Here are today's Premier League headlines for Saturday, March 26.
Tottenham focused on run
Antonio Conte's Tottenham have won five of their last seven Premier League games, with Newcastle United next up when the league action returns next weekend. Spurs' managing director of football Fabio Paratici has been speaking about the club's progress under Conte and, ahead of the visit of Eddie Howe's side discussed the new focus the north London side have
"We are in a very good moment, not just about winning games but about the performance of the team," Paratici said. "The team improved a lot. You enjoy when you watch the team and Antonio has done a fantastic job and the players too. They are working hard. Every day they are so focused, so committed, so we are much better than four or five months before. This is the most important thing for us.
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"In every club it is important to have a winning mentality, in the Premier League even more because the competition is high level and every game is tough. Every game is tough. You don't have one game that you can win easily, So there are a lot of surprises. Winning mentality is not about just winning games, but also working hard, the culture of work, being committed, being focused every day in your job, to improve yourself and the team every day. This is the winning mentality that is so important for every team and every club."
Coleman's Mykolenko message
Everton defender Seamus Coleman admits he cannot imagine how Ukrainian team-mate Vitalii Mykolenko is feeling as he watches Russia's ongoing invasion of his homeland from afar. The 22-year-old Ukraine international joined the Toffees from Dynamo Kiev in January and has found himself looking on helplessly from Merseyside at horrific images of the raging war.
Coleman, currently on international duty with the Republic of Ireland, said: "Myko, he's a fantastic lad. He's a quiet lad, he's a really good lad. You can't even imagine how he's feeling. You're there for him, you try and support him as best you can, you let him know that you're there for him, the club are there for him, but you know his family and all are back there, so it's very difficult for him.
"We're there for him. I'm sure it's hard for him to focus and do his job, but he is, he's coming in training every day and doing what he can. He's got the support of his team-mates, any little support that we can give him."
Chelsea bids latest
Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca has made the four-strong shortlist to buy Chelsea, according to reports. The 67-year-old billionaire co-chairman of Bain Capital is the final bidder to make the shortlist compiled by New York merchant bank the Raine Group.
hicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family, former Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton and LA Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly are the other bidders still in the race to by the Stamford Bridge club. Celtics supremo Pagliuca and Cubs owners the Ricketts were understood to have been informed by merchant bank the Raine Group early on Friday afternoon in New York time.
Raine spent Thursday informing a host of unsuccessful bidders they were out of the auction before starting the process of confirming the shortlist in the race to buy the Blues. The New York bank will dig into further details of remaining submissions once the shortlist is rubber-stamped.
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