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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
England star COLE PALMER opens up on his laid-back attitude to life and football as he reveals he fell asleep at the Grand Prix... and shares the one piece of advice his mother gave him
Cole Palmer can't understand why one of my children wears a Cole Palmer Chelsea shirt. When the boys score a goal in the garden, I explain, they shout 'COLD!', the same way their elders have long since screeched 'SIUUU!' in worship of Cristiano Ronaldo. He is this generation's exclamation mark. 'Yeah, yeah, but why have you let him get a Chelsea shirt if he's a Newcastle fan?' Because you transcend tribalism. You're a player who invites us to leave our allegiance at the turnstile. That's nice, yeah? 'Yeah,' he begins, but the start of a lyrical monologue this is not. 'Obviously when you see kids and that doing what they're doing and saying that, it's nice.' And the nickname, Cold Palmer? 'Yeah, I don't mind it. It's fine.' Palmer's company is oddly hypnotic. In the same way a silent movie makes you work a little bit harder, to lean in a little closer, he causes you to think - and speak. It is tea-time at England's base camp, the Camiral Golf & Wellness resort here in Catalonia. We are in the clubhouse, where a portrait of Jack Nicklaus, a master orator, frames the enigmatic murmur of Palmer. Thomas Tuchel has given his players the afternoon off. What did you do? 'Just went on a bike ride, didn't I.' He was on his bike last summer in Germany when he watched England's backroom team, managed by Kieran Trippier and including Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, beat us journalists 7-0. We did then win a penalty shootout. 'I don't remember it. I couldn't tell you if yous were good,' he says. He isn't here to flatter or deceive. The appreciation of talent - or otherwise - will be one way, and so it should be. At the Euros, Palmer should have played more. Whereas others in his positions played at times with a sullen withdrawal, Palmer - always from the bench, sadly - played with imagination and a smile, albeit a metaphorical one. 'My mum says, like, try and be a bit more involved and a bit more smiley and energetic and that,' he says, this being a nod to his public demeanour. 'But my dad says, 'He's just like me, so just leave him alone'. Like, me and my dad are just too laid back, I think.' This week started at the Formula One in Barcelona. 'Yeah, it was good. I went to the one in Abu Dhabi not long ago. But I fell asleep at that one. This one, I was awake.' You fell asleep? 'Yeah, I don't know what it was.' It requires a certain type of Zen to sleep at the Grand Prix. Yet, his revelation does not feel at all revelatory. Cole Palmer fancied a nap whilst cars raced around him at 230mph, so what? It is, after all, the way he plays football - as if he has his finger on the remote. Speed up. Slow down. Pause. He is the director. Only, between January and May of this season, the film no longer rolled. There were 18 games without a goal. Why? 'I don't know. You tell me.' Maybe it's because you're a young man - 23 last month - and expectation on the back of 14 goals in the first half of the season suddenly weighed heavy? 'I don't know,' he starts, but what follows is Palmer's spoken equivalent of War and Peace. 'I just think it was one of them things when things weren't happening for me. It went on a bit longer than I thought it would go on. But I spoke to people about it and they explained it was going to happen. But they said that when I get out of it, I'll be an even better player than what I was before I went in it. I know myself players will go through it. I'm not stupid. 'You go into Chelsea and you do that from a jump, and then you go into a dip, you just think, 'What's going on?'. I don't mind. Obviously I did mind, but I didn't think it was the end of the world.' Palmer rediscovered his form in the final weeks as Chelsea qualified for the Champions League and won the Europa Conference League. So, was that his second European winners' medal, or his first? He was on the bench when Manchester City beat Inter Milan to lift the Champions League in 2023. 'I always say, I don't feel like a Champions League winner, if I'm being honest,' he says, and everything he says goes with an assumption of honesty. 'It doesn't really mean anything to me. I weren't involved. Obviously I played in the group and stuff like that, but it's not the same, is it?' Have you kept the medal? 'Yeah, obviously I've not threw it away! I've still got it, but it's not like I feel like I've won it.' This feels as close as Palmer gets to irritation. It says much for his mindset that it is him disowning a prize others would happily wear, regardless of contribution. Other than Southerners - who he says are too stressed and too moody - does anything else ever bother him? Like, when was the last time you were really p***** off? 'Er. I don't really know. Sorry, I don't know.' Silence. 'Maybe when I played PlayStation or something. I'm not just a robot like you guys in the media think I am and don't show no emotion. When there's no cameras and I'm on the phone to my mates and I'm doing stuff I enjoy doing…' His off-pitch demeanour has become something of a vibe, though. It is unmistakably Mancunian - Generation Z do 90s Indie, just in fewer words. 'Yeah, off the pitch I can be like this, but then on the pitch…' It's like a switch? 'Yeah.' This conversation has a few minutes to run - time enough for 20 questions, you suspect - before Palmer returns to his England team-mates. He could walk straight into a card school and clean up, I suggest, given his face rarely betrays his hand. 'I need to learn how to play,' he says. 'I can't play Uno. I don't play cards. I play blackjack, sometimes.' The purpose of this camp in Spain, ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Andorra, is to acclimatise for next summer's finals in North America. You get the feeling Palmer is still acclimatising to his fame and popularity. We have come full circle. You must know why the kids idolise you? 'I don't know. I'm just being myself.' Less than half an hour in his presence offers a few clues as to why. He's OK with who he is. He has the keys to his own kingdom. He just needs to realise there are a million youngsters waiting at the window all wanting to be in. Palmer gets up to leave, with all the urgency of a sixth-former headed for double maths. Maybe he did enjoy the chat. He was certainly polite and no questions were off limits. One more, though, before you go - what should my boy do with his Cole Palmer Chelsea shirt? 'Wear it!' he says, and with that he is gone. Small talk, but a big impression.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE More signs all is not well in the Trippier household: England star Kieran heads on luxury family holiday to Turkey without wife Charlotte as pair 'still together but living separate lives'
Kieran Trippier and his wife have been on social media documenting their seemingly separate lives as the former England star posted about a family holiday abroad, while his wife revealed she was enjoying a 'blissful time' catching up with friends at home. The Newcastle full-back and his three children Jacob, eight, Esme, six, and Isla, three, were instead joined by his mum Eleanor on the sunshine break in Turkey. Trippier, 34, documented his trip on Instagram, posting a series of snaps, where he maintained his fitness by taking part in gruelling workouts alongside Newcastle teammate Jamaal Lascelles and Magpies assistant coach Jason Tindall. His son Jacob also joined in the sessions wearing a Newcastle training kit. He also posed up for cute snaps with his daughters at the luxurious resort. Charlotte, 35, meanwhile, took to her Instagram to boast about a week of 'true bliss' catching up with friends, spending time with her own mother and going on hikes. It's not the first time Trippier - who has also been spotted on a lads break in Ibiza - has posted getaways on his social media minus his wife, who last featured on his Instagram in December 2022. The ex-Spurs and Atletico Madrid footballer documented trips to see Father Christmas and Hertfordshire Zoo over the last year, where Charlotte has seemingly been absent. The couple - who do not follow each other on social media and have both ditched their wedding rings - sparked rumours about their marriage last summer when Charlotte did not take her place alongside fellow WAGs watching Trippier and his England teammates during the Euros in Germany. She cryptically posted in the group stages: 'Sooner or later you get over the s*** you swore you'd never get over and it's the best feeling in the world.' The message came after Trippier was photographed lifting up a blonde girl while with Newcastle teammates at a packed karaoke bar in 2023. He cuddled the woman before wrapping his arms around her and then picking her up by the bottom, while Charlotte was holidaying in Spain. It was reported Charlotte had relocated 200miles away from Trippier, who is based in the North East, and enrolled their children in an exclusive private school after moving into a £3.85million mansion in Cheshire last summer. The couple's £3.8million, six-bed mansion in Northumberland, was also reportedly put up for sale. Tripper last featured on Charlotte's Instagram in May last year when she posed on the pitch with her husband and three children at St James's Park on the final game of the 2023/24 season, writing 'Last game of the season which went far too quick.' The defender posted a snap from this season's final home game of the season last month, but this time Charlotte was absent, with his mum once again filling in the void. He captioned the snap: 'Final game of the season very proud as always to have my family there to watch and support.' Meanwhile, it was reported last month Trippier was 'stitched up' by a group of friends who spent close to £10,000 on a strip club bill - before putting his name on the tab. Reports claim the Newcastle star was not present at the club - however his name still appeared on the bill, which included 76 £100 tokens for personal dances. The bill was a staggering £9,663 and was believed to have been racked up by Trippier's friends who play for National League side Gateshead. A source told The Sun: ''Kieran has visited FYEO before but this bill was run up by some of the lads he knows at Gateshead. He wasn't there.
New York Times
29-05-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Newcastle United review of 2024-25: A PSR scramble, Howe's pneumonia and – finally
What a season it has been for Newcastle United. And what an end to the campaign, with qualification for the Champions League secured on the final day, despite a 1-0 home defeat against Liverpool. Remarkably, returning to Europe's premier club competition is not even the best thing that happened to the club in 2024-25. Advertisement This campaign will forever be remembered as the one when Newcastle ended a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy. Here, we look back at the (mostly) highs and some of the lows along the way. Truly transformative, the one when everything changed. No longer are Newcastle synonymous with failure. Gone are those decades of waiting and yearning. When Bruno Guimaraes, Kieran Trippier and Jamaal Lascelles lifted the Carabao Cup trophy on March 16, they became something else: winners. A couple of months later, they became a Champions League club again. It was a half-season for the ages. Only half? On December 7, after a 4-2 defeat at Brentford, Newcastle were 12th in the table and, externally, there was chatter about Eddie Howe's position. That led to a big reset at the training ground, after which the team's results were extraordinary. But it has not been 10 months of purest beauty. Strange to think, but it has been hard work, too. An early caveat: it would be entirely possible and completely bloody brilliantly fine to nominate Wembley in pretty much all of these categories, but it would also make for a fairly one-dimensional review. Beating Liverpool was the best of the best — and some of it was simply too good or important to ignore — but for the sake of difference, we will also glance elsewhere. If this category is looking for the most complete performance, the two clinical Carabao Cup semi-final legs against Arsenal stand out. So free of angst and impressive. If we're looking for the most compelling, lose-yourself drama, then it was the 3-3 draw with Liverpool at St James' Park on December 4. Newcastle twice took the lead before going 3-2 down and then equalised through Fabian Schar at the death. Magnificent. The Wembley goal: Dan Burn leaping, climbing, towering to meet Trippier's corner in first-half stoppage time. Burn scored, Newcastle soared. Iconic. The non-Wembley goal: Alexander Isak, also in the 3-3 against Liverpool. What a strike, what a season and what a player, the first in Newcastle's history to score more than 20 goals in back-to-back Premier League seasons. At his best, he is unplayable. This goal was unstoppable. Wembley moment: the drowning out of the Liverpool anthem You'll Never Walk Alone by Newcastle fans before kick-off and then that mass twirling of black-and-white scarves. Right from the start, it felt different to previous cup finals. 'Someone texted me before the game saying, 'It's already 1-0',' Jacob Murphy told The Athletic. 'Everyone was just ready.' Advertisement Non-Wembley moment: Sandro Tonali being pushed back into a deeper midfield position against Crystal Palace on November 30. The effect was not quite immediate, but it was pretty close. Suddenly, a midfield that had felt like an insoluble jigsaw puzzle clicked into place; Tonali, Guimaraes and Joelinton were athletic, creative, rampaging, brilliant. With the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules (PSR) biting hard, Newcastle had a desperate scramble to raise £60million ($80m) and avoid a points deduction. The club spent a paper fee of £20m to sign Odysseas Vlachodimos from Nottingham Forest, with Elliot Anderson moving in the other direction. It was a club-record price for a goalkeeper they did not need or want; he has made one substitute appearance, against AFC Wimbledon in the Carabao Cup. 'I've definitely had worse weeks.' Burn said after scoring at Wembley, winning silverware with his hometown club and then being called up for England in his early thirties. What a story he is, what a leader and what a fine man, too. And then, after returning to work following a nasty bout of pneumonia, from Howe: 'When I felt well enough, the laptop was out… I was watching Ipswich straight away and it was a great sign, because it made me feel better.' Most of us would settle for Lucozade and a duvet on the settee, but Howe is Newcastle's king nerd. Can you remember where you were and what you were doing at the precise moment Murphy's body was inhabited by the spirit of Lionel Messi? The winger's incredible form this season — eight goals and 12 Premier League assists, with only Mohamed Salah conjuring more — is a beautiful tribute to perseverance and late blossoming. Within the confines of an epic campaign, there were lesser moments of history-making and mirth-making. Newcastle have never won at Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in the same season. Their 2-0 victory at Old Trafford was only their second in a league game since 1972; against a team that has long been a nemesis, finally some joy (and light relief). This is not a direct answer, but Yankuba Minteh had an outsized influence on Newcastle's season. He never played for Howe's team, but the £30m he brought in last summer was absolutely vital for hitting PSR targets. He then scored for Brighton & Hove Albion in their FA Cup victory on Tyneside and refused to celebrate. He then scored again at the Amex Stadium in a 1-1 draw this month and celebrated like a lunatic. Weird. One who got away. If it was possible to give 11 out of 10, Howe would warrant it. He has achieved what proved beyond Kevin Keegan, Sir Bobby Robson and countless others, ending the club's long wait for a trophy. To do so in the midst of three successive transfer windows without signing a first-team-ready player and with the headwinds he faced last summer — an unsettled dressing room, change in the boardroom — is all the more remarkable. He is a Newcastle legend. Increasingly, the quality and depth of Newcastle's squad to compete in the Champions League while (hopefully) warding off interest in Isak and Tonali. This season demonstrates what Howe is capable of, but he needs some help. 'Newcastle's long, 12-month wait for a(nother) trophy is finally over.'
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carabao Pups: North East shelter names puppy litter after Newcastle squad
A North East animal shelter has welcomed a litter of 11 puppies, which it has named in honour of the Newcastle United squad. Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter took to social media to share the news of the litter, revealing the pooches had been given names of Toon players who had won the Carabao Cup in March. A spokesperson for the shelter said: "We have recently had a litter of 11 puppies born on our site, as a homage to Newcastle United's Carabao Cup win this season, we have decided to name them after the starting 11 for the game!" A video attached to the post shows the pups in the arms of the shelter's workers, each named after one of the players who lifted the cup. One-by-one, pups named Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier and a shy Fabian Schar flash appeared on the screen in adorable cuddliness. Nick Pope (or should that be Nick Pup?) (Image: Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter) The shelter said: "The pups and mam are all doing amazing and as you can see, absolute bundles of cuteness! "Keep an eye on our website in the next few weeks for more information. Please keep sharing the love, it really does make all the difference." The pups have caught the attention of well-wishers and would-be adopters who have commented their preference of who they'd like to rehome and praised the staff for their good work. Karen Scouler said: "Beautiful fur babies and I love all their names, I hope that when they are all ready for their forever homes, they are well and truly loved and cared for, you all do an amazing job looking after all of the animals." Fiona Wilson said: "Wow what a line up! Absolutely gorgeous." Newcastle United bombshell as sporting director Paul Mitchell's exit is confirmed Former Liverpool players 'horrified' by 'heartbreaking' parade crash How I witnessed a day of celebration in Liverpool turn to horror and chaos While Miriam Jeffrey pointed out a couple of the dogs that caught her attention saying: "Ahh Harvey Barnes is so cute and Tonali, they're all lush." It comes after Whitehouse Farm in Morpeth named a goat after cup final goal-scorer Dan Burn - with 'Little Dan Burn' gaining hundreds of thousands of views online. Burn was nicknamed 'The Goat' (greatest of all time) after his header sent the club on their way to victory at Wembley.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Newcastle vs Everton – Predicted lineup and team news
Newcastle United host Everton aiming to secure Champions League qualification on the final weekend. The Magpies will be assured of a place in the Champions League with a win at St James' Park. However, a failure to win could see Newcastle miss out with just a point between Eddie Howe's third-placed side and Nottingham Forest in seventh. Everton head to the North East with nothing to play for. The Toffees are guaranteed to finish 13th, their highest league finish since 2020/21. Newcastle vs Everton – Predicted lineup and team news Newcastle team news Alexander Isak missed the defeat at Arsenal last week with a muscular injury and Eddie Howe revealed on Friday that the striker has not trained this week. However, Howe said Isak had made good progress and was in contention to feature. The 25-year-old is the second-highest scorer in the Premier League this season with 23 goals. Advertisement Kieran Trippier is also doubtful for the clash, so Howe could persist with the 3-4-3 formation used in recent weeks. Jacob Murphy has featured at right wing-back of late. Lewis Hall, Joelinton and Matt Targett are confirmed absentees for the Magpies. Newcastle predicted lineup Newcastle United predicted XI: Pope; Schar, Botman, Burn; Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Livramento; Gordon, Isak, Barnes. When is Newcastle vs Everton? Newcastle host Everton in the Premier League on Sunday May 25th 2025. Kick-off in all 10 Premier League fixtures on the final weekend is 4pm BST. What TV channel is Newcastle vs Everton on? Newcastle vs Everton has not been selected for live television coverage in the UK. Advertisement Read – Five of the most dramatic final day games in Premier League history See more – Scott-etto McTominay, Ange Season 3, trophy droughts ended Follow The Football Faithful on Social Media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | TikTok
