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Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino wants his players to be more clinical
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Southampton boss Mauricio Pellegrino wants his players to be more clinical
Mauricio Pellegrino has urged his Southampton players to find their scoring boots and end their goal drought to kick-start their Premier League campaign.
Saints dominated for large spells against visiting Swansea in their Premier League home opener on Saturday but failed to break the deadlock in a 0-0 draw.
Southampton have now gone 545 minutes without a goal at St Mary’s, dating back to the 3-1 win over Crystal Palace on April 5.
New boss Pellegrino believes finishing is based more on instinct than training ground practice - but still insisted the Saints would solve their goal-scoring woes.
“That’s football; we have to keep going, and if we do, we’ll definitely improve in that area,” said Pellegrino, of his side’s troubles in front of goal.
"We played the way we felt we had to play: we controlled the game, we controlled the opponent, especially in the second half.
“We didn’t concede any counter-attacks. I think we produced a good performance, but in football you have to put the ball in the net. And we have to keep going.”
Manolo Gabbiadini, Dusan Tadic and James Ward-Prowse all spurned gilt-edged chances to hand Southampton victory on the season’s opening day.
Claude Puel paid with his job in the summer for Southampton’s inability to turn pressure into goals and therefore points last season.
Pellegrino appreciates the similarities between Saturday’s shortcomings and Saints’ problems last term, but still believes his squad will reverse that trend.
Asked if he could pinpoint similar concerns to the previous campaign, Pellegrino replied: "Yes. As a manager you can look and work in the way how to create chances, how to play in wide areas, in the corridor in front and behind defenders.
“But it’s really difficult to work. You can do finishing every day for example but it doesn’t have too much relation to what happens in the game.”
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Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is preparing a formal offer for wantaway Southampton star Virgil van Dijk and is poised to make his move this week.
The central defender, who has been in the Blues’ sights for several months, handed in a transfer request last week.
And that has prompted Chelsea to bigwigs to make their move with a £50million-plus bid in the offing.
Liverpool, who thought they had Van Dijk in the bag earlier in the summer before a tapping-up row wrecked the deal, remain interested in signing the Dutchman. Manchester City have also asked to be kept fully up to speed with developments.
But Conte and technical director Michael Emenalo are confident they can tempt the 26-year-old to make the switch to Stamford Bridge and they will step up their pursuit of him in the coming days.
Van Dijk handed in a transfer request last week. And even though Saints boss Mauricio Pellegrino said on Friday that he still hoped Van Dijk would change his mind about leaving St Mary’s, there appears little hope of that.
Southampton confirmed they had not received any bids for their player at the end of last week but that will change in the coming days.
Conte wants to add even more depth to his squad and with a Premier League title defence and a return to the Champions League in the months ahead he believes Van Dijk will add to the central defensive strength at his disposal from David Luiz, Gary Cahill and Cesar Azpilicueta.
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The Dutch defender, 26, handed in a transfer request earlier this month in hope of forcing through a Southampton exit.
Chelsea and Liverpool are chasing the former Celtic star this summer.
And according to the Daily Mirror, Antonio Conte will make a formal bid for Van Dijk this week.
They say Chelsea will make a £50m-plus bid for the Holland international.
Conte and Blues technical director Michael Emenalo are said to be confident of landing the defender this summer.
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Premier League chiefs have held talks over shutting the transfer window early next year to stop player sagas dominating the start of season.
Swansea City manager Paul Clement revealed the topic was discussed at a meeting last week as he deals with the fall-out of Everton’s protracted interest in his star man Gylfi Sigurdsson.
Clement had to leave Sigurdsson out of his team at the weekend and there are similar issues with Philippe Coutinho at Liverpool and Virgil van Dijk at Southampton.
Now, Premier League managers are calling for the window to shut before the season starts after a majority agreed with a proposal at their annual meeting in London last Tuesday.
‘There’s frustration here and I’m sure Southampton are frustrated too,’ Clement said. 'That’s why I think if the window is shut before the season starts everything is sorted out and we can get on with the football.
‘At our managers’ meeting at the Premier League, we spoke about it (closing the window earlier). The majority of clubs are in favour but maybe all of us have to be for it to go through. It could happen next year.’
Clement’s own transfer plans are on hold as he waits for Everton to agree a fee for Sigurdsson which is expected to be close to the £50million mark.
The Swansea boss and Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino both left out their star men in Saturday’s unremarkable 0-0 draw between two clubs struggling with the uncertainty surrounding want-away players.
Saints want Van Dijk to return to training as and when interest from the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea stops unsettling him.
And captain Steven Davis says the Dutchman’s team-mates will welcome him back ‘with open arms’ should he return to their Staplewood training base this week.
Southampton’s players are used to transfer sagas by now having witnessed a long list of big names exit in recent years.
‘It’s a situation he’s got to deal with himself,’ Davis said. 'Nobody knows what’s going through his head.
‘But we’re all there to support him and we’d welcome him back with open arms — that goes without question because of the quality that he’s got.’
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To the delight of Premier League fans up and down the country, the new 2017-18 top-flight campaign got underway on Friday.
And it returned with a bang. Champions Chelsea were shocked, Romelu Lukaku got off to the perfect start and Huddersfield thrashed Crystal Palace.
Here, Sportsmail gets the fans’ verdict following an entertaining return to action.
Whisper it, but Manchester United were superb against West Ham.
We turned dominance into four goals at home — something we did just once last season in the league.
Both Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic were outstanding.
Top of the league, back where we belong — a great start to the Premier League season.
With four players out it was hard to see West Ham getting anything against United.
Slaven Bilic’s side looked slow, leggy and simply were not ready for this test — and were duly played off the park.
The midfield is fragile to say the least and reinforcements are desperately needed before the window shuts.
Javier Hernandez ran his socks off up front but there was little he could do as he was starved of any quality service.
A self-inflicted defeat to start the season for Newcastle.
The outcome could have been different had it not been for a moment of madness from Jonjo Shelvey which saw the Magpies reduced to 10 men for the majority of the second half.
Florian Lejeune made a promising start to life on Tyneside and Newcastle fans will be hoping his injury is not a lengthy one.
Job done for Spurs. A typically well-organised Rafa Benitez side made it difficult at first, but patience was a virtue and once Jonjo Shelvey lost his head there was only one winner.
It was an assured performance from Kyle Walker-Peters under the pressure of his debut and people wondering if he could live up to his namesake. He looked calm on the ball and his crossing was excellent.
After last season it is refreshing to see Marco Silva instil attacking football. His courageous approach paid off immediately, taking the lead twice, but after half-time Liverpool stepped up a gear and our defence struggled — particularly new right back Kiko Femenia.
There were positive signs but we were probably lucky to steal a point. Abdoulaye Doucoure was the star, and I expect both him and Nathaniel Chalobah to be very important this season.
Same old, same old. Brilliant in attack but brittle in defence while Jurgen Klopp didn’t help matters with substitutions that nullified his team’s strength to marginally bolster its biggest weakness.
If you can’t defend, you should probably attack, no? On the plus side, new boy Mohamed Salah looks like he’s going to be the perfect foil to Sadio Mane on the opposite flank.
Hugely disappointing start to the season and a harsh welcome to the Premier League for Frank de Boer.
The players clearly need time to become comfortable with the new style of play but the division is unforgiving and waits for no-one.
Looking forward to a big reaction after this but some players simply do not work in this formation. Expect more signings — particularly at wing back.
It’s easy the Premier League, isn’t it? Town put in an absolutely superb team performance from minute one to 90, showing our work-rate, spirit and quality.
Steve Mounie marked his debut with a bullet header and wrapped up the three points with a fine finish. His aerial ability and hold-up play is as good as any target man. He looks a steal at £11.5million.
We start as we mean to go on…
Saints showed attacking intent and played with a high intensity from the first whistle, but ultimately the narrative was all too familiar — 29 shots, two on target and one point to show for it.
Life under Mauricio Pellegrino certainly has promise, but having not scored at home in over nine hours of football, we need to get that cheque book out.
How on earth did Swansea manage to get a point? Southampton dominated and flooded the pressure on our very deep defensive line but failed to capitalise on their many chances.
The Swans were poor on the day — although I’ll take a point against an opponent against whom we have a dismal record.
Classic Tony Pulis performance. An early goal from Ahmed Hegazi, and then a stubborn defensive performance showed how The Hawthorns can become a fortress.
New signing Jay Rodriguez looked very sharp and on another day would have had a couple of goals. There were lots of positives to take from them game including Sam Field and Rekeem Harper’s performances. Boing boing!
Bournemouth were flat and had no way of breaking down a stern West Brom defence that was well organised.
They couldn’t find any space in behind or wide so Jermain Defoe was a bit of a spectator when he came on. West Brom could have scored with almost every set play they had.
Chelsea did little to dispel the negativity with this performance. Gary Cahill’s red card was a shocker, Cesc Fabregas’ Red stupidity, Alvaro Morata’s incredible impact, substitutions were made too late and a Chelsea defence all at sea. Credit Burnley for taking full advantage.
Players out injured, Cahill and Fabregas suspended, a week of supposed turmoil coming up and Tottenham away next. Surely it couldn’t get any worse?
After an even start the deserved red card swung the game in our favour and how we took advantage. We dominated the rest of the half and at 3-0 we were in dreamland.
Steven Defour took control of the whole thing. He was always available for the ball, didn’t give it away and got us moving the ball against a very good side.
In the second half it got a little nervous in the stands as we sat too deep but we held out for a richly-deserved and famous victory.
It seemed like it was going to be same old Everton after a slow start, only creating from long balls to Dominic Calvert-Lewin who was at wing back (he’s a striker!).
However, Everton gained momentum thanks to a fantastic header from Wayne Rooney and we looked 10 times more threatening when we changed into a 4-3-3.
Good start, important win with the games coming up. Michael Keane’s performance was the best from a centre back I’ve seen in an Everton shirt for a while. He was solid in the air and didn’t produce a bad pass all game.
In true Stoke fashion we managed to lose a game which really should have finished 0-0.
Everton scored off their only decent chance of the game but that was better than The Potters could muster on the day.
Stoke are short of goals and have been for a long time. Mark Hughes needs to look at new tactics or new personnel… and quickly.
Lots to be positive about, but an instant insight into what happens when you make mistakes at this level.
We gave them too much respect, and played too deep, but for 60 minutes it worked.
Defensively, we were very good, but we lost the midfield, and paid the price. Heads up. Crack On!
Not the free-flowing start to our title push that pre-season suggested it might have been, but an efficient win in the end.
The new formation did not convince — crowded in the middle, slow to move the ball, reluctant to pull the trigger — but we were patient enough and will surely improve.
Strength on the bench will be key.
Arsenal fans wanted to see progress this summer, and the sad reality is the club hasn’t moved on.
We’re defensively weak and our midfield is porous. The formation doesn’t disguise the lack of organisation that has hindered us for 10 years.
Great to put three points on the board, exciting we’re creating chances, but disappointing we’re being served up more of the same.
We scored three goals away from home against Arsenal and still lost!
I’m proud of the Foxes but also extremely frustrated that we threw away a lead with 10 minutes to go.
Why did we bring on Kelechi Iheanacho when holding onto a lead? I would have brought on Andy King for Matty James to shore up the midfield.
Harry Maguire had a great game — I’m surprised how much he got forward. He looks a great signing.
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Transfer rebels seem to be commonplace in this day and age. They can disrupt your rhythm as a manager, damage confidence inside the dressing room and unsettle supporters.
Liverpool, Swansea, Southampton, Chelsea and Arsenal are among the teams dealing with such issues.
There are a large number of players in dispute with their clubs — Alexis Sanchez, Diego Costa, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Danny Drinkwater, Ross Barkley, Virgil van Dijk and Philippe Coutinho among them.
Supporters want the strongest team picked on the first day of the season. But this isn’t a computer simulation game.
You have to take into account mindset and fitness, fitting in new players, dealing with existing players. I found this a horrible time, the most stressful time for a manager outside of a relegation battle.
If you have someone playing up, you have to take into account the severity of his protest and how sympathetic the rest of the group might be towards him.
You’d be surprised how often they take the side of the errant team-mate. They know it could be them next time. What helps is a win. It means the troubles disappear for a manager for at least one night.
Mauricio Pochettino take a bow. His investment in youth and bold decisions are a credit to the manager.
We are often told that foreign bosses have no interest in developing English players, but Pochettino does.
Kyle Walker-Peters played at right back against Newcastle in place of the departed £54million Kyle Walker, and that is the EIGHTH English youngster Pochettino has selected since becoming Spurs manager in 2014.
It should inspire other talented kids to look at Tottenham and the pathway they have to the first team.
It was something I looked for at Crystal Palace and before that at Newcastle, but our underbelly wasn’t strong enough. At Southampton I played Adam Lallana, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and James Ward-Prowse.
The fans want to see ‘their own’ coming through, but nobody has had quite much success as Pochettino. And he has Harry Kane up front too (who was blooded by Tim Sherwood).
The eight picked by Pochettino: Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Harry Winks, Walker-Peters, Josh Onomah, Anton Walkes, Marcus Edwards and Shayon Harrison.
We can all see Dele is a superstar, but I like Winks a lot, too. The boy can play.
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish
So it turns out that my opening day record in the Premier League stands up to scrutiny. P: 8. W: 4. D: 1. Lost: 3. Not bad.
Having said that, the 1-0 loss to West Brom last season at Crystal Palace — from a set-piece of all things — still hurts.
We’re all looking to get off to a start because it gives you a bit of space, a bit of confidence.
My favourite memory was as Newcastle manager when we beat Spurs 2-1 at St James’ Park with a lovely goal from Demba Ba and a penalty from Hatem Ben Arfa in 2012.
It’s funny how you remember the good ones but I’m trying not to remember a few shockers. One for Southampton at Plymouth is a memory best forgotten.
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Rebel Van Dijk missed Saints’ opening day stalemate after handing in a transfer request in a last-ditch bid to force a move away from the south coast. Liverpool and Chelsea target Van Dijk has been training alone since first telling new manager Mauricio Pellegrino he wants to leave last month. But teammate Steven Davis, who took the captain’s armband in the absence of Van Dijk, said: “It’s a situation Virgil has got to deal with himself. “Nobody else is living in that moment so nobody knows what’s going through his head. “But we’re all there to support him and we’d welcome him back with open arms. That goes without question because of the quality that he’s got.
“We’re all there to support him and we’d welcome him back with open arms” “I don’t think it frustrates anybody. Of course we want him within the group, we want him to be part of the team. “But he’s in a situation that he’s dealing with in the best possible way for himself and the club are trying to do that as well. Hopefully he’ll stay, that’s all I can say. “We’re all professionals, we know that’s football, we know what goes on behind the scenes. “It’s not a situation you necessarily want but of course it’s going to sort itself out in the next few weeks one way or the other anyway. “We’re desperate and we hope we can keep him because he’s such a quality player and an important player in the dressing room as well.”
Van Dijk was not the only headliner missing at St Mary’s as Swansea were without their own star man Gylfi Sugurdsson. Swans chief Paul Clement, who said Sigurdsson’s £50m move to Everton is edging closer, reckons the duo’s absence shows the transfer window is flawed, but claimed a change is imminent. Clement said: “There’s frustration here and I’m sure Southampton are frustrated too. That’s why I think if the window is shut before the season starts everything is sorted out and we can get on with the football. “Our club would support that decision. At our managers’ meeting at the Premier League last week, we spoke about it being discussed. “The majority of clubs are in favour but maybe all have to be for it to go through. It could happen next year.”
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After being rocked at home by Burnley on the opening Saturday of the Premier League season, Chelsea will spring into rapid action to reinforce their defence, according to the Mirror.
And you might not be entirely surprised to learn that the player likely to be on his way to Stamford Bridge is Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk, who has also been repeatedly linked with Liverpool and who submitted a transfer request last week.
The Mirror says Chelsea are “preparing a formal offer for wantaway star Van Dijk and are poised to make their move this week.” It adds that he has “been in the club’s sights for several months,” with the Premier League champions ready to spend more than £50 million to bring him to London.
They could yet face competition, with Liverpool still interested and Manchester City having “asked to be kept fully up to speed with developments,” but Antonio Conte “is confident he can tempt the 26-year-old to make the switch to Stamford Bridge.”
Meanwhile, the Telegraph says a deal to bring Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater remains in progress, with reports over the weekend having suggested that an improved Chelsea bid of £25m has been tabled.
In recent years, we have become used to the idea that Tottenham Hotspur get their transfer business going as the days remaining in the window begin to run out – and it seems things won’t be any different this summer.
The Mirror reports that Lazio forward Keita Balde is in their sights after he vented his frustration at being left out of their Supercoppa Italia squad, having declined to sign a new contract and been linked with Italian champions Juventus.
But Lazio are not keen to sell Balde to a domestic rival, and that means Spurs could take advantage despite also having interest expressed by both West Ham United and Ligue 1 champions Monaco.
Tottenham’s interest in Balde, who has 12 months left on his contract, comes as the North Londoners close in on the signing of Ajax defender Davinson Sanchez.
Last week, sources told ESPN FC that Spurs were nearing a club-record £35m deal to sign the 21-year-old centre-back, who is poised to become their first new arrival of the summer.
– West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis wants to send some of the club’s most promising young players out on loan to prepare them for an eventual role in the first team at The Hawthorns.
The Mail says the Baggies boss is keen to give academy prospects a taste of first-team football after including four in his squad for Saturday’s win over Bournemouth – but he has stressed that sending them on loan would depend on bringing in some new faces before the window closes.
– Leicester City winger Tom Lawrence is set to move to Midlands rivals Derby County despite manager Craig Shakespeare’s desire to keep him, the Leicester Mercury reports.
It says Lawrence, who has a year remaining on his contract but is interesting a number of clubs, including Derby, has told Leicester he wants to leave and would cost up to £7m, with talks ongoing.
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