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Retired Premier League star turn pundit Jermaine Jenas has declared that former England manager Roy Hodgson is the right fit at Leicester City.
The coach led the Three Lions to a disappointing show at Euro 2016 where he resigned after the tournament. England were knocked out by small side Iceland – yet another poor outing in the international scene from the former World Cup champions.
Hodgson has been without a job ever since. Jenas opines that the former Fulham, Liverpool and West Brom manager has all it takes to lead the Premier League defending champions.
Legendary footballers are set to clash in an Ipswich Town-themed charity football game, according to reports.
The charity football has raise thousands of Pounds for charity and the tradition is set to continue but with veterans lining up against each other this time in Bury St Edmunds.
Kieron Dyer, Matt Holland, Russel Osman and Titus Bramble are some of the stars that are set to feature in the duel. The funds that would be generated this term would be sent to West Suffolk Hospital’s Forget-Me-Not Dementia campaign, run by My WiSH Charity and ITFA Academy, the organizers say.
Retired Spurs player Jermaine Jenas had revealed he is impressed with the performance of summer addition Victor Wanyama.
The Kenya international was impressive when Spurs played the Gunners in the Premier League. His display forced Jenas to opine that Wanyama was a better buy than Swiss international Granit Xhaka.
Jenas, a Match of the Day pundit, wrote on his column in Yahoo! that:
Jermaine Jenas retires from football at the age of 32 having been disturbed by a knee injury.
The former England midfielder has officially declared his retirement from football career after failing to recover from a knee injury.
The 33-year old has been working a pundit for the BBC for the past two seasons and declared his retirement live on Radio 4’s Today programme, on Thursday morning, January 7th.
“I have officially retired. I tried my best to come back from the knee injury but unfortunately that is the end of my career,” he said.
Jenas’ last match was on 15th of March, 2014 in a 3-0 victory for QPR over Yeovil at Loftus Road in a Championship fixture. He injured his anterior cruciate knee ligament in training the month that followed.
Liverpool started on a high this season in the English Premier League, defeating last term’s second-placed team 4-3.
However, they received their second shock of the intriguing season so far when they lost 2-0 to newly promoted side Burnley. The first was when Arsenal came back to 4-3 despite the Reds being 4-1 up, with the goals conceded being petty.
With the Euro recently concluded, experts like Jermaine Jenas have much to say about the team that won the trophy.
He talks about Pepe, who is a controversial figure in the field and off the Portugal team, but he feels that the man has proven himself as being a true member of the country’s team when it mattered the most.
Being the football ambassador off Yahoo Sports, Jermaine is one of the experts who can comment on how the players performed on the field, Read More...
Jermaine Jenas states that England coach should make the most of Tottenham Hotspurs talent at the Euros
Former Spurs midfielder Jermaine Jenas believes that Roy Hodgson should take full advantage of the Tottenham Hotspurs chemistry in the national team. He said that Spurs has developed massively as a team and that the England manager should tap into the understanding.
BBC Pundit and Ex- Newcastle United midfielder, Jermaine Jenas says Sunderland’s Wahbi Khazri could hold the key to the Black Cats’ survival chances.
Jenas admitted he was impressed with Sam Allardyce’s side in their goalless draw with Arsenal but that it was Tunisian international that really caught his eye.
“Wahbi Khazri was terrific today. He’s the type of player that likes to get on the ball and he likes to try and make things happen.
“But not only does he do that, against Arsenal he showed a different side to his game – more powerful and mentally strong.
“He was physical and had a big impact on this game today. He was very impressive.
“For the first 20 minutes of this game Arsenal dominated and they didn’t score when they needed to.
The former England midfielder now turned pundit has shared his opinion about the England team. He believes that Wayne Rooney should lead the attack in the Euro finals. He disagrees with people that state that Wayne Rooney slows down the England attack.
According to him, the Manchester United man has good experience of international games and should be beneficial for the national team at Euro 2016. If England wants to do well at the Euro finals, they will have to allow Wayne Rooney to start the first game in France.