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Trumpism and Conservatives’ Identity Crisis

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One of the big stories of the 2016 Presidential election was the rupture within the Republican Party. “Never Trump” traditionalists lost their fight to prevent the nomination of Donald Trump, but a small faction still strenuously objects to his scorched-earth style and many of his policies. Earlier this month, Catholic University hosted a debate between two prominent conservatives representing two distinct visions. On one side, the constitutional lawyer and National Review staff writer David French, a voice for traditional Republicanism who sees Trump as a threat to democracy. On the other side, Sohrab Ahmari, the op-ed editor of the New York Post, who fervently supports the President and describes politics as “war and enmity.” Benjamin Wallace-Wells joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what their opposing positions mean for the future of the Republican Party.

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A Blue Note Founder’s View of Jazz Music’s Private Side

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The photographer of jazz whose work is art in itself is Roy DeCarava. His book “The Sound I Saw”—a montage of his images and texts that he composed in the early nineteen-sixties but was unpublished until 2001—reaches deep to the experience, of the black American city life, that the music embodies and the musicians express. (It’s newly reissued, and DeCarava’s work is also the subject of a pair of current exhibits at David Zwirner.) DeCarava’s musical portraiture is centered on the public performance of jazz in clubs and in concerts. Yet there’s another crucial aspect of jazz history—the private side, of music made in recording studios—which is documented in a remarkable archive newly available online: the photographs of Francis Wolff, which preserve precious moments of some of the greatest musicians at work on some of the most enduring jazz recordings.

Wolff’s photos are a peculiar, passionate, and personal subset of the medium: they’re both documentary and promotional, made in part for use on album covers for the great Blue Note record label, of which Wolff was a co-founder, along with Alfred Lion. They were childhood friends in Berlin, Jews who escaped Nazi Germany. The pair founded the label eight decades ago, and ran it together until 1966. Together they fostered a collective body of work and a teeming set of individual performances that are at the center of modern jazz history and a core of the music’s living repertory; Wolff’s images offer keen reminiscences of historic musical moments, and they inspire fantasies about what it would have been like to experience them in person.

Despite their practical function, Wolff’s photos go far beyond the promotional; they are a part of the Blue Note label’s authentic devotion to the artists. In recording and promoting jazz, Lion and Wolff called attention to black American artistic heroes—many of whom they brought from merely local renown to the enduring spotlight—and Wolff’s photographs reflect the depth of his admiration for them, artistically and personally. (It’s exemplified in his habit of photographing artists from low angles—he’s literally looking up at them.) If there’s an element of mythology in the images, it’s one that’s rooted in truth—in the authentic artistic power of musicians who may have been at the margins of mainstream media but who, for Wolff and Lion, deserved the canonization of any of the cultural celebrities of the time.

Most of the musicians photographed by Wolff are men, because most of Blue Note’s roster of musicians were male. Though there were female jazz musicians active at the time, they also, with very few exceptions, faced prejudice in the development of their careers—except for singers, who were prominent, but Blue Note recorded very few singers, male or female. The label concentrated on instrumental music, and there was an artistic point to that emphasis. The repertoire of most jazz singing was rooted in the so-called American Songbook of repertory from plays and movies; though many Blue Note artists certainly played these works, too, the core of the label’s repertory was rooted in instrumental improvisation—and in the musicians’ original compositions, which the label emphasized, by paying its musicians to rehearse, to prepare to record original pieces that were both unfamiliar and complex. (Wolff documented many of these rehearsals, as in an image of Miles Davis, pencil in hand, working on a chart for a 1953 session, and in the one of Bud Powell, in the company of his son, Earl John, rehearsing the 1958 album “The Scene Changes,” on which all nine pieces are Powell’s originals.) It’s as if the label were setting up a classical modern-jazz repertory that rendered black American music an instant modern American counterpart to the European classical repertory and a part of the avant-garde music of the day.

Most of the musicians in the photos, and in the Blue Note catalogue, were young—in their twenties and early thirties. Lion and Wolff—whose tastes were expanded by their close consultation with the veteran saxophonist Ike Quebec, who also recorded a wide range of albums for the label—found that the jazz they loved was significantly a youth movement. In the nineteen-fifties and sixties, they recorded, as leaders of groups, Clifford Brown, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and Bobby Hutcherson at twenty-two; Larry Young and Tyrone Washington at twenty-three; Sonny Clark, Grant Green, Hank Mobley, and Joe Henderson at twenty-six; Lee Morgan and Tony Williams at eighteen. (The latter, a drummer, began recording for the label in 1963, in Jackie McLean’s band, at seventeen.) The saxophonist on the twenty-four-year-old Bud Powell’s classic 1949 quintet date (the band was expressly called “Bud Powell's Modernists”) was the eighteen-year-old Sonny Rollins.

The names of many of the musicians may not have been known beyond the cognoscenti, but the prominence of the label and its associations helped to expand those ranks. Thelonious Monk’s first recordings as a leader came with Blue Note; John Coltrane recorded only one album, a historic one, “Blue Train,” there, in 1957 (and worked as a sideman on several other major Blue Note albums); the boldly modernistic pianists Herbie Nichols and Andrew Hill recorded a major body of work there. Other crucial modernist innovators were there, too, in the mid-sixties: Eric Dolphy recorded “Out to Lunch” at a key turn toward further extremes of the avant-garde months before his death, at thirty-six, in 1964; Cecil Taylor recorded two gloriously complex and explosive albums there; and Ornette Coleman recorded a spate of Blue Note albums, too (including one with his ten-year-old son, Denardo, as drummer).

Blue Note was, and is, also a business, and Lion and Wolff needed to sell records; not all the music was a part of the avant-garde. They also recorded music that was close to the R. & B. tradition—yet this, too, they recorded with enthusiasm and respect. They both noted and fostered the continuities between popular and intellectual black American music, including in their inspired mixing and matching among musicians for recording sessions, bringing younger and older musicians, more popular and more exploratory ones, together fruitfully. What’s more, even as Blue Note’s studio recordings (most done by the engineer Rudy Van Gelder, first in his parents’ living room, in Hackensack, New Jersey, then in his custom-designed studio in Englewood Cliffs—and Wolff’s photos display these singular spaces) helped to define an era, the label was also a pioneer of live-in-concert night-club recordings, which gave several artists (especially Art Blakey, Jimmy Smith, and Sonny Rollins) unusual and effective showcases. The musicians who recorded for Blue Note were working artists; their recordings were business for the label and jobs for them, and the fusion of their labor and their art meshes with Wolff and Lion’s fusion of their enterprise and their enthusiasm to create a catalogue, both sonic and visual, that’s a product of love on which the transmission of art, from generation to generation, depends.

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FIFA 19 Raheem Sterling and Virgil van Dijk Player of the Year Squad Building Challenges

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The votes have been tallied and Liverpool’s Virgil Van Dijk is the Premier League PFA Player of the Year and Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling is the PFA Young Player of the Year. As well as their commemorative trophies, both players have been awarded with sensational cards on FIFA 19 Ultimate Team – both of which are available exclusively through Squad Building Challenges (SBCs).

It’s likely that both of these cards will be joined by similar versions when EA Sports releases Team of the Season but for now these will be the only Premier League cards close to this calibre. If you do want either of these cards you’re going to need around 1 million coins lying around, though you could get some lucky tranfers thanks to the current market crash. Still if you do want to earn these cards, Goal can help you with the SBC solutions.

Van Dijk has been an absolute rock for Liverpool this season as he performances earned him a place in the FIFA 19 Team of the Year but this new 96-rated card is now the best in the game. The monstrous card has everything you could ever ask for in a centre back with 81 acceleration, 90 sprint speed, 99 reactions, 99 composure, 99 jumping, 99 strength, 95 aggression, 97 interceptions, 93 heading, 95 marking, 99 stand tackling and 94 slide tackling. There’s even some nice bonus stats in there which could help such as 99 shooting, 89 free kicks, 97 short passing and 99 long passing.

Requirements: Minimum number of Liverpool players: 2, minimum number of informs: 2, minimum squad rating of 87, minimum team chemistry: 70, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

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Rewards : One jumbo rare players players pack which is worth 100,000 coins.

Requirements: Minimum number of Premier League players: 2, minimum number of informs: 2, minimum squad rating of 87, minimum team chemistry: 75, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution : Hugo Lloris 44,000, Thibaut Courtois (76,000), inform Clement Lenglet (27,000), Samuel Umtiti (34,000), Kasper Schmeichel (3,400), Thorgan Hazard (1,000), Axel Witsel (9,300), Christian Eriksen (46,000), Alexis Sanchez (35,000), inform Christian Benteke (14,250), Romelu Lukaku (33,000) (322,950 coins total).

Rewards : One rare mega pack which is worth 55,000 coins.

Requirements : Minimum number of players from Holland: 2, minimum number of informs: 2, minimum squad rating of 87, minimum team chemistry: 60, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution : Gianluigi Buffon (47,250), inform Diego Carlos (14,000), Thiago Silva (50,000), Kepa Arrizabalaga (3,600), Team of the Knockout Stages Olivier Giroud (29,500), Anthony Lopes (4,300), Paulo Dybala (62,000), Miralem Pjanic (22,500), Team of the Knockout Stages Hakim Ziyech (79,000), inform Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (13,750), Stefan de Vrij (4,500)(330,400 coins total).

Rewards : One rare players pack which is worth 50,000 coins.

Requirements : Minimum number of informs: 1, minimum squad rating of 85, minimum team chemistry: 80, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution : Emiliano Viviano (850), Team of Knockout Stages Dusan Tadic (18,500), Kostas Manolas (12,250), Leonardo Bonucci (24,750), inform Diego Carlos (14,000), Suso (1,600), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (12,250), Daniele De Rossi (2,000), Radja Nainggolan (13,000), Douglas Costa (22,250), Mario Mandzukic (4,100), (125,550 coins total).

Rewards : One prime gold players pack which is worth 45,000 coins.

At 24 years of age, Raheem Sterling may seem a bit too old to be rewarded with YPOTY but FIFA 19 fans won’t be complaining when they see this new card. The 96-rated right-winger has sensational stats with 99 acceleration, 97 sprint speed, 99 positioning, 98 finishing, 91 shot power, 91 long shots, 91 vision, 91 crossing, 99 short passing, 99 agillity, 99 balance, 92 reactions, 98 ball control, 98 dribbling and 99 stamina.

Requirements : Minimum number of Manchester City players: 2, minimum number of informs: 2, minimum squad rating of 87, minimum team chemistry: 70, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution : Kasper Schmeichel (3,400), Bernd Leno (3,800), Aymeric Laporte (5,700), inform Phil Jagielka (19,500), Harry Kane (81,500), Nemanja Matic (22,000), Ivan Rakitic (33,000), David Silva (65,000), Kepa Arrizabalaga (3,600), Philippe Coutinho (46,750), Team of the Knockout Stages Olivier Giroud (29,500) (313,750 coins total).

Rewards : One rare mega pack which is worth 55,000 coins.

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Requirements : Minimum number of Liverpool players: 2, minimum number of informs: 2, minimum squad rating of 87, minimum team chemistry: 70, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution : Inform Guaita (27,750), inform Angel Mina (22,500), Hugo Lloris (44,000), Aymeric Laporte (5,700), Sadio Mane (23,000), Antoine Griezmann (60,000), Jorginho (4,900), Fabinho (14,750), Team of the Knockout Stages Olivier Giroud (29,500), David Silva (65,000), Romelu Lukaku (33,000) (325,600 coins total).

Rewards : One rare players pack which is worth 50,000 coins.

Requirements : Minimum number of Premier League players: 2, minimum number of informs: 1, minimum squad rating of 87, minimum team chemistry: 70, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution : Alisson (32,000), Bernardo Silva (4,300), Vincent Kompany (12,000), inform Fabian Schar (40,500), Yann Sommer (3,500), Jorginho (4,900) Iago Aspas (12,000), Axel Witsel (9,300), Sergio Busquets (65,000), Isco (66,000), Antoine Griezmann (60,000) (309,500 coins total).

Rewards : One jumbo rare players pack which is worth 100,000 coins.

Requirements : Minimum number of players from England: 1, minimum number of informs: 1, minimum squad rating of 86, minimum team chemistry: 70, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

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Rewards : One rare mega pack which is worth 55,000 coins.

Requirements: Minimum squad rating of 85, minimum team chemistry: 70, numbers of players in the squad: 11.

Solution: Anthony Lopes (4,300), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (9,900), Kamil Glik (1,800), Naldo (24,250), Stephane Ruffier (4,000), Marco Verratti (21,500), Nabil Fekir (12,000), Dimitri Payet (4,800), Angel Di Maria (4,800), One to Watch Mario Balotelli (16,000), Alexandre Lacazette (10,000) (113,350 coins total).

Rewards: One prime gold players pack which is worth 45,000 coins.

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'Internally, it's a struggle' – Llorente admits frustration serving as backup striker for Kane at Spurs

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The Spaniard has been granted a rare spot in Tottenham’s starting line up in the absence of the England forward, but he craves a more prominent role

Tottenham striker Fernando Llorente has confessed that he “struggles” to accept playing second fiddle to Harry Kane in Mauricio Pochettino’s squad.

The 34-year-old has only started 20 games in total across all competitions for Spurs in the last two years, most recently returning to the line up for a European clash with Ajax.

Llorente was unable to find the net in a 1-0 home defeat in the Champions League semi-finals, but he is likely to retain a place in the starting XI while Kane continues his recovery from injury.

The veteran forward has featured in 30 matches for Spurs this season, scoring five goals. However, rumours of a summer return to former club Athletic Bilbao have surfaced since the turn of the year.

Speaking ahead of Tottenham’s Premier League clash against Bournemouth on Saturday, Llorente revealed he is far from content with a lack of regular minutes on the pitch but remains determined to fight for a place in the team.

“It’s something you have to adapt to,” he told Sky Sports. “I am at a great club with incredible players, and in the end, the manager has to make decisions, because only 11 players can play.

“It’s not easy for him and, with players of that quality, it’s not easy to get into the team.

“Internally, it’s a struggle. Because in the end what all players want is to play every Sunday, so every time you don’t, it’s a disappointment.

“But that’s also where you learn to be mentally strong and say, ‘Okay, I’m not playing but I have to keep working hard every day and I have to be ready every when the opportunity comes and the mister needs me.’

“That is the idea I always have in my head, but it’s also where it is most difficult because the only way to really get up to speed is to play 90 minutes regularly.

“That’s particularly the case for me because of my attributes as a striker. I need to feel strong and be in the best physical condition possible in order to show my best.”

Kane has been touted for a return in time for the European Cup final, but Spurs have an uphill task on their hands to qualify for the showpiece event when they travel to Amsterdam next week.

Llorente will be expected to lead the line once again and Tottenham will be boosted by the return of Son Heung-min, who missed the first leg against Ajax through suspension.

Spurs are in danger of finishing another campaign without a trophy, but Pochettino is on the verge of steering his side into the top four for a fourth consecutive season, having also overseen an impressive European run.

After revealing he would like to remain in north London for another year, Llorente praised the Argentine for his motivational skills, adding: “He’s a manager who gives a lot of freedom to his players in order to get the best out of them.

“He’s not the kind of manager who says, ‘You have to do this, this and this.’ He shows you that he trusts you and he doesn’t kick you off the team if you mess up or you do something bad.

“That mentality is something he drums into us. He knows how to motivate us and get the best out of us. It’s the way he has of managing the group, planning the training sessions and making sure we are all happy.”

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'Hazard will be used properly by Real Madrid' – Sarri selection calls at Chelsea baffle Hoddle

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The former Blues player and manager cannot understand why the Belgian forward is being benched and not used in a system which plays to his strengths

Maurizio Sarri’s handling of Eden Hazard continues to baffle former Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle, with the Blues warned that Real Madrid will use the Belgian properly.

A Belgium international forward was benched again for the first leg of a Europa League semi-final clash with Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.

Chelsea battled their way to a 1-1 draw on German soil, with Hazard introduced just past the hour mark.

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Sarri had claimed that his most effective attacking weapon had been in need of a rest, but Hoddle believes a 19-goal star should be the first name on the team sheet.

He feels Madrid, who continue to be linked with a summer swoop for the 28-year-old, would find a way of using Hazard at his most effective.

The ex-Chelsea player and coach told BT Sport: “I really for the life of me can’t understand why you wouldn’t play your best player in this semi-final.

“They will only find out how important Hazard is after he is gone, unfortunately, because he is that good a player.

“But let’s face it, without him in the first half they were ordinary.

“What he does brilliantly is you can give him the ball and he will draw three players over to him and he can get you up the pitch.

“But he has goals in him and has got end product in there and around the penalty area. He is a danger.

“He has got everything going forward, possibly not all the time he doesn’t track back, but they will miss him.

“I actually think that he could be even better as a No. 10 with two holding midfield players behind him.

“You could then just say to him go and play and he might get that if he goes to Real Madrid, unfortunately.”

Hazard is yet to extend a contract at Stamford Bridge which is due to expire at the end of next season.

As a result, he is being heavily linked with a move to Madrid, despite Chelsea putting him front and centre at the reveal of their new home kit for the 2019-20 campaign.

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Xhaka: Emery's Europa League past is not important – it's down to the players

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The Arsenal boss won the competition three seasons in a row while in charge of Sevilla and has led the Gunners to the semi-finals this term

Granit Xhaka believes Unai Emery’s past success in the Europa League will count for little when Arsenal travel to Valencia next week for the second leg of their semi-final.

Emery won the Europa League in three successive seasons while in charge of Sevilla, and with Arsenal taking a 3-1 lead to the Mestalla for their second leg this coming Thursday, the Spaniard is well on course to lift the trophy for the fourth time in his successful career.

It would be an impressive achievement, especially in his first season in north London, but Xhaka does not believe what has gone on in the past will have much of an impact on Arsenal’s most recent attempt of European success.

“If you have a coach like this you can take a lot of experience from him,” said the Switzerland international. “But the past is the past and I don’t think it’s so important.

“We spoke before the game [first leg] about his experience but in the end we had to show it on the pitch.”

Xhaka added: “It was good to win 3-1, we wanted a clean sheet but we didn’t start well. We showed the big character in this team once more to come back and win against a big team.

“We had not the best experience last year [in the semi-final]. We played very well here against Atletico but didn’t win.

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“Away games are always difficult against teams like this but 3-1 is a good result and we hope we can score one there, then after we’re in the final.”

Arsenal went into Thursday’s game on the back of three straight defeats in the Premier League, a losing streak which has seen them drop out of the top four with just two games of the campaign remaining.

The Gunners now need Chelsea to drop points to have any chance of finishing in the Champions League spots, and even then they realistically need to win both of their remaining games, against Brighton on Sunday and then at Burnley next weekend.

Given Emery’s side’s dreadful away form, that is far from a foregone conclusion – but Xhaka is adamant that there is still hope.

He said: “If you see the results from the last week in the Premier League of course we are not happy but we still have a chance.

“Everything isn’t in our hands, what is in our hands is the Europa League. We want to finish our season back in the Champions League.”

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Barcelona bottlers? The cringeworthy Champions League semi-final stats haunting Messi & Co.

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The Catalans saw their European dreams extinguished following a remarkable capitulation on Merseyside, to add to their dismal recent last four record

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Barcelona’s dreams of a treble are in tatters after their hopes of reaching the Champions League final went up in smoke once again after they were stunned 4-0 by Liverpool at Anfield.

The Blaugrana failed to find the back of the net on Merseyside, with their continental exploits curtailed shy of the last round once again by another humiliating loss for Ernesto Valverde’s side.

Having swept their visitors away at Camp Nou last week with a 3-0 victory – thanks in no small part to Lionel Messi’s talismanic skill – the Catalan club were heavy favourites to reach the final at Wanda Metropolitano this season.

However, the Argentine and his fellow playmakers found their creative power stymied by a brilliant, high-intensity performance from Jurgen Klopp’s injury-blighted Reds, who still mustered the vital number of goals to win on aggregate despite missing Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino through injury.

As such, the club suffered their heaviest ever defeat at the hands of an English opponent in all European competitions.

Furthermore, Barca became the first team to be on the receiving end of multiple Champions League knockout tie exits after holding a three-plus goal lead from the first leg, having been eliminated by Roma last season in similar circumstances.

It was only the fourth time any team has overturned such a deficit to reach the next stage of the competition.

The result means that they have now been eliminated at the penultimate stage in three of their last four Champions League semi-final ties.

Save for the 2014-15 campaign, where they beat Bayern Munich to reach the final and subsequently down Juventus, Barca have failed to progress beyond the final four on their last trio of visits to this stage.

In 2011-12, they were sunk by a second leg injury-time winner from Fernando Torres as Chelsea came from behind at Camp Nou to snatch a 2-2 draw and win 3-2 on aggregate.

The following year, they were foiled again at the same mark by Bayern Munich, who delivered a 4-0 battering in Bavaria before following it up with a 3-0 romp in Barcelona for a 7-0 victory on aggregate.

Indeed, in the latter campaign, Barca won only one knockout stage game, against Milan in the second leg of the round-of-16.

They lost the first tie 2-0 before clocking up four goals in the reverse for a 4-2 aggregate win, and then required a superior away goal count to see them through in a 3-3 aggregate draw with Paris Saint-Germain.

Barcelona can at the very least console themselves with their La Liga title win, though their wait for European success will now stretch for at least another season.

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'Lampard would be great at Chelsea' – Johnson backs Blues legend for manager's job

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The former Blues full-back has endorsed his old team-mate for a highly-coveted role, amid rumours the Italian boss could leave this summer

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Derby County manager Frank Lampard would be a “great” choice to succeed Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea next season, according to Glen Johnson.

The Blues legend has enjoyed a successful first year in management at Pride Park, guiding the Rams to a Championship play-off final against Aston Villa.

Lampard has been linked with a return to Chelsea as a result, as rumours linking current head coach Sarri with a summer exit continue to swirl .

The Italian tactician has had a mixed first year at the Bridge, having been drafted in to replace Antonio Conte at the helm in 2018.

The Blues secured a top-three Premier League finish and reached the Carabao Cup final, but ultimately lost to Manchester City after a tense penalty shoot-out.

Sarri’s side will have a second chance to pick up some silverware in the Europa League final, with an all-English tie against Arsenal scheduled on May 29.

Johnson, who played for Chelsea between 2003 and 2007, feels Sarri’s fate beyond the end of the campaign has already been decided, regardless of the final result in Baku.

He told Talk Sport : “I do think the club have made their mind up already. Sarri hasn’t done a bad job, I just think there are a few personalities that are clashing at Chelsea.

“If they win the final, you’d say it’s a positive season.

“But I don’t think it’s about the results, it’s just the way they’re getting the results.”

Johnson went on to suggest that Lampard would be the ideal man to take up managerial duties at Chelsea , given his illustrious history with the club.

The former England international spent 13 years at the Bridge as a player, scoring 211 goals in 648 games from midfield.

Lampard won 11 major trophies in total, including three Premier League titles and the Champions League.

“I think Lampard will definitely be Chelsea manager one day, and it might be sooner than I anticipated,” Johnson added.

“Could he do the job? Now might be slightly too early and I’m sure Lamps would probably agree with that, but I definitely think he’ll be capable of being successful as the Chelsea manager.

“I personally think it’s too early, but I could also see it happening. It’s exciting.

“I actually want him to get the job, I think he’d be great there.

“He is Mr Chelsea, he cares about the club and he would be interested in the youth teams and be the link between all the age groups and get the club back on its feet.”

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'I said it was not a good idea' – Klopp takes aim at Champions League & Nations League schedule clash

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The Liverpool boss has accused UEFA of “interesting planning” and is concerned for players health with important games so close together

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has bemoaned the scheduling of the UEFA Nations League Finals so soon after the Champions League final, citing the risk to players.

The Reds clash with Tottenham in Madrid on June 1 and many of the two teams’ players will be in action when England play Netherlands five days later in a Guimaraes semi-final.

Klopp believes players are at risk from the constant action and has accused UEFA of “interesting planning” with its placement of a tournament he has previously criticised.

“On June 1 we play the Champions League final and on June 6 there is a wonderful tournament called the Nations Cup [League],” he told reporters.

“Everyone looked at me when I said it was not such a good idea. Now, surprise, two English teams are in the Champions League final.

“If you don’t learn to deal with our players in a better way competition wise, it is the only chance to kill this wonderful game. For now, other people have to deal with that.

“It’s not Gareth [Southgate’s] fault. To plan something like this and be surprised that two top sides are involved in the Champions League final, and a lot of these players are involved in the Nations League… that is interesting planning.”

Klopp also extended his sympathies to Liverpool and Tottenham fans, who face exorbitant prices to travel to Madrid for the Champions League showpiece.

“Obviously travel agencies and hotels are not silly. It is difficult for supporters. Madrid is expensive but at least it is not another part of the world.”

That led Klopp to take aim at a piece of UEFA planning that will see Arsenal and Chelsea contest a London derby in Baku later this month, after both reached the Europa League final.

“Going to Baku for the Europa League final is a strange decision, I think. I don’t know what the organisers have for breakfast when they make these decisions,” he added.

“Last year we went to Kiev – a wonderful city. But it is unlikely that a team from that part of the world will be involved. Madrid will have to be prepared for 200,000 English fans.

“These decisions must be much more sensible. Maybe the cities must agree to a price cut first? One hundred pounds a room and not £2,700! I sympathise with supporters a lot.”

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RB Leipzig v Bayern Munich: TV channel, live stream, team news & preview

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Niko Kovac’s side could complete a domestic double this weekend – but that still might not be enough to save the coach his job at the top

Fresh from their Bundesliga triumph, Bayern Munich will have the chance to seal a second piece of silverware in as many weeks when they face RB Leipzig in the DFB-Pokal final this weekend.

Niko Kovac’s side could complete a domestic double when they square off with Ralf Rangnick’s team at Olympiastadion in Berlin, to sign off 2018-19 on a high.

Yet, peversely, it could also serve to be the swansong for the Croatian, who looks set to be sacked after only one season at the helm despite his success.

Leipzig are meanwhile looking to lift their first major honour, and would like nothing more than to take down the giants of German football in the process.

Game	RB Leipzig v Bayern Munich
Date	Saturday, May 25
Time	7.00pm BST / 2.00pm ET

In the United States (US), the game will be broadcast on ESPNEWS, though it will not be available for streaming.

US TV channel	Online stream
ESPNEWS	N/A

In the United Kingdom (UK), the game will not be broadcast on television. However, it will be available for streaming on YouTube.

UK TV channel	Online stream
N/A	YouTube

Position	RB Leipzig squad
Goalkeepers	Gulacsi, Muller, Mvogo, Krahl
Defenders	Saracchi, Orban, Upamecano, Konate, Klostermann, Mukiele, Halstenberg, Laimer, Nukan
Midfielders	Sabitzer, Haidara, Adams, Forsberg, Ilsanker, Demme, Stierlin, Majetschak, Bias, Kampl
Forwards	, Poulsen, Werner, Bruma, Cunha, Augustin, Kruger, Smith Rowe, Hartmann

Kevin Kampl is available to Ralf Rangnick, who fielded a rotated line-up in the final day defeat to Werder Bremen in order to allow his key players a rest.

As such, they have named a strong line-up to challenge for the trophy.

RB Leipzig starting XI: Gulacsi; Klostermann, Konate, Orban, Halstenberg; Sabitzer, Adams, Kampl; Poulsen, Forsberg, Werner.

Subs: Upamecano, Haidara, Cunha, Mukiele, Laimer, Mvogo, Demme.

Position	Bayern Munich squad
Goalkeepers	Fruchtl, Ulreich, Hoffmann
Defenders	Kimmich, Sule, Hummels, Alaba, Boateng
Midfielders	Martinez, Gnabry, Goretzka, James, Rafinha, Davies, Thiago
Forwards	Coman, Lewandowski, Muller, Wagner, Ribery

Manuel Neuer, Javi Martinez are fit enough to figure, but James Rodriguez misses out. No risks are taken on Leon Goretzka after seeing him go off injured in the 5-1 victory over Frankfurt that clinched the Bundesliga title.

The Bavarians will be looking to seal their first win in this competition since 2016.

Bayern Munich starting XI: Neuer; Kimmich, Sule, Hummels, Alaba; Thiago, Martinez; Gnabry, Muller, Coman; Lewandowski.

Subs: Ulreich, Ribery, Robben, Rafinha, Boateng, Tolisso, Sanches.

Bayern Munich are heavy favourites to claim the trophy and are priced at 1/2 with bet365 . RB Leipzig can be backed at 5/1 while a draw is available for 10/3.

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It’s rare for such speculation over the future of a maiden-season coach to be the focus of build-up to a major cup final – and yet, that is exactly what swirls around Bayern Munich boss Niko Kovac as he looks to lift the DFB-Pokal for the second campaign in a row.

The former Eintracht Frankfurt coach, who took over the reins at the Bundesliga champions last year, has already guided them back to the title and could very well complete a domestic double on Saturday.

Yet it is thought that he has underperformed in the role, having reportedly lost the confidence of the board and fallen out with a number of key players over the season, while his failure to progress Bayern further in European competition is likely to remain another black mark against his name.

As such, he looks set to exit the club following the conclusion of their commitments this season, regardless of further results .

Speculation also swirls between the two sides in regards to the future of Leipzig’s prized striker Timo Werner, who has been linked with a switch to their Bundesliga rivals.

Bayern defender Joshua Kimmich was asked earlier this week whether he felt if the 23-year-old would slot into life easily at the Allianz Arena.

“Of course it’s a different game for us,” the Germany international said . “But, in principle, a striker of Timo’s quality, who has scored about 10 to 15 goals, for two or three years consecutively can help many teams.”

The pair are both members of the international set-up under Joachim Low and have played together before.

Leipzig boss Ralf Rangnick, who will also be waving goodbye to the role when he returns to become the club’s sporting director after Saturday, remains unconvinced that their rivals will swoop for Werner, feeling they would have already put out feelers if they were interested.

“If Bayern were absolutely sure about Timo, they would have already officially contacted us with a request,” he stated . “Anything else would be unusual for Bayern, especially since we have a good relationship with them.”

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