Sam Preston Archives: 01/2019

The right of the three centre halves in Claudio Ranieri’s system looks tailor made for the Manchester United loanee.

Summer Southampton signing Angus Gunn made his Premier League debut in testing circumstances last night – thrown in at the deep end away at Chelsea – but kept a clean sheet in a hugely impressive 0-0 draw.

Jarrod Bowen’s asking price appears to have jumped up quite considerably and Daniel Levy should show his trademark toughness in negotiations to drive it back down.

Mauricio Pochettino does not have too many weaknesses but it could be argued that his work in the transfer market needs improving if Tottenham are to back him in forthcoming transfer windows.

The injury to Carlos Sanchez has seemingly made Manuel Pellegrini keen to bring another holding midfielder to West Ham during the January transfer window.

Premier League money has given Cardiff spending power that both Celtic and Rangers may struggle to match in the race for Glen Kamara.

Mesut Ozil wants to stay at Arsenal and fight for his place, and Unai Emery can get the best out of him if he plays him at the heart of a 3-4-1-2 system.

Wolves are heavily interested in Tammy Abraham and the only way for Aston Villa to ensure his departure doesn’t derail their promotion hopes is to secure another proven goalscorer this January.

Both Benjamin Mendy and Fabian Delph will miss the biggest match of the season and Mo Salah’s quality could exploit Manchester City’s left-back shortage.

Aitor Karanka’s job has been under serious threat recently and at 2-1 down against Leeds, the situation looked bleak. But Nottingham Forest turned the game around and the supporters responded…

Josh Maja secured a 1-0 win for Sunderland against Blackpool yesterday and the supporters are desperate for him to stay…

Forest picked up a vital victory by beating the ten-man table-toppers and Guedioura was at the heart of everything.