Scotland's John McGinn warming to captaincy duties
Scotland midfielder John McGinn feels wearing the armband is becoming more natural after admitting the captain's role was initially "alien".
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Aston Villa: Gerrard has 'freed' £20m star at Villa Park
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard was right to strip Tyrone Mings of the captaincy, believes journalist Pete O’Rourke.
Aribo withdraws from Nigeria’s friendlies to rest after mammoth previous season
Joe Aribo has made the decision to withdraw from representing Nigeria in upcoming international fixtures because the midfielder wants to ‘rest,’ reports scottishdailyexpress.co.uk.
Southampton handed ‘massive’ opportunity after international break at St Mary’s
Southampton will have a ‘massive’ opportunity to bounce back to winning ways after the international break when Everton travel to St Mary’s in the Premier League, according to journalist Dean Jones.
Aston Villa fans 'sceptical' over £70k-a-week star at Villa Park
Aston Villa supporters will be ‘sceptical’ at captain John McGinn’s continued presence in Steven Gerrard’s starting XI after a poor start to the 2022-23 season, according to journalist Dean Jones.
Man City star Kevin De Bruyne reacts to equalling Steven Gerrard assist landmark
Kevin De Bruyne is happy to still be helping his team after equalling Steven Gerrard's Premier League assist record at the weekend.
Newcastle held by Bournemouth as Premier League ‘draw specialists’ drop 2 points
NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United are making a name for themselves in the Premier League this season — but it is a moniker they would ideally want to avoid. Many see United not as European contenders or top six breakers, but as the top flight’s “draw specialists” after they recorded their fifth draw in their opening seven games.
Vinícius on dancing after goals: ‘I am not going to stop’
BARCELONA, Spain: Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior called out the haters of his goal celebrations as racist and insisted he will keep on dancing.Spanish sports talk shows have been discussing the appropriateness of his celebrations, and a commentator on television said he should stop “doing the monkey.”Real Madrid criticized the comment on Friday, and Vinicius issued a video statement on Saturday in which the Brazilian eloquently explained that dancing forms part of his cultural expression, and cited other soccer players, both Black and white, who also have danced after scoring.“Repeat after me, racist: I am not going to stop dancing,” Vinícius said.“I was victim of xenophobia and racism in a single declaration, but none of this began yesterday,” Vinícius said over freeze frames of social media posts using racist language to insult him.The controversy also comes in the build up to Sunday’s always hotly contested Spanish capital derby in which Real Madrid visit Atlético Madrid. This week, Atlético captain Koke Resurrección, when asked what would happen if Vinícius danced after scoring, responded “There will be trouble.”Koke appeared to make the comment in jest, but it has been widely commented on.