While Newcastle might have got a new era underway on Sunday afternoon, the Magpies quickly came crashing back down to earth after an action-packed against Tottenham at St. James Park.
Firmly in the midst of a Premier League crisis on the pitch, the news that almost everyone had been expecting was finally announced on Wednesday morning.
After months of speculation, Newcastle announced that has been given the sack and Graeme Jones will take temporary charge of the top-flight strugglers.
Having to watch as the likes of Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers made it clear that they were not interested in the new vacancy in the north east, we have taken a look at the three leading contenders to replace Bruce.
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William Gallas has signed a new two-year deal with Tottenham Hotspur, the club have announced on their official website.
The Frenchman signed a one-year deal with Spurs last summer and he played a big part in Tottenham’s qualification to the Champions League semi-finals after arriving from rivals Arsenal.
The club is delighted to announce that William Gallas has signed a two-year contract extension which runs until 2013.
The experienced France defender has impressed at the heart of our defence since joining the club in the summer following the expiration of his contract at Arsenal at the end of the 2009/10 campaign.
Gallas is currently on the sidelines with injury but he is expected to recover in time for the Champions League clash against Real Madr…
Queens Park Rangers will accept the trophy as Championship winners at Loftus Road on Saturday and keep it.
Despite being found guilty of two of seven charges relating to the Alejandro Faurlin signing, the London club has escaped a points deduction, the Football Association has ruled
QPR were accused of breaking third-party ownership rules over the Argentine s transfer in July 2009.
It had been feared that QPR could be docked up to 15 points, which would have left them in the play-off places.
The club play Leeds at home in their final game of the season on Saturday.
There have been a few tears in the dressing room. It s been a hell of a time and how they [the players] have been able to focus I ll never know, manager Neil Warnock said.
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Luciano Spalletti has called for another step up from his Roma players as they prepare to face Fiorentina in Serie A on Friday.
Roma have won six games in a row under Spalletti since January 30 to force themselves back into the Champions League picture, their run seeing them climb above Fiorentina into third place.
With 11 games remaining, claiming a top-two place is still a realistic ambition for the capital club given Napoli are only five points ahead after three without a win.
Spalletti hopes to reduce that deficit even further at Stadio Olimpico, but has warned his players they need to raise their level if they are to maintain their winning streak.
Fiorentina are good at anticipating the way the opposition play and tweaking their approach accordingly…
Aston Villa are closing in on the signing of Joe Cole, .
The midfielder was not offered a new contract at West Ham United, who he re-joined on an eighteen month deal in January 2013.
The 32 year old made just thirteen league starts last season, taking his all-time Premier League appearance tally to 366, across spells with Liverpool, Chelsea and two with the Hammers while he spent the 2011-12 campaign on loan at French Ligue 1 side Lille.
He has been capped fifty-six times by England scoring ten goals, though he hasn’t featured for his country since coming off the bench in the Three Lions’ 4-1 defeat to Germany in the last sixteen of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Villa boss Paul Lambert is keen to strengthen his squad after the Midlands cl…
La Liga president Javier Tebas has ruled out implementing goal-line technology for next season, claiming it is too expensive.
The system has been used successfully in the Premier League since the start of the 2013-14 campaign and was introduced in the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 for the first time last year.
Technology was also used throughout the Champions League and Europa League tournaments during the past season and has been approved for the Euro 2016 finals in France, which begin this week.
But Spain s top flight will continue to abstain from using it due to the costs involved, Tebas has said.
No, we won t use it. It costs a lot of money to have it, he told Cope s Tiempo de Juego programme.
Tebas, who confirmed there will be talks over …
Victor Wanyama posted a thank you message to Southampton fans following his reported £11million switch to Premier League counterparts Tottenham.
Wanyama, 24, joined Southampton from Celtic in 2013 for £12.5m but had just 12 months left on his deal at St Mary s Stadium.
The Kenya international made 97 appearances in his three years at Southampton, helping the club to eighth, seventh and sixth-place finishes in the league.
Wanyama wrote a message to Southampton fans to thank them for their support, while also clarifying comments circulated in the media in the lead-up to his transfer, where he will link up with former Saints boss Mauricio Pochettino at White Hart Lane.
I write to you with a heavy heart to announce that I will be leaving Southamp…
Barcelona have rejected a report that claimed Neymar s father has contacted the club regarding setting up a return from Paris Saint-Germain.
Neymar joined PSG in a world-record deal in August 2017 but reports he has failed to settle in the French capital have been regular.
Barca captain Lionel Messi has spoken in favour of Neymar heading back to the LaLiga leaders, with reports this week claiming Neymar s father had been in touch over a possible deal.
Ernesto Valverde distanced himself from such reports and club spokesman Josep Vives said at a news conference on Tuesday there was no call from Neymar Sr to club president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
In the first place, that s not the case, and Neymar left because that s what he decided, and from there we have …
Burnley are considering a move for Tottenham Hotspur outcast Vincent Janssen, according to the Mail Online.
The twenty-four-year old signed from Eredivise outfit AZ in the summer of 2016 and racked up thirty-eight appearances in all competitions in his first season with the club, scoring six goals.
However, he has featured just once for Mauricio Pochettino’s side since – coming on as a stoppage time substitute for Kieran Trippier in a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea almost eighteen months ago.
The Netherlands international spent the majority of last season on loan at Turkish side Fenerbache where he scored five goals in eighteen appearances while he hasn’t played for his country since October 2017.
Clubs in both China and America have also registered an in…
Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel confessed he is at a loss to explain the club s poor defensive record.
The Foxes came from behind to claim a point against Spartak Moscow in Europa League Group C on Thursday after Daniel Amartey cancelled out Victor Moses opener.
Leicester had a chance to secure victory when Moses gave away a penalty but substitute Jamie Vardy saw his spot-kick saved.
Moses goal meant Brendan Rodgers side have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last nine games in all competitions, and have only managed one in their last 15.
Schmeichel told BT Sport: We are conceding too many goals at the moment but had enough chances to win it.
Why are we conceding? If I knew it wouldn t be happening. It is something we are …