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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

15th May 2025, 16:32By Jack Cunningham

talkSPORT understands that Liverpool have told Bayer Leverkusen they will trigger Jeremie Frimpong's release clause.

The Dutchman's clause is 35 million Euros, and after talks with the player and the club, the Reds are set to make their move.

Frimpong would be a direct replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold, given just how good he is at attacking.

He is also versatile and can play on either wing as well as at right-back.

But if he does join, he could be a Fantasy Premier League manager's dream.

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15th May 2025, 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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15th May 2025, 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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15th May 2025, 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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15th May 2025, 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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15th May 2025, 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.

"I’m so thrilled to build with Aki and the team as we grow the club’s footprint and impact."

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15th May 2025, 10:50By Jack Cunningham

talkSPORT understands that Liverpool are advancing talks to sign Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen.

The Dutchman has a 35 million Euro release clause, which he hopes the Reds will activate.

Liverpool are looking for a Trent Alexander-Arnold replacement, with the Englishman set for Real Madrid.

Frimpong certainly has the attacking instincts to be Alexander-Arnold's replacement, given he's scored 30 goals and set up a further 44 in his time in Germany.

The 24-year-old would also count as a home-born player because he was a part of the Manchester City academy.

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15th May 2025, 10:42By Jack Cunningham

Marco Silva has told Al-Hilal he wants to stay in Europe despite a mega-money offer to join the Saudi Pro League side, talkSPORT understands.

Fulham boss Silva has held several meetings with Hilal officials, who wanted him to lead them at this summer's Club World Cup.

"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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15th May 2025, 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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