Gary Stonehouse
Articles by Gary Stonehouse
ATLETICO MADRID slam-dunked Lamine Yamal and Barcelona out of the Champions League after a bloody battle. Spanish superstar Yamal, 18, was taking inspiration from NBA legend LeBron James ahead of attempting to overturn last week’s 2-0 first-leg deficit. But despite all his heroics in helping fire Barca back level, it was Ademola Lookman who eventually...
BAYERN MUNICH are plotting a swoop for Sunderland’s Dutch destroyer Brian Brobbey. The striker, 24, has proven to be a bargain buy for the Black Cats since his £17.5million arrival from Ajax last summer. Despite a slow start, he has scored six in 16 Premier League starts to fire Regis Le Bris’ men to within...
ROBIN ROEFS has not had his head turned by Chelsea transfer talk. Instead he is just concentrating on writing chapter two of Sunderland’s fairytale and helping the push for Europe. The 23-year-old Dutch goalie has been a revelation since his bargain £11.5m arrival from NEC Nijmegen last summer. Roefs returned from a month out with...
CRISTIAN ROMERO left the pitch in tears as Roberto De Zerbi’s Tottenham reign got off to a painful start. And his Italian boss and team-mates will all be left crying next month unless they can pull off a miracle in the final six games of this tortuous campaign. Nordi Mukiele’s deflected winner for Sunderland left...
MIDDLESBROUGH will land a potential world record sell-on fee if Aston Villa flog Morgan Rogers. Paris Saint-Germain are the latest club plotting a £100million swoop for the England star, with Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool also keen. Rogers, 23, has enjoyed an incredible rise since Boro snapped him up for just £1.5m in 2023 from...
KALVIN PHILLIPS and Luke Ayling led the tributes as fellow Leeds legend Barry Douglas announced his retirement from playing. The 36-year-old left-back was Marcelo Bielsa’s first permanent signing at Elland Road following his £3m arrival from Wolves. He went on to make 44 appearances across two Championship campaigns under the iconic Argentine coach at Leeds,...
BORUSSIA DORTMUND closed the door on a potential Newcastle escape route for Nick Woltemade. Toon forked out a club-record £69m to Stuttgart for the German international striker last summer. Despite scoring seven in his first 20 appearances in Black and White, the 6ft 6in giant has just one in his past 22 outings. Woltemade, deployed...
ANTON STACH hit back at suggestions he faked injury by revealing the gruesome severity of his ankle damage. Leeds United’s giant German midfielder, 27, was forced off in the first half of Sunday’s thrilling FA Cup quarter final shootout win at West Ham. The 6ft 4in Stach was caught heavily by Hammers defender Max Kilman...