Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Graham Roberts has told The Transfer Tavern that the club simply cannot appoint Maurizio Sarri as their new manager.

Spurs sacked Jose Mourinho on Monday and are now in the market for a new manager.

Various names have been linked, foremost among them Julian Nagelsmann, the young RB Leipzig boss who currently has his side second in the Bundesliga.

Sarri has been linked as a potential replacement for Mourinho and that has gone down remarkably badly with the ex-Spurs star.

The Italian managed Chelsea in the 2018/19 season and is currently without a job after leaving Juventus following the 19/20 campaign. During his time at Stamford Bridge, he guided the club to the Europa League title, along with a third-placed finish in the Premier League.

And Roberts does not believe that any ex-Chelsea figures can be appointed anymore, after seeing Mourinho crash and burn during his time in north London.

Speaking exclusively to TT, he said: “You have to laugh because in the press last week, they said Maurizio Sarri, who used to be at Chelsea, Tottenham are looking to bring him in. I went, you’re having a laugh, aren’t you?

“You can’t bring any more Chelsea people in, it just isn’t going to work, so that’s papers trying to stir things up again.”

In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, Marlon Harewood, who played 15 times for Newcastle United, has claimed he can’t understand why Mike Ashley sacked Chris Hughton despite just guiding the club back to the Premier League.

Harewood played under Hughton at Newcastle when the Magpies stormed to the Championship title during the 2009/10 season, which saw them end up with 102 points.

Hughton, who is now Nottingham Forest’s manager, was sacked by Mike Ashley during their first season back in the Premier League and was replaced by Alan Pardew, who ended up guiding Newcastle to a fifth-placed finish in 2012.

Speaking on why Hughton may have got sacked at Newcastle United and how the news was a shock to him at the time, Harewood told FFC:

“Things just don’t work out sometimes in football. Maybe there were disagreements behind the scenes but we don’t know what happened.

“For me when I was there, he was amazing so I was a bit taken back that he did get sacked because I didn’t understand why.”

Harewood only spent three months on loan at Newcastle in 2009 from Aston Villa, the team who beat the Magpies on the final day of the previous season to confirm their relegation.

Newcastle United were embroiled in a relegation battle just a few weeks ago, but they have a comfortable cushion above the relegation spots now.

Everton Football Club have a very proud youth academy.

From Wayne Rooney coming through the ranks roughly 20 years ago to the reliably consistent Leon Osman or the effervescent Ross Barkley, there have been some impressive talents to graduate from the Merseyside club.

Their product line in recent years hasn’t been quite as successful but we’ve still seen players like Tom Davies make the seamless transition from academy football to first team life.

The current jewel in the crown of Everton’s youth system is Anthony Gordon. The 20-year-old has played 20 times for the Toffees’ senior side but is yet to score for the club. He is currently earning valuable experience on loan at Preston but he may have to look over his shoulder in the next few years.

That’s because the winger will be challenged by plenty of other young attackers trying to make the grade at Goodison Park.

Ellis Simms is another making waves but the promising duo could be joined in competition by a certain Emilio Lawrence. The attacker is just 15 years of age but has made the step-up to under-18s football in the last few weeks.

A number of injury concerns have rocked the academy in recent months which has meant that a number of the under-18 squad have had to play at under-23 level.

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That has opened the door for spaces in the under-18s, a level at which Lawrence is now flourishing. He was handed 20 minutes against Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this week and he took full advantage of his opportunity by finding the back of the net.

Everton have never been afraid to fast-track young players if they’re ready and this was a fine example. Lawrence was a significant danger to the opposition as he popped up with a late strike to seal a 3-1 win.

Speaking at full-time, under-18 manager Paul Tait reserved special praise for the teenager, saying: “Emilio gave us a threat. He can hit the ball with both feet and shifted it from right to left to score a smashing goal.”

The ability to use both feet in such a confident fashion should give him a big leg-up when it comes to competing for places at higher levels of the game.

It seems evident that Lawrence plays with no fear, and although a first team breakthrough is still a long way from becoming a reality, he appears to have plenty of tools to continue making a splash.

He’s one talent who Carlo Ancelotti will need to keep watching in the coming years.

AND in other news, Imagine him & DCL: Everton must swoop for £24.9m gem who gives oppo “sleepless nights”…

Rangers have been linked with Young Boys winger Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu recently and he could prove to be an ideal heir to Ryan Kent in Steven Gerrard’s side should he arrive at Ibrox this summer.

According to teamTALK, Rangers, along with a host of Premier League clubs including Everton, Leeds United, Leicester City and Brighton are all interested in signing the 26-year-old this summer.

If he were to arrive at Ibrox, he could prove to be a replacement for Kent, who is once again being heavily linked with a move to Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United ahead of the summer transfer window.

Whilst Gerrard may believe that he already has a long-term replacement for the former Liverpool youngster in his squad in the form of Scott Wright, Ngamaleu would arguably be a better heir to the 24-year-old.

Since joining from Aberdeen earlier this year, Wright has managed just 11 appearances in Gerrard’s side, scoring one goal and providing two assists.

Whilst it was always going to be difficult for the 23-year-old to oust the likes of Kent, Ianis Hagi and Joe Aribo from Rangers’ first-team, the majority of his appearances thus far have been late cameos from the bench.

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There have been some impressive displays against Cove Rangers and St Johnstone thrown in but he is yet to replicate the sort of displays Kent has been producing since his move to Ibrox.

Therefore, if he does end up leaving Rangers this summer, Gerrard and Ross Wilson might be best served by turning to Ngamaleu as his replacement.

The Cameroon international has contributed 33 goals and 35 assists in 168 games for Young Boys so far in his career, which includes goals in both the Europa League and the Champions League in the past.

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Kent has averaged 1.9 dribbles per game in the Premiership this season and Ngamaleu has averaged 2.3 dribbles per game in the Europa League, whereas Wright only mustered 1.5 dribbles per game with Aberdeen, so it could certainly be argued that the £3.42m-rated Cameroon international would be a better, and more natural heir to Kent at Rangers this summer.

And, in other news… Rangers outcast sent Gerrard a huge message with “sensational” weekend display

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O Palmeiras pode ter um desfalque importante no jogo contra o Atlético-MG, quinta-feira, às 21h (de Brasília), pela 35ª rodada do Brasileirão. O lateral esquerdo Zé Roberto sofreu uma pancada no treino de sexta-feira, sentiu dores e não participou do jogo-treino com o sub-19 do Flamengo de Guarulhos na manhã deste sábado, na Academia de Futebol.

Egídio foi o escolhido para ocupar o posto do veterano no time titular. O Verdão venceu por 7 a 0, sendo que no segundo tempo Cuca utilizou os reservas, comFabrício na lateral esquerda.

Caso Zé Roberto não se recupere a tempo, Egídio deve ser titular na partida em Belo Horizonte. O elenco alviverde terá folga no domingo e se reapresentará na segunda-feira. A viagem para a capital mineira está marcada para terça.

Além do lateral, são desfalques os zagueiros Roger Carvalho e Fabiano. O primeiro sofre de uma lesão no tornozelo, enquanto o segundo já está em fase de transição = Fabiano realizou um trabalho físico em campo separado neste sábado, enquanto o restante do elenco disputava o jogo-treino.

O atacante Rafael Marques, também em fase de transição, é dúvida na partida contra o Galo, assim como Gabriel Jesus, que está disputando as Eliminatórias da Copa com a Seleção Brasileira. O último compromisso será na madrugada de terça para quarta-feira, contra o Peru.

Já o zagueiro Yerry Mina, que estava com a seleção da Colômbia, sofreu lesão na coxa esquerda e foi liberado. Ele voltará à capital paulista neste domingo para iniciar a recuperação. Embora não esteja descartado contra o Galo, Edu Dracena ser a dupla de Vitor Hugo na zaga palmeirense.

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In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, Daniel Pinder, who is editor-in-chief at Get German Football News, believes ex-Spurs target Julian Nagelsmann’s main downfall is that he changes too many things for certain games.

Nagelsmann has long been linked with the Tottenham Hotspur job and with the breaking news last week that Jose Mourinho had been sacked, the 33-year-old was once again reported to be Daniel Levy’s first choice to replace the Portuguese.

However, the young coach was announced as Bayern Munich’s new manager on Tuesday, and is set to replace Hansi Flick at the end of the season.

After getting his break at Hoffenheim, Nagelsmann guided them to an unlikely qualification for the Champions League before being prised away to RB Leipzig, where he took them to their first-ever Champions League semi-final.

Speaking on what Nagelsmann’s main problem and why Tottenham may have potentially dodged a bullet, Pinder told FFC:

“I think his problem is that he likes to change things a bit too much. For example, during the Champions League semi-final against PSG, he played a formation that Leipzig hadn’t used at all last season. 

“I think that’s his downfall that he does change his team a little bit too much and at Spurs, I think they need a bit of consistency.”

Mourinho was brought in to succeed Mauricio Pochettino, however, after seeing Spurs fall behind in the race for the top four, Levy decided it was time to call it a day on the Mourinho era.

Spurs are preparing to face Manchester City on Sunday in the Carabao Cup, which would be the first piece of silverware they have won since winning the league cup in 2008.

As Manchester City followed up a stunning Champions League semi-final second leg win against Paris-Saint Germain with defeat to Chelsea on Saturday, putting the Premier League title champagne back on ice, many Sky Blues fans weren’t impressed with Benjamin Mendy’s performance.

Pep Guardiola’s side were looking to mathematically confirm their fifth league crown in total and third under manager Pep Guardiola with a win against the west Londoners, but a number of first team changes combined with Chelsea’s solid performance made it a day to forget.

City rested plenty of big names for the clash, with the likes of Phil Foden, Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez, Kyle Walker, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho and Bernardo Silva all coming out of the first XI from the win over PSG. Kevin De Bruyne was also missing due to not being fully fit, while John Stones couldn’t take part with his domestic suspension (mancity.com), and it’s arguable that the Sky Blues missed them.

City did manage to take the lead, with Raheem Sterling poaching in an effort after a heavy first touch on goal from Sergio Aguero, but the Argentine’s attempted ‘Panenka’ penalty soon afterwards wasn’t able to thwart Edouard Mendy.

As a result, Chelsea came back in the second half with goals from Hakim Ziyech and Marcos Alonso giving them three points at the Etihad Stadium.

One particular problem area for the Sky Blues was their left flank, as both Mendy and Nathan Ake were troubled time and time again. Christian Pulisic and Reece James often bombed forward to good effect, leaving the pair exposed in a tough afternoon, although Ake arguably held his ground more effectively given his 7.0 match rating by SofaScore.

Mendy, on the other hand, lost the vast majority of his ground duels (6/8) and was dribbled past twice on that side (SofaScore), and a number of City supporters duly took aim at his “shocking” performance. One fan even dubbed the 26-year-old a “liability”.

Check out a flavour of the social media verdicts on the Frenchman below.

Man City fans slam Mendy

“Mendy needs to go in my opinion. Shouldn’t be near the team!”

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“Pep set up this lineup just to play Mendy and he was complete liability. Sterling is a talented player in poor form. Mendy is way beyond poor form, good form is a rarity for him.”

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“Mendy and Ake must go this summer! Poor”

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“Mendy was shocking and isn’t City quality, dunno why you have an issue with that”

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“Mendy definitely needs to be moved on. He was shocking today”

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“Also before I sleep Mendy was a liability today, exposing Ake so many times”

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“So why play him. He’s been consistently poor and getting worse. So out of his depth”

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In other news: Man City fans were, however, excited by this new deal claim…find out more here.

Southampton have been handed a potential boost in their hopes of signing Swedish midfielder Matthias Svanberg from Bologna this summer, as recent reports have suggested that the Serie A side will have to sell their top talents due to financial difficulties.

Bologna manager Sinisa Mihajlovic recently admitted that the Italian side will have to cash in on some players this summer when asked about their transfer strategies, saying:

“We have to sell by force of circumstances, then we’ll see who: it depends on the market, not on us.”

Southampton, Leicester City and AC Milan have all been linked with Svanberg since January, with rumours re-emerging as we approach the summer transfer window.

The 22-year-old has established himself as a regular with I Rossoblù since joining from Malmo in 2018, as he has now made 82 appearances for the Serie A side, contributing six goals and five assists.

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This season has been something of a breakthrough for the midfielder in terms of attacking returns, as he has managed five goals and two assists in 30 league appearances, so it is easy to see why he is attracting interest from the Saints.

Svanberg, who is currently rated at £8.1m by Transfermarkt, would seemingly fit in well with Ralph Hasenhuttl’s transfer policy at Southampton this summer, with the Austrian suggesting recently that the South Coast club will almost exclusively target players who will cost £10m or less this summer.

Given that the Swedish international has featured in a number of positions in his career thus far, you could certainly argue that his versatility would be a big boost for the Saints next season if he were to make the move to St Mary’s, as their lack of depth, particularly in central-midfield, has certainly been exposed at times this season.

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Therefore, after the news that Bologna may be forced to cash in on Svanberg this summer, Southampton CEO Martin Semmens should do everything he can to sign the 22-year-old for Hasenhuttl’s side before another club gets a deal done.

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Speaking to Football Insider, BBC pundit Noel Whelan has been left excited by reports that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will offer to treble manager Brendan Rodgers’ wages in an effort to appoint him.

Rodgers has been heavily linked with the vacant Spurs managerial role but, in a recent press conference, committed himself to Leicester in an attempt to play down the rumours.

However, a report then surfaced from Football Insider that Levy is now willing to treble Rodgers’ salary in an effort to bring him to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Whelan excited by Rodgers development

Reacting to this development, Whelan has been left excited by the notion of Spurs appointing Rodgers and believes that he is definitely the right man to take Spurs forward.

“Oh my God, absolutely,” explained Whelan to Football Insider when asked if Tottenham should make a large Rodgers offer.

“To get a manager that’s probably the best British manager we’ve had for a long long time, absolutely. There’s no doubt he will make a difference. No doubt that he will treat the players in a different way to Mourinho too. You can see that.

“His style of play is exceptional, exactly what Tottenham want and would suit. His man-management skills, it looks like every player wants to play for him.

“If Tottenham can get Brendan Rodgers, that will be more beneficial to them than getting a star player. He will coach them properly, he will manage them properly, he will set them up properly.

“You can see that he is a man of fine details and he does his job to the best of his ability. That’s just proven in where they are in the league right now.”

Transfer Tavern take

It is reported that Tottenham want an attack-minded manager who can implement a style of play to excite supporters, and we believe Rodgers definitely falls into that category.

The Foxes managed the sixth-most sequences of 10 or more passes from open play out of any Premier League side in 2019/20 (Sky Sports) – evidence of his open, attacking style which puts emphasis on dominating matches.

That he has publicly dismissed Tottenham claims could make his appointment more difficult, but a big money offer from Levy could maybe force Rodgers to reconsider depending on developments.

In other news: Report makes big new contract claim at Tottenham, find out more here.

Crystal Palace came from behind to record a stunning victory over Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon.

The Eagles’ usual suspects, Wilfried Zaha – who bagged the all-important equaliser – and Eberechi Eze – who assisted him, were at the centre of it all but an unsung hero may have emerged from the shadows with a masterclass to deliver Roy Hodgson’s second win since March.

That player being Tyrick Mitchell.

The 21-year-old defender clinched his first senior goal for the club, bagging the winner in the 84th minute. Mitchell was in the perfect place at the right time as he bundled home a fluffed cross from Eze.

But the young left-back delivered so much more than the winner on the day.

As per SofaScore, he was graded as Palace’s best performer, with a rating of 8.4 – by comparison, this was better than both Zaha (7.8) and Eze (7.4), so he certainly deserves just as many plaudits.

He was amongst Hodgson’s most influential players, recording 51 touches over the 90 minutes, and that resulted in superb contributions at either end of the pitch.

Defensively, he was industrious, registering four clearances, two blocks and one tackle whilst he also won 100% of his battles, both in the air and on the ground, meaning the threat on offer from Bertrand Traore, and then Anwar El Ghazi was nullified throughout.

Further up the pitch, Mitchell made two crosses, which would have delighted target man striker Christian Benteke. In fact, he bagged the first equaliser as a result of a great ball in from wide.

He also produced one key pass and one dribble, proving to be a nuisance to Villa’s defence and Ahmed Elmohamady, in particular.

Palace reporter Joe Doyle at football.london was equally glowing of his performance in their post-match column.

“Pushed higher up more often with Schlupp offering a level of protection on the occasions he could move forward. Played in a great ball for Benteke to get an equaliser after the half hour,” he wrote. “A good shift throughout, getting forward more and more, and was in the right place at the right time to grab the winner.”

Mitchell, who is valued at €10m (£9m), put in a stormer of a performance at Selhurst Park and was certainly an unsung hero for Hodgson.

AND in other news, Fresh twist emerges in Crystal Palace manager hunt, it’s great news for Eagles fans…