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Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana has been voted England Player of the Year for 2016.
Lallana succeeds national team captain Wayne Rooney as the winner, having polled 39% of the vote from members of the England Supporters Club.
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy was second with 12%, while Rooney drew 8% of votes as he fell short of scooping the award for a third consecutive year.
Amid England's dismal EURO 2016 campaign, Lallana's performances provided one of the few areas of encouragement.
Despite unrest in the dugout, with Gareth Southgate coming in as manager at the end of Sam Allardyce's short-lived reign, Lallana impressed for the Three Lions - netting a last-gasp winner in their opening World Cup qualifier against Slovakia before scoring in the back-to-back November matches with Scotland and Spain.
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Pep Guardiola will be boosted by the return of Sergio Aguero for Manchester City's Premier League visit to West Ham on Wednesday.
The striker missed Saturday's 3-0 FA Cup win at Crystal Palace due to a "small problem" sustained against Tottenham Hotspur, but Guardiola confirmed on Tuesday that Aguero is available for the trip to London Stadium.
"He's trained with the team. He is ready", Guardiola said in his media conference.
Guardiola will also welcome midfielder Fernandinho back into the squad, the Brazilian having served a 4-match ban for his red card against Burnley - his third dismissal in the space of 6 matches.
Inter Milano defender Andrea Ranocchia has officially completed a move to Premier League Hull City.
The 28-year-old will join the club on loan until the end of the season.
Opting to wear squad number 13, he will be available for the Tigers' away game with Manchester United on Wednesday.
The centre-back had been surplus to requirements at Meazza, having made just 5 Serie A appearances this term after spending the second half of last season on loan at Sampdoria.
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Crystal Palace have announced the signing of midfielder Luka Milivojevic from Olympiacos on a 3-and-a-half-year deal.
The 25-year-old Serbia international moves to Selhurst Park for a fee reported to be in the region of £11 million.
Milivojevic has scored 6 goals in 17 Greek Super League appearances this season, with Olympiacos 13 points clear at the summit.
He enters a sharply contrasting situation at Palace, who ended a run of 8 Premier League matches without a win with a 2-0 victory away to Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Adlene Guedioura has departed Watford for fellow Premier League club Middlesbrough in a reported £3,5 million deal on Tuesday.
The Algeria international spent just under 17 months with the Hornets after previously enjoying 2 separate loan spells at Vicarage Road.
Guedioura was never a regular at the club, making just 12 league starts in the top flight, 9 of which have come under Walter Mazzarri's stewardship this season.
The 31-year-old has signed a 2-and-a-half-year deal at the Riverside and could make his debut at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.
Former England striker Peter Crouch has become the 26th player in Premier League history to reach 100 goals in the competition.
The 36-year-old brought up the landmark on Wednesday, putting Stoke City 1-0 up against Everton before topping it off with his trademark robot celebration.
Crouch is the 4th slowest to 100 in terms of appearances, with midfielders Paul Scholes (436), Steven Gerrard (449) and Ryan Giggs (534) the only men to chalk up more than his 419 outings for a century.
The former Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Southampton striker is - at 36 years and 2 days - the oldest player to reach 3 figures in the Premier League, netting more headers (48) than anybody else.
Crouch's 37 goals in Stoke colours are his most for any club in the top flight, having only otherwise passed 20 for Liverpool.
12 of his 22 for the Anfield club came in 27 appearances during the 2004-2005 season - Crouch's most prolific campaign of his career.
Like most strikers, he is a creature of the penalty box, with only 5 of his goals coming from outside the area, although he has just one converted spot-kick to his name.
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Frank Lampard, Chelsea's all-time record goalscorer, has announced his retirement from professional football.
After coming through West Ham's famed youth academy, Lampard enjoyed a trophy-laden 13-year spell at Stamford Bridge, winning 3 Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Europa League, 4 FA Cups and the League Cup twice.
Following an emotional Chelsea farewell, Lampard signed for MLS side New York City in July 2014 but spent that season on loan at Manchester City, where he scored an equalising goal against his old club Chelsea and refused to celebrate.
Lampard made 106 appearances for England, scoring 29 goals - his last cap coming against Costa Rica in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup.
607 apps (all-time 3rd highest)
177 goals (4th)
102 assists (2nd)
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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has confirmed that Saido Berahino served an 8-week ban over an "FA disciplinary issue" towards the end of his time at West Bromwich, amid reports that the striker tested positive for recreational drugs.
Berahino left the Hawthorns to join Stoke for a reported £12 million during the January transfer window, having played his last game for the Baggies on 10 September.
The 23-year-old was said to have been sent to a fitness camp in France by West Bromwich manager Tony Pulis in the intervening period after struggling with his weight.
However, a report in the Daily Mail claims that Berahino's absence from both the senior and U23 sides was down to a Football Association (FA) suspension following a failed out-of-competition test.
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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli has been named Premier League Player of the Month for January after scoring 5 goals to maintain the Londoners' title push.
England international Alli beat off competition from team-mate Harry Kane as well as Everton full-back Seamus Coleman, Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and Swansea City midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson after helping Spurs to 3 wins and 2 draws last month.
Swansea manager Paul Clement landed the manager gong in his first month in charge at the Liberty Stadium.
After taking over on 3 January, with the Swans 4 points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table, Clement halted a run of 4 straight defeats with 9 points from 12 in January, including a memorable 3-2 win at Liverpool.
Swansea are now a point clear of the bottom 3 although it remains tight at the foot of the table.
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Swansea City winger Nathan Dyer will miss the rest of the season due to a ruptured Achilles, the Welsh club has confirmed.
Dyer lasted just 7 minutes of the Swans' 2-0 victory over Leicester City - where he made 12 loan appearances during last season's Premier League title win - on Sunday.
And scans revealed that he suffered serious damage to his left Achilles tendon, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.
The news comes as a huge blow to a struggling Swansea side who are still not yet free from a relegation dogfight.
Dyer has made 10 appearances in all competitions for Swansea this campaign, with half of them coming since Paul Clement's appointment as head coach at the start of January.
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Theo Walcott became the 18th player to score 100 goals for Arsenal in Monday's 2-0 FA Cup fifth round clash with Sutton United.
England forward Walcott hit a hat-trick against former club Southampton in the 4th round of the FA Cup to move to 99 and brought up his century with a composed finish from close range to make it 2-0 early in the second half against non-league Sutton.
It was the 27-year-old's 15th goal of the season, with 2016-2017 already his second most prolific campaign for the Gunners - shy only of his 21-goal haul in 2012-2013.
Walcott has 63 Premier League goals for Arsenal, with 11 in the FA Cup and 9 in the League Cup. He has hat-tricks in all of English football's major competitions and is the only Arsenal player to have scored in both the League Cup and FA Cup Final.
His remaining strikes are from Champions League action, while only Robin van Persie (64) has more goals than his 50 at Emirates Stadium.
Taking 373 games to reach 100 makes Walcott the slowest of Arsenal's centurions. Ted Drake was the quickest, in a rapid 108 outings, with Ian Wright's 143 games marking the next most efficient return.
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England midfielder Adam Lallana has signed a long-term contract extension with Liverpool.
Lallana moved to Anfield from Southampton in July 2014, signed by former manager Brendan Rodgers, and has gone on to establish himself as an integral part of Jurgen Klopp's side.
The 28-year-old's previous contract ran until 2019 and it is understood his fresh terms move him into the higher bracket of Liverpool's wage structure as he follows playmaker Philippe Coutinho in committing his future to the club.
Liverpool did not disclose the precise length of Lallana's deal but it is reported to be for 3 years, with the option of an additional 12 months.
Lallana, who was named as England's Player of the Year for 2016 last month, has excelled this season with 7 goals and as many assists in 23 Premier League appearances.
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Romelu Lukaku scored his 60th Premier League goal for Everton against Sunderland to join Duncan Ferguson as the club's joint-highest scorer in the competition.
The Belgium international netted 10 minutes from time at Goodison Park on Saturday, holding off former team-mate Bryan Oviedo before beating Jordan Pickford to wrap up a 2-0 win.
Ferguson's record had stood since he retired at the end of the 2005-2006 campaign, 12 years on from his first Premier League goal for the club against Liverpool in November 1994.
Lukaku has not needed anywhere near that amount of time, however, having scored his first league goal for the club in September 2013.
He will now have his personal season-best haul of 18 from last term in his sights, as Saturday's strike was his 17th of the campaign.
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Wenger's far too smart to fall into the Premier League trap.
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Manager Claudio Ranieri has been sacked by Leicester City, 9 months after leading them to the Premier League title.
The Foxes are one point above the relegation zone with 13 matches left.
"The board reluctantly feels that a change of leadership, while admittedly painful, is necessary in the club's greatest interest", read a statement.
Ranieri, 65-year-old, guided the Foxes to the title despite them being rated 5,000-1 shots at the start of the campaign.
His departure comes less than 24 hours after a 2-1 defeat at Sevilla in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.
The Foxes took the Premier League title by 10 points but have won just 5 top flight games this season, and could become the first defending champions to be relegated since 1938.
They have lost their past 5 league matches and are the only side in the top 4 English divisions without a league goal in 2017.
Earlier this month, Leicester gave their "unwavering support" to the Italian, who was appointed manager in July 2015 and signed a new 4-year deal in August 2016.
"After all that Claudio Ranieri has done for Leicester City, to sack him now is inexplicable, unforgivable and gut-wrenchingly sad", said former Foxes striker Gary Lineker.
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Victor Moses has signed a 2-year contract extension to keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2021, the Premier League leaders have confirmed.
The 26-year-old joined Chelsea from Wigan Athletic in 2012 and spent each of the past 3 seasons on loan at Liverpool, Stoke City and West Ham respectively.
But he has enjoyed a breakthrough campaign under Antonio Conte this time around after being successfully redeployed to right wing-back.
His first start in what was an unfamiliar role came in a 2-0 victory at Hull City in October - a result that began a record-equalling run of 13 consecutive wins in the same Premier League season.
Moses has made 25 top flight appearances this term, scoring 3 goals.
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Leicester City's players were derided as "snakes" as reports emerged that they had played a part in Claudio Ranieri's sacking, but they sure put the squeeze on Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool.
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Ibrahim Afellay has signed a new contract with Stoke City that will keep him at the club until at least 2019.
The Holland international joined Stoke from FC Barcelona in 2015 and has developed into an important first-team member under manager Mark Hughes.
Afellay has worked his way back into the team after making his comeback from a serious knee ligament injury that sidelined him for almost 8 months last year, and he is desperate to show what he can do in the months to come.
The attacking midfielder has made 46 appearances in all competitions for Stoke, scoring 3 goals.
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Romelu Lukaku wrote himself into Everton history by becoming the club's all-time leading goalscorer in the Premier League with his strike against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
The Belgium international moved level with Toffees great Duncan Ferguson when he netted in last weekend's 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Sunderland.
And Lukaku moved out in front on his own with his 61st Premier League goal for Everton at White Hart Lane, shrugging off compatriot Jan Vertonghen before drilling a low right-footed effort past Hugo Lloris and into the bottom-left corner to make it 2-1 to Spurs, who ultimately ran out 3-2 winners.
Ferguson's record had stood since he hung up his boots at the end of the 2005-2006 season, 12 years after scoring his first Premier League goal for Everton against Merseyside rivals Liverpool in November 1994.
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