Football Daily | Premier League drama-magnets ready to wrestle spotlight off Championship

If London-centric attention is drawn to those two clubs, a win for both, not impossible despite themselves, opens up a relegation battle where the magic 40-points total may not be enough. On 39, Forest are not out of trouble. Neither are Leeds on 40 nor Newcastle, on 42. Nobody’s breathing easy. Not least under-pressure Eddie Howe, who gave a presentation to Newcastle’s chiefs at a golfing hotel this week and emerged “under no illusion that … we need a win” against Brighton. Victories for the Hammers and Spurs are very much what the Premier League needs to lift it up towards the Championship’s drama levels.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“We will work together, president [Jibril] Rajoub, vice-president [Basim Sheikh] Suliman. Let’s work together to give hope to the children. These are complex matters” – Gianni Infantino there, fresh off confirming his intention to stand for re-election as Fifa overlord for a third full term next year, with an attempt to orchestrate a handshake between the Palestinian and Israeli delegates at the governing body’s congress in Vancouver. It didn’t go well.

Palestinian FA president Jibril Rajoub, right, walks away from Gianni Infantino after refusing to stand with Basim Sheikh Suliman. Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

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FOOTBALL DAILY LETTERS

double quotation markRe: Scott Parker’s Burnley exit (yesterday’s Football Daily). A manager who has masterminded three promotions and two relegations clearly knows what practice makes” – Rob Crouch.

double quotation markJust wanted to say thanks for the Wilco reference in the last line (yesterday’s Football Daily, full email edition). In the middle of a very busy work day, it really was a shot in the arm” – David Kramer (and others).

double quotation markRegarding yesterday’s last line, there’s plenty of choice descriptions from that Wilco song for the end of the relationship between Burnley and Scott Parker, but the clear one is this: what Burnley once were isn’t what they wanna be any more. To be fair, Parker could be forgiven for thinking ‘oh, you’ve changed’ upon receiving the news, but the club could have told him they needed a shot in the arm and cut him loose six months ago” – Colin Durant.

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