Newcastle United will have a chance to end one of the longest trophy droughts in the Premier League facing Liverpool at Wembley for the EFL Cup title on Paramount+ (wit

Arne Slot had to jokingly remind those in attendance as his news conference on Friday that his team were playing Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday. "No, I don't go along with that," said Slot,

That went against usual football diplomacy, where players talk of only focusing on the next game, but that’s perhaps part of the charm. It’s also part of the strange dynamics of these occasions, that at once enrich football but can also make it so emotionally wrenching.