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This weekend sees legendary gaffer Arsene Wenger take charge of his final Prem game! MATCH looks over the manager’s incredible Gunners career, and checks out all the top candidates to replace him at The Emirates! 49 Between 2003 and 2004, Wenger masterminded the longest unbeaten run in English league history – 49 matches! 7 He hasn’t just won more FA Cups than any other manager – only three clubs have won the competition more than Wenger in total! 3 The Frenchman’s been named the Premier League Manager Of The Year three times, and has won the monthly award 15 times – only Sir Alex Ferguson has won it more! 55 Between 2001 and 2002, Arsenal scored in 55 league matches in a row under Wenger – another English footy record.…

480 Carrick has played 480 Premier League games for West Ham, Tottenham and United – only 17 players have played more! 16 The midfielder is 16th on The Red Devils’ all-time list of appearance-makers too, with over 460 games for the English giants. Wowzers! 2 He’s one of just two Englishmen to win n the Champions League, Prem, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, Europa League and Club World Cup! 18 In total, he’s won 18 major honours with United, including five league titles – and could add another FA Cup next week. Absolute legend! FRENCH UNDERDOGS! Could one of the biggest shocks ever in European football be on the cards this week Third division side LES HERBIERS have made it to the French Cup final for the first time…

1 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE SEASON GOALKEEPERS THE SHORTLIST David De Gea Man. United Ederson Man. City Thibaut Courtois Chelsea Nick Pope Burnley Hugo Lloris Tottenham OTHER: Write on your voting form! CENTRE-BACKS THE SHORTLIST Nicolas Otamendi Man. City Cesar Azpilicueta Chelsea Jan Vertonghen Tottenham James Tarkowski Burnley Harry Maguire Leicester OTHER: Write on your voting form! WINGERS THE SHORTLIST Mohamed Salah Liverpool Eden Hazard Chelsea Leroy Sane Man. City Riyad Mahrez Leicester Raheem Sterling Man. City OTHER: Write on your voting form! FULL-BACKS THE SHORTLIST Marcos Alonso Chelsea Andrew Robertson Liverpool Kyle Walker Man. City Antonio Valencia Man. United Nacho Monreal Arsenal OTHER: Write on your voting form! CENTRAL MIDFIELDERS THE SHORTLIST Kevin De Bruyne Man. City David Silva Man. City Christian Eriksen Tottenham Abdoulaye Doucoure Watford Luka…

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PREMIER LEAGUE SPECIAL WHO AM 1? Can you work out the Premier League superstar from the three clues below? I’ve won more than 20 caps for my country Portugal! I spent ten years bossing the midfield for ex-club Sporting! I made my Prem debut in January and got my first assist against Watford! 5 QUESTIONS ON... THIBAUT COURTOIS 1 How many clean sheets did the top-quality shot-stopper keep in the 2016-17 season – 15, 16 or 17 2 True or False When he was at Atletico Madrid, he never let in a goal against Cristiano Ronaldo! 3 Does the awesome Belgium keeper have more or less than 50 caps for his national side 4 How many games did he play for his nation at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil…

LUIS ENRIQUE Enrique won the treble in his last job at Barça, but has been linked with the Chelsea job recently too! MIKEL ARTETA The ex-Gunners midfielder and captain has been learning loads under Pep Guardiola at Man. City! MASSIMILIANO ALLEGRI Does the Juventus boss fancy a change after missing out on Champions League glory again MAURIZIO SARRI Napoli have become one of the most entertaining teams to watch in Europe under Sarri’s guidance! PATRICK VIEIRA Vieira has Arsenal in his blood, and now has coaching experience at Man. City and New York City!…

STARTING OUT! RYAN SAYS: “We played for a local Sunday league team when we were seen by Fulham. We went for a trial, did well and progressed into the academy.” STEVEN SAYS: “We played as much as possible when we were younger – in the garden, the living room and the kitchen! It was all okay, though – as long as we didn’t make a mess!” FOOTBALL FAMILY! STEVEN SAYS: “We’ve got brothers, so there are five of us in total, but only the oldest one is really into football.” RYAN SAYS: “Stephane Sessegnon is our second cousin. He’s a distant relation, but we used to go and watch him at Sunderland and West Brom!” BREAKING TH ROUGH! STEVEN SAYS: “Of course, it really helped us to settle in knowing…

mosalah Mo took a break from beating defenders to beat the drums! He was still rocking, though! marcusrashford Rashford is known as United’s Golden Boy, so this messy shot with his new boots is perfect! dele Dele posted this pic with his footy hero Steven Gerrard. Ace! theowalcott Theo got this cake for his son’s B’day! Where’s our slice danialves Alves got this trick from a seal down the local zoo. LOL! jordon _ ibe Ibe couldn’t decide which shirt he liked more! It’s a toughy! alexis_officia1 Summer is defo on the way in Alexis’ household. Get in! of ficiallallana The England man looks like he needs some fashion tips! chriseriksen8 It can’t have ended well for the person snapping this. Ouch! joseizquierdo7 Was the Brighton winger running from all…

MAX MEYER Schalke The wicked playmaker has been linked with a move to the Prem for ages, but this summer it looks sure to happen! Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham are on red alert and will scrap it out to sign him, but PSG are well interested too! STEFAN DE VRIJ L azio Liverpool could pair Virgil van Dijk with international partner De Vrij, but The Reds are gonna face competition for the CB’s signature! Clubs in Italy, Spain and England are interested in the Dutchman, with curent side Lazio admitting that he’s off! JACK WILSHERE Ar senal One of The Gunners’ longest-serving players could leave the club this summer! The awesome midfielder had a contract offer on the table since January, but as he still hasn’t signed, Wolves AC Milan,…

HOW TO VOTE! Go to the MATCH Facebook page now and you’ll see two shortlists – one for Player Of The Month and one for Goal Of The Month. Then just vote for your choice. Well easy! POGBA The Man. United hero upped his game massively in the second half v City, and took that form into the following matches in April! PEREZ Newcastle’s Ayoze Perez scored a sick long-range lob v Leicester with the outside of his foot, before netting v Arsenal too! ZAHA Wilf was wicked in April, and he produced an epic piece of skill before firing a bullet from outside the box v Bournemouth! ERIKSEN Eriksen’s long-range knuckleball v Chelsea, combined with all his other epic goals and assists last month, put him in the running…

100M SPRINT... RYAN SAYS: “Me, of course!” STEVEN SAYS: “Yeah, I’ll give this to him – not comfortably, though!” KEEPY-UPPIES... STEVEN SAYS: “I’ll take that!” RYAN SAYS: “Okay, I’ll have to let Steven have that one!” TABLE TENNIS... STEVEN SAYS: “Table tennis was very competitive at our school.” RYAN SAYS: “That’s me, 100% – ask any of the teachers!” STEVEN SAYS: “Yeah, I’ll give this one to him I suppose!” RYAN SAYS: “There were a few tables at school, and the winners would move up a table and the losers moved down. You’d see I was always at the top table!” MATHS... STEVEN SAYS: “I’ll definitely take that one! I did well at my GCSEs.” WRESTLING MATCH... STEVEN SAYS: “It’s not to be spoken of, you’ll never know!” RYAN SAYS:…

BURNLEY v BOURNEMOUTH So it’s party time for Burnley! They’ve had their best Premier League season ever, securing European football for the first time since 1966-67, and will face a Bournemouth team with nothing to play for. Hopefully it will still be an entertaining match to watch for the fans! FIXTURE FACTS! Gaffers Sean Dyche and Eddie Howe will be the two longest-serving Premier League bosses next season! There hasn’t been a 0-0 between these two since 1999 – when both teams were in the third tier of English footy! HUDDERSFIELD v ARSENAL It’s the end of an era for The Gunners as the Premier League waves goodbye to an all-time legend! Arsene Wenger’s team managed a 5-0 victory against Huddersfield in November, and a similar scoreline here would be…

STAR SIGNING MAURO ICARDI INTER MILAN Icardi was already a top finisher before his ratings refresh, but then he became a world-class striker! With 91 stats for both att. positioning and finishing, plus 90 heading accuracy, he’s absolutely lethal inside the penalty area! WONDERKID LAUTARO MARTINEZ RACING CLUB If you’re looking for a sick striker on Career Mode, you have to go for Martinez. The ace talent starts out with solid stats for pace and finishing, as well as four-star skills and weak foot, and has the potential to hit an OVR in the high 80s. Awesome! FUT BARGAIN JAVIER HERNANDEZ WEST HAM With bags of pace, quick reactions, strong finishing and accurate heading, Hernandez has everything you need from a top goal poacher! He shouldn’t cost you more than…