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Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian Liverpool expect to finalise the appointment of Roy Hodgson as the club's new manager following his return from South Africa today.

As written by the Sun, current Blues targets Fernando Llorente, Antonio Candreva and Ivan Perisic are all considering as being to old to be sold for a decent amount later down the line, however manager Conte believes that his squad lacks proven quality after losing Nemanja Matic to Man United and Diego Costa refusing to return to the cluAs written by the Sun, current Blues targets Fernando Llorente, Antonio Candreva and Ivan Perisic are all considering as being to old to be sold for a decent amount later down the line, however manager Conte believes that his squad lacks proven quality after losing Nemanja Matic to Man United and Diego Costa refusing to return to the cluas being to old to be sold for a decent amount later down the line, however manager Conte believes that his squad lacks proven quality after losing Nemanja Matic to Man United and Diego Costa refusing to return to the club.

Manager Brendan Rodgers will have been pleased to see the former Southampton midfielder back in action with a goal as he had missed the club's previous three games through injury and the return will boost the attacking options at his disposal.

The result was Reading's fourth straight league defeat and left them 13th in the table ahead of Brian McDermott's anticipated return to the club for a second spell as manager.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

Even so, a return to his homeland may well entice him, especially to a club playing in the Champions League and with an inspirational manager such as Diego Simeone.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

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The Frenchman even claims that Wilshere will not only return to the club to play, but he will take over the captain's armband, and even fill in his role as manager in the coming years.

They shook hands and returned to their jobs — Dykes as manager of his sixth major league ball club, Lane as general manager of his fourth.

We have seen City suffer from nerves before if they don't take an early lead, so if Stoke can frustrate them as they did to United it could be a big boost for Arsenal and with their manager returning to his former club they will certainly be fired up for the challenge.

... i believe the kind of investment that arsenal puts on the team is not proportional to the profit thats gained by the club and thats why you will hear year in year out how our returns eclipsed all the other teams but when it comes to investing in the team that brings these profits, its the other way round... what is the use of having money just laying in the bank idle while we can make better use of it by investing well on it???... i honestly don't believe that we will lift another major trophy with mr arsene as our manager... i just don't see it and if you disagree then care to tell me how

Arsene Wenger has not always seen eye to eye with other managers of various national teams, such as the furore and frustration caused when Didier Deschamps over-played Abou Diaby when the injury prone midfielder had only just returned to club football after a long lay off.

With Theo Walcott capping of his gradual return from injury with a first half hat trick on the final day of the season, the club might want to extend his contract beyond 2016 as he has the backing of the manager.

The 68 - year - old Frenchman could be lined up as PSG's next manager, or even the club's technical director, while a return to Monaco — where he won Ligue 1 in 1988 — has also been mooted.

Jose Mourinho has been confirmed as Chelsea FC manager, returning to the club for a second term in charge, having left the club in 2007.

Alan Pardew has told Newcastle United he wishes to end his four - year stint as manager of the club to return to former side Crystal Palace (Photo by Stu Forster / Getty Images)

But the equaliser never came for Jupp Heynckes» team as Bayern lost their first match since the return of the club's Treble - winning manager.

José Riga — the man sacked by the Addicks in 2014 — has returned as manager to try and steer the club away from relegation, and the task is a sizeable one of that.

Brendan Rodgers marks his 50th match as Liverpool manager knowing his work in returning the club to Europe's elite has barely started.

We are just under seven weeks away from the start of the 2017/18 Premier League season and, as of this afternoon, all twenty clubs have a manager or head coach in place ready for their respective players returning for pre-season training.

Former manager Harry Redknapp had a busy summer window as he brought a number of players to St. Andrew's; this included Craig Gardner returning to his former club on an undisclosed fee from West Brom.

United then turned things around, but after a defeat or a draw, the discontent would soon return, with so - called supporters moaning once again, calling for the manager to be sacked and commencing in their speculation about who would be the next man coming in as the manager, not once thinking about the devastating effects this sort of business does to the players, not to mention of the reputation of the club.

Tony Watt ensured Huddersfield manager Chris Powell suffered a nightmare return to former club Charlton as he netted a brace in his side's 3 - 0 win.

Former United defender and treble winner Jaap Stam returned to Old Trafford as manager of Championship club Reading, who would be looking for promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season, achieving a play - off final place and having to take on Huddersfield Town in the final at Wembley on Monday 29th May 2017.

When Van Gaal returned to AZ — the club where he had started his coaching career as assistant manager between 1986 - 88 — it appeared his time as a top coach had come to an end following spells in charge of Ajax, the Dutch national team and Barcelona.

The clubs were also drawn against each other for the 2010 - 11 UEFA Champions League group stage, with former Chelsea midfielder Didier Deschamps returning to Stamford Bridge as manager of Marseille; both clubs again winning their home matches.

Since Alan Pardew returned to Crystal Palace as a manager in January 2015, the club has managed six wins in the league.

The Argentine has been linked with both clubs after leading Tottenham to their most successful Premier League campaign, with speculation cranked up by his admission that returning to PSG as manager would be a «dream».

After two years at Fratton Park, and having won the League Two title earlier this month, former Claret Paul Cook has left the south coast club to return closer to home and join new League One rivals Wigan Athletic as manager.