After getting out of arms and other long stories, keep scrolling for the ‘next Bokyo Saka’

We’re deep in the interstellar desert now, with various publications Thomas Tuchel issuing a ‘brutal ultimatum’, or some transfer speculation about Brighton and Bolton is actually Arsenal and Bocko Saka News, or Man United have pulled some sort of ‘transfer trick’ with Alejandro Garnacho.

Mediawatch has enough sympathy that nothing is really happening and that means Gough has to fill the void. as it were.

But good grief, that’s really a bummer.

Miles out

We are not surprised the sun Decided against including the relevant quote from Thomas Tuchel in its entirety under this bombshell headline.

Arsenal star given brutal ultimatum by England boss Thomas Tuchel if he is to salvage World Cup dream

And there’s no headline stitching, because this ultimatum is just so brutal that it’s repeated in an introduction that’s basically just the same headline with some words slightly rearranged.

England boss Thomas Tuchel has given an Arsenal star a brutal ultimatum over his World Cup hopes.

There is no doubt that the ultimatum is there, and it is brutal.

So, what did Tuchel actually say about Miles Lewis-Scully (because he is)? the sun Choose to cherry-pick from a longer and more thought-out answer to remove anything awkward like context or subtlety.

Happily, the Internet is a huge place and those bargain prices are readily available in hundreds of other places.

‘Miles was a great team-mate and played for us in the last camp of the World Cup qualifiers in Riga, so was Ruben Loftus-Geek, so was Morgan Gibbs-White.

‘But as I said last time there is an element of it and that is about competition and performance and the door is always open for guys who regularly perform at a high level. Miles, Robin and Morgan O’Reilly, Alex Scott and Jude Bellingham performed in their roles.

‘Myles simply needs more starts, more minutes. There was a time when O’Reilly had a lot of starts at the position, so he’s a bit ahead for this camp. ‘

A brutal ultimatum, or a fair and really quite basic requirement for a player to start a single Premier League game yet this season? You decide.

Another great mess

the sun Have some fun with Lionel Messi saying quite rightly and correctly that he will only be at the World Cup with Argentina next summer if he is fit enough and playing enough.

Lionel Messi refuses to commit to Argentina for 2026 World Cup, admits ‘I don’t want to be a burden’

He has not denied ‘commitment to Argentina’. He has admitted that there is no guarantee now that he is 38 and playing non-elite club football that the world champions will commit to him. Him. They’d probably like it though.

‘But as I was saying, I don’t want to be a burden, so to speak. I want to feel physically fit, to make sure I can help and contribute to the team.

“Our season is different from the European one.

‘We’ll have a pre-season, with a few matches leading up to the World Cup, and we’ll see how it goes day by day to see if I really feel fit enough to be where I want to be and be able to take part.’

Definitely not committing there. There is no denying. He is simply refusing to guarantee those things beyond his control.

And while we’re here, boy…

The reigning champions were the first South American team to qualify for the tournament, securing their place on March 25 when Bolivia drew 0-0 with Hungary.

That would be Uruguay. World Cup qualification is now much wilder with 48 spots up for grabsbut it has yet to reach the point of sending Hungary to the Konambol Qualifiers.

Super Amario

The international break is a must and we get it, so it’s rude to bring it to you. The mirror headline, which is a really sensational way of selling the potential that some unproven Championship club could potentially be interested in a loan move for a player on loan in League One in January.

After leaving Arsenal as a free agent, the ‘next Bocko Saka’ January transfer transfer

The admittedly very interesting Amarillo Kozier Doberi is actually a Brighton player on loan at Bolton – not that you’d know him from that headline.

The piece ends with the following prediction:

Don’t be surprised if we’re all talking about the Brighton transfer masterstroke this time next year.

Not just in the headlines, obviously. They will still be about weapons and Saka.

Long Cone

And stuck with The mirror And the debt spells at Bolton, along with an attempt at mismanagement.

‘It’s what I did at Liverpool’ – Conor Bradley’s claim speaks volumes after Pep Guardiola’s comments

Pep Guardiola’s comment was actually about how well Jeremy Duko played against Liverpool despite Conor Bradley being one of their opponents’ better players on the day. Which wasn’t really saying much.

Conor Bradley’s ‘What I Did’ claim? Well, actually it didn’t come after ‘any comments from Pep Guardiola’. This happened while he was on loan at Bolton. In 2022

Really soon.

Good luck

The arms crisis It just gets worse and worse. First they give up some real points and concede real goals at Sunderlandand now come here The Daily Star With grim news for Mikel Arteta.

A Premier League manager has suffered a major blow with the Bonny Blues battling for the title race.

‘My ex is a fan of arms, so I don’t want him to win.’

Not sure if there is a way out for Arteta now.

trick or treat

We are not saying The mirror Easily influenced by…

Alejandro Garnacho’s transfer trick saves a man from a nightmare scenario

… But they’re talking about a 10 percent sell-on clause here. Why didn’t anyone think to include such things in contracts before Man United came up with such a clever ‘trick’?

Curiosity killed the vacuum

All of us now need your modern online headlines to leave – or often actively create – a curiosity gap rather than do anything to provide important information to readers before handing over their precious, precious click. But this often results in headlines colored with the ridiculous.

Like, for example, this one the sun.

Manchester UTD’s new £billion-dollar Old Trafford ‘highly likely’ to host major sporting event

You would certainly hope so, yes.