Mikel Arteta planning for busy transfer window in bid to revamp Arsenal squad
Mikel Arteta faces a busy summer of transfer dealings at Arsenal (Richard Heathcote/PA)
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has hinted at a busy summer transfer window at the Emirates Stadium as he looks to get the club back among the top sides in the Premier League.
The Gunners face a first season without European football for 25 years as things stand, with only an outside chance of qualifying for the lesser continental competitions.
While the club cannot match the spending power of some of the league’s biggest clubs there is likely to be something of an overhaul of playing staff as Arteta and the club’s technical staff look to address on-field issues.
Updated: May 10, 2021, 3:26 am
Sam Allardyce suffered the first relegation of his managerial career (Richard Heathcote/PA)
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Sam Allardyce refused to commit his future to West Brom after suffering his first relegation from the Premier League following defeat at Arsenal.
The Baggies are the eighth club Allardyce has managed in the competition but a 3-1 loss at the Emirates Stadium saw them condemned to the drop.
The day after calling on God for help, Ruiz called on Alvarez. Ruiz told Alvarez he was tired of the way he was living and asked if he and his trainer Eddy Reynoso–one of the best in the sport would consider taking him on. At first, Reynoso was skeptical; he knew Ruiz was a talented boxer, but was concerned about his reputation for being undisciplined and lazy.
But after talking with Ruiz and meeting with his father, Andy Sr., who had coached his son until he was 14 years old, Reynoso agreed to become Ruiz’s new coach and welcomed him into the Alvarez camp. “Eddie told me, ‘Andy, we believe in you and we know you have the potential, but you need to be dedicated and disciplined and you need to give 110 percent,’” Ruiz recalls. “I told him I will do whatever it takes to become champ again.”
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ANDY “THE DESTROYER RUIZ JR. is training at House of Boxing in San Diego in a black t-shirt that shamelessly proclaims
Ya No Quiero Estar Gordo: “I don’t want to be fat anymore.” To further highlight the former heavyweight champion of the world’s sense of humor, the words encircle a drawing of a giant pig.
It’s easy for the 31-year-old Ruiz to laugh now, on the eve of his May 1 bout with fellow Mexican heavyweight Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola, for which he is in the best shape of his life. At 6-2, Ruiz is now a well-muscled 255 pounds, but his journey back to fitness from a dark place of excess and indulgence was a tough one.
Exclusive: Social distancing not needed at big events, Boris Johnson to be told Ben Riley-Smith
Social distancing for large events can be scrapped from June 21, Boris Johnson will be told next week after initial results from a pilot scheme found no spike in Covid cases among attendees.
An interim report into the reopening trials will advise the Prime Minister that crowds can return safely and without distancing provided that measures such as staggering entries and good ventilation are in place.
Government scientists have been monitoring the impact of letting fans back into an FA Cup semi-final, Carabao Cup final and World Snooker Championship.