The NFL season continues at pace, with every Sunday coming sooner than the last. Here, I take what we’ve learned so far this season and make NFL predictions for the three most likely first-touchdown scorers on tomorrow’s slate.
Here are my best NFL picks for Sunday, October 6.
Aston Villa are interested in signing Callum Wilson from Bournemouth in the summer transfer window, according to Newcastle United are also reported to want the England international striker and have held talks with the Cherries, who will play in the Championship next season after getting relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2019-20 campaign.
Newcastle have offered a player-plus-cash deal to Bournemouth and could send Matt Ritchie back to the Vitality Stadium, having signed the winger from the Cherries in 2016. Villa, though, have not made any such offer and want to pay cash only for Wilson.
Wilson had injury problems last season, and scored just six goals and provided only one assist in 35 Premier League games for Bournemouth, according to . However, duri…
Portugal winger Nani has re-joined Sporting CP on a permanent basis more than a decade after originally departing for Manchester United.
Valencia reportedly allowed the 31-year-old to leave on a free in order to reunite with the club that gave him his professional debut in 2005.
He previously returned for a loan spell during the 2014-15 season, netting 11 goals in 36 competitive appearances.
The Euro 2016 winner has failed to settle since leaving United with no more than one season spent at any of Fenerbahce, Valencia and Lazio, where he played on loan last term.
Sporting have likewise struggled for stability in recent times, seeing a host of first-team players head for the exit following a training ground attack from fans at the end of last season.
Prediction: Draw and Both Teams to Score
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Eddie Howe s Bournemouth side will be looking to continue their excellent start to the season as they host Manchester United on Saturday.
The Cherries have been in brilliant form so far this season and sit only two points outside of the top four. Elsewhere, their opponents, Jose Mourinho s Manchester United, will be looking to move further up the table as they currently sit eighth.
Bournemouth
Eddie Howe s men come into this clash having had an excellent week in both the Premier League and the Carabao Cup. Now sitting sixth, the Cherries eased past newly-promoted Fulham 3-0 last weekend. Elsewhere, they also secured their progression to the quarter-finals of the League Cup with a 2-1 vi…
RB Leipzig sporting director Ralf Rangnick has extended his contract until 2021, the Bundesliga club have announced.
Rangnick has been instrumental in Leipzig s rise to prominence in recent seasons, having joined the club in 2012.
Although his contract had not been set to expire until 2019, former Schalke and Stuttgart head coach Rangnick had been linked with the vacant managerial position at Premier League strugglers Everton, where he had an interview in 2013 before Roberto Martinez took charge.
Nevertheless, Leipzig have now moved to secure the future of the 59-year-old, who briefly took over as the club s coach during the 2015-16 campaign before employing current boss Ralph Hasenhuttl.
director of football Oliver : We re very happy to extend Ralf s…
FIFPRO has condemned Roma for a mobbing campaign of Rick Karsdorp after head coach Jose Mourinho labelled the defender a traitor .
Mourinho made the comment following a 1-1 draw with Sassuolo in November, albeit without directly naming Karsdorp, though reports quickly identified the former Feyenoord man as his target.
Mourinho said there was one player who betrayed his team-mates and urged them to leave the club in January.
Karsdorp initially refused to train following his coach s comments, though he was later present as the club held a training camp in Portugal during the World Cup.
FIFPRO, the global union for professional football players, hit out at Roma s treatment of Karsdorp on Thursday.
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Raheem Sterling has been awarded an MBE for his services to racial equality in sport, with England team-mate Jordan Henderson similarly recognised in the Queen s Birthday Honours.
Manchester City winger has campaigned consistently against racism in football, most notably since a social media post in December 2018 after he was abused during a match at Chelsea.
Sterling highlighted the contrast in certain aspects of media coverage given to black and white footballers and was widely praised for making his feelings public.
He has since leant his weight to initiatives such as the United Nations #FightRacism campaign, along with launching his own charitable foundation.
“Receiving this honour is a fantastic feeling and a proud moment not just for myself but fo…
Well-known football journalist Duncan Castles has claimed that Leicester City think that Demarai Gray will join Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Castles has said that there is interest from Tottenham in the 24-year-old winger, but he has added that clubs from abroad are also looking at the former England Under-21 international.
The journalist said on the : I’m told that at Leciester they believe that he will be moving to Tottenham Hotspur.
“My understanding is that there is an interest from Tottenham, but that is not a guaranteed deal, he has interest from other Premier League clubs, there is also significant interest from overseas.
“A decision will be made as to where the best opportunity to develop his career is going forward once he’s …
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Meeting for the second time in the space of a few days, Manchester United will welcome Crystal Palace back to Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.
Manchester United
Starting with the hosts, while Manchester United might have shown a string of issues since opening up the new campaign, Erik ten Hag’s side certainly gained a welcomed boost earlier in the week. Extending on their EFL Cup adventure after breezing their way to a 3-0 romp against Saturday’s guests, the former Ajax boss will be calling for a repeat performance here. Still seeking some much-needed Premier League stability, the Red Devils have at least mustered back-to-back victories over the past week. Claiming what was a gritty 1-0 victory against Premier League returners B…
Premier League clubs have agreed to five substitutions being permitted per match from the start of next season.
Teams in England s top flight were previously allowed to use five substitutes when football resumed in May 2020 following the first coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
However, despite the International Football Association Board (IFAB) recommending the rule stayed in place permanently, clubs have decided against it in previous votes.
But at a shareholders meeting on Thursday in which all 20 sides were represented, it was collectively decided that the rule should be reintroduced.
Clubs will therefore be permitted to use five substitutions per game from next season, to be made on three occasions during a match, with an additional opportunity at half-t…
West Ham United are interested in signing Luka Jovic from Real Madrid in the summer transfer window, according to . Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti does not consider the 23-year-old as part of his plans for this season, and the Hammers are considering making a move for the Serbia international.
West Ham manager David Moyes wants to sign a new striker to help Michail Antonio. The former Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday man is a winger, but he has been playing as a striker. The Hammers have yet to replace Sebastien Haller, who left the London club for Ajax in January 2021.
According to , Madrid paid Eintracht Frankfurt an initial €65 million (£55.02m) to sign Jovic in 2019. The youngster has failed to establish himself in Los Blancos’ starting lineup. Jo…