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Jamie Carragher makes Mikel Arteta 'points won' dig at Gary Neville's Prem predictions
Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville locked horns once again on the Sky Sports YouTube channel, with the former taking delight in a comment made by Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta Mikel Arteta found himself in Jamie Carragher's crosshairs as the pundit argued with Gary Neville over their Premier League predictions. The Sky Sports duo featured on the broadcaster's YouTube channel to review their past Premier League winner forecasts from recent years. While Neville claimed he was ahead in their prediction battle, the former Liverpool star hit back with a hilarious reference to Arteta's comments from the start of the season. When questioned about catching up to his ex-rival, Carragher said: "But I've actually got more points over that time, and have you heard Mikel Arteta of late? Mikel Arteta is right. "He's got more points than anyone over the last three seasons. And I've got more points over him over the last five seasons." The former Liverpool defender's dig referenced remarks made by the Arsenal manager during a press conference before the new Premier League season kicked off. The Spaniard said at the time: "Yeah, you keep digging, digging, digging and you have to be digging because one day the gold is going to be there. "That's all the time. When I've been taught, when I've been educated and that's it. "For three seasons we've had more points than any other team in this league, which is incredible. That's how you have all the consistency. "Now we have to do it in a season to have one more point or the same amount of points and more goals different than any other team. That's the objective." Whilst Arteta's remarks about the points total are entertaining and peculiar, they aren't actually accurate either. Despite finishing ahead of Manchester City last season, Pep Guardiola's side have still gathered the most points across the previous three league campaigns, totalling 251. Arsenal, in second place, have amassed 247 points from the last three seasons combined, whilst Liverpool have collected 233. During the same discussion over the Premier League crown, Neville supported the Gunners once more this year, believing the side will ultimately "get it over the line." Neville said: "I've got to stick with Arsenal because I've felt they were going to win it for the last three years. I felt they're going to get it over the line, and it would be wrong of me to change now and I can't split the three of them to be fair." Carragher remained loyal to his former club, who finished 10 points clear of Arsenal last campaign, despite harbouring some concerns about their season's beginning. He said: "I'm going to go for Liverpool but I do think I agree with you in that I think all three of them - anything could happen. "I was a little bit unnerved by what I saw from Liverpool in the first game and there might be a case of, I think there's got to be a little bit of rejigging going on in terms of how we set the team up. It's still early days and you obviously back [Arne] Slot to find a way to make that work." Naturally, Arteta is confident his own squad can finally shake off their misfortune and secure that elusive title. Speaking about the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium, he added: "The mood of the place, the energy around it, the enthusiasm that the boys, the staff came with from day one, now we're going to do better, to keep improving as a team and to win. "That's what drives my energy and that's why I'm so excited." Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
BBC News
23 minutes ago
- BBC News
Lincoln sign Varfolomeyev for record transfer fee
Lincoln City have signed Ukrainian midfielder Ivan Varfolomeyev from Czech side Slovan Liberec for a club-record transfer Radio Lincolnshire understands the Imps have paid about £350,000 for Varfolomeyev, which would surpass the club's previous record fee paid for John Akinde in 21-year-old, who was born in Crimea, made his first-team debut for Ukrainian top-flight club Rukh Lviv against Shakhtar Donetsk in February moved to Slovan Liberec a year later, and last season established himself as an important squad player, making 20 league has seven caps for Ukraine Under-21s. Lincoln head coach Michael Skubala told BBC Radio Lincolnshire's Red Imps Club podcast that Varfolomeyev was a player of "great promise" and highlighted his pedigree with his under-21 experience. "Our recruitment team have been keeping tabs on him for quite a while, and it's good to bring an exciting young talent into the building," he becomes Lincoln's fourth signing of the summer window, joining Sonny Bradley, Ryley Towler and Everton loanee Francis Okoronkwo at Sincil Bank."It's always been the intention of the board to support the team and get bodies back after all our outgoings," Skubala said."We said we needed to get the right ones in and it's taken a bit longer but the board's definitely backing what we need to do."
The Independent
23 minutes ago
- The Independent
Wrexham sign Man City youngster Callum Doyle
Wrexham have completed the signing of Manchester City defender Callum Doyle in a move that takes their summer spending past £30m as they look to secure their position in the Championship. The 21-year-old becomes Phil Parkinson 's 10th summer signing while City continue to trim their squad and bring in money by selling youth-team products. Centre-back Doyle is the second biggest buy in Wrexham's history, after Nathan Broadhead joined from Ipswich last week, in costing an initial £7.5m. Included in the deal is a buyback clause for City as well as a 25% sell-on clause should Wrexham decide to part ways with Doyle in the future. Wrexham had already broken their club record this summer to sign first Liberato Cacace and then Lewis O'Brien while they have also bought Conor Coady, Kieffer Moore, Ryan Hardie and George Thomason, besides bringing in Josh Windass and Danny Ward on free transfers. They've started the season with narrow back-to-back defeats but have shown enough promise to improve as the year goes on. On Doyle's signing, Parkinson said: 'We're delighted to welcome Callum to the Club. He's a talented young player with a lot of Championship experience. We're looking forward to him joining up with the squad and working with him.' England Under-21 international Doyle has never made a first-team appearance for City but has had four loan spells, playing for Sunderland in League One in 2021-22 and then Coventry, Leicester City and Norwich City in the Championship. He won promotions with Sunderland and Leicester and reached the play-off final with Coventry. On signing for Wrexham, he said: 'I'm buzzing to join the Club. I've been wanting a permanent move for some time now and I can't wait to get started. 'I've been interested in the Club from afar and kept a close eye on the journey and now I'm excited to be a part of it.' After going up in each of the last three seasons, Wrexham have lost both of their matches in the Championship, conceding five goals, as well as three in the Carabao Cup to Hull. Doyle's departure will follow James McAtee's £30m move to Nottingham Forest, while City have also sold other young players, in Jacob Wright, Maximo Perrone and Farid Alpha-Ruprecht. In addition, one of Pep Guardiola's summer signings, Sverre Nypan, has joined Middlesbrough on a season-long loan. The 18-year-old Norwegian midfielder joined for £12.5m, but City's plan was always to loan him out to gain first-team experience.
