2021-2022 Premier League, Pt. 2

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2021-2022 Premier League, Pt. 2 May 20, 2022 18:57:59 GMT

Post by Webster on May 20, 2022 18:57:59 GMT

(The Guardian) Jesse Marsch is confident he will still be at Elland Road even if the club are playing in the Championship. Marsch was tasked with rescuing Leeds’ season when he replaced Marcelo Bielsa at the end of February and takes his side to Brentford where they must better Burnley’s result against Newcastle to stay up. -- I’m still planning to be here even in relegation. It’s a long-term project and the club committed to me in that way. The connections we have made mesh well together. The support from everyone has been amazing, but I’m not thinking about the long-term project, only about Sunday and preparing for that.

Marsch is hoping striker Patrick Bamford can make his first appearance since mid-March after recovering from a foot injury to give his side a major lift. Boy does he need one.

Over at Manchester United, Rangnick has been talking to the press for the last time as interim manager. Asked who’s unavailable for the trip to Selhurst Park on Sunday, with Luke Shaw, Phil Jones and Jadon Sancho among those whose participation is in doubt, he said: We once again, unfortunately, have quite a few players missing and another couple of players with question marks. We have to wait for tomorrow’s last training session. As it stands now there will be quite a few players missing, but I’m still positive that we’ll have a strong starting line-up and finish the season on a higher note than we did at Brighton. I am positive that the players want to get things right and show and prove to everybody that they are capable to play a lot better than we did at Brighton. I am also positive that they would much rather play in the Europa League than in the Conference League.

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2021-2022 Premier League, Pt. 2 May 20, 2022 18:59:08 GMT

Post by Webster on May 20, 2022 18:59:08 GMT

(The Guardian) Rangnick pledges to help Ten Hag
With Erik ten Hag set to attend Manchester United’s final game against Palace before taking the reins at Old Trafford on Monday, Rangnick has revealed that they have been in contact as he prepares to segue into an advisory role. Asked about Ten Hag, he said: We’ve been in contact via WhatsApp and we hopefully will have the opportunity to speak and meet in person, either over the weekend or on Monday morning at the latest. I’m looking forward to speaking with him and getting to know him in person. I still strongly believe that there is a core of players who are top, who are well worth and good enough to play for this club and hopefully most of those players will still be here next season. If the board, Erik, the scouting department – and I will help them with all the issues that I can help them – if we bring in the right mentality players, the right quality players, I’m positive that we will be able to bring this club back not only on track but also back to the top.

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2021-2022 Premier League, Pt. 2 May 20, 2022 19:09:24 GMT

Post by Webster on May 20, 2022 19:09:24 GMT

(The Guardian) Despite their late-season slump, Chelsea go into their final game against Watford snugly nestled in third place. While they are only three points ahead of Tottenham in fourth, they have outscored their London rivals by 18 goals this season and, no offence, it’s hard to envision Roy Hodgson’s side suddenly producing a winning scoreline in double figures.

Nonetheless, Thomas Tuchel will want to end a tumultuous and largely disappointing campaign on a high.

Amazingly, over at Watford, Hodgson has teased a future comeback once he departs Vicarage Road at the end of the season. He’s admitted it’s highly unlikely, to be fair, but he certainly hasn’t ruled anything out.

“Every time you leave a job there’s a wave of emotion because you get sort of attached to the people you’re working with,” he said. “The players, I must say, they’ve not let me down at all in the training sessions and what they’ve tried to do in the games, so I’ve still got a lot of respect for them, so in that respect it will be emotional [to say goodbye].

“But in the same way as when leaving Palace, it’s a decision that’s been thought out well in advance. I think it’s worse in a way that you make a sudden decision. I’ve known all along that my last game as a manager probably in football is going to be on 22 May, just as I thought I knew at Crystal Palace that it was going to be the last day there.

“So I’ve got to be careful of everything that I say because if I do turn up again ... who knows what will happen?”

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