The Special One is dead the Happy One can no longer be bothered to pretend he doesn’t hate almost everything about the modern world but he still has enough joie de vivre to teach the life-changing magic of the low block to a group of willing students. Elliott is 51 now, which in previous years might have made him a prime target for Mourinho. Leicester last won it in 2000, when Matt Elliott’s two goals took care of Tranmere. Villa, who drew the away leg 1-1, are aiming to reach their first Worthington Cup final since 2010, when they had no answer to a match-winning performance from referee Phil Dowd. When the dust settles, however, Eriksen deserves to be remembered as the creative hub of the best Spurs team in decades.Īnother January signing, Mbwana Samatta, is expected to make his Aston Villa debut in their Milk Cup semi-final second leg against Leicester later. It was finally completed on Tuesday, with Eriksen joining Antonio Conte’s band of Premier League geriatricos. incredible evolution since I arrived … he earned it.” In a different way, mainly by doing eff all since his noggin’ went south sometime last season, Christian Eriksen has earned his move to Internazionale.

He’s making an easy decision for the club to execute the option. “I think the boy is earning the decision. “It’s not an obligation, it’s an option,” cheered Mourinho of Lo Celso’s permanent signing, before humbly awarding himself only 97% of the credit for the Argentinian’s recent form.

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