But the former England star went on to play for the next 18 months, while Pirlo stayed a year longer than that and striker Villa, who remained until 2018, is still the club's record scorer with 80 goals.
Redknapp told Sky Sports: You see his skill and his touches, but the bit that goes unnoticed is what I like when he goes and chases and harries people when he hasn't got the ball.
For those people, Moyes made the point that they can't have seen the Hammers play very much. They can't have seen the pre-match press conferences, either.
Without that goalscorer in your team, you are relying on the goals coming from elsewhere - the centre-halves getting you some, a Trippier free-kick when he is fit or a long-range special from Jonjo Shelvey.
Sky Sports News understands that the club will be seeking to activate their buy-option to secure the 26-year-old from Aston Villa permanently for £15m.
He scored 11 goals and helped them to the play-off final, where they fell just short. And he has continued his progress at Forest as well.
That moved them into second place in Serie A, while Roma are currently fifth after a run of poor form for the Portuguese. The win leaves them 13 points off the lead.
Worthy of being today's star performer as the Italian showed why he deserves more of the reckoning after the Christmas break.
Gary Neville has urged those looking to control social media activity at Manchester United to “get the f*ck away” from personal accounts and stop trying to turn Premier League performers into “robots”.
Atletico Madrid have prided themselves in recent years on being a rock-solid defensive unit, a quality which this season has clearly deserted them.
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The nine-goal striker limped out of last Sunday's 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday with a hamstring injury.
They recruited really well last summer with Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Aaron Ramsdale and others, and they want to continue down that path by being cute in the transfer market.
“Whenever we went to training he always used to put my gloves in in the car, and one time at training they said we need another goalie and I gave it a go, got my gloves and loved it.”
Julian Nagelsmann criticised his Bayern Munich side for making too many mistakes We lost a lot of balls even when we weren't under big pressure.
Marta Torrejon hit the crossbar and Zinsberger again came to the rescue as a relentless Barcelona were initially frustrated in their search for a fourth goal - before Hermoso's scrappy second crept over the line.
Under Vieira, though, they are an altogether different proposition; vibrant, attack-minded and brimming with potential.
He has been at Chelsea since he was eight years old, he's been on loan at clubs like Charlton, Swansea, West Brom and, this season, Crystal Palace.
If he decides that it is a foul, fine, but how is he so sure? Does he want to keep the tension up? The [decision not to give a] penalty is a joke. Honestly, [it's] a joke for VAR not to intervene.
“He allows the attackers and the defenders to express themselves. He doesn’t really like the ball going long and that allows us to work on our game and try and get out of tight situations. He encourages us to do that and he’s enhanced my game a lot.”
Germany were missing several players due to injuries and Covid-19. Jule Brand and Klara Buhl both went close while Schuller also missed a big chance.
I thought our young lads, Alex Scott and Ayman Benarous, were exceptional and the senior players set them a good example.
But, in a perfect world, I think Steven Gerrard wants to come away from Rangers with another couple of trophies. Redknapp: I feel sorry for SmithJamie Redknapp pointed to Aston Villa's big summer of spending following the departure of captain Jack Grealish to Manchester City as raising expectations around the club - and said the slow starts of new arrivals Leon Bailey and Emi Buendia had been difficult for Smith.
Cadiz have scored in five of their six away matches in La Liga this season, with their counterattacking style well suited to games on the road.
Mason Mount has not joined up with the squad yet because he has had an operation removing his wisdom teeth and has not fully recovered from that.
Alternatively, Solskjaer could give minutes to teenager Teden Mengi, who impressed last season on loan at Derby with Wayne Rooney, if Jones is not yet able to make a full return after almost two years on the sidelines.
They have already committed more than €60m to Ferran Torres from Manchester City. The 24-year-old England international's Arsenal contract is up in the summer of 2023.
The Premier League has granted Wolves’ request to call the game off because of the injuries and Covid-19 cases that have ravaged their squad. They do not have enough players available to play the game.
Arsenal full-back Katie McCabe and head coach Jonas Eidevall have been named the Women's Super League's player and manager of the month for October.
Ralf Rangnick has backed Erik Ten Hag to improve Manchester United on the pitch. Rangnick believes the Dutchman will be given the opportunity to shine at United.
Olympique Lyonnais wishes Xherdan Shaqiri every success in this new challenge in the United States.
I think he'll stick with what he said. I can understand people debating it but I don't understand why he can't have a break.
The midfielder is nursing a muscular problem while Max Biamou had a recurrence of a thigh injury. Ian Harkes (ankle) and Peter Pawlett (Achilles) are out for the rest of the season.
After finishing fourth at the tournament in 2006, they would only win one Afcon match in the next 11 years before Cisse led them to the quarter-finals in 2015.
“He asked me and the club if we could give him a couple of days off just to clear up his mind, Rangnick said when quizzed on the England international's absence.
FA Cup fixtures | FA Cup resultsThe Clarets were without manager Sean Dyche - absent with Covid-19 - and without a spark against the Terriers, who made seven changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Blackburn last weekend but who were able to boss the second half.
As for Celtic, it is a vital win for Ange Postecoglou's side as they put Thursday's Europa League exit behind them to ensure they did not fall further behind Rangers, who defeated Livingston 3-1 earlier on Sunday.
I wanted to join because Cardiff City is a great club, first of all, Drameh told the club's website.
Mill was always self-confident, outgoing and indeed clinical as a striker. He spent 15 years in the Bundesliga, playing for Borussia Monchengladbach, Dortmund and Fortuna Dusseldorf in the German top flight between 1981 and 1996. He represented West Germany at the 1988 Olympics and also made the 1990 World Cup squad but did not feature as Franz Beckenbauer's side lifted the trophy in Italy, and so does not consider himself a world champion. He scored 253 goals in 656 career matches. Despite being only 5ft 9in tall, his ability to get off the ground so well meant he scored many headers.
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Koeman departed on October 27, forcing Barca to then turn their attention towards the appointment of a new coach – leaving Alves in limbo.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side are currently locked on 13 points at the top of the Premier League table with Chelsea and Liverpool as champions Manchester City look to make up ground following their surprise home draw with Southampton last weekend.
Transfer Centre LIVE! I also played Nemanja Matic now in the last games and his contract is also expiring.
He has a special ability to do whatever he wants with the ball. Against a good goalkeeper it was an incredible finish.
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The striker and coach, 39, along with Brian Gilmour, David McCallum and Colin Stewart will take charge on a temporary basis, the club have announced.
The league finishes in May. Obviously it's much better than where we were, but we want to be higher.
