In the week that England drew with Scotland and Germany eased past Portugal, Aston Villa had a bid for Emile Smith Rowe rejected, and AC Milan considered a new captain.<\/p>\n
These are the most-read news and features of the week from Last Word on Football.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of Christian Eriksen’s collapse on June 12, 32-year-old Kjaer noticed Eriksen’s partner was on the sidelines looking distraught, and rallied his teammates together to form a human protection ring around Eriksen whilst the medical staff worked away.<\/p>\n
Kjaer showed tremendous leadership and has earned plenty of respect as a result of his life-saving actions.<\/p>\n
As a result, reports claim that Kjaer’s domestic club, AC Milan, are considering making him their captain<\/a> for the new season.<\/p>\n West Brom are reportedly\u00a0willing to meet the \u00a32 million release cause that would allow Ismael to leave Barnsley and move to the Hawthornes.<\/p>\n West Brom<\/a>\u00a0have already had talks with former\u00a0Sheffield United\u00a0<\/a>manager Chris Wilder and former\u00a0Huddersfield Town<\/a>\u00a0manager David Wagner who decided to take the managers job at Swiss side Young Boys.<\/p>\n Neither options were appointed with Ismael now emerging as favourite for the job.<\/p>\n West Brom will be hoping that talks progress well<\/a> and that he can take the Baggies one step further than Barnsley and back to the Premier League at the first attempt.<\/p>\n Aston Villa have already been quick in the summer transfer window, bringing in\u00a0Emilano Buendia<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Norwich City<\/a>\u00a0in a club a record deal and they want to continue adding to their numbers.<\/p>\n Dean Smith wants to add Arsenal player Emile Smith Rowe to his ranks, but a bid said to be in the region of \u00a325 million has been rejected<\/a> with the North London club having no intention of selling the player.<\/p>\n Smith Rowe impressed in 33 appearances for Arsenal in the 2020\/21 Premier League season and his status as a homegrown player is also important and another reason why Mikel Arteta is keen to keep onto a player who he sees having a long term future at the club.<\/p>\n After talks with\u00a0Gennaro Gattuso were called off<\/a>\u00a0following a huge fan backlash on social media, there is quickly becoming a chaos endangering Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s future as the search for a new manager drags on.<\/p>\n When Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy took the decision to sack Mourinho, it was arguably as large a gamble as appointing him in the first place. He was hired to replace Mauricio Pochettino who had taken Spurs to regular top four finishes and Champions League football on a tight budget.<\/p>\n When Mourinho was fired with just days to go before the League Cup final against\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0<\/a>in April no one could have envisaged that over two months later Spurs would still be looking for his replacement.<\/a><\/p>\n Main Photo<\/p>\nValerian Ismael in Talks for West Brom Managerial Role<\/h3>\n
Emile Smith Rowe Bid Rejected by Arsenal<\/h3>\n
The Managerial Circus is Slowly but Surely Damaging Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s Future<\/h3>\n