Senior contributor to @SPORTbible, former chief Man Utd Correspondent for @DailyMirror @DExpress_Sport @dailystar @MirrorFootball @ManUtdMEN

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🚨🚨🚨Some personal news 🚨🚨🚨 After 25 years, 24 of them covering @ManUtd and @ManCity, I’m leaving @DailyMirror and @MirrorFootball I’ve been privileged to cover more than 1,000 games in @premierleague, @ChampionsLeague @EuropaLeague @EmiratesFACup and @Carabao_Cup as well as reporting on six @FIFAWorldCup and three @UEFAEURO tournaments, not to mention earning at least half a dozen bans from Sir Alex Ferguson! It’s been an honour to work with so many talented and loyal colleagues, past and present, many of whom have become great friends. As one door closes, another one opens, and I’m excited to explore new professional opportunities. Thanks to everyone who has supported me and read my work over the past quarter of a century - even the haters and the trolls! Below is my final column for @MirrorFootball Cheers everyone - it’s been a blast! mirror.co.uk/sport/football/…
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Rene Meulensteen also says some criticism of Michael Carrick "doesn't carry a lot of weight" due to personal opinions 📝 @DiscoMirror
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Perfectly legal btw.
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Wait a minute, Declan Rice fouled TWO different players and Arsenal got the decision. 😂😂😂

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The fact that Arteta and his staff were claiming handball straight away and not for a foul shows they didn’t think it was a foul on Raya. That says it all. Nowhere near clear and obvious.
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Arteta stated post-match that from the first moment he saw the incident, it was a clear foul on Raya, not handball. x.com/MohaXtra/statu… france24.com/en/live-news/2…
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You mean the two Arsenal players grabbing at a West Ham player’s shirt, therefore conceding a penalty? That foul?
There’s actual real people that don’t think this is a foul 🤣
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Huge credit to Declan Rice for saving a man from choking today. The Heimlich manoeuvre is a skill that everyone should know.
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Why is Declan Rice blatantly dragging/wrestling Mavrapanos into the goalmouth not a foul, but an arm across the front of Raya is? Ridiculous decision that has a major impact at both ends of the Premier League.
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Rene Meulensteen on Michael Carrick: "You have to have a realistic view of what Michael has walked into. No cup games, no midweek games, and no Champions League, and these are throwing completely different challenges at you when you go into a full season.” 📝 @DiscoMirror
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Exclusive: Man Utd fans urged to pay tribute to Diogo Jota in Sunday’s game by joining Liverpool fans in a minute’s applause for him in the 20th minute #MUFC #LFC @sportbible sportbible.com/football/foot…
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Michael Carrick says Man Utd v Liverpool remains the “standout” game in English football - despite neither side going for the title this season #MUFC #LFC @sportbible sportbible.com/football/foot…
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Man Utd away kit for 2026/27 season leaked and fans are all in agreement sportbible.com/football/foot…
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Huge thanks to @manutd for hosting my family and I at the Brentford game in recognition of my 24 years covering them for the Daily Mirror. Particularly special was the thoughtful @stan_chow print from the club, presented by United legend Bryan Robson. What an honour #MUFC
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Would humbly suggest Gabriel’s attempted head-butt on Haaland constitutes violent conduct more than Martinez tugging at Calvert-Lewin’s hair bobble #MCFC #MUFC #AFC #LUFC
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🚨 MAN UTD UPDATE 🚨 The Man Utd hierarchy have "serious reservations" about giving Michael Carrick the FT job after the Leeds defeat "It is understood there was huge concern among the United hierarchy at the lack of intensity and purpose in the team's display" ✍️ @DiscoMirror
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Harry Maguire’s enduring value to Man Utd was underlined in last night’s 2-1 defeat to Leeds, which he missed through suspension. Here is the inside story of Maguire’s new deal and why he remains so important to United #MUFC ⁦⁦@sportbiblesportbible.com/football/foot…
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Remarkable aspect of McIlroy’s Masters win is that he was 12 clear of Scheffler after 36 holes, yet only beat him by one #themasters
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Delighted to be working with the talented and dedicated team at @sportbible. First up, the inside story of Man Utd’s farcical 2013 transfer window, likened to “a Benny Hill sketch” and one which set the tone for their decade-plus decline #MUFC sportbible.com/football/foot…
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Looking forward to Nick Faldo making Rory McIlroy’s six shot lead all about himself #themasters
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Blatant dive that from Gabriel. Never a foul from Kolo Muani.
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