| Some Good News ! Leicester Game Nearly Sold Out ! | After a poor attendance for Wednesday’s FA Cup replay against Norwich City, it is good to see that the visit of … 20-01-2017 |
| Fonte Set To Move To West Ham United | Jose Fonte is set to move to London and join West Ham United with rumours circulating that he will complete a … 20-01-2017 |
It’s another packed program of Premier League loveliness this weekend with 10 games squeezed in over two days.
Why not get involved in every match with our Premier League Bingo game. Think of the fun you could have…
25 points: Referee Kevin Friend pulls up with cramp with 10 minutes to go at Anfield with his January workload finally taking its toll. Fourth official Neil Swarbrick is called upon to officiate the finale.
15pts: Philippe Coutinho refuses to rule out joining Barcelona this month in his post match interview after making his first league start for Liverpool since late November.
5 pts: Lucky charm James Milner follows up his penalty at Old Trafford with a strike against Swansea which guarantees Liverpool of three points (they have never lost a league game when he’s on the scoresheet (P46 W 37 D9).
WEST Ham are reportedly in advanced talks to sign Saints skipper Jose Fonte for £8m, according to Sky Sports.
The 33-year-old, whose current Saints contract runs out in the summer of 2018, handed in a formal transfer request a few weeks ago.
He has not played for Saints since a 3-0 loss at Everton on January 2.
Hammers boss Slaven Bilic yesterdat denied claims the Portugal international has already had a medical.
“Not a medical,” he added. "Look, I said a few times already I’m not going to talk about names.
"We are not looking for big numbers as I have strong belief in our qualities now in the dressing room, but we need one or two players.
“Are any deals close? Close is very relative in football. Many times something that looks close doesn’t happen. And sometimes something that looks distant suddenly happens. But in 24 hours, hopefully.”
Most people know which stadium in the top flight is the biggest, and a fair few would be able to name the smallest - but how do all the others compare?
Where does the home of the champions - Leicester’s King Power Stadium - rank, and which relegation-battlers have the sixth biggest arena in the league?
STARSPORT bring you a gallery of the richest club owners in the Premier League and their estimated wealth.
Premier League owners can have a huge impact on the success of a club.
Teams like Manchester City and Chelsea have been massively boosted by the funds of their chiefs.
But other clubs’ top brass aren’t so keen to put their hands in their pockets to fund transfers - and their performances on the pitch suffer as a result.
So which owner in the English top flight has the biggest estimated wealth?
Click through the gallery above to see each Premier League owner’s estimated wealth.
| Last time out - Southampton vs Leicester | Southampton are all set to welcome Premier League champions Leicester City to St Mary’s Stadium this Sunday as they … 20-01-2017 |
Delia Bushell became managing director of BT TV and head of BT Sport in 2014, moving from a role as chief commercial officer at Sky Italia. BT has invested large sums of money in recent years in seeing off its competitors – particularly Bushell’s former employer, Sky – by securing exclusive rights, and notably acquired the rights to the UEFA Champions League from ITV and Sky. BT is also building a partnership with the BBC to strengthen links between paid-for and free-to-air television, with a particular focus on women’s football. In 2016, BT Sport won the rights to the 2017/18 Ashes series.
One of the most influential people in British sport, in 2016 Baroness Sue Campbell was announced as the new head of women’s football by the FA, and has stated her intention to improve coverage and attendance of women’s matches. Campbell is a former junior international pentathlete and netball player, and has represented her country as coach, player and team manager. The former chair of UK Sport, she was previously chief executive of the National Coaching Foundation for 11 years, before joining the Youth Sport Trust.
In August 2016 Greg Clarke became chair of the Football Association, having spent six years as chair of the English Football League. He was previously chief executive of Cable and Wireless, a non-executive board director of BUPA and chair of the Met Office. Son of a cabbie, he was born and raised in Leicester and is a lifelong Leicester City fan. Following allegations of sexual abuse in football, he has been meeting alleged victims and drawing up plans to introduce safeguarding measures.
Seb Coe presided over a second highly successful British Olympic and Paralympic performance at Rio in 2016, though his presidency at the International Association of Athletics Federation has been marred by allegations of corruption within the organisation and questions over blood doping in athletics. Britain’s greatest ever middle distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals in the 1980s and went on to oversee the London games in 2012. The event left a lasting legacy for British sport and transformed the Paralympic vision by aligning it with the Olympics.
And the Saints captain believes Friday night’s Premier League Cup tie away at Bristol City provides the perfect opportunity to do just that.
“It was tough result to take on Monday,” said Jones.
“I thought we were the better team in the first half, but we dropped off the in the second half and that’s what led to conceding the goals.
“We had good spells in the first half, so we want to take those positives into Friday and try to do it for 90 minutes We want to put things right as soon as possible.”
Saints currently lead the way in their Premier League Cup group, and victory in Bristol would edge them ever closer to qualifying for the knockout stages.
And Jones admits his side are keen to get revenge for their 2-1 defeat to the Robins in the group’s reverse fixture.
“We want to get back at them and get a win,” he continued.
“I think we need that as well to get our spirits up again. We are going to go into it with confidence and try to get the three points.
“It would mean a lot to qualify in this competition and go far. I believe we are good enough to do that – it would be good to push through and try to win this cup.”
To complete our series on the best Premier League players in each position this season, we finish with the best forwards.
Strikers are ultimately judged on goals, so those have been our main indicator, but ruthless in front of goal, efficiency and teamwork have also been considered, so we have collated data on conversion rates, minutes per goal scored and assists, as well as a few other metrics.
Context is key, of course. Some players score fewer goals simply because they have fewer chances in a lesser team. Other strikers run their hearts out and do a job for their team but don’t actually score that goals.
Here’s who we think have been the 20 best strikers in the Premier League so far this season.
Francis Benali will be picking his #One2Eleven onThe Fantasy Football Club on Friday.
As ever, we are giving you the chance to win the team sheet, signed by the man himself, if you can correctly guess the line-up.
Ahead of the show with Max Rushden, Paul Merson and Rachel Riley, which will be live on Sky Sports 1 HD at 6pm, we can reveal four of Benali’s choices.
The former full-back played for Southampton for 16 years, making more than 300 appearances for the South Coast club.
The 48-year-old Saints legend has gone for Tim Flowers in goal, with Dean Richards in his back line, Jimmy Case in midfield and Matt Le Tissier in attack in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
For a chance to win the team sheet, head to Twitter and use the hashtag #One2Eleven, followed by the surnames of the other seven players you think will complete the side.
The winner will be the first to correctly guess the team. (Terms and conditions apply).
It’s over to you… head to Twitter to make your guesses now.
Watch The Fantasy Football Club on Sky Sports 1 HD at 6pm on Friday to find out the remainder of Benali’s One2Eleven
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