John Percy
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Midlands football reporter for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph.
Nottingham
Joined July 2009
Understand #lcfc were the only club to vote against pay-per-view at today's Premier League meeting. Result was apparently 19-1. A lone voice of reason . .
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Breaking: Manchester City make £100million offer for Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish
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Worth remembering that Nuno Espírito Santo was fined £25,000 by the FA in January for saying referee Lee Mason “is not good enough” to officiate at Premier League level. "It is his job. He has to improve, he has to get better.” 👀.
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Nottingham Forest considering official complaint to PGMOL over performance of referee Stuart Attwell & assistants after Man Utd defeat. Forest “very angry” after number of decisions today and feel standards are worsening #nffc
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Loads of tweets/replies taking the piss out of Derby. this has to go beyond football rivalry, there are hundreds of people who work at the club off the field and are now very worried. Football clubs aren’t just about Saturday 3pm.
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Nuno and Dean Smith can’t risk being fined for comments about referees. So I’ll say it instead: Mike Dean’s performance at Molineux today was inconsistent/awful/OTT. Refereeing standards at Prem and EFL level now at an all-time low and it needs sorting.
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If Southgate and England’s players were pissed off about the criticism over the win over Serbia, tonight will be a different level. So sluggish and devoid of spark. How can Palmer not be involved? England will obv go through but Southgate is holding this squad back #EURo2024.
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Brendan Rodgers confirms James Justin has sustained an ACL injury. A cruel blow for one of this season’s best players for #lcfc. Had played every minute in the Premier League so far. Wish him all the best.
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Dean Smith took charge of Aston Villa with the club 14th in the Championship. Promotion, a League Cup Final and Premier League stability represents an excellent, perhaps under-rated, job despite the obvious financial backing. Will be no shortage of interest.
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The narrative will be that Forest are mad and the statement is OTT… but the club are raging and this has happened way too many times. Forget the corruption angle, it’s just total incompetence and obv not just for Forest this season. PGMOL have to get a handle on this.
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Late drama on the Morgan Gibbs-White deal. Everton were pushing very hard to hijack it last night and matched the £25m fee paid by Forest. Ultimately, MGW wanted to play for Steve Cooper again and deal with Forest too far down the line. Forest play Everton on Saturday. #nffc.
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Wonder how the European Super League idea has gone down at Leicester: 5 years ago they showed why the Premier League can be so exciting and unpredictable by winning the title: more recently than United, Arsenal & Spurs. Not even consulted. What an absolute joke 🤯.
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#nffc have rejected a club record offer from #BrentfordFC for Brennan Johnson and are adamant he will not be leaving in this window. Decision is understood to be unanimous from the Forest board, after multiple bids, and they now consider the matter closed.
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Philippe Coutinho has agreed a pay cut of over 70% to complete his £17m move to #avfc from Barcelona. Coutinho was desperate to stay at Villa and now fits in with the club's wage structure. Big summer still ahead.
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Newcastle are closing in on the signing of #BurnleyFC forward Chris Wood. New Zealand international is expected to travel up to Newcastle for a medical tonight. Set to be Eddie Howe's second January signing #nufc.
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Jack Grealish's £100m move to Man City is edging closer. Medical expected in the next 48 hours. Outside chance of him being available for Saturday's Community Shield if negotiations continue to progress.
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#avfc have paid £26 million to make Sevilla defender Diego Carlos their third signing of the summer. Villa making some very impressive moves in the transfer window. The focus now will turn to moving fringe players out.
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Gary O’Neil is doing an outstanding job at Wolves. Eight home games unbeaten, five wins. After the turmoil of the summer, with the departure of Julen Lopetegui and 17 players, it’s one of the most under-rated and effective jobs of the season so far 👏🏻👏🏻.
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Brennan Johnson is set to sign a new contract with #nffc ahead of the new Premier League season. Terms now agreed with the club on a long-term deal for the Wales international. Huge boost for Forest as there has been interest from other PL clubs. .
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Knightmare. Wayne Rooney under further scrutiny after training ground tackle leaves #dcfc midfielder Jason Knight out for up to 12 weeks with ankle injury
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On Douglas Luiz: Manchester City have no plans to trigger the buyback this summer. Highly likely that #avfc will offer him a new contract ahead of the new season.
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Breaking (and very good) news: EFL have agreed that the Championship season will provisionally restart on June 20, subject to Govt guidance & safety requirements. Still work to do, but looking very promising 👍🏻.
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Ashley Young to #avfc is moving quickly and could be completed in the next 24 hours. Young will sign on a free transfer and returns to Villa a decade after leaving to join Man United (H/t @TomCollomosse).
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Jack Grealish has been brilliant in this second-half, should be a regular England starter now. He’s done it against Belgium, one of the top ranked teams in the world, and made it look easy. A unique talent (as a few of us have been saying for a while 😁) cc: @Matt_Law_DT.
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Bruno Lage has been sacked by #Wolves. Inevitable after such a poor run, and such substantial backing over the summer #wwfc More to follow @TeleFootball.
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#BrentfordFC are close to signing #Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer for around £13.5m, in what will be a record deal for the Premier League club. Fee and structure of payments agreed.
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#mufc are close to signing Swansea winger Daniel James, who is having a medical today. First signing of the summer for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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Has to be said, a remarkable response from Wayne Rooney & #dcfc. Since the -21 point deduction Derby have beaten Bournemouth & ended a 7-match winning run from leaders Fulham (who had scored 25 goals in that run). Will it be enough? Maybe not, but you can’t fault their spirit.
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Dean Smith in big trouble. Five Premier League defeats in a row but it's arguably the 18 defeats in 2021 which put him in greater danger. For a club with a mantra of "continuous improvement and progress", this isn't what the owners are after.
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Steve Cooper is close to signing a new contract at #nffc. Cooper currently in Piraeus with owner Evangelos Marinakis to discuss transfer plans & talks over a long-term deal are progressing nicely. Huge boost for the club ahead of the Premier League season
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Brendan Rodgers will not be leaving #lcfc for Newcastle if/when Steve Bruce is sacked. No interest in the job and fully committed to Leicester.
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#MillwallFC set to include 15 year old Zak Lovelace on the bench at Coventry tonight, with only 14 senior players - inc 2 goalkeepers - available. Lovelace is travelling to the Midlands this afternoon after the club received permission from parents & his school.
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Fantastic news for #nffc and this should hopefully settle everything down. Cooper has been Forest’s best manager since Frank Clark and deserves this. Understand CEO Dane Murphy is also staying.
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Premier League demands 12-point deduction as maximum punishment if Everton are found guilty of breaching financial rules. Important to note that final decision will be made by an independent commission. Everton maintain they have complied with the rules
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#nffc have agreed a fee of around £9m with Real Betis for left-back/left-winger Alex Moreno. Medical in next few days, set to be 13th summer signing. Forest working on other new additions before window closes.
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#wba set to sign striker Daryl Dike from Orlando City. Dike will have a medical this weekend and is expected to attend the Cardiff match on Sunday. Initial loan with a view to a permanent deal. Big signing for Valérien Ismaël.
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Derby relegated. Wayne Rooney and his players deserve credit for even taking it to the 43rd match, after mismanagement on a grand scale off the field. Vital now that Derby secure a takeover and get a club ready for next season in League One.
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Will take a major u-turn now but Douglas Luiz is set to stay at Aston Villa. Arsenal have made two offers but the stance was always that he wasn’t for sale. Contract talks ongoing and who knows . #avfc.
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Big breaking news from the Championship. Derby have had all their charges dismissed by the independent disciplinary commission. No points deduction or fine #dcfc.
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#avfc are poised to open talks with Douglas Luiz over a new contract, following interest from Premier League clubs in this window. Luiz is valued very highly by Steven Gerrard and Villa, starting the last 9 matches, and a bid has been rejected this month.
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#dcfc set to complete the signings of free agents Conor Hourihane, James Chester and David McGoldrick. Derby also hopeful of signing Cardiff striker James Collins, who will be allowed to leave on a free this summer.
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Increasingly obvious the decision to give Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the United job was based on emotion, short-term results and a complete lack of imagination. This is Manchester United, arguably the biggest club in the world. Such a poor decision #mufc.
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Perhaps expected, but Chris Hughton is set to leave #nffc after a 6th defeat in 7 league matches.
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More #nffc frustration following Brentford game last Sat - independent panel concluded Var shouldn’t have intervened on Brentford pen & Gibbs-White should have been awarded pen after Mee challenge. Var still far from perfect, and these decisions may prove pivotal at end of season.
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What a finish from Ollie Watkins - after 27 goals and 13 assists in the season for Aston Villa, amazing that he’s not had more of a chance at #EURO2024. Deadly finisher 🫡.
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Breaking: Premier League refer Everton to an independent commission over alleged breach of Profitability & Sustainability rules (FFP) for period ending with the 2021/22 season. More @TeleFootball. #efc.
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Manager of the Season? Competition will be fierce but Steve Cooper deserves to be in the conversation. 18 months after taking charge of a club bottom of the Championship, he continues to do a magnificent job #nffc
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Nuno’s celebration at the end today was passionate, funny and - for FFS - completely understandable. Nothing wrong with a bit of raw emotion, no idea why we are trying to sanitise our game #wwfc.
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Big-spending Aston Villa, right? Well, it’s rather overlooked that Unai Emery’s 5 main midfielders cost only £17.5m in fees. McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Kamara, Ramsey & Tielemans are helping power Villa towards a Champions League place. Excellent business #avfc
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#nffc are close to making Taiwo Awoniyi their first major summer signing in a club record £17.5m deal. Growing confidence on Mainz centre-back Moussa Niakhatè but competition from Fulham for Liverpool defender Neco Williams
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It does sound like -21 points is a genuine possibility for Derby. -12 for administration and the expected -9 for financial breaches. Transfer embargo expected for 2 years with administration too.
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Luis Suarez has provided Steven Gerrard with a glowing reference on #avfc target Rodrigo Bentacur. Juventus midfielder & Uruguay international now #1 choice at DCM after Villa's £25m bid for Yves Bissouma rejected by Brighton. Talks to continue this week, as per @TomCollomosse.
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Final bit on Buendia: fee agreed up front was £33m and he was undoubtedly Villa’s No 1 target this summer. #avfc pushed the boat out to get him ahead of Arsenal, a player closely watched by recruitment for last few years. And yes, don’t ignore the influence of @emimartinezz1 👍🏻.
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Random appreciation post: out of the 40+ signings #nffc have made since returning to the Premier League, Willy Boly has to be one of the best in terms of value for money. £2.25m from Wolves: he’s added streetwise resilience & experience of the league. Murillo obv decent too.
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Morgan Gibbs-White with a deserved call-up to the England senior squad. Lee Carsley a huge admirer, with MGW a key member of the team at last year’s European u21 Championship win. First #nffc player (permanent) to be named in England squad since Stuart Pearce in 1997 👏🏻.
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On Oct 30 #nffc were 18th in the Championship and 19 points behind Bournemouth. It’s now only 3 points with 3 games left, and they face each other at Bournemouth next Tuesday. 13 wins & 3 draws from 18 league games in 2022 for Forest (with 11 clean sheets). All to play for.
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