Key Highlights
- Andoni Iraola’s status as a hot property has chilled amid difficult winter months.
- Bournemouth are the latest club to struggle after selling players to offset harsh financial winds.
- Of the Premier League’s set of “well-run”, smaller clubs, perhaps Brentford now provide the best example of how to stay afloat after losing key personnel. Igor Thiago and hat-trick hero Kevin Schade positively ravaged Bournemouth’s defenders, suggesting if the Semenyo money can be reinvested, the place to start is at the back.
- Semenyo, said to be Manchester-bound, got on the scoresheet but by then, his team were three goals down.
- There would be no comeback. Arsenal v Brighton, Liverpool v Wolves, Senegal v DR Congo, and more – football liveRead moreA year that began with high promise ebbs into dust, from missing out on Europe to a recent run of form where the last Premier League victory came two months ago.
