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And the standards that he's used to at Manchester City."If anything, I would say this is confirmation that they've got the right player and he's got the right environment for him."Someone's Warnocking at the doorAmong Ruben Amorim’s many lows at Manchester United, one moment left Neil Warnock in stitches.The Portuguese manager is statistically the worst in the great club’s history, and with just nine Premier League wins in 33 games, United are looking at alternatives, including Gareth Southgate.Yet it wasn’t a disastrous league performance that left the experienced Warnock stunned, instead a moment in the cup.United were knocked out of the Carabao Cup in the second round at the end of August by League Two Grimsby Town for one of the most humiliating results in club history.Grimsby had to do the job on penalties after giving up a 2-0 lead, but while down and in big trouble, Amorim whipped out a tactics board on the United bench and started moving magnets around the page.“I’m available if they’re struggling,” Warnock joked. "But he's 20, and we can still improve a lot."Jor DroppingSimon Jordan has told Rangers manager Russell Martin he needs to be stronger and then he might not have children swearing at him.“He has to be a bit stronger in his press conferences; he has to acknowledge the fact that he has to win football matches,” the White & Jordan host said.“That’s what has to come out of his mouth, not him observing that a 12-year-old is sticking two fingers up at him.“He has allowed this offensive behaviour to happen, and to be seeded in a section of the Rangers fans.”Spurred onTottenham have announced that teenage talent Luca Williams-Barnett has signed his first professional contract with the club.The attacking midfielder, who turned 17 on Wednesday, was named on the bench for the first team on four occasions last term.Williams-Barnett made his senior Spurs debut as a second-half substitute in the 3-0 Carabao Cup win over Doncaster Rovers.World champions of what?Seven-time NBA All-Star Joel Embiid doesn't rate England's chances at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The Philadelphia 76ers Center, a self-confessed Real Madrid and Arsenal fan, admitted the Three Lions have the best team on paper.However, Cameroonian and American joked that England are going choke again."Obviously I am a big football fan, so I'm excited," Embiid said on next summer's World Cup in the USA."I wanna go to as many games as possible so we'll see the schedule.

"I think everyone should be, it's not good enough."Asked about the positive that despite having 17 touches of the ball, he was able to score twice, he added: "I don't care, I'm just doing my job."Gyok LesnarArsenal striker Viktor Gyokeres has been compared to Nicklas Bendtner by one Gunners fan, but it isn’t his fault.“That Viktor at the minute, Arteta is not getting the best out of him," talkSPORT caller Jamie told Breakfast.“He’s using him like Nicklas Bendtner. We've just got to keep doing what we are doing, and I am really confident that results will come."BoostNewcastle United defender Tino Livramento is set for 6-8 weeks on the sidelines, talkSPORT understands.The England international has damaged ligaments in his knee.However, when he went off on a stretcher against Arsenal after a mid-air collision with William Saliba.The fear was he'd done his ACL for the third time in his career, but scans indicate that isn't the case.Livramento will miss the October internationals and roughly ten games for Newcastle, but it could have been so much worse.'Should be a motivator'Newcastle United are in Champions League action this evening, and they take on Union Saint-Gilloise in talkSPORT 2.The Magpies have travelled over in numbers to take over Brussels, and Eddie Howe is looking for a win.Newcastle have lost two of their last four games in all competitions and only won once all season.But USG will be a tough test, having beaten PSV in their opening Champions League match.And after losing so late on to Arsenal, Howe wants his side to bounce back.He said: “This will be a good challenge at a time in the season when we need to perform.“It will be an important game in our Champions League journey – and a tough one.“The Arsenal game should be a motivator not a hangover.“We need to use that as motivation.”OddManchester United are reportedly looking at a mid-season friendly against Saudi Arabian opposition.The Athletic report the Red Devils are looking for ways to raise revenue.They have no European football this season, which means two things.One, they have plenty of free midweeks to exploit with a lucrative friendly.And two, there will be lower income in TV money, matchday sales and prize money because they aren't in a UEFA competition.Not clearArsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed there is no clarity when it comes to Noni Madueke's return.The winger suffered a knee injury and was initially ruled out for six to eight weeks.However, the Spaniard has now confirmed there is no timescale for the England international's return.Speaking at the pre-match press conference before Arsenal's Champions League tie against Olympiacos, he said: "No, he hasn't had a [second] scan yet, so he needs to wait a little bit more still with the brace and everything."So, he's still in a stage where everything is super protective and once he comes out of that and has the scan we'll have more clarity about it."'It is unusual'Ex-Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has been speaking about his former club's troubles on White and Jordan.Murphy has been surprised that the majority of Liverpool's new signings have struggled.Of all of their recruits, Hugo Ekitike is the only one to hit the ground running.Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez, Jeremie Frimpong and Alexander Isak have all struggled.And on that, Murphy said: "There are new players that are learning their roles.

I think the pace of play is what he's struggling with at the moment. He's maybe not quite making the ball move as quickly as he normally would and he's getting caught out.“When you have such a big money move and you have that change of club and change of country you want to hit the ground running and when it doesn't happen there's just that little seed of doubt in his mind.“But I'm 100% convinced it's going to happen for him.”It has been a tough start to life in England for WirtzIt followed a call from 'Moaning Mo', who slammed Wirtz.He said: “He is the worst Premier League signing in history.