The 24-year-old has been a natural leader since his schoolboy days in the Portuguese capital and facing Sporting was always an opportunity for him to show those qualities.
The World Cup winner is out of contract at Manchester United this summer and is set to leave the club, marking the end of a turbulent six years back at Old Trafford since they made him the world's most expensive player.
We'll just have to see how that all plays out really. Greenwood has not played for England since making his debut against Iceland last year, with injury ruling him out of Euro 2020 contention, and Southgate had admitted the United forward was in his thoughts despite missing out to Patrick Bamford in the current squad.
He has always been a confidence striker, capable of racking up scoreless games even at his best before hitting back with a blistering run of form. There is no doubt either that Atletico pulled off a major coup in taking advantage of Barcelona's mistreatment of the veteran last season, a gambit that gifted them 21 goals and arguably sealed them the league crown.
Since Maloney's first two victorious games, at home to struggling Aberdeen and away to under-strength Dundee United, Hibs have faltered badly.
They say some of Enrique's metrics are so good they outweigh the risk he has not managed a club in almost five years.
The right attitude and application was there in abundance against Tottenham, but it is his experience and quality that are the added ingredients required at the highest level and those which Everton will hope to now witness on a regular basis.
Players may have come and gone in the last six years, and Simeone has even embraced a new formation, but Atletico's combination of star quality up front, an all-hands-to-the-pump mentality in defence and, as Ralf Rangnick put it, time-wasting antics, is still frustrating Europe's heavyweight sides.Joe Shread 'Football-first' mentality delivers again for Chelsea Cesar Azpilicueta is the embodiment of what Thomas Tuchel calls the football-first mentality at Chelsea.
Most of the questions around the deal concerned Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which now owns 80% of the club and is chaired by the state's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The Premier League said it had received legally binding assurances that the Saudi state would not control the club.
Now is the time to get to know the current squad in detail. The squad is definitely not too small. There is enough players.
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Most important of all, appointing Potter or a similarly progressive coach would give the supporters something to believe in again.
Kilmarnock registered just two shots in the first 45 minutes as Arbroath looked to spoil their promotion party, and were two points clear at the top of the table at half-time.
Perhaps, in a strange way, it is fitting that Gilmour's positive test has struck Scotland at this moment, given all the drama and strife that has come before.
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The 27-year-old midfielder had looked close to the Etihad exit last summer after eyeing a move to Spain to be closer to his family.
Hopefully there's no cancellation in terms of Covid and everything else going on because it's a game where we can take positives from this one and hopefully carry that on to Thursday night in that game. What are the Premier League rules around postponements?After the postponement of a number of games in the weeks leading up to Christmas, a new Premier League guide explaining match postponement protocols was published.
Arsenal have made Brazil defender Rafaelle Souza their third new signing of thetransfer window. I feel great to be here and to be playing in such a strong and competitive league.
Souness added that the Belgian’s comments had ‘damaged’ the club in their pursuit of the Premier League title.
Southampton will publish the independent review of the abuse perpetrated by their former coach Bob Higgins later this week.
The Tigers had not won in their previous five matches, a marked contrast to in-form Blackburn who have been on a rampage in the Championship, winning seven of their last eight and only conceding one goal in that run.
I was at Chelsea for four-and-a-bit years. He was there for three of them, said Rodgers. The teams I saw him coach, he coached them to be aggressive. There is nothing wrong with that. He sets up his teams to make them very difficult to beat. That is OK too.
In October, Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he had hoped Messi would agree to play for free right up until the point that it became apparent the club was unable to afford to keep him.
Harrogate have the chance to reach the competition's third round for the first time when they visit 2008 winners Portsmouth.
The winger is averaging 4.17 shot-creating actions and 2.33 completed dribbles per 90 minutes, placing him in the top 12 and 14 per cent respectively among other players in a similar position in the league.
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Football is pleading with the government not to lock out spectators in the new year unless Covid data is clear a national health emergency requires a fan ban.
Wales are of course unlikely to ever win a tournament and there's a very good chance that we've already seen their best ever tournament run in Euro 2016 that broke that the psychological barrier of failures of yesteryear.
Kick-off times in the final round of group games and knock-out round matches will be at 6pm and 10pm local time (3pm and 7pm UK time).
If you exclude spot-kicks, the club has three top scorers - each with a solitary goal and nearly a third of the season played.
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At the age of 18 years and 318 days, Elliott has broken Trent Alexander-Arnold's record as the youngest Liverpool player to start a Champions League match.
With David Turnbull joining Jota and James Forrest on the sidelines, Postecoglou's squad lacks the depth to cope without so many key attacking players.
Naby Keita will be out for a while with the hamstring injury the Liverpool midfielder picked up in Saturday's draw with Brighton, Jurgen Klopp says.
Real Sociedad are level on points with Real before hosting Athletic Bilbao in a Basque Country derby on Sunday.
Happy with the victory, we needed it after the game we played the other day, he added in reference to their 1-1 draw at home to Paraguay last week.
Reds assistant manager Pep Lijnders said the problem is not serious and the 28-year-old is hopeful of returning in time for Sunday's trip to Crystal Palace.
The hospital said on Monday that Pele was expected to be moved to a regular room on Tuesday. The hospital also said Pele is awake, actively talking and keeping his vital signs in normality.
I think that was Massimo Taibi's first game. I'm trying to change the subject, can we get onto that?
But standing in the way of this historic occasion are two German teams, as the semi-finals see Eintracht Frankfurt take on West Ham and RB Leipzig play Rangers.
They have, however, scored in each of their last 13 away Premier League matches; their longest run in the top flight since between April and December 1960 (13).
Liverpool and Chelsea remain a cut above every other team, but Liverpool are arguably unfortunate not to be clear of Chelsea in second.
But midway through the second half, Juventus’ play became sloppy, and that was all Villarreal needed to pick a hole in their defence, Parejo sweeping home a finish very similar to one missed by Alvaro Morata not long before.
Marcus's form has been very up and down and you are at the stage where you could say he needs an arm around the shoulder, sit him down, talk to him and find out exactly what is going on - because there is no way he can get into the team at the age he did and then all that talent disappears.
Josh Sargent found himself at a similar level at Werder Bremen, but struggled to truly emerge as a goalscorer for what was a truly bad team. He then moved to Norwich and, so far, has learned that the grass isn't always greener, even if the bad team you now play for is in the Premier League.
I feel much stronger and in a better place. So much so, in fact, that once he returned to Everton in the summer, he rejected the opportunity to go out on loan for a second time, instead backing himself to break into Benitez's team.
Other initiatives included a Fans' Share Scheme to create a path for supporters to build a meaningful ownership stake in the club over time.