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Harry Maguire is training with former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho to aid his fitness and impress Erik ten Hag.

EA has teamed up with Marvel for a FIFA 23 Ultimate Team crossover that reimagines famous footballers as comic book superheroes.21 Heroes FIFA World Cup Ultimate Team items will undergo the treatment, with ex-footballers like Landon Donocan, Ricardo Carvalho and Yaya Touré included (via Eurogamer).So far EA has confirmed five footballers getting the hero treatment, along with their new aliases. The five superhero footballers are as follows:Each of the players in the crossover will get a unique Ultimate Team item with the start of FIFA 23’s World Cup game mode, with regular versions of the characters coming when FIFA 23 launches on September 30. FIFA 23 is coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.These FUT Heroes Items will be a part of loot boxes in the game, which EA is sticking with in FIFA 23 despite the UK government demanding that developers and publishers do more to fight them, but stopping short of legislation.“We want to stop children going on spending sprees online without parental consent, spurred on by in-game purchases like loot-boxes,” said culture secretary Nadine Dorries.“Games companies and platforms need to do more to ensure that controls and age-restrictions are applied so that players are protected from the risk of gambling harms.

Chelsea and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is well known for his razor sharp eviscerations, whether it is to his own players in the dressing room, on the touchline, or in the press conferences.But while an endless list of his best ever responses would likely fill a whole book, his very best takedown could be the time he threatened to play 50-year-old ‘Mick the Kitman’ ahead of Ricardo Carvalho during his first spell at Chelsea. John Terry’s rock solid partnership with the Portuguese defender inspired the Blues to back-to-back Premier League titles in Mourinho’s first reign at the club.However, Mourinho’s propensity for drama, and at times comedy, can best be encapsulated by his “brilliant” verbal assassination of Carvalho.

There was no room for any of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United players when he named his all-time best XI.

Cristiano Ronaldo was left feeling "relieved" after hearing Wayne Rooney's thoughts on the infamous stamp and wink drama during England's 2006 World Cup disaster.The Three Lions crashed out on penalties after talisman Rooney was sent off for what referee Valentin Ivanov considered to be a deliberate stamp on Ricardo Carvalho.Ronaldo had been among a group of Portugal players who tried to influence Ivanov to send off his club team-mate - before winking back to the dugout and being caught on camera doing so.Rooney has now described how he reacted to seeing Ronaldo for the first time after the incident, suggesting that his fellow forward was feeling worried over the reunion.Speaking on Amazon Prime Video documentary Rooney, the man himself said: "I remember speaking to Ronaldo and saying to him: 'There's going to be a lot of media coverage on what's happened. I've got no issue with what you've done.

Wayne Rooney after he admitted he wore longer studs in a match against Chelsea “because he wanted to hurt someone”. Rooney made the change before a match for Manchester United against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on April 29, 2006.

Former Chelsea defender John Terry has hailed ex-Manchester United centre-back Nemanja Vidic as "world class".

Chelsea and Portugal legend Ricardo Carvalho has shared his views on whether Wayne Rooney meant to stamp on his groin during the 2006 World Cup.England and Rooney faced Portugal in the World Cup quarter-final in Germany where neither of the two sides had scored after 61 minutes of play.The Manchester United striker, at the time 21, then tussled with Carvalho for the ball before appearing to stamp on the defender, which saw him receive a red card.But when asked by FourFourTwo whether he thought Rooney meant the cringe-inducing kick, Carvalho revealed he believed the whole thing was an accident.Carvalho said: “[on whether Rooney meant the stamp] Not really.

Gareth Bale has been awarded a new squad number at Real Madrid after the Welshman was stripped of his favoured number 11 shirt.The winger has returned to Los Blancos ahead of the new campaign after his involvement with Wales at Euro 2020.And Carlo Ancelotti is looking to reintegrate Bale in the Madrid first-team after a year away.Bale spent last season out on loan in North London at Tottenham Hotspur, and he was been stripped of the number he has held since his world-record move back in 2013.The 32-year-old has instead taken the number 18 shirt for the season.During Bale's absence, Marco Asensio took over the mantle of number 11 after Bale had taken the shirt from, bafflingly, Ricardo Carvalho.Bale has taken over the number 18 shirt from

Cristiano Ronaldo’s wink after Wayne Rooney’s sending off during Portugal’s World Cup quarter-final against England in 2006 was one of the tournament’s most controversial moments, and Nuno Gomes has revealed the rest of his squad’s reaction to it.With the scores level at 1-1 in that game, Rooney stepped on Ricardo Carvalho and was sent-off by the referee, but Ronaldo’s forced insistence and then the wink after the red card infuriated many.Gomes, speaking exclusively to Ladbrokes at the launch of their European Championships 5-a-side Bet, spoke about the incident and the reaction to it."There are certain situations which happen on a football pitch that are difficult to explain, and the Cristiano Ronaldo incident in 2006 is one of them,

Bobby Zamora has named Jamie Carragher his "easiest defender to play against" in a scathing criticism of the Liverpool legend.

straight to your inboxManchester United star Bruno Fernandes has picks his all-time Premier League five-a-side team, using only Portuguese players.The former Sporting Lisbon midfielder has picked a special team compromising of his compatriots and it is seriously impressive.Fernandes even resisted the temptation of including himself in the starting line up, instead opting for two of the current Wolves side, two Chelsea greats and a United legend."We have such good players in the Premier League," Fernandes told Premier League productions."So first I put (Rui) Patricio in goal.

Jose Mourinho was given a baptism of fire in the Premier League when he came up against Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United.

Gary Neville has lifted the lid on how the Manchester United dressing room reacted to Cristiano Ronaldo's infamous 2006 World Cup spat with Wayne Roney.

Gary Neville has recalled how Sir Alex Ferguson called a meeting between Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney on the first day of pre-season after the forward’s sending off at the 2006 World Cup.

Wayne Rooney has admitted that he should not have been involved in England's World Cup 2006 squad due to his fitness struggles at the time.

Wayne Rooney labelled his red card for England against Portugal in the 2006 World Cup as one of his "lowest feelings" in football, but believes the incident was the spark of a relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo that drove Manchester United on to new heights.

Chelsea in June 2003, it represented a landmark moment for the club.His ambition was evident from the moment he completed the deal, and in the time since it has seen Chelsea crowned champions of England and Europe. But despite that sustained success, the club hasn’t always got it right.The Blues have regularly splashed the cash in the transfer window and are doing so again this summer with Frank Lampard bringing in Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner.He will be hoping that duo can be a success as Lampard knows for every Ricardo Carvalho, there is a Tal Ben-Haim, and Daily Star Sport have looked at the ten worst signings of the Abramovich era.In the early days of Abramovich’s ownership, Chelsea needed to close the gap with those at the top.