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Nottingham Forest have confirmed that striker Taiwo Awoniyi is in an induced coma after undergoing a serious operation to treat an abdominal injury suffered at the weekend.
Meanwhile, Tottenham revealed that Dejan Kulusevski will miss the Europa League final after a surgery on his knee.
And Ruben Amorim has addressed his decision to buy 30 members of Man United's staff their tickets to the big game in Bilbao.
Premier League Gameweek 37
Friday, May 16
19:30: Aston Villa vs Tottenham - live on talkSPORT 220:15: Chelsea vs Manchester United - live on talkSPORT
Sunday, May 18
12:00: Everton vs Southampton - live on talkSPORT14:15: West Ham vs Nottingham Forest 15:00: Brentford vs Fulham15:00: Leicester vs Ipswich 16:30: Arsenal vs Newcastle
Monday, May 19
20:00: Brighton vs Liverpool - live on talkSPORT
FA Cup final
Saturday, May 17: 16:30: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City - live on talkSPORT
Today, 14:28By Jack Cunningham
talkSPORT understands that Dean Huijsen Real Madrid medical is now booked.
The centre-back will undertake the procedure inside the next 24 hours before finalising his transfer from Bournemouth to the Bernabeu.
Los Blancos have agreed to pay the £50 million release clause in Huijsen's contract.
The young defender has enjoyed an incredible season for the Cherries and was on the radar of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, but he has chosen a move to Real Madrid.
There he will join Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham.
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Today, 13:55By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Timo Werner has a hamstring injury.
The German international has played just eight minutes of Premier League action since early January.
He has dropped down the pecking order as the campaign has gone on, and he won't be playing on Friday against Aston Villa or in the Europa League final on Wednesday either.
But in better news, Heung-min Son is set to play some part.
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Today, 13:05By Jack Cunningham
Of course, with Player of the Season, we also have Manager of the Season.
For this, there are five nominees.
Arne Slot: It would be incredible if the Dutchman weren't nominated for the award after guiding Liverpool to the Premier League title in his first year as Reds boss.
Eddie Howe: Newcastle United are on course for their greatest season in Premier League history, given they won the Carabao Cup are on track for a place in the Champions League.
Nuno Espirito Santo: No one expected Nottingham Forest to get European football this season, but that is what they've achieved thanks to the former Wolves boss.
Thomas Frank: Brentford are on course to earn a place in the Europa Conference League this season, which given they lost Ivan Toney and his replacement, would be some achievement.
Vitor Pereira: When Pereira arrived at Molineux Wolves were in the relegation zone, but they are going to finish comfortably midtable.
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Today, 12:24By Jack Cunningham
The voting for Premier League Player of the Season has officially opened, and unsurprisingly, Liverpool dominate.
The champions have three player sup for the award, there is two from Nottingham Forest and one from Newcastle, Brentford and Arsenal, respectively.
Mohamed Salah is the clear favourite with 28 goals and 18 assists, but he faces competition from Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch.
Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood have both been magnificent as Forest sealed a return to European football this year.
Meanwhile, Alexander Isak has propelled Newcastle into the Champions League places with 23 goals.
And Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo has enjoyed a truly stellar campaign.
The Arsenal representative is Declan Rice, who has added goal contributions to his game this year as the Gunners missed out on the title.
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Today, 11:52By Jack Cunningham
Chelsea Women have confirmed that that Reddit's co-founder Alexis Ohanian has purchased a minority stake in the club.
Ohanian is married to Serena Williams and already has investments in Angel City FC.
The club describe Ohanian's investment as 'game-changing'.
Speaking to the website, he said: "As Founding Control Owner of Angel City FC, I’ve seen the opportunity to create and grow a worldwide brand within women’s football, and I’m confident Chelsea FC Women is the next global women’s sports brand.
"So if he can do that and can win enough, which is the worry at the minute, then survive the process and then succeed, that's going to be better."
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Today, 09:12By Robert Calcutt
Sven Botman could reportedly miss the rest of the season at Newcastle through injury.
Luke Edwards of The Telegraph has reported 'huge concerns' at the Magpies over the fitness of their Dutch centre-back.
Botman hasn't trained this week and is due to for a scan.
Newcastle face Arsenal and Everton in two massive final fixtures this season as they eye Champions League qualification.
Eddie Howe's side are third and are three points clear of sixth-placed Aston Villa.
Botman has endured injury hell since September 2023, starting just four Premier League games all season after an ACL and recurring knee problems.
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14th May 2025, 22:31By Jackson Cole
Gary O'Neil is a leading candidate to becoming Norwich manager, talkSPORT understands.
The Canaries are without a manager since sacking Johannes Hoff Thorup last month.
Jack Wilshere took interim charge of their final two Championship matches, picking up four points as they finished 13th.
However, talkSPORT understands the former England midfielder will not be the club's next permanent boss.
Meanwhile, talks have been scheduled with former Liverpool assistant Pepijn Lijnders for later this week.
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14th May 2025, 21:42By Jackson Cole
Real Madrid and Bournemouth have reached an agreement in principle over payments terms for Dean Huijsen's £50million release clause, talkSPORT understands.
The Spanish giants will settle the clause in three instalments.
This season has been really difficult on everyone - the results and also the change in the staff and you can feel it in our club.
"We are addressing that during the season, we are changing the way we play during the season, we have so many bad results in the Premier League.
"The environment is different at the moment.
"But I guarantee you when we are preparing a game in the Europa League, the environment is a little bit different, then you can feel the excitement."
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14th May 2025, 17:45By Jack Johnson
Liverpool have held discussions with Florian Wirtz's representatives to express an interest in signing him.
talkSPORT understands the Reds would explore a move should Wirtz decide he wants to move to the Premier League.
Man City are pushing to get the 22-year-old's signature too, while Bayern Munich also remain confident of getting a deal done.
Bayer Leverkusen would prefer to sell to a non-Bundesliga rival, boosting English side's hopes of signing the German.
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14th May 2025, 17:15By Jack Johnson
Ruben Amorim has spoken about his decision to buy some of his staff's tickets to the Europa League final.
Amorim paid for 30 of the club's staff members and their families to attend the huge game against Spurs in Bilbao.
"But it's hard to manage things in our club, so it's a simple thing."
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14th May 2025, 16:55By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham have confirmed that Dejan Kulusevski has had to undergo surgery and will certainly miss the Europa League final.
talkSPORT understood the player was having pain-killing injections, but it is even worse than first feared.
The Swedish international has injured his right patella.
The issue was assessed after he limped off during the defeat to Crystal Palace, and he has now had surgery.
It is a bitter blow for Spurs ahead of that match against Manchester United.
In a statement, they said: "We can confirm that Dejan Kulusevski suffered an injury to his right patella in our Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace last weekend.
"We're all with you, Deki."
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14th May 2025, 16:09By Jack Cunningham
talkSPORT understands that Dejan Kulusevski is a major doubt for the Europa League final.
The Swedish international started Tottenham's 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday, but he was withdrawn before half time after suffering a knock.
The knee injury he picked up means he'll sit out the match with Aston Villa on Friday.
But more importantly, his involvement in the final against Manchester United is not guaranteed with Kulusevski requiring pain-killing injections.
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14th May 2025, 14:25By Jack Cunningham
Gary Neville has made an astonishing suggestion ahead of the Europa League final next week.
Speaking on Sky Sports' The Overlap, the Manchester United legend indicated he believes Bruno Fernandes is the only player in Ruben Amorim's side that would get into Ange Postecoglou's.
Neville admitted he was worried about the clash in Bilbao because of the lack of quality in the Man United squad.
He said: "Only Bruno, in my opinion, would get into the first XI of Spurs.
"I would select every single Tottenham player.
"Goalkeeper is a 50/50 split because I don't like [Guglielmo] Vicario, and I am not a fan of [Andre] Onana.
"But [Destiny] Udogie, [Pedro] Porro, [Micky] van de Ven, [Cristian] Romero, [Yves] Bissouma, [Pape Mate] Sarr, [Brennan] Johnson, [James] Maddison, [Dejan] Kulusevski, [Dominic] Solanke and [Heung-min] Son.
"I would choose every Tottenham player over Manchester United's next Wednesday.
"That's my worry.
"If the players play like they should do, Tottenham win."
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14th May 2025, 13:29By Jack Cunningham
Just over a month ago, Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe was diagnosed with pneumonia.
He was sent to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where they looked after him and treated him for the disease.
Howe missed three matches on the touchline before returning for the Toon's 3-0 win over Ipswich Town.
He has now recovered, and wanted to take some time out of his day to visit the staff who helped him to say thank you.
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14th May 2025, 11:31By Jack Cunningham
Real Madrid are seriously considering triggering the £50 million release clause of Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen, talkSPORT understands.
Huijsen has held talks with several Premier League clubs, including Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
However, incoming Real boss Xabi Alonso has now identified the recently-capped Spanish international as a priority target.
Sources close to Huijsen claim his release clause can be paid over three instalments.
If he does not join Real, then Liverpool would be his preferred destination followed by Arsenal.
Ironically, Real also have an interest in Liverpool’s Ibrahima Konate, whose contract expires next summer with talks stalling over a new deal, and Arsenal’s William Saliba.
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14th May 2025, 11:02By Jack Cunningham
Aymeric Laporte will have his £390,000-a-week contract at Al Nassr torn up, talkSPORT understands.
The 30-year-old joined Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi Pro League Club in 2023 in a £23.6m deal from Man City.
Laporte, who won five Premier League titles at City and the treble in his last season, still has one year left to run on his Al Nassr deal.
He is believed to be the third highest paid defender in world football with only Kalidou Koulibaly (£553,000-a-week) and Virgil van Dijk (£400,000-a-week) taking home more.
As of yet, there is no Premier League interest in the Spaniard, but Marseille have made an approach after the centre-back struggled to adapt to life under Stefano Pioli.
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14th May 2025, 10:39By Jack Cunningham
talkSPORT understands that Burnley defender CJ Egan-Riley is close to joining Strasbourg on a free.
Egan-Riley is out of contract at Turf Moor and has been offered a five-year deal by the French side.
Liam Rosenior is the club's manager and they are owned by BlueCo, who also own Chelsea.
The 22-year-old is a Manchester City academy graduate, and he's been with Burnley for three seasons.
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14th May 2025, 10:15By Jack Cunningham
Former Manchester United, Newcastle United and Brighton transfer guru Dan Ashworth is back with the FA.
The Englishman is the new chief football officer, having previously worked as the director of elite development and technical director
He is set to have 'strategic oversight' for the men and women's teams and will help regenerate St George's Park.
In a brief statement, the FA's CEO Mark Bullingham said: "Dan is a hugely influential and respected figure in the game, who has a long-standing commitment to England Football.
"We are very happy to welcome him back in this new role."
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