Ex-Chelsea star told he could reach ‘another level’ by joining Manchester United

Former Chelsea forward Christian Pulisic has been linked with Manchester United (Picture: Getty)

Tim Howard says he would like to see ex-Chelsea man Christian Pulisic at Manchester United and is confident the forward could reach ‘another level’ back in the Premier League.

Pulisic arrived at Chelsea with weighty expectations on his shoulders after completing a £58million transfer move from Borussia Dortmund back in January 2019.

The high-profile switch saw Pulisic become the most expensive American footballer in history and BVB’s second-biggest sale of all-time behind Ousmane Dembele.

But while Pulisic went on to lift the Champions League trophy with the Blues, he struggled to live up to his hefty price tag and fell out of favour under Thomas Tuchel – not helped by persistent injury problems throughout his time at Stamford Bridge.

In the years that have followed, Pulisic has managed to rebuild his career in Italy with AC Milan, to the extent that the United States international is now widely considered to be among the finest attacking talents in Serie A football.

Milan sit second in the table this season and Pulisic has been instrumental for Massimiliano Allegri’s side, racking up eight goals and two assists in the league. Inter striker Lisandro Martinez is the only player to outscore the American after 24 games.

Pulisic’s outstanding run of form has reportedly caught the attention of Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool in recent months – and his fellow countryman Howard is not in the least bit surprised.

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Only Martinez has outscored Pulisic in Serie A this season (Picture: Getty)

The USA international is enjoying his third season at the San Siro (Picture: Getty)

‘I’m going to put him in a very high class here… Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah, we now know the finished products,’ the ex-Manchester United and USA goalkeeper said on Unfiltered Soccer when discussing the rumours linking Pulisic with a return to England.

‘When I say those names, people are going to go, “Huh? Those are two of the greatest players in Premier League history”, but I remember Kevin De Bruyne at Chelsea, I remember Mohamed Salah at Chelsea.

‘They weren’t good enough, apparently, so they went abroad. Mohamed Salah went to Roma and Kevin De Bruyne went to Werder Bremen and Wolfsburg.

‘They were the players that they were, they gained confidence, they did all those things, they came back to the Premier League and then it was game over, history was written.

Pulisic won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021 (Picture: Getty)

‘I sort of feel like that with Christian Pulisic as well because he was at Borussia Dortmund. We get it, it’s a big club. He was still young, though, and he then goes to Chelsea.

‘I backed him to the hilt at Chelsea and unfortunately he didn’t get the rub of the green, went through some different coaches and then he went off. But he sort of reminds me of Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne in that he went off, he’s matured and he’s older, and he’s gone to one of the best teams in the league.

‘He’s put AC Milan on his back and he’s been the best player in that league so now I think, from the physical, football maturity-side, he now comes back to the Premier League, and he gets slotted into a Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, I think there’s actually another level for him.

‘I personally like it.’

Pulisic could reach ‘another level’ at Manchester United, says Howard (Picture: Getty)

Asked if Pulisic may be better off joining a mid-table team over the likes of United or Arsenal, Howard replied: ‘It depends who you are.

‘If his eyes are on the prize of saying, “Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey… I want to put them in my wake, I want to be said in the same breath as those guys”, and if that’s his mentality, I don’t know if it is, then he’s going to look at this World Cup differently.

‘If he’s saying, “I kind of want to play every week, be the guy”, then he can go to a number six through to eight team in the Premier League.

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‘But if he’s really saying, “I’ve been to the Premier League, I’ve tasted what it’s like at the top at a big club like Chelsea, I want more of that, I’ve got something to prove here”… I don’t know his mentality but I think he does [think like that] and I’d like to see him on these teams.

‘If I look at Liverpool and I look at Arsenal, the jury is out on Manchester United… these are well-grooved teams, they really are. They’re well run, they’re well-grooved, they’re playing well.

‘So if they’re buying him and paying a decent fee for him then they have a plan for him. It’s not part of an experiment… maybe it would be with Manchester United a little bit but it’s still Manchester United.’

Howard added: ‘I don’t think you can turn that down personally.’

Pulisic is set for a big summer with USA hosting this year’s World Cup (Picture: Getty)

Howard’s podcast co-host Landon Donovan is also a huge admirer of Pulisic’s talent and has been pleased to see the forward enjoy success in Italian football with AC Milan.

However, considering Pulisic’s history of injury problems, Donovan has doubts about his compatriot being able to compete week-in, week out with the ‘monsters’ plying their trade in the Premier League.

‘This is a scenario where I think if he is motivated and wants to go prove it, he is capable of it, going to one of these big clubs in England and he is capable of doing it,’ Donovan said.

‘The one hesitation I have actually, and this is just speaking from personal experience, but the physical part of it is a real thing.

‘Christian is a phenomenal athlete but some of the athletes in the Premier League are monsters. And to do it 35, 40, 45 times a year at that pace is really hard.

‘We see him break down a little from time to time. I don’t know physically if he could do it every single week for two or three years like some of these guys because it’s really hard.’

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Russell T Davies reveals race to release new Channel 4 thriller: ‘It’s got so much to say’

Leo (Alan Cumming) and Clive (David Morrissey) have a tense relationship in Tip Toe, which is coming out this year (Picture: Channel 4/Ben Blackall/PA Wire)

Russell T Davies is in a race to get his new Channel 4 thriller out of the gates.

Davies is back with Channel 4, the home of his most trailblazing dramas Queer as Folk, Cucumber, and the life-changing It’s a Sin, with Tip Toe – a new thriller set in Manchester about two feuding neighbours, played by Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, exploring themes of radicalisation, prejudice, and rising social tensions.

Leo (Cumming) and Clive (Morrissey) have lived next door to each other for 15 years in relative peace and calm. Leo owns a bar in Manchester’s Gay Village called Spit and Polish; Clive is becoming increasingly susceptible to right-wing misinformation and fear-mongering about the LGBTQ+ community infiltrating the national media.

Words have been weaponised, and their impact is becoming all too real.

Filmed entirely in Manchester, Tip Toe also stars Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Charlie Condou, and Denise Welch.

No doubt Tip Toe will be another seismic Russell T Davies moment when it’s finally released later this year and speaking to Metro at the Attitude 101 lunch, Davies revealed he has pulled out all the stops to get the five-part drama to screens imminently.

Alan Cumming was previously approached by Russell T Davies to play the lead in Doctor Who (Picture: Channel 4/Ben Blackall/PA Wire)

David Morrissey also starred in the BBC sci-fi series, appearing in the 2008 Christmas special (Picture: Channel 4/Ben Blackall/PA Wire)

He told us: ‘We’re about halfway through the edit right now and we’re very excited, but we’ve got an edit team twice the normal size because we’re trying to get it edited as fast as we can so Channel 4 can show it as soon as possible – it’s got so much to say about the world today.’

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With the world in dire straits, LGBTQ+ rights rapidly moving backwards, and homophobia and transphobia becoming increasingly loud and alarmingly acceptable, it’s no surprise Davies is once again tackling the biggest threats to our community head-on.

‘It’s about a gay man living in Britain now. He’s got a neighbour who’s a straight man and is listening to all the stuff that’s being said online about the LGBTQ+ community so you name it, it’s in there,’ he said.

‘We’ve got trans actors in there, so that issue comes to the front sometimes. It’s not entirely about that, but it’s simply about modern life. You name an issue, it’s in there somewhere. It’s also a good laugh, though – it’s good fun and properly entertaining.’

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The release of It’s A Sin was monumental when it premiered in 2021 (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

A new Davies drama has never felt more urgent, particularly for trans representation on screen. Trans men and women are consistently cut out of conversations around their rights in mainstream media, and the roles afforded to them in drama are almost non-existent.

Davies stressed how important that representation is now and why it was essential in Tip Toe.

He said: ‘What we’re looking at now is terrifying. When you see Trump removing the Pride flag from the Stonewall site, I just despair. I mean, that’s both the ultimate and the most ridiculous thing – and what happens in America comes here. But you always have hope.

‘Television can turn things around, Heated Rivalry just took everyone by surprise, so I have hope.’

Marking his first original drama since It’s a Sin, Tip Toe is already one of the most anticipated television moments of 2026.

It’s a Sin quite literally changed lives when it aired during the tail end of the pandemic, encouraging thousands of gay men to get tested for HIV and likely changing the course of the disease’s spread in Britain. It was a stark reminder for some and a powerful education for others about the very recent Aids crisis that claimed thousands of lives in Britain and was, for many years, purposefully sidelined in public memory.

Tip Toe will no doubt be another monumental event when it airs on Channel 4 later this year.

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Reform UK has forced No.10 into another U-turn by having soon-to-be disbanded local authorities hold elections in May (Metro, Tue).

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The government had said the elections would be a waste of money and had proposed delaying them.

It backed down after Reform initiated a legal challenge on the grounds it was undemocratic.

Nigel Farage says his is the party of efficiency in government but this step will result in a reported £63million being spent on futile elections.

It is hard to imagine any worthwhile policy changes being made during the wind-up of these bodies.

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Every voter has Mr Farage and Reform to thank for restoring their right to a vote. And every British voter should punish Sir Keir Starmer and his abysmal government by voting for any party except Labour in every local election until the next General Election.

Robbing any country’s citizens of their right to a vote is both dictatorial and fascist.
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I am glad the elections are going ahead. The government should now bring a halt to the constant tinkering with local government, there having been changes every decade since 1965.

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Teen shot friend in the head ‘after he refused to share his chips’

18-year-old Lemarques Darden Jr. was arrested and charged with murdering his best friend Jarvis Davis after an argument over sharing french fries
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A teenager who shot his best friend in the head when he refused to give him one of his chips faces jail.

Lemarques Darden Jr, 18, was arrested after he allegedly shot one of his oldest friends, Jarvis Davis, 19, in a row about sharing French fries from a chicken shop in Tyler, Texas.

The pair are thought to have grown up together with family members, initially thinking the death was a ‘joke’ as it was over something so senseless.

Jarvis Davis was shot dead in the argument over chips (Picture: Tarrant County)

Witnesses told police the group of friends, including Jarvis’s girlfriend, had just returned to an apartment in Fort Worth after getting food from a nearby Wingstop when the row turned deadly.

Police claim Darden pulled out a handgun and shot Davis in the head after he refused to share his French fries.

Davis later died at the hospital. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head.

Sherika Kennedy, Davis’ mother, said she is now missing a piece of her family after the shooting on January 28.

‘It’s so senseless,’ she told FOX News. ‘Why?’

‘My baby thought he was genuinely his friend. My baby wasn’t expecting him to shoot him. Everybody thought he was joking about the fries.

A customer exits a Wingstop restaurant (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images)

‘My son’s girlfriend was laying on my son’s lap at the time, and she heard a glass break, a gun shot and a glass break.’

His lawyer did not have a comment prepared when reached by FOX 4.

Darden is formally charged with murder under Texas law and is being held in the Tarrant County Jail awaiting a trial date.

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Darts star left with ‘hurt penis’ after trying Winter Olympic sport

Scott Williams has sent out a warning to anyone thinking about curling (Picture: Getty Images)

Scott Williams has warned his followers of the dangers of curling, having been left with a string of sore spots after trying the sport, including his penis.

Darts and curling doesn’t sound like a natural crossover and the world number 44 suggests the skillsets do not marry up.

The man known as Shaggy was over in Switzerland for an exhibition with fellow professionals Ricky Evans and Swiss star Stefan Bellmont.

While in Zurich, not a million miles from where the Winter Olympics are going on in Milan, Williams had a crack at one of the Games’ most popular event.

It does not sound like the arrow-slinger will be having another go on the ice any time soon, advising no one else to try their luck with the stones either.

‘I’m over in Zurich, doing an exhibition with Ricky Evans and Stefan Bellmont before the Players Championship next week,’ Williams said in a TikTok video.

‘We’re over here — it’s an absolutely delightful venue with delightful players.

Williams was strong in his stern words about the winter sport (Picture: TikTok/shaggydarts180)

‘But yesterday I experienced curling for the first time. Not hair curling, obviously, my hair is not long enough for that.

‘But curling that is going on in the Winter Olympics right now. As a large human being — a six-foot-four, without-the-heels-on human being — do not do it.

‘Do not curl. Do not do curling. Do not get stones. Don’t even think about it because it is the most ridiculous sport.

‘It’s the most painful sport I have ever experienced in my life and I don’t wish it upon anyone.

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‘My legs hurt, my neck hurts, my penis hurts — that’s probably because I caught it in the zipper. But that’s a different story. Don’t curl.’

The 36-year-old won his opening games at Players Championships 1 and 2 earlier this week, but went out in the second round of both events.

He will be back in action in Wigan for Players Championships 3 and 4 on Monday and Tuesday.

His one Players Championship title win remains his shock success in 2022 when he landed an event in Niedernhausen, becoming just the third player ever to win a Players Championship without being a tour card holder.

One final and four semi-finals in the floor events last season, though, showed that he is not far away from another day in the sun.

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The Masked Singer 2026 viewers thrilled as winner Moth’s identity is revealed

We have a winner of this year’s Masked Singer! (Picture: Bandicoot/ITV)

After a truly shocking series packed with jaw-dropping reveals, we have our Masked Singer 2026 winner.

Tonight, Moth, Conkers, and Toastie took to the stage one final time before removing their masks, leaving panellists Davina McCall, Jonathan Ross, Maya Jama, and Mo Gilligan stunned.

The characters threw out all their remaining clues in a last-ditch attempt to fool viewers, also duetting with Masked Singer icons Puffer Fish (Samantha Barks), Snail (Andrea Corr), and Lion Fish (Will Young), before exposing their identities.

And as the champion was announced, the room filled with cheers.

Moth is officially the new Masked Singer winner – and it’s been Keisha Buchanan from the Sugababes underneath the entire time!

Previous theories thrown out by the panel included fellow pop stars Fleur East and Jamelia, but Maya had been on the money from the start, adamant that it was, indeed, Keisha.

Keisha Buchanan has won The Masked Singer as Moth! (Picture: ITV)

Maya Jama was the only panel member to guess her correctly (Picture: ITV)

The Push the Button hitmaker, 41, admitted to attempting to put on a posh accent, saying the experience has brought her ‘out of [her] shell’, as she was forced to perform without her bandmates for the first time.

As for the clues that had been pointing towards Keisha’s identity, the phrase ‘Enough of going in circles’ was a reference to the Sugababes’ hit Round Round, while a ’13’ candle on a cake was a nod to them being signed at age 13.

When she said there is ‘nothing like fans that want to see you shine’, she was recalling the time the trio toured with Take That.

And it’s safe to say her fans have been championing her for the win for weeks, having suspected she was Moth.

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Taking to X after her crowning moment, @kirsty510_ wrote: ‘Keisha is INCREDIBLE’, while @hewer_kim said her ‘beautiful’ voice is ‘unmistakable’.

‘I said from the Moth was Keisha and I’m so glad – unreal vocals, deserving winner’, added @JamesConlon_.

Speaking in a post-final Q&A, Keisha said it was a ‘relief’ to finally show her face, adding: ‘Every show, Maya Jama kept guessing it was me, and from quite early on, so I was excited to see everyone’s reaction who disagreed with her! I was smiling the entire time!’

As well as Keisha, runners-up Toastie and Conkers took off their costumes tonight – but who were they?

Who was revealed as Toastie on The Masked Singer?

Toastie was Mica Paris! (Picture: ITV)

Finishing in third place following a string of sensational vocal performances, Toastie was revealed to be Mica Paris!

Earlier guesses from the panel included Beverley Knight, while the internet was convinced it was Brenda Edwards.

The 56-year-old singer-songwriter is known for her tunes My One Temptation and Where Is the Love, having released eight albums in total.

She also played Ellie Nixon on the BBC soap EastEnders and performed in the jukebox musical Love Me Tender; hence, one of her Masked Singer clues referenced ‘Barry Island’ – no, not a Gavin and Stacey nod, but a reference to her performing in the West End with Shaun Williamson.

Mica’s other clues included the phrase, ‘I know you’re hoping to get an eyeful’, as a play on her surname being Paris, home of the Eiffel Tower.

In the end, several panel members sussed her out (Picture: ITV)

She also said she is able to ‘hold [her] own with royalty’, which was a reference to her performing with Prince.

Speaking after her reveal, she said: ‘It was great. I really did this for my grandkids because I wanted them to see me being silly, because I’m always silly with them.’

She added that while the show was ‘beautiful’, it was also ‘gruelling’.

‘I can’t believe I got through it.’

Who was revealed as Conkers on The Masked Singer?

The panel had no idea Ben Shephard was Conkers (Picture: ITV)

The adorable Conkers finished in second place – and it was Ben Shephard!

Previous theories from the panel included Olympian Tom Daley, actor Joe Swash, comedian Jon Richardson, and Big Brother host Will Best – not Ben at all.

Host Joel Dommett fell to the floor in shock as the Tipping Point presenter’s mask came off, given how he sat in as a guest judge just weeks ago and is close to his ITV co-stars.

Ben has also been fighting off speculation when quizzed on possibly being Conkers and even interviewed other eliminated contestants on This Morning.

He was on the panel just weeks ago! (Picture: ITV)

Declaring it an ‘extraordinary’ and ’emotional’ experience, Ben said after his unveiling: ‘Having turned 50, I thought, “I’ve gotta do a few more scary things,” and this was my favourite.’

Ben later revealed that the likes of Cat Deeley had no clue what he was up to, saying he ‘can’t wait’ for her reaction.

‘The bizarre thing is, I have been interviewing all the unmasked celebrities on This Morning. They have no idea I’m on the show and still in it!’, he added.

‘It’s an isolating experience going on this show, as you can’t tell anyone. I can’t wait to be able to talk to everyone about it.’

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Who else has been revealed this series?

Series 7 of The Masked Singer UK has had twists and turns around every corner.

The season kicked off with pop star Anne-Marie and Little Britain comedian Matt Lucas fronting the show’s first-ever house bands as Goldfish and Emperor Penguin, respectively, before joining the panel as guest stars.

We then saw The One Show broadcaster Alex Jones take off Disc Jockey’s mask, with not a single person expecting her to be underneath.

‘To be honest, I wouldn’t have guessed me!’, admitted the Welsh host.

It’s been a series of surprises, with Anton Du Beke revealed as Arctic Fox! (Picture: ITV)

No one expected Monkey Business to be Kate Nash (Picture: ITV)

Can of Worms was not the JLS member many predicted, having thought it was JB Gill and not Marvin Humes (Picture: ITV)

Next up, rapper Professor Green lifted off Teabag’s costume in the ultimate dose of nostalgia, while the third episode saw Sex Pistols icon John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, unmasked as Yak.

The following week, American singer-songwriter Marcella Detroit continued with the theme of legendary unmaskings when she was unveiled as Gargoyle.

And in the first double whammy of the series, Monkey Business and Arctic Fox took off their masks, with Foundations hitmaker Kate Nash performing as the sassy chimp, while Strictly Come Dancing icon Anton Du Beke had been donning Arctic Fox’s heeled boots the whole time.

After a rocky start to the series, which saw Red Panda’s first performance scrapped minutes before broadcast, British comedy favourite Harry Hill was unmasked as the furry creature, having done a brilliant job of deceiving the panel with his voice.

Harry Hill fooled everyone as Red Panda (Picture: ITV)

Professor Green’s Teabag reveal felt super nostalgic for fans of the rapper (Picture: ITV)

Music legend Marcella Detroit was Gargoyle all along (Picture: ITV)

‘I’d like to apologise to Alan Carr,’ he admitted after his elimination, disguising his voice to resemble that of the Celebrity Traitors winner.

Finally, last weekend saw another two stars revealed after falling at the last hurdle.

In the semi-final, adventurer Ben Fogle was unveiled as Sloth, with Mo declaring: ‘We were never getting that!’ and Joel telling him they ‘weren’t even close’.

Can of Worms then took off his mask, and while some expected JLS member JB Gill to be underneath due to heaps of farming clues, it was actually his bandmate, Marvin Humes.

Catch up with The Masked Singer UK 2026 on ITVX.

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‘He has one dream’ – £60m Liverpool star tipped to pursue shock Real Madrid transfer

Liverpool manager Arne Slot (Picture: Getty)

Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai harbours dreams of moving to Spain to play for Real Madrid, according to his national team head coach Marco Rossi.

Szoboszlai joined Liverpool from RB Leipzig for £60million in 2023, and has gone on to become a vital player under both Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot.

The Hungarian midfielder was instrumental in the Reds’ Premier League triumph last season, and has been one of the few Liverpool players to impress in what has been a tough campaign for the defending champions.

Szoboszlai is under contract at Anfield until 2028, but his long-term future at Liverpool has come under doubt after Hungarian head coach Rossi said the 25-year-old has a lifelong dream to play for Los Blancos.

‘Dominic is currently one of the best players in the ranks of Liverpool and the Premier League, thanks to his outstanding form, where he has developed a lot and clearly,’ Rossi told Qatari outlet Winwin.

‘He is currently one of the best players in Europe and the world, and it is natural that there are clubs that will be interested in signing him.

‘From what I have heard and what I know, and because of the very good and direct relationship I have had with Dominic since he started playing football as a child, Real Madrid was his dream.

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Dominik Szoboszlai has been Liverpool’s standout player this season (Picture: Getty)

‘Dominic, ever since he started playing football, has had one dream, which is to play for Real Madrid.’

Rossi, though, also said he would not be surprised to see Szoboszlai extend his stay at Liverpool, such is his importance and form in Slot’s side at present

‘He’s currently playing for Liverpool and they’re a big team in the Premier League,’ he added. ‘I don’t know if he can take that step, because it depends on his personal decision, as well as his club’s decision.

‘The idea that is always in your mind is to achieve your dream and make that dream a reality, and in my opinion, that is the only thing, and the most important thing, that can dominate Szoboszlai’s thinking.

Szoboszlai won the league with Liverpool last year (Picture: Getty)

Hungary head coach Marco Rossi said the midfielder dreams of playing for Real Madrid (Picture: Getty)

‘But on the other hand, I don’t rule out the possibility that he will stay at Liverpool and renew his contract there, especially since he is highly regarded within the club.

‘He is a very important player for Liverpool, and Liverpool is one of the biggest clubs in the world.’

Szoboszlai, meanwhile, does not appear to be publicly angling for a move away from Anfield, and instead recently expressed his desire to commit his long-term future to Liverpool.

‘I would love to,’ he told reporters earlier this month when asked about the possibility of signing a new deal at Liverpool.

‘I like the city, I like the club, I like playing with these guys, I love Anfield, I love the fans, let’s see what the future holds. Let’s see what happens, hopefully everyone will be happy at the end.’

The midfield also suggested that talks had begun over a new deal, but nothing had been agreed.

‘It’s not in my hands,’ he added. ‘There is no progression but if the right offer comes then let’s see.’

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