Graeme Souness makes Nottingham Forest prediction and sends Steve Cooper message

Rival Old Firm superfans Graeme Souness and Sir Rod Stewart have agreed a £10000 charity bet on the outcome of this year's Scottish Premiership title. The famous pair struck the whopping wager on the back of a heated spat this week over which club will lift the trophy at the end of the season. Souness - the who revolutionised the Ibrox club when he…

Hello and welcome to our LIVE Liverpool transfer blog for Saturday, September 30. Liverpool turn their attention back to the Premier League with the first of two consecutive challenging away trips pencilled in. Jurgen Klopp's men take on fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur in North London at 5:30pm, the ECHO will be bringing full coverage of events…

NBA players make a lot of money. They deserve it, too. After all, they generate a lot of money. If it didn't go in their pockets, it would go in the pockets of the owners. With that in mind, some players make a little more money than their general managers would like. Don't hate the player: hate the game. If someone offered you $20 million dollars…

Former Liverpool player Graeme Souness has claimed that the club will finish either top or as runners up this season in a big prediction ahead of the Premier League's return. The Reds started the weekend just two points off first placed Manchester City having won their last three matches following an opening day draw at Chelsea. They managed to…

Liverpool have been told they are capable of challenging for the Premier League title this season after keeping Mohamed Salah. Liverpool insisted that Salah was not for sale despite heavy interest from the Saudi Pro League to make them their biggest signing of all time. Al Ittihad had been desperate to snap up the Egypt international and it's…

Liverpool will hope to be one of the challengers for the Premier League title this season, having seen Arsenal and Manchester City battle it out to be crowned champions last term Graeme Souness has ruled Liverpool out of winning the Premier League title, insisting Manchester City will be crowned champions once again. City have dominated English…

Alex DeBrincat had been having a "chill day" at home with his wife and one-year-old son Sunday when the call finally came. For weeks, the possibilities of a trade to his native Detroit had been speculated freely. DeBrincat had even discussed the subject over golf with Dylan Larkin recently. Now, it was real. DeBrincat would be a Red Wing, joining…

Maple Leafs' fans were pleasantly surprised by the news that the Toronto Maple Leafs had signed forward Tyler Bertuzzi to a one-year contract worth $5.5 million on the second day of NHL free agency. While rumors of the Leafs' interest in Bertuzzi had circulated, the decision to sign him to a short-term deal caught many off guard, given the…

Bayern may have secured the Bundesliga title but it wasn't a happy triumph for the club as they crashed out of the Champions League and the DFB Pokal leading to a clearing out of the front office. CEO Oliver Kahn wasn't in attendance for the title decider against Koln before news emerged that both he and Hasan Salihamidzic have been dismissed from…

Cristian Stellini has stayed on a Tottenham in a caretaker role after Antonio Conte was mutually-consented. Can he have the same effect as Ole, Kenny and Bobby Di Matteo? If Stellini can replicate the impact of this sextet, Spurs might not bother looking for a permanent manager … Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Solskjaer was a surprise choice to step in when…

I THOUGHT Graeme Souness' criticism of Declan Rice was quite harsh. Graeme's opinion is that to be a world-class midfielder, you need to create and score more goals. He feels Declan does not do that. But you can rattle off loads of names who don't score loads - N'Golo Kante, Casemiro, Rodri, Thomas Partey and Toni Kroos to name a few. For me,…

FORMER Arsenal star Emmanuel Petit has urged the Gunners to sign West Ham skipper Declan Rice this summer. He told Premier League Odds: "I'm a big fan of Declan Rice. It is time for him to leave West Ham and play at a higher level to reach his potential. Meanwhile, Arsenal are reportedly keeping tabs on England forward Ollie Watkins. But Arsenal…

Michael Beale is still only weeks into his reign as Rangers manager but both he and his staff will already have an eye on their players' current contracts. Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent are the two big names at the Ibrox club who are set to become free agents this summer, with them being free to agree pre-contracts with other interested sides from…

Leicester will welcome Newcastle to the King Power on Boxing Day, with all the action exclusively live on talkSPORT. The Foxes face the most in-form team in the Premier League with Eddie Howe's side rampant in the opening half of the season. The Magpies have won their last seven games in all competitions and sit third in the top-flight ahead of the…

Ecstatic Moroccans poured into the streets of their capital and in cities across the North African country on Saturday, waving flags, honking horns and lighting flares to celebrate their historic victory over Portugal at the World Cup. Morocco beat the Portuguese 1-0 in Qatar, knocking Cristiano Ronaldo out of the tournament and making the Atlas…

Manchester United legend Roy Keane is working for ITV at the World Cup and has featured heavily in their coverage, but took some time off to fly back to England Roy Keane has admitted he flew home halfway though the World Cup after the pundits he was working with started to'get on his nerves'. The Manchester United legend is working for UK…

AND so we reach 11/11/22. We'll have one more mathematically pleasing date like this in two years and that will be it then until the 22nd Century, when you and I dear reader will have departed, or at least have been uploaded to whatever version of the cloud they have then. My cousin actually had his wedding planned for 10/10/20 until Covid…

The Football Association has fined Manchester United £82000 for breaches of two rules during their Premier League matches with Newcastle and Chelsea, which ended in draws Manchester United prepare to take on Aston Villa in Thursday night's Carabao Cup showdown as they aim to avoid a second defeat by the same opponent in a matter of days. The Red…

Newcastle United have gate-crashed the Premier League's top four and are threatening to lock out Big Six and Graeme Souness believes Chelsea and Manchester United are vulnerable Graeme Souness has given his top four prediction Graeme Souness believes Chelsea and Manchester United will miss out on finishing in the Premier League's top four this…

After 14 matches, Newcastle sit third in the Premier League table with Sunday's 4-1 win at Southampton guaranteeing them a place in the top four heading into the World Cup break. The Magpies haven't finished inside the top four since the 2002-03 season, but their current form has certainly got people talking. All of a sudden, United are being…

The new Premiership season only kicked off last month for Rangers but Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his staff will already have an eye on their players' current contracts. Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent are the two big names at the Ibrox club who are set to become free agents next summer, with them being free to agree pre-contracts with other…

Graeme Souness has offered some advice to Nottingham Forest head coach Steve Cooper and made a prediction about the Reds. The Sky Sports pundit has been quizzed on Forest's start to the 2022/23 campaign. Souness isn't backwards in coming forwards and he believes that Forest could be in for a tough season. The Reds are back in the Premier League for…

How do soccer players do it? I think about major professional sports in America and their offseasons. For instance, the NFL season began Thursday night with a preseason game, and it was the first NFL game played since the Super Bowl on Feb. 13. So there were nearly six months between games. Other leagues like the NBA, MLB and NHL all take around…

With the scrapes and cuts on his knees to show for it, LAFC defender Giorgio Chiellini has just rushed in from training. He greets The Athletic with the same enthusiasm he greets club staff and his teammates - or, famously, Jordi Alba at the halfway line minutes before Italy's victorious semi-final penalty shootout against Spain. It's clear the…