
Saint-Amand · National 3 - Group G · Attacker · #0 · France · 34 yrs
Barcelona’s admiration for Julian Alvarez is no secret, with the club identifying him as the long-term replacement for Robert Lewandowski.The Pole has been Barca’s No. 9 for the past four seasons ...

Robert Wyland’s depiction of ocean life was covered up for a World Cup promotion – now he wants retribution• World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Get the appFlorida-based artist Robert Wyland – he’s almost always referred to as simply “Wyland” – was busy in his studio in the Florida Keys a few weeks ago doing what he always does: painting or sculpting vibrant, vivid scenes of aquatic life. Then his assistant walked in.Wyland, 69, has earned international acclaim for his “whaling walls,” a series of larger-than-life murals across the United States and abroad, many which have become iconic parts of the fabric of American cities. Peacefully depicting the largest mammals on earth on warehouses and office buildings, the murals’ whales lumber along gracefully, offering city goers a moment or two of tranquillity amid chaos. Continue reading...
Following the news of Marco Silva's exit, we wanted to know who you would like to become Fulham's next head coach. Whether the hierarchy pick a free agent or someone already tied to a club, it looks like they will have "big boots to fill" at Craven Cottage. Robert: We need someone with Premier League experience.

De Zerbi did the job he was brought in to do – now he has helped Tottenham avoid an unfathomable relegation, his task for next season is not so clearAlmost half a century ago, Matthew Engel had a line in this newspaper about Sheffield United going top of the Fourth Division being like hearing a friend had been made head of the prison library: you wanted to congratulate them but really you were wondering what on earth they were doing there in the first place. It was a similar story at Spurs today: for all the understandable glee and relief, even to be in danger of relegation is evidence of things having gone badly wrong.It may be that the future has this as the first day in the new history of Tottenham. Roberto De Zerbi is clearly a manager of great promise – 11 points in seven games may not be earth-shattering, but it is a lot, lot better than what came before – and the injury crisis surely can’t be this bad for a third straight season. Perhaps coming so close to the brink will startle them into decisive action in a way that last season’s fourth-bottom finish, mitigated as it was by the Europa League success, did not. Perhaps there really will come a bracing clarity of vision and they will rise again. The world can change very quickly. It’s only four years ago that Spurs were, for the sixth season in succession, finishing above Arsenal. A season out of Europe, while it will have a negative impact on revenues, can have a remarkable rejuvenating effect. Continue reading...