MONK: IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE, THEN QUIT
CARLO RULE
EVERTON boss Carlo Ancelotti is forcing his staff to learn English in a bid to help the Toffees progress under his management team.
The Italian brought six staff with him when he replaced Marco Silva in December, including his son and assistant Davide.
Ancelotti said: “We don’t have problems, just a few of my staff are not speaking English properly but I force them to speak English, to learn and everything is OK.”
SOKRATIS has threatened to leave Arsenal if he is not playing regularly in the first team.
The Gunners defender, below, said: “If I am not happy I will take the road and finish.”
Team-mate Lucas Torreira believes he only suffered a leg strain in Monday’s 2-0 win against Portsmouth.The Manchester City and Arsenal Premier League game could be rescheduled for next Wednesday.
PEP GUARDIOLA says Manchester City’s serial winners locked sights on their next prize the moment they stepped out of the showers at Wembley.
A 2-1 victory in the Carabao Cup gave them a second trophy following on from the Community Shield and a third straight League Cup final win.
But the City boss maintained that his experience has taught him the best in the business rarely dwell too long on their successes before refocusing on another target.
“I learnt at the big clubs I was at before that when they win a trophy they go and take a shower and they are thinking in that moment about the next one,” he said.
Guardiola’s side travel to Hillsborough tonight for an FA Cup fifth-round clash with Sheffield Wednesday, seeking to continue a phenomenal run of form where domestic trophies are concerned.
Victory at Wembley against Aston Villa on Sunday gave them their eighth piece of domestic silverware from the past nine opportunities with two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, three League Cup trophies and two Community Shields. Guardiola maintained the current side
JOSE MOURINHO will resist the clamour to start teenage striker Troy Parrott because Tottenham fans have not seen him play – or even know what he looks like.
And the ex-Manchester United boss said the Irishman had to learn “to keep his feet on the ground” like Scott McTominay at the start of his career. Injuries to Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min have led for calls for Parrott to ease their striker crisis. But Mourinho said Parrott, who has played
TROY STORY: Mourinho wants teen striker to stay grounded were building on the work of others. “It started more than a decade ago,” he said. “The most important thing was the league when Roberto Mancini was here. It changed the mentality of the club. “The first one is always the most difficult one and Roberto and his people and players did it [winning the 2011 FA Cup], then other people came after them and continued the process.
“It is so nice what we have done in the League Cup in the past three years but in this game we have another final. Away in the FA Cup is difficult because of how important this competition is for the clubs in this country.
“But we can go through to the quarterfinals and that is what we have to do.”
Claudio Bravo will retain the gloves after his late save secured the Carabao Cup, while Sergio Aguero is fit enough to play a part if needed.
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY Dawson; Palmer, Lees, Borner, Fox; Harris, Bannan, Lee, Murphy; Forestieri, Fletcher, MANCHESTER CITY Bravo; Walker, Garcia, Otamendi, Zinchenko; Bernardo, Rodri, Foden; Mahrez, Aguero, Sterling. six minutes in two league outings, was not yet ready to be a first-team starter and would be back on the bench against Norwich tonight.
“He’s a kid so of course we need to take care of him,” said the Spurs boss. “He has potential but he is not the end product.
“Everything goes very well but this is a world where lots of people don’t even know if Troy has long hair or short hair. Or is blond or is dark. There was a guy behind me on the
GARRY MONK claims his Sheffield Wednesday players should pack in football if they do not believe they can upset Manchester City.
Wednesday are huge underdogs and City’s League Cup triumph on Sunday was the
19th straight domestic cup tie they have won since February 2018.
By contrast, the Owls have won just one of their past nine Championship games yet Monk, above, insists they bench the other day: ‘Play Troy, play Troy’. I don’t think he knows Troy.”
Mourinho sent Parrott, 18, back to the Under-23s on Monday as part of his “educational process” after questioning his attitude.
The Portuguese said: “We need to help him to have his feet on the ground.
“Yesterday I was so happy with the way he performed, and I’m not speaking about the goal that he scored. I was worried about attitude.
“I told him before the game, ‘Every time you play with kids your must believe they can shock City at Hillsborough. “I’ve got a feeling the lads will give their all,” said the Wednesday manager. “We want to try, even though it’s a small chance, to make it to the next round. “It can happen. Of course, it needs a lot for that to happen. But if you don’t believe in that, you shouldn’t be in professional sport, certainly football.” age, you’ve to show your colleagues why you are the privileged one. Why you are training in the first-team every day and some of them are not.
“Because it was something that he was not doing. He cannot go there with contempt. I had exactly the same words with McTominay.”
TOTTENHAM Gazzaniga; Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen; Aurier, Lo Celso, Winks, Davies; Moura, Alli, Bergwijn.
NORWICH Krul; Aarons, Godfrey, Hanley, Lewis; Trybull, McLean; Rupp, Stiepermann, Cantwell; Drmic.