Both Manchester United and Sporting’s Morten Hjulmand are interested in bolstering their midfield, while two Spanish giants want Marc Guehi.
Manchester United’s top target is 26-year-old Morten Hjulmand, and the Premier League club is hoping to sign the Danish international for around £50 million. (Teamtalk)
The owners of Fulham have informed head coach Marco Silva of their desire to renew his contract, which has a release clause of around £15 million. (The Athletic is required to subscribe)
England defender Marc Guehi, 25, who won’t stay with Crystal Palace after the end of the season, is closely monitored by Barcelona and Real Madrid. (Fichajes – Spanish)
Samu Omorodion, 21, a Spanish striker, is one of Tottenham’s transfer targets. (TBR Football)
Jurrien Timber, 24, and Arsenal are currently in direct contact as they work toward a resolution to renew their contract, with both teams looking to make progress. (GiveMeSport)
Vitalii Mykolenko, 26, a full-back for Everton, is attracting interest from Spanish and Italian clubs. (Footmercato – in French)
Premier League clubs Chelsea, Aston Villa, Brighton, and Brentford have all been watching Strasbourg full-back Guela Doue, 23, despite the French side’s objections to paying a transfer fee over £26 million for the Ivory Coast defender. (Caught Offside)
Issouf Sissokho, 23, a Malian midfielder from Maccabi Tel Aviv, is a subject of Leeds‘ interest in January. (French: Africanfoot)
After splitting with Curtis Pritchard, Ekin-Su Cülcülolu reveals she is “practicing” for I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! She also details her relationship with Curtis Pritchard.
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Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has revealed new details on her dating life following her split from her Love Island All Stars boyfriend, Curtis Pritchard earlier this year.
The reality star said she is ‘single, ready to mingle’ as she also reveals she is ‘practicing’ for I’m A Celeb. The Mirror caught up with Ekin-Su at the Pride Of Britain awards where she said: “I’m single, ready to mingle. I’ve been on dates and dating around and I am enjoying it now, whereas before I would be a bit paranoid.
If I meet him on the dating app or if I meet him on the street, I’m just like that, “I don’t really care,” I’m like that. I’m ready for it.
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31-year-old Love Island icon first stepped foot into the spotlight when she won Love Island in 2022 alongside her ex-boyfriend Davide Sanclimenti. After the relationship ended, Ekin-Su tried to find love again on Love Island All Stars and walked away with professional dancer Curtis.
In May, the pair called it quits, and Ekin had previously stated in The Mirror, “We are]friends. We are . We continue to speak, and I have nothing but lovely things to say about him.
Ekin-Su described the evening as “magical” and said she loves the Pride of Britain because “it’s all about the amazing things people do in our country.”
She also disclosed that she is “practicing” for “I’m a Celeb.” She continued, “I think I’ve been practicing for years that I’m a celeb.”
I was frightened of the enormous spider because, you never know, I might need it on the show, and it was like an Australian huntsman in my closet. I swear to god, I was scared. She continued, “I will put on a brave face if I see someone cute on the show.”
It comes as ITV’s hit show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! is returning, and several stars are already rumoured to be taking part. The show, which started in 2002, has been running for 24 series.
Reality star Christine McGuinness has sparked rumours that she could be appearing after nervously swerving the subject on Will Njobvu’s Tea Time podcast.
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Vogue Williams is also said to be close to signing up for this year’s show. If she did, she would be the second in her family to do so, as husband Spencer Matthews was on I’m A Celeb a decade ago.
Helen Flanagan, a Coronation Street star, and ex-boyfriend Scott Sinclair have spoken candidly about their “rubbish” co-parenting situation during a Pride of Britain event.
Helen Flanagan has taken a fresh swipe at ex Scott Sinclair after their “rubbish” co-parenting situation means she won’t see her children at Christmas.
Talking to the Mirror at the Pride of Britain awards, Helen was asked what her plans were with her children for the festive season. She responded that she didn’t have any. “I have to co-parent, which is really rubbish,” she explained.
“My children’s father lives very north of Manchester, and we can’t co-parent like we can when we live in the same city,” he said. We then proceed in sequence.
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Helen, who will soon be releasing a tell-all book about her life and relationships, said it felt “unnatural” and that she is “not looking forward” to Christmas Day without her children.
I’m not anticipating it,” she said. When a mother is expecting and she doesn’t have children for Christmas, she said, “it’s also really unnatural.” It’s just a day, though.
Helen has chosen to spend the holidays playing panto without her children with her. The Evil Queen of Liverpool is “I! She laughed, “I’ll be very busy with that.”
Helen will be spending the day with her mother, father Paul, brother Tom, and his wife. Tom’s son will also be with her. Helen continued, “At least I have my nephew.” However, I’ll be able to spend New Years with my kids!
From 2009 to 2022, Helen and Scott were dating. They had two daughters and a son when they got married in 2018. The couple, however, decided to leave in October 2022.
A source told The Sun: “Helen has removed her engagement ring and told those close to her that she is no longer with Scott. They hit a rough patch in the summer and after Helen came back from [filming I’m A Celebrity in] South Africa it ended for good. Helen and Scott have committed to co-parenting their kids as a family unit.”
After their relationship had been intermittent for a while, Helen revealed to the Mail Online that she was the one to end it. We were constantly quietly separating before gradually reuniting.
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She also acknowledged that the two still care about one another despite not liking one another. We don’t get along, she told Charlotte Dawson on her podcast. I am aware that Scott cares about me and loves me, even though he wouldn’t admit it.
“But I’m so over it, I can’t ever have a relationship where we’ll always be fighting.” I’m unapologetically argumentless. We as women make every effort possible to help the father of your children, just like I did, succeed. However, I believe that if I were dating someone else, it would be simple because I didn’t have the same level of energy as the father of my children.
Lydia Bright, a mother-of-one and TV personality, has revealed details of her early life and growing up with orphans. She mentioned her desire to attend the Pride of Britain awards as a person.
Lydia Bright, a Towie star, has explained why she values the Pride of Britain Awards so highly.
The TV personality appeared at the glamorous event at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday. Other stars spotted along the red carpet included; Peter Andre, Olivia Atwood, Laura Anderson, Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson.
Lydia graced herself at the drinks reception before the awards ceremony, stunding on-lookers with her long pink gown. She explained why it is significant to “celebrate” children and how she connected to the foster care system when talking about her personal connection to the occasion.
Due to her mother’s role as a foster carer, who still serves the role today, Lydia, who is the mother of Loretta Rose, said she frequently was with foster children. After being a foster carer for more than three decades, the 34-year-old described her mother as her greatest inspiration.
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She told The Mirror : “My mum has been such an amazing inspiration. I think growing up with children in foster care and knowing so much about the foster care system, and also being a mum for me, I always get hit when it is about the children.”
Among the young winners include quadruple amputee, Luke Mortimer, who has raised thousands for charities to help other children with disabilities. Elsewhere, teenager Zach Eagling has been announced the winner for Teenager of Courage after he sucessfully campaigned to change the law to protect people with epilepsy. Cancer patient Georgie Hyslop, aged 17, won the Good Morning Britain Young Fundraiser of The Year. She has been applauded for raising £51,000 for others in need.
Lydia continued, “I think this event is truly amazing. You are surrounded by inspiring individuals. The kids are incredible. They merit celebration. The former Towie star has long championed children in care, having also appeared on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.
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The reality TV personality earlier called for children to be offered more support for when they leave care at 18 years old. Saying, that they are being “failed” by the state. She told BBC in June: “You cannot just wash your hands with these vulnerable young adults at 18 and expect them to just go on and thrive in society. They need the support, we’re letting go of them too young and we’re setting them up for failure.”
Lydia, described fostering as “a massive part of my world ” and said: “A lot of [foster carers] feel like at 18, their duty’s done, and my mum’s belief is that when you do have a foster child, they are with you for life – you can’t let go.”
The story of the year has already taken place in Sweden, despite the majority of football fans in Europe still settling into the new year.
Champions League regulars and legendary players like Malmo, AIK, Hammarby, and Djurgarden can be found in Allsvenskan, the nation’s top tier.
Yet with three games left to play in their March to November season, it is Mjallby, based in a town of fewer than 1, 000 people, who have clinched their first top-flight title and a place in Europe.
The merger of two local teams in 1939 led to the formation of Mjallby, who spent the majority of their 86 years atop the Swedish top flight.
A coastal area closely tied with fishing and agriculture, the people of Solvesborg municipality are hard working and proud.
With average attendances more than four times the size of the local population, they appear in the modest 6,500-square home in Hallevik, which has a capacity of just six.
It’s by the sea, but Mjallby and Stockholm and Malmo’s vast arenas are a long way from making up for lost time.
After a joint-best finish of fifth in the 2024 Allsvenskan, they have won 20 of their 27 league games this season and tasted defeat just once. They have also won 22 home league games since May 2024.
Despite having one of the smallest turnovers and budgets in the division, Mjallby have outlasted title rivals Hammarby, who are currently in second place, both home and away this year.
“When I arrived at the club before the 2023 season I saw pretty fast that we had a lot of potential, but I thought that the mental perspective in the club held us back”, 35-year-old defender Tom Pettersson told BBC Sport.
We’ve been working on it for a while, according to the statement. We have been discussing this for a while, so it doesn’t feel like we need to stop using outdated excuses because we have been talking about this for a while.
” We can still win things, even though we don’t have a lot of money, even though we’re a small village and all that.
The locker room players are “amazing,” they said. Everyone in the room brings in energy each day, and there is no ego in the room.
Team-mate Elliot Stroud added: “It’s difficult to take it all in, it’s happened so fast”.
The 23-year-old midfielder, who contributed nine goals and five assists for Mjallby’s top league goal, thrives under the club’s recently implemented, high-energy, high pressing attacking system.
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Karl Marius Aksum is that coach.
He had never previously coached at senior level when he joined Mjallby in January 2024, but his academic work and ideas won over manager Anders Torstensson who continues to manage the team despite a leukemia diagnosis later that year.
The Norwegian has a PhD in elite football visual perception and regularly shares tactical insights on social media.
The active head movements that players make before receiving the ball in order to gather information from their surroundings are the subject of the particular emphasis.
“It’s a critical skill in modern football because the movements of the players are faster and the press is better, so you have to update your surroundings all the time”, Aksum told BBC Sport.
“Players in the middle of the pitch could have important information all around them,” said one expert.
He was given the freedom to apply other rules to revolutionize their attacking play and worked on the players’ scanning to make them “better passers and better players both offensively and defensively.”
A team that once relied heavily on crosses and set-pieces now plays out from the back to keep possession and moves up the pitch as a unit.
I have no doubt about the success of my game model at this level. He described the Euro Leagues on BBC Radio 5 Live as “the players responded very, very well.”
“It starts by controlling the game from the back. Man vs. man starts off by creating [numerical] superiorities at the back.
Because we want to keep the game in check, we are the team in Sweden that makes the most passes on our own third of the pitch. We don’t want chaos, we want control. “
Aksum prefers “game specific” training to drills like rondos, which concentrate on a skill-specific skill without reproducing actual match conditions.
No Playstation training, we only give players simple instructions, never precise solutions. They have to make the decisions, “he added.
“We had to take control,” the statement read.
Making a title charge with an average player age of 24 and just three international players is impressive, but it’s no accident.
In the third tier and on the verge of bankruptcy, consider the year 2016 and Mjallby.
Although they were spared what would have been a fatal relegation to the fourth tier by virtue of victory on the final day, significant adjustments were required.
Swedish clubs are owned by fans because of the 50+1 rule, meaning rich owners cannot bankroll teams to success.
Chairman Magnus Emeus has led the evolution of Mjallby over the past ten years, and it has been organic.
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According to Majlby CEO Jacob Lennartsson, “We took control of our costs, we have one of the lowest turnovers in the league, and we also have one of the lowest costs.”
We ask “Is this making us better” for every Swedish Krona that leaves this club.
“Football is so much about love and passion, but in the end it’s so important that you have a good economy”.
As a way to survive, Mjallby began to concentrate on acquiring and selling young players.
Colin Rosler, the son of former Manchester City striker Uwe, was sold for £950,000 just 18 months after signing on a free transfer. Midfielder Nicklas Rojkjaer – described by Aksum as the best player he has ever worked with – joined Danish side Nordsjaelland in July for about £1.4m.
The 2018 season’s stars, including Swedish midfielder Ludwig Malachowski Thorell, center-backs Axel Noren and Abdullah Iqbal, and Gambian forward Abdoulie Manneh, appear to be headed for significant moves in the near future.
Former players like 30-year-old striker Jacob Bergstrom and captain Jesper Gustavsson, who both participated in that crucial final-day game nine years ago, have gained valuable experience.
Such a strategy appears at odds with challenging for honours, but Lennartsson believes a balance can be found.
The issue is that players start to attract bigger clubs once they start winning. The goal is to convince them that what is best for the club is at play, he said.
“I understand the players ‘ perspective. They will receive a good education and play for one of Sweden’s top teams, but they won’t receive the best salary.
No player ever requests to leave Mjallby and stays for a while. Maybe a half or full season, but they get their dream move in the end. “
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What has emerged from the near-ruins of 2016 is a club that is still rooted in a tight-knit community, despite continuing to grow.
Where else would a title-challenging squad’s members reside together and frequently interact with fans while shopping?
” If we don’t have anything to do we will have a barbecue, cook out, hang out, “revealed Stroud.
The pitch and follow-on the pitch also help those bonds grow. The secret is in that. We are all so close and that’s special at a fairly small club. “
Sillastrybarna, Mjallby’s official supporters’ organization, has grown from 30 to at least 500 hardcore supporters, while maintaining a welcoming, anti-racist, and anti-sexist atmosphere in the stands.
The Mjallby Tifo group’s choreographies and displays become more elaborate with each new season, not to mention their Stockholm counterparts.
For those who have witnessed their journey, the emotions of this season are hard to comprehend.
The best feeling is being able to share this moment with my teammates who have been with me on this journey, Patrik Thorell, chairman of Sillastrybarna, said.
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One opposition supporter posted on social media after watching his team play at Mjallby: “Nobody lives here, there is one shop here, and there are only animals.
“You turn right on Strandvallen, a road where the sea meets the world, and Strandvallen is there.” It’s amazing they play elite football there, but they do”.
The club has used those phrases as both a motivating and restorative tool.
Lennartsson remarked, “We are not that big, we need to keep our feet on the ground.”
“We use this to keep our expectations in check”.
Where the sea meets the world, the future appears promising.
Kate Garraway is posing for the Pride of Britain Awards red carpet in a maxi dress that is so affordable and flattering that it costs less than $100.
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The Pride of Britain Awards sees some of our favourite TV stars hitting the red carpet, and the Good Morning Britain presenters have all made their appearance this year. Among them was Kate Garraway, who opted for a super affordable dress to walk the red carpet.
Kate has been starring in Celebrity Traitors’ most recent season, but she switched out her country-chic Highlands outfits for a sophisticated cape dress. The Mimi Navy Maxi Dress with Cape Sleeve Detail, which she is wearing, is available at just £95, is the exact dress she is wearing from club L.
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The dress has no shortage of drama thanks to its flowing cape sleeves, which flow down from some seriously structured shoulders on the dress. The dress’s fitted silhouette contrasts with the statement shoulders, giving it a flattering hourglass shape.
Kate’s Mimi Navy Maxi Dress is made of premium jersey with good stretch, which helps you contour and smooth your body as well. Perfect for walking the red carpet, the sleeves’ cape details have been carefully positioned to allow for maximum movement.
Kate’s Club L dress is still a great choice for the numerous parties that the holiday season brings, though you might not have any red carpet parties coming up. You can wear it year-round for a day at the races, a graduation ceremony, or a christening, and it’s asap for weddings, formal dinners, or black tie parties.
You only need basic accessories to complete the look because the Mimi Navy Maxi Dress alone makes such a statement. Its slash neckline, which it wears with a statement necklace or some bold earrings, is a smart choice for wearing with heels and has been carefully designed to slam directly against the floor.
Although Kate’s Club L dress is available in three different colors, including navy, coral, and white, Coast’s Cape Sleeve Maxi Dress is a great substitute for something else. It costs less than £119.20 (though it’s on sale down from £149), but it comes in black, red, and lilac with a more flowing cape attachment.
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