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Gary Neville loses again, refuses to quit and gets flipped off
It’s going well at Valencia.
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The Gary Neville experiment at Valencia has gone very, very poorly. They haven’t won in La Liga in 12 games, and Neville says his obituary is already written. However, he said he won’t resign, and he seems very annoyed at the criticism.
“I said before I came that I would be judged in five months,” said Neville. “I have been judged in six weeks.”
Valencia fans are not a patient bunch. Here’s a lot of them giving Neville the finger.
Goal of the day
Luka Modric’s winner for Real Madrid. (r/soccer)
In the news
On that goal, Modric said that Zinedine Zidane told him to shoot more. (AS)
Claudio Ranieri says the secret to Leicester’s success is days off and lots of food.
Scouting helps too, and Arsenal just hired away one of Leicester's best scouts. (ESPN FC)
Jürgen Klopp said Liverpool needs to find a solution to ticket price criticism after a fan walkout. (Guardian)
If you’d like to read Toni Kroos’ contract and transfer agreement, here you go. (Football Leaks)
Louis van Gaal turned the tables on a journalist and told him he’s getting sacked in the morning. (Mirror)
You should be reading
Robert O’Connor on Tommy Cassidy, who got banned for match-fixing without fixing a match. (In Bed With Maradona)
Bruno Alves on Marcelo Bielsa’s insistence that he’s always right. (These Football Times)
James Yorke on the stats behind Leicester’s luck and Liverpool’s lack of it. (Stats Bomb)
What happened this weekend
Real Madrid just barely scraped by Granada. (Managing Madrid)
And Barcelona’s game against Levante was similar. (Barca Blaugranes)
Serie A was the same story. Juventus barely beat Frosinone. (Black and White and Read All Over)
Napoli found a way to defeat Carpi by one goal. (The Siren’s Song)
The Bundesliga broke character. Bayern-Bayer was a 0-0 draw. (Bavarian Football Works)
And so was BVB-Hertha. (Fear The Wall)
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