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Tonight, England will play Albania in a World Cup qualifying match, which will be broadcast live on talkSPORT. This will be the first time that Thomas Tuchel has been in charge of England.
In the meantime, Chelsea is awaiting the latest information regarding Cole Palmer’s scan, and Ryan Gravenberch has decided to withdraw from the Netherlands squad.
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How are you, Walker?
According to talkSPORT’s sources, Kyle Walker is expected to start for England in their match against Albania.
There is a strong indication that Thomas Tuchel has shown his support for the Manchester City defender who is currently playing for AC Milan on loan.
With 93 England caps to his name, Walker, who is 34 years old, has the potential to become the eleventh player in the history of the sport to score a century.
Reece James is another right-back option for the Three Lions, and it appears that Tuchel has chosen to prioritise experience over familiarity in his selection of players.
James was able to flourish while playing for Chelsea under the direction of the German, and he has made a return to more consistent action this season after suffering an injury.
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Alex Crook of talkSPORT has questioned the ‘blind loyalty’ of Arsenal fans to Mikel Arteta in light of the fact that the club has not won any trophies.
Over the past few years, Arteta has been instrumental in the improvement of the Gunners, but he has only won one FA Cup to show for his efforts in terms of trophies.
They are in the running for the Premier League title this season, but it appears that they will not be able to win it, just like they have in the previous two seasons.
Crook, the chief football correspondent for talkSPORT, was asked if Arsenal is the place to win major trophies, and he expressed significant doubts about the possibility.
“Well, not based on the last five years, without being brutal,” he responded to reporters. According to what I’ve been told, when Mikel Arteta was hired, there was a significant need for extensive change.
A few rotten eggs, if we may say so, such as [Pierre-Emerick] Aubameyang and [Mesut] Ozil, were obviously removed from the team, and he gradually but surely shaped the team into his own image.
Without anyone else present, he was able to win that one FA Cup. With that being said, I have this debate with Arsenal fans quite frequently, and I am acquainted with a great number of Arsenal supporters; however, I do not fully comprehend the blind loyalty that they have in Mikel Arteta.
“I don’t think they would have believed you if you told them, ‘At this stage of this season, Manchester City are miles adrift, they’ve had a complete drop off in terms of the Premier League, and you’re still 12 points behind the leaders,’ in other words, I don’t think they would have believed you.
“The league was there the year before, but they obviously messed it up with a couple of bad results they had over the Christmas period, West Ham and Fulham back-to-back, and then Aston Villa at home really put an end to their chances,” the coach said.
This seemed to be the year, especially considering that Manchester City was going through a bit of a rebuild and there was a lot of uncertainty regarding Pep Guardiola, when the Premier League title was there to be won.
To tell you the truth, they are not even close to it. despite the fact that Liverpool has experienced a decline in performance and has been eliminated from the Champions League, and they obviously did not perform very well at Wembley Stadium last weekend.
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