Ray Parlour believes Liverpool ace Trent Alexander-Arnold can be a future Ballon d’Or winner, after the youngster received huge praise from legendary full-back Cafu. The Brazilian icon and two-time World Cup winner paid the 21-year-old the ultimate compliment in a recent interview. Cafu branded Alexander-Arnold ’one of the best players in the world’ and said the Liverpool starlet shares a lot of similarities with the way he played the game. He also said the right-back has ‘Brazilian instincts’ and even claimed the youngster has what it takes to become a Ballon d’Or winner. “We have to change this ­paradigm where the Ballon d’Or is only won by ­attackers and strikers,”…

Roy Keane has taken aim at Arsenal for their ‘over the top’ celebrations in the win over Newcastle United. The former Manchester United captain enjoyed a bitter rivalry with the Gunners during his playing days and couldn’t resist a barb at them when analysing their performance against Newcastle on Sunday. Arsenal beat the Magpies 4-0, which is their biggest league win of the season, thanks to strikes from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nicolas Pepe, Mesut Ozil and Alexandre Lacazette. It’s their second league win under new manager Mikel Arteta and their celebrations were slightly animated after their fourth goal, which was scored in stoppage-time. Keane, who is currently working as a Sky…

Mino Raiola joined talkSPORT for a stunning interview on Tuesday morning during which he hit out at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Gary Neville and revealed his client Paul Pogba is only committed to Manchester United until this summer. He also engaged in lengthy row with Simon Jordan, the former Crystal Palace chairman, who accused the agent of ‘creating a culture of division’ by publicly speaking about his players. Raiola came on air in the wake of an ongoing feud with Manchester United and their manager Solskjaer, who was the target of the agent’s anger ahead of United’s defeat of Chelsea on Monday evening, with the Italian writing a damning statement on…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refused to get drawn into another war of words with Paul Pogba’s agent after he ranted at the Manchester United manager on Twitter. Mino Raiola, who represents the unsettled Manchester United midfielder, hit out at comments made by Solskjaer on Pogba’s future on the social media platform ahead of United’s trip to Chelsea on Monday night. The agent was seemingly unhappy with Solskjaer’s recent remark that “Paul is our player and not Mino’s”, Raiola tweeted: “Paul is not mine and for sure not Solskjaer’s property, Paul is Paul Pogba’s. You cannot own a human being already for a long time in the UK or anywhere else. “I…

Jimmy Greaves’ son has told talkSPORT he and his family have been overwhelmed for the support behind a campaign to see the England and Tottenham legend honoured. The Daily Mail recently began the campaign to ‘Get Greavsie a Gong’, with many fans asking why the iconic former striker hasn’t been honoured when a host of other footballers from his era have. It has received plenty of backing from the likes of Harry Kane and Peter Crouch and even far beyond football, with a petition to honour the legend now collecting over 20,000 signatures – and counting. A prolific goalscorer, Greaves was famed for being an absolute lethal finisher and is…

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone believes Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool will go down in history as one of the greatest teams of all time. Liverpool travel to the Wanda Metropolitano tonight for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with Simeone’s side – which you can hear LIVE on talkSPORT. The Reds return to the scene of their sixth European triumph last June, just one of their many achievements in the last eight months. Klopp’s men are on course to complete one of the most dominant title-winning campaigns English football has ever seen, dropping just two points in 26 games so far. And Simeone has revealed his admiration, ranking…

The Brazilian says the Merseyside outfit have developed a “killer instinct” which sets them apart from the rest on both foreign and domestic stages Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson says there is a “great desire to win” embedded within Jurgen Klopp’s squad, with a collective aim to claim more silverware driving the team forwards. The Reds finished second in the Premier League title race by a single point behind Manchester City last season but picked themselves up to win a sixth European Cup by beating Tottenham in Madrid’s showpiece event. Klopp’s men have built on that foundation in the 2019-20 campaign, storming 22 points clear in the top-flight standings while adding the FIFA Club…

Durant 5 ans, Arnold Schwarzenegger a tourné le dos au 7e art pour se consacrer à sa carrière politique. Depuis son retour au grand écran, il y a 4 ans, l’Autrichien a déjà tourné 6 longs-métrages. Il parle désormais des projets qui l’attendent dans un futur proche. Arnold Schwarzenegger ne fatigue pas. S’il a réalisé une pause de 5 ans dans sa carrière cinématographique afin de goûter au métier de gouverneur de Californie, l’Autrichien est désormais bel et bien de retour dans le monde des action heroes. Suite au succès d’Expendables, en 2010, Schwarzy a enchaîné 5 longs métrages, tous plus bourrés d’action les uns que les autres. Et d’après…

Son livre sort demain au Royaume-Uni : Valérie Trierweiler exporte Merci pour ce moment, et ce ne sera peut-être pas avec le même succès qu’en France. Les critiques ne sont pas tendres avec la journaliste ; le quotidien The Guardian, notamment, s’est montré très virulent face au brûlot de l’ancienne première dame. « Pénible à lire, et pas seulement pour François Hollande ». Selon les propos du Guardian rapportés par Le Point, le livre de Valérie Trierweiler est très loin d’être indispensable dans une bibliothèque. Alors que la journaliste s’est lancée dans une opération séduction à l’échelle européenne – elle s’est notamment rendue en Italie, où elle s’en est pris…

Valérie Trierweiler assure la promotion de Merci pour ce moment à travers l’Europe. En France, Augustin Trapenard lui adresse une lettre ouverte pour lui dire qu’il n’a pas aimé sa démarche littéraire. Le Valérie Trieweiler Tour bat son plein. Les presses anglaise et italienne ont consacré une large place à la sortie sur leur territoire de Thank you for this moment et Grazie per questo momento. En revanche, en France, les critiques qui se sont élevées contre le livre de l’ancienne première dame viennent de recevoir un renfort supplémentaire en la personne d’Augustin Trapenard. Le chroniqueur du Grand Journal a adressé à Valérie Trierweiler une lettre ouverte qu’il lui a…