Southampton are throwing the kitchen sink at recruitments this January in their bid to stay in the Premier League

Nottingham Forest edged past Southampton 3-2 to move level on points with second-placed Arsenal in the Premier League table. However, the visitors pulled one back through Jan Bednarek on the hour-mark before Nikola Milenkovic’s goal was overturned by VAR after Wood was deemed to have interfered with play from an offside position.

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Since joining from Stuttgart for £19million in August 2023, Mavropanos’s decision-making has remained a weakness. Against Palace he was deputising for the injured Jean-Clair Todibo, but he has not shown himself capable of being a first-choice defender at this level.

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo has warned his players after they survived a late scare to beat Southampton 3-2 on Sunday.

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Football Insider has learned that Southampton technical director target Johannes Spors' work permit hearing will be held on Friday.

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Except the visitors did not read the script. Instead they tore it up with one of the performances of the season, not just from them but any side, making Bournemouth’s 4-1 win at Newcastle arguably even more impressive than Manchester City’s 6-0 success at Ipswich Town.

It is finally time for Enzo Maresca to drop Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez after his latest blunder against Wolves. His annual culling is long overdue.

Arsenal have been dealt a major attacking injury setback ahead of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Newcastle United next month.