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03/04/2015

Bournemouth: David McGoldrick may return

Posted By: Unknown - 08:51
David McGoldrick and Darren Ambrose could return for Ipswich's crunch Sky Bet Championship promotion clash with Bournemouth at Portman Road on Good Friday.
The pair have returned to training, with McGoldrick overcoming a thigh problem and Ambrose recovering from a hamstring injury.
However, Jonny Parr is struggling with a hamstring injury and Kevin Bru suffered a sore calf in Ipswich's 1-0 win at Watford last time out.
Both will be assessed ahead of the game, with sixth-placed Town looking to close down the Championship leaders.
Bournemouth could hand Kenwyne Jones a debut following his arrival from Cardiff.
The 30-year-old former Sunderland and Stoke striker has made the loan move to the south coast until the end of the season and could come straight into the starting line-up with Callum Wilson a major doubt.
Wilson, who has scored 19 times this season, suffered an injury against Middlesbrough and has not trained since so looks very unlikely to return to action against the Tractor Boys.
Matt Ritchie made his international debut for Scotland during the break and is set to start against Ipswich having returned unscathed.

Arsenal pair Wenger and Giroud win Premier League monthly awards

Posted By: Unknown - 08:41
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been named Premier League Manager of the Month for March and Olivier Giroud has made it a double for the Gunners by winning the Player of the Month award.
Arsenal were knocked out of the Champions League by Monaco in March but won all four for their Premier League matches against Everton, QPR, West Ham and Newcastle.
Giroud bounced back from being substituted just an hour into Arsenal's Champions League first-leg defeat against
Monaco by scoring six goals in all competitions, averaging a goal every 78 minutes from 17 shots.
Wenger  "You just focus on the next game and it reminds you that you have done well in the last month, but you focus on the next one.
"Winning is a mixture of quality and disappointment because we have gone out of the Champions league and that was a disappointment, but overall we are on a strong run in the Premier League and the FA Cup so it is mixed."
Giroud, who has prevented Tottenham striker Harry Kane from becoming the first player to win the prize three months in a row, says winning the award shows his strength of character.
He said: "I am in good form and it's nice to win this trophy and it will be nice in my living room.
Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring the opening goal against West Ham
Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring the opening goal against West Ham
"After the Champions League I was really pleased to score and bounce back and come back stronger.
"I don't like when I miss a game and I want to show my strength and character. I needed to score straight away after the (Monaco) game to keep confidence and to help the team to reach our target in the Premier League."
Wenger added: "Giroud is the symbol because in the first game against Monaco he got a lot of criticism and he responded to that with very strong performances - that shows quality and mental strength."

Liverpool: Raheem Sterling is staying and not going anywhere

Posted By: Unknown - 02:27

Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling will not be leaving the club in the summer despite a breakdown in talks over a new deal, says manager Brendan Rodgers. The 20-year-old told BBC Sport he is motivated by trophies not money after rejecting a £100,000-a-week contract.
"Liverpool are one of the superpowers of football and if the owners don't want to sell, they don't have to," said Rodgers.
Sterling has two years left on a contract worth £35,000 a week.
Rodgers added: "Concentration should be on his football. If his ambition is to win trophies that's aligned with what we do here."
The Liverpool boss added that the club had not given him permission to speak to BBC Sport and that he thought it was a "mistake" to carry out the interview.
"There was no permission from us," he said. "He will learn. We all make mistakes in life, especially when we are young.
"I think the kid has tried to put off all talk about contract and money. For now hopefully the focus will be on football."
Sterling, who joined the Reds from QPR in 2010, says he will not discuss a new contract with the Reds until the summer.
"I just want to take the time to think about what I've achieved in my career so far, where I need to go and what I need to do to get better as a player," he said.
Newspaper reports have linked him with moves to Manchester City,  Arsenal,   Real Madrid  and Bayern Munich. 
But Rodgers said that he and Sterling were "relaxed about the situation".
"This is one of the great clubs of the footballing world and, for Raheem, to be playing here it's an honour," added Rodgers. "He understands that, he sees that."
Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson, who won five league titles and a European Cup with the club, said Sterling is not yet good enough for the top clubs in Europe.
"He's 20 and not going to Real Madrid or Barcelona or Paris St-Germain," Lawrenson told BBC Sport. "He's not at that level and he has a lot of work to do."

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