sudden departure from Tottenham of Daniel Levy.

Thursday’s World Cup qualifiers. Great win for Northern Ireland, a rather difficult night for Germany and Newcastle’s new boy, Nick Woltemade.

It’s time to go off to the England camp, and hear from Elliott Anderson.

And Djed Spence.

Ezri Konsa voices a familiar complaint.

Surely Messi plays at the World Cup. Or does he?

“Day by day, trying to feel good and above all, being honest with myself. When I feel good, I enjoy it, but when I don’t, honestly, I don’t have a good time, so I prefer not to be there if I don’t feel good. So we’ll see. I haven’t made a decision about the World Cup.”

Good luck, Terry Dunn, the 54-year-old keeper.

Updated at 11.15 CEST

Women's transfer record broken again

Updated at 11.46 CEST

One of the WSL’s most heralded graduates, these days with Bayern Munich, Georgia Stanway, speaks to Don McRae.

“I had three weeks on crutches, six weeks in a brace, but as soon as I heard that I was going to need surgery I was asking: ‘Will I make the Euros?’ Nobody could really give me an answer. That was difficult but every day I said: ‘Whether you think it’s possible or not, I will make it.’

The biggest stories from the WSL deadline day here.

Not only that, but it’s the start of the WSL season, with a blockbuster as Chelsea v Manchester City.

Morning, we’ve kicked off the blog with some big news coming out of London Colney, and there will more reaction to follow on the other club in north London, as part of the buildup to a weekend of international football.

Updated at 10.05 CEST

Russo signs long-term Arsenal extension on eve of new season

Alessia Russo has signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal. On the eve of the club’s Women’s Super League opener against London City Lionesses at the Emirates Stadium, the Gunners have confirmed that the 26-year-old has put pen to paper on a new deal - the length of which is undisclosed.

Arsenal signed Russo from Manchester United in July 2023 after her contract expired, having failed with two bids in the preceding January. The forward, a European champion for club and country, has scored 36 goals in 72 games for Arsenal. She helped the team to a League Cup win in 2024 and a Champions League victory in May.

Last season Russo jointly claimed the WSL’s Golden Boot with Khadija Shaw, with 12 goals, and was named the Football Writers’ Association’s women’s footballer of the year. After being named in the Professional Footballers’ Association and Uefa teams of the year, Russo has been shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or.

“Arsenal feels like home,” said Russo. “This is such a special club and it has felt that way to me from the moment I joined two years ago. Playing for Arsenal is an honour and has pushed me to develop and grow as a player, and I feel empowered with this badge on my chest.”

The manager, Renée Slegers, said: “As a striker, Alessia’s goals often take the spotlight – but she brings so much more to our group. She’s a selfless player, working so hard for the team, and she also contributes so much to our team culture.”

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Manchester United 3-2 Burnley, Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth: Premier League, EFL and more

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Manchester United v Burnley, Tottenham v Bournemouth: Premier League, EFL and more – live - The Guardian

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Ed Aarons was at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon:

Click here for John Brewin’s match report from Molineux:

Premier League results

Chelsea 2-0 Fulham

Wolves 2-3 Everton

Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth

Manchester United 3-2 Burnley

Sunderland 2-1 Brentford

Championship results

Stoke City 0-1 West Brom FT

QPR 3-1 Charlton Athletic FT

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield United FT

Oxford United 2-2 Coventry City

Bristol City 4-2 Hull City

Ipswich Town 2-2 Derby County

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Swansea City

Millwall 0-2 Wrexham

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Norwich City

Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End

Watford 2-2 Southampton

League One results

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United

Cardiff City 4-0 Plymouth Argyle

Burton Albion 0-3 Luton Town

Wigan Athletic 1-1 Stockport County

Stevenage 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers

Exeter City 3-0 Peterborough United

Reading 1-0 Port Vale

Bradford City 3-2 AFC Wimbledon

Barnsley 3-1 Huddersfield Town

Blackpool 1-1 Bolton Wanderers

Lincoln City 1-1 Mansfield Town

Leyton Orient 0-1 Northampton Town

League Two results

Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood Town

Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Swindon Town

Oldham Athletic 0-1 Gillingham

Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Notts County

Bromley 2-0 Harrogate Town

MK Dons 0-1 Walsall

Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Accrington Stanley

Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers

Barnet 1-1 Colchester United

Cambridge United 2-0 Newport County

Chesterfield 2-2 Crawley Town

Updated at 18.14 CEST

Full-time

It’s full-time in the Premier League. Here are the results:

Chelsea 2-0 Fulham

Wolves 2-3 Everton

Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth

Manchester United 3-2 Burnley

Sunderland 2-1 Brentford

Championship: Ipswich have just scored an equaliser in the 16th (yes, sixteenth) minute of added time against Derby through Jack Clarke!

GOAL! Manchester United 3-2 Burnley (Bruno Fernandes, 90+7)

Fernandes converts the penalty to all-but win it for United!

Updated at 18.06 CEST

Premier League: Penalty to Manchester United following a shirt pull on Amad Diallo from Jaidon Anthony!

Premier League: A VAR review is currently ongoing for a potential Manchester United penalty…

GOAL! Sunderland 2-1 Brentford (Wilson Isidor, 90+6)

Late drama alert! From 1-0 down, Sunderland come back and are now on the verge of winning it thanks to Wilson Isidor!

Updated at 18.04 CEST

All four Premier League games are still live. We’ve reached full-time in some fixtures across the country, but there could still be some late drama…

Premier League: It’s been pretty quiet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon. Bournemouth still lead 1-0 with just under five minutes left to play.

GOAL! Sunderland 1-1 Brentford (Enzo Le Fee, 81)

Le Fee equalises from the penalty spot, sending Caoimhin Kelleher the wrong way and slotting his shot into the bottom-right corner!

Updated at 17.50 CEST

GOAL! Wolves 2-3 Everton (Rodrigo Gomes, 79)

Wolves are back in it thanks to Rodrigo Gomes! Can they find an equaliser now with just over 10 minutes left to play?

Updated at 17.49 CEST

Championship: And just like that, Watford are level again! Nestory Irankunda with the goal against Southampton!

Championship: Southampton lead Watford once again thanks to Ryan Manning. Elsewhere, Bristol City have increased their advantage against Hull.

GOAL! Sunderland 0-1 Brentford (Igor Thiago, 77)

Thiago breaks the deadlock at the Stadium of Light! The forward heads past Robin Roefs following a cross in from the right.

Updated at 17.45 CEST

GOAL! Manchester United 2-2 Burnley (Jaidon Anthony, 66)

Burnley are level once again! Jaidon Anthony with the strike from close range following a long throw from Kyle Walker.

Updated at 17.40 CEST

Championship: Watford are now level with Southampton thanks to Kwadwo Baah. Meanwhile, Rhian Brewster has fired Derby ahead against Ipswich in the 70th minute.

GOAL! Manchester United 2-1 Burnley (Bryan Mbeumo, 57)

Well, that didn’t take long. Just one minute and 33 seconds after Foster’s equaliser, Bryan Mbeuno restores United’s lead!

Updated at 17.29 CEST

GOAL! Manchester United 1-1 Burnley (Lyle Foster, 55)

Foster gets the equaliser for Burnley at Old Trafford! The forward breaks free in the box to flick in a cross from Jacob Bruun Larsen.

Updated at 17.24 CEST

Premier League: Brentford have a penalty and Kevin Schade steps up to take it, but his attempt is saved by Robin Roefs!

Championship: The deadlock has finally been broken at the Den. Kieffer Moore fires Wrexham into the lead against Millwall.

GOAL! Wolves 1-3 Everton (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 55)

Dewsbury-Hall makes it three for Everton with a powerful strike into the top-left corner! Another assist for Grealish.

Updated at 17.24 CEST

Championship: Carlton Morris has fired Derby level against Ipswich from the penalty spot. Meanwhile, Swansea have taken a 1-0 lead against Sheffield Wednesday thanks to Zan Vipotnik.

We’re back under way in the 3pm games.

Scottish Premiership

Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock

Livingston 1-0 Hearts

Premier League

Chelsea 2-0 Fulham FT

Wolves 1-2 Everton

Tottenham 0-1 Bournemouth

Manchester United 1-0 Burnley

Sunderland 0-0 Brentford

Leeds United v Newcastle (5:30pm)

Championship

Stoke City 0-1 West Brom FT

QPR 3-1 Charlton Athletic FT

Middlesbrough 1-0 Sheffield United FT

Oxford United 1-2 Coventry City

Bristol City 3-1 Hull City

Ipswich Town 1-0 Derby County

Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Swansea City

Millwall 0-0 Wrexham

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Norwich City

Portsmouth 1-0 Preston North End

Watford 0-1 Southampton

League One

Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Rotherham United FT

Cardiff City 4-0 Plymouth Argyle FT

Burton Albion 0-2 Luton Town

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Stockport County

Stevenage 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers

Exeter City 1-0 Peterborough United

Reading 0-0 Port Vale

Bradford City 1-1 AFC Wimbledon

Barnsley 2-0 Huddersfield Town

Blackpool 1-0 Bolton Wanderers

Lincoln City 1-0 Mansfield Town

Leyton Orient 0-0 Northampton Town

League Two

Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood Town FT

Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Swindon Town FT

Oldham Athletic 0-0 Gillingham

Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Notts County

Bromley 0-0 Harrogate Town

MK Dons 0-0 Walsall

Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Accrington Stanley

Grimsby Town 0-1 Bristol Rovers

Barnet 0-1 Colchester United

Cambridge United 1-0 Newport County

Chesterfield 0-2 Crawley Town

Half-time

And that’s the half-time whistle around the grounds. Let me bring you some scores…

Championship: Sean McLoughlin has been shown a red card and Blackburn are down to 10 men against Norwich. The Canaries are also awarded a penalty and Josh Sargent converts to give them a 1-0 lead.

Championship: Portsmouth lead Preston thanks to a goal from Andre Dozzell. Meanwhile, Bristol have extended their advantage against Hull through Emil Riis.

Championship: Ipswich have taken the lead against Derby at Portman Road. Oxford have drawn level against Coventry and Bristol lead Hull 2-1 at Ashton Gate.

Premier League: Nightmare for Manchester United. Matheus Cunha goes to ground holding his hamstring and will not be able to continue. He is forced off. Will Benjamin Sesko replace him? No. It’s Joshua Zirkzee.

Updated at 17.14 CEST

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Manchester City v Tottenham: Premier League – live

Submitted by daniel on Sat, 23/08/2025 - 11:30

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Kick-off

Sarr gets us under way as Spurs kick for the corner. Nick the optimistic Spurs fan says: “I don’t dare switch the notifications on.”

I wonder if Kevin De Bruyne is watching today, perhaps from a hotel room in Emilia-Romagna as his Napoli team prepare to kick off their Serie A season at Sassuolo later on. The Belgian scored three and assisted three in his 14 league games against Spurs while at City.

Kick-off is five minutes away at the Etihad!

The managers have been speaking to the TV mics:

Frank says he has “laser focus” on picking his Spurs team today amid the transfer noise surrounding Eze’s move to Arsenal. He is asked about Palhinha, who he says is a “top player” and Richarlison, who he says is a “top striker” – consistent, at least.

Guardiola says it was a “difficult selection” to pick Trafford over Ederson today given that Ederson has given City “massive things” in the last decade. As for Rodri, it will be “step by step” in terms of his re-introduction into the team.

Rúben Dias starts for Manchester City today. He signed a two-year contract extension with the club this week to take his stay through to 2029:

I love Manchester – it is my home now – and I love the Manchester City fans. Their support from day one has been absolutely unbelievable, and I appreciate them a lot. When I think about the trophies we have won and the way we have played our football during my time, I couldn’t imagine playing anywhere else.

This fixture was a sort of nadir (as nadirs go) for Manchester City last season, thumped 4-0 by Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs – it was their fifth defeat in a row and knocked their already faltering title defence even further sideways.

Maddison scored twice for Spurs that afternoon, with further goals for Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson. Even Timo Werner was enjoying himself. Spurs will have to do without their No 10 today and for the foreseeable future after his anterior cruciate ligament injury over the summer. The same goes for Dejan Kulusevski, who has been ruled out until the new year with a knee injury of his own.

Now, though, City appear to have recovered some of the swagger that has defined them under Guardiola. Their ruthless display against Wolves last weekend, when new signings Cherki and Reijnders opened their accounts for the club, was ominous for their rivals for the Premier League title.

Eze is the elephant in the room as far as Spurs are concerned today. Without the injured James Maddison, their squad is lacking in creativity and you’d imagine they’ll try their luck in the transfer market again before the window shuts.

With Eze on his way to the other side of north London, Frank is keen to recruit players who actually want to play for Spurs:

That’s very clear and I’m also pretty sure that the fans will feel the same. If they [the signings] don’t want to put the fantastic shirt over their head, play for the badge, play for the club, really enjoy it, no problem. We don’t want them. I think that’s a key message.

James Trafford keeps his place for City, then, despite the return of Ederson from injury. Rodri and Phil Foden are only fit enough for a place on the bench after missing the opening win at Wolves. Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki replace Bernardo Silva and Jérémy Doku in the lineup.

Thomas Frank sticks to the four-man defence that played against Burnley having deployed three centre-backs in the Super Cup against PSG. Rodrigo Bentancur and João Palhinha come into the midfield for Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray.

Team news

Guardiola and Frank have played their first cards:

Man City (4-2-3-1): Trafford; Lewis, Stones, Dias, Aït-Nouri; Reijnders, González; Bobb, Cherki, Marmoush; Haaland

Subs: Ederson, Aké, Doku, Rodri, Silva, Nunes, O’Reilly, Khusanov, Foden

Tottenham (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Spence; Sarr, Palhinha, Bentancur; Kudus, Richarlison, Johnson

Subs: Kinsky, Danso, Tel, Gray, Bergvall, Vuskovic, Solanke, Odobert, Davies

Referee: Peter Bankes

Updated at 12.40 CEST

Preamble

Hello and welcome to minute-by-minute coverage of Manchester City v Tottenham in the Premier League. Both teams come into this one off the back of impressive wins in their opening fixtures last weekend – Spurs against Burnley and City at Wolves.

Spurs, though, are somewhat licking their wounds after their move for Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze was hijacked by Arsenal, trumping the embarrassment they suffered in their failed pursuit of Morgan Gibbs-White of Nottingham Forest.

Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, is avoiding talk of “revenge” in the buildup to this one. He’ll surely have been studying the tapes of last season’s 4-0 reverse at the hands of today’s opponents. But Spurs, of course, are a very different proposition to last November. Thomas Frank is not Ange Postecoglou, etc.

Feel free to get in touch with your predictions, thoughts and opinions on today’s game – you can do so via this email.

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Brighton v Fulham, Tottenham v Burnley, Sunderland v West Ham, and more – clockwatch live

Submitted by daniel on Sat, 16/08/2025 - 13:40

There were no banners, no chants, no renewed social media campaign and neither manager was asked to comment on Partey after the game. The whistles were not sufficient to be registered by everyone. Cadena Ser radio’s local correspondent, who sat high in the main stand, reported that he had not heard any.

When I was 27 of course I thought I could do everything but I also found out that as a leader I am 1,000% better now, so he also needs to learn and become better and better, so I will do my best to guide him. His aggression is phenomenal. He is fantastic in the duels. When he gives that to the team, he can transform the team and give energy to the team so I think that’s extremely important.

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Paris Saint-Germain v Tottenham: Uefa Super Cup – live

Submitted by daniel on Wed, 13/08/2025 - 18:30

Thomas Frank talks to TNT Sports, and is first asked to wax lyrical over the new Tottenham captain Cristian Romero. “He is a leader … a very experienced player … we are going into a final, and he has been in a few finals, and been very successful … he knows what it is about … on and off the pitch he will lead the team … we are facing a very good team but we are confident in ourselves … it is one game and we see an opportunity … we want to be brave, aggressive and go forward … there needs to be a foundation … solidness … togetherness … very difficult to beat … that’s the minimum criteria and then we go from that … I just showed a picture to the players, that they are winners … they proved it three months ago … they won a very important trophy … of course they can do it today … go out and enjoy it.”

Preamble

The sashaying, swaggering, record-breaking champions of Europe take on the winners of last year’s distinctly underwhelming Europa League final. That being the case, Paris-Saint Germain, the first side to win a European Cup / Champions League final by five clear goals, are hot favourites in Udine tonight to swat aside a seriously-below-par Tottenham Hotspur who just about got the better of a Manchester United selection plumbing depths adjacent to rock-bottom.

But! However! And yet! PSG might have seen off Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal en route to Champions League glory last season, but they didn’t have it all their own way against the English, and had their shorts freshly laundered, neatly pressed and handed back to them in the Club World Cup final by Chelsea. That will give them pause. Meanwhile nobody ever made good money predicting which Spurs would turn up on any given day, and while they’re coming off the back of a 4-0 humbling by Bayern Munich, they’ve also recently beaten their arch-rivals Arsenal. So pooh-pooh the scattergun irrelevance of pre-season if you must, but this is technically pre-season too, so good luck calling it.

PSG are looking to add a first Super Cup to their fast-expanding resumé. They’ve only contested it once before, in 1996, and will hope to do significantly better this time round, having lost that two-legged tie 9-2 on aggregate to Juventus. Spurs meanwhile are in their very first Super Cup; their previous European wins during the competition’s existence, the Uefa Cups of 1972 and 1984, came during a period where the holders of the Cup Winners’ Cup got to play instead. So we’re breaking new ground tonight one way or the other.

Crystal Palace have just proved that trophies are like proverbial London buses: you wait long enough for one, then another arrives swiftly after. Can Spurs, who slaked their 41-year European thirst just three months ago, do the same? Kick-off at the home of Udinese Calcio is at 8pm UK time, 9pm in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It’s on!

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Morgan Gibbs-White move to Spurs on hold as Nottingham Forest consider legal action

Submitted by daniel on Fri, 11/07/2025 - 13:59

Morgan Gibbs-White’s anticipated £60m move to Tottenham is on hold because Nottingham Forest are considering legal action over an alleged illegal approach for the player.

Forest are also preparing a complaint to the Premier League, arguing that Spurs’s conduct surrounding the proposed transfer has been inappropriate. It had been expected that Gibbs-White would undergo a medical on Friday before completing the move.

Forest are consulting lawyers about possible legal action because they believe they have not granted Spurs permission to speak with Gibbs-White and also feel there has been a breach in confidentiality regarding the release clause in the England midfielder’s contract.

Spurs, who signed Mohammed Kudus from West Ham on Thursday, still plan to proceed with the deal as they look to boost Thomas Frank’s squad. This summer they have also tracked the Crystal Palace and England midfielder Eberechi Eze, who is wanted by their rivals Arsenal, Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo and Southampton’s Tyler Dibling.

Forest and Tottenham declined to comment when contacted. Forest consider the deal to be off but their anger may delay and not veto the move.

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Tottenham set to sign Morgan Gibbs-White after triggering £60m release clause

Submitted by daniel on Thu, 10/07/2025 - 23:58

Tottenham are poised to sign Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest after triggering a £60m release clause. The England midfielder is expected to have a medical on Friday and could complete the move in the next 24 hours.

Gibbs-White has also attracted interest from Manchester City since excelling at Forest, whom he joined from boyhood club Wolves in 2022 for an initial £25m in a deal that was worth up to £42.5m.

Spurs have also signed Mohammed Kudus from West Ham for £54.5m as well as the 20-year-old Japanese defender Kota Takai from J League side Kawasaki Frontale.

The France forward Mathys Tel, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Spurs, was Thomas Frank’s first permanent signing after arriving from Bayern Munich.

Tottenham have tracked the Crystal Palace forward Eberechi Eze, the Brentford pair of Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa and Southampton’s Tyler Dibling. Spurs are thought to be at the front of the queue to sign Saints teenager Dibling,who enjoyed a breakthrough campaign despite relegation.

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Spurs agree £54.5m deal to buy Mohammed Kudus from West Ham

Submitted by daniel on Wed, 09/07/2025 - 21:31

Tottenham have reached an agreement to sign Mohammed Kudus from West Ham for £54.5m.

Kudus is due to undergo a medical on Thursday and will sign a six-year deal. The Ghana attacker will become the first player to leave West Ham for Spurs since Scott Parker in 2011.

West Ham’s decision to sell Kudus to their London rivals is down to their needing to revamp their squad without inviting a potential breach of the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability regulations. Sources at the London Stadium are adamant that West Ham must sell to buy. They want a goalkeeper, a left centre-back, a left wing-back, at least two midfielders and a striker.

Kudus had an £85m release clause valid for Premier League sides for the first 10 days of July but West Ham were always likely to accept a lower fee. He was deemed the club’s most sellable asset and has attracted plenty of interest. Spurs have made the strongest push for the 24-year-old and had a £50m bid rejected last week. The payment is to be spread over three years.

West Ham are comfortable with allowing Kudus to leave, reasoning that he is best playing on the right – the same position as the captain, Jarrod Bowen. Graham Potter does not feel that Kudus is capable of playing in a central role in the Premier League. It is understood Kudus was twice late for training this week and had requested a transfer.

Kudus impressed after joining West Ham from Ajax for £37m two years ago but struggled last season. He clashed with Potter’s predecessor, Julen Lopetegui, and managed four goals in all competitions. He served a lengthy ban after a red card during a 4-1 defeat by Spurs last October.

That dismissal has not stopped Tottenham from going for him. Kudus will boost Thomas Frank’s options in the final third and his arrival represents a show of intent as Spurs look to rebuild after replacing Ange Postecoglou with the Dane.

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