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image captionBilly Sinclair went into management after his playing days
The son of former Glentoran star Billy Sinclair has backed calls for dementia in ex-players to be treated as an industrial injury.
Sinclair, 74, was part of the Glens side which faced Benfica in 1967 and also played for Linfield and Chelsea, among other teams.
Last year he was diagnosed with dementia.
His son Jonathan is backing calls for diseases like Alzheimer s in ex-players to be deemed an industrial injury.
Research commissioned by the Football Association and the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) in 2019 found that former footballers are three-and-a-half times more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases.
Date published: Saturday 6th March 2021 8:59 - James Marshment
Chelsea have learned that a top defensive target prefers a move to them over Manchester United, Wolves are willing to sell one of their top stars, while Saturday’s transfer gossip claims a Brazilian star is keen on a return to Stamford Bridge.
KONATE PREFERS CHELSEA SWITCH
Ibrahima Konate this summer, according to a report.
Konate has risen to prominence over the past few seasons with Leipzig. Still only 21, he has already made 88 appearances for the German giants to date.
Often playing alongside French compatriot Dayot Upamecano in the heart of defence, Konate is also outlining his future potential.
Manchester United face another £4.2m payment for Bruno Fernandes
Date published: Saturday 6th March 2021 9:15 - Matthew Briggs
If Bruno Fernandes wins the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year award this season then Manchester United will have to pay Sporting Lisbon another £4.2m.
Under the terms of the
26-year-old’stransfer in January 2020 the club agreed to a pay the Portuguese club a number of payments if milestones were met.
Ed Woodward and Co have already had to finance an additional £4.2m after Fernandes started 25 games for United. They also paid Sporting another £4.2m last year when they qualified for the Champions League.
Deese Kasinga: What happens when the Premier League academy dream dies?
By Miriam Walker-KhanBBC Sport
The brutal reality of Premier League academies: Deese Kasingaâs story
Deese Kasinga was 17 years old and doing a gym session with some of the academy players at Newcastle United when he was called in to a meeting about his future.
As he came back out of the room, there were cheers and questions from his older team-mates who knew what the meeting was for - and were desperate to know the details of his exciting new professional contract.
But Kasinga had just been told he was being released from Newcastle s academy. His Premier League dream began to slip away.