There's been loads of teams that come up and do well initially by carrying the momentum they had in the previous season and which have then seen their form drop off significantly after their first loss. Most of those clubs aren't used to grinding out results either.
Saying that I think Wolves...
He definitely hasn't signed a contract recently. Hoffenheim have been monitoring him, and their recent model is to go after young talents whose contracts are nearing expiry.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2807364-manchester-united-reportedly-among-3-clubs-watching-aaron-connolly
I'm a big fan of White and think he's the long term solution, but the best thing for him in the short term is to go out on loan and gain first team experience at a Championship club. Nothing wrong having someone like Burn around to fill the 'cover' slot in the meantime.
Sorry. I don't understand why we would have any interest in Smalling - he doesn't fit the template that our recruitment team go after and he's not a player that will improve. With the amount of planning and pre-work they do, I'm sure Winstanley and co already have a list of players they would be...
Because he's a home grown player and also as he's our 4th choice centre back. Also 3m is also not a lot for a club in the Premier League to pay for a squad member.
If it was Sky and other broadcasters making the decision then they'd be in favour of extending the half-time break, as it'll mean they'll be able to get more adverts in and also possibly half time interviews.
Apparently Fantino has now come out and said that any player involved in any Euro Super League would be ineligible from playing at a World Cup. If one of the main points of a World Cup is to show the best players then it'll be a case of cutting off the nose to spite the face...
One of the ideas Infantino was pushing was to increase the amount of teams in the Club World Cup and also move the tournament from December to July/August each year, but he backed away from this idea last week after encountering problems with Uefa who were opposed to the idea as they felt it...