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Bergvall Value Soars Amid Chelsea and Liverpool LinksLucas Bergvall’s rise has been swift and lucrative, and according to Fotboll Direkt, there may be further financial ripples to come.
Newcastle have cruised past Qarabag and into the last 16, where they will join five other Premier League clubs: Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham. Also safely through to the last 16 without requiring a play-off are Bayern Munich, Sporting and Barcelona.
Arsenal squeezed the pitch persistently at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, winning possession in the attacking third on 19 occasions in total. For context, their next highest tally this season was just eight occasions in another 4-1 victory — over Aston Villa in December.
Gary Lineker believes Chelsea will miss out on Champions League qualification at the end of the season and has predicted Manchester United and Liverpool to finish in the top five.
Aston Villa could yet sanction the transfer exit of Morgan Rogers this summer, despite the forward having signed a new contract at Villa Park in the summer, GIVEMESPORT understands. Rogers put pen-to-paper on a new contract with the Midlands outfit in November, but that will not necessarily mean that a move is off the table.
Tottenham and a star player have put new contract talks on ice amid interest from Chelsea and Liverpool, with the player now weighing up his future, according to a report. It was supposed to be a new beginning on Sunday, but for Spurs, it was more of the same.
Emile Heskey has named three possible replacements for Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah, including Chelsea flop Christian Pulisic. Salah, 33, is expected to leave Anfield this summer following by far his least productive season for Liverpool.
Former Chelsea player Frank Leboeuf has suggested that Alexis Mac Allister had his ‘worst game’ in Saturday’s Premier League clash between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.