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"Who wouldn't lose to City Arsenal and Liverpool,Who?" asked one person after Bouremough got battered 9-0 by Liverpool.

Eddie Howe challenged Allan Saint-Maximin to 'bring it' every week after the Frenchman's menacing display for Newcastle against champions Man City last week.

"Ramsdale to start of the Macarena in front of Clock End if we beat Villa on Wednesday night. The rest of the team follow. That'll give Richard Keys something to speak about.:

"Just listening to Souness on @talksport going on about Martinez height again and saying Maguire has been hard done by.....1. Cannavaro 2. No he hasn't."

It was a tight affair throughout most of the contest, with both sides creating but unable to capitalise on chances in a goalless first half, before Fernandes fired home what turned out to be the winner 10 minutes after the break.

"Sunderland AFC have been behind some of the worst decisions in football, but letting Alex Neil go to Stoke will arguably be the worst of a lifetime."

His fee comfortably beats the £40million the Magpies paid for Brazilian Joelinton during the summer of 2019 and takes the club’s spending in the two transfer windows since Amanda Staveley’s consortium took over to around £210m.

It comes as Erik ten Hag turned the air blue as he hailed Manchester United’s fighting spirit following their stunning victory over rivals Liverpool on Monday.

Alexander Isak is 6ft 4ins tall but quick and has 37 caps for Sweden and a fee of £63 million appears to have been agreed.