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PAUL SCHOLES has questioned Manchester United’s summer transfer business.

The Red Devils have endured a nightmare start to the season under Erik ten Hag.

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Erik ten Hag is facing intense scrutiny as Man Utd boss[/caption]

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Paul Scholes has had his say on United’s summer business[/caption]

Last Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to Tottenham has put Ten Hag under increasing pressure.

United return to action tonight in the Europa League, as they face Porto away from home.

They will then take on Aston Villa on Sunday off the back of Unai Emery‘s side’s huge 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

While Ten Hag has remained defiant over his future, reports claim that two defeats prior to the international break could see the 54-year-old lose his job.

Discussing his former side, Scholes questioned the wisdom of bringing in Joshua Zirkzee over the summer.

Zirkzee, 23, arrived in a £36.5million deal having scored 12 goals for Bologna last season.

He netted on his United debut, but is scoreless in seven appearances since.

Scholes, 49, has questioned whether his former goal-machine team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy, who is now part of Ten Hag’s staff, would have chosen to bring Zirkzee in.

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Joshua Zirkzee is on a run of seven games without a goal[/caption]

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Ruud van Nistelrooy is part of Ten Hag’s coaching staff[/caption]

Speaking on SuperSport, he said: “Coaches are control freaks, they want to do everything. If you were Ruud watching that, he is maybe thinking, ‘I will take a back seat, I don’t want to get involved in that’.

“He also has to be involved in the recruitment side of it, signing a centre forward or two centre forwards. ‘Ruud, who do you think?’

“I am not sure he would have picked Zirkzee. I am not sure he would have picked (Rasmus) Hojlund.

“Look, there is probably not a plethora of centre forwards out there but you would go consult him, wouldn’t you?”

Scholes also recently questioned whether £38.5m summer signing Matthijs de Ligt, who worked with Ten Hag at Ajax, is really much of an upgrade over Harry Maguire.

Appearing on the latest Overlap Fan Debate, Scholes said of the United boss: “He couldn’t wait to get De Ligt straight in ahead of Maguire, he was just waiting for the opportunity.”

He then added: “And look, in all honestly, I’m not sure it is that much of an upgrade.

“He might be slightly better but he is not a massive improvement where you think, ‘Wow.'”

Despite the speculation surrounding his future at Old Trafford, Ten Hag has bullishly defended his position.

Ahead of tonight’s game in Portugal, he told Sky Sports of his future: “I’m not thinking about it, I’m not anxious.

“We created a togetherness in the summer with the ownership and the leadership.

“We made this agreement, and we were all behind it. We know the strategy [is to bring in] young players in a transition period.

“They also know in May in all my last six seasons there were always trophies and that is what we are aiming for.”

HOLLYOAKS star Chelsee Healey is the latest celeb to sign up for Dancing On Ice just ten months after giving birth.

The Manchester lass is best known for playing brazen Goldie McQueen on the Channel 4 soap.

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Chelsee Healy has signed up for Dancing On Ice[/caption]

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The mum-of-two gave birth to her second child 10 months ago[/caption]

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The Manchester lass plays brazen Goldie McQueen in Hollyoaks[/caption]

Chelsee, 36, is also a contestant on the current series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

She’s now set to swap her camping boots for a pair of ice skates after joining ITV’s primetime winter hit.

It comes after she recently took time away from her role as Goldie to give birth to her second daughter Cooki.

The mum-of-two has signed up alongside an EastEnders legend, a Traitors finalist, a Corrie favourite, Sir Steve Redgrave, a Towie star and a comedian in the line-up.

Chelsee first appeared on Hollyoaks in 2008 as a guest of a woman called Michelle.

She then joined as a regular role, playing McQueen legend Goldie in 2016.

But she recently dropped a huge hint she has been axed from the show after a recent cull of cast members.

A SAVVY shopper has revealed there’s an Amazon product she swears by when it comes to avoiding putting her heating on.

As the cold weather shows no sign of going anywhere, millions of people have already resorted to whacking up the thermostat to keep their houses warm.

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The electric blanket, currently £16.99 on Amazon, costs just 2p an hour to run[/caption]

But, according to one woman, they just need to get themselves to Amazon, for a must-buy that’s currently on offer on the website for just £16.99.

Raving about the MONHOUSE Premium Soft Fleece Electric Blanket, she wrote: “I love this!

“It means I can switch my central heating off completely at night! My dog loves it too so he tries to push me out.

“My only regret is I didn’t buy it sooner! I grew up using them as we had no central heating but stopped using it when we got heating put in 20 years ago.

“Now that electricity is so expensive, this is fantastic!”

She even took it upon herself to work out how much the blanket costs to run.

“For the single single size, 35 W (think that’s the max temperature control) then it costs 2p per hour,” she said.

“If you use for 10 hours, 20p total! A no brainer!!!”

“I’ve used the blanket the last two nights, as per instructions, warm up for an hour on setting 3, then reduce to 1,” another said.

“I switch it off altogether when I get in bed, and just drift off in a nice, warm bed.

“The best two nights’ sleep I’ve had in a while, and I don’t wake up cold in the night.

“The blanket is nice and fleecy beneath my valance sheet, I can’t feel the heating elements.”

While a third said they use the blanket to “keep warm for peanuts”.

“This little gem costs only 40 watts an hour on maximum heat setting,” they explained.

“The average electric room heater is 2,000 watts. Do the maths – it’s incredibly cheap to warm the human rather than the whole room.

“This costs only 800 watts for 20 hours.

“It’s a lifesaver for someone trying to save money with the daft UK energy prices.”

And someone else agreed, writing: “I have osteoarthritis and this is honestly the best thing I’ve ever bought.

“I think it was the cheapest one too – brilliant quality for money.

“Love having this on my bed – definitely recommend this item.”

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THE race for the Champions League golden boot is already hotting up – but Harry Kane couldn’t find the net as Bayern lost to Aston Villa.

That is being crowned with the European Golden Boot and it is expected to be another thrilling race this season.

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Harry Kane scored FOUR on the opening matchday of the 2024-25 campaign – but then drew a blank against Aston Villa[/caption]

Bayern Munich talisman Harry Kane and Real Madrid sensation Kylian Mbappe finished as the joint top scorers during the 2023/24 campaign.

But competition is expected to be even more fierce this time around, especially with more games for the likes of Manchester City machine Erling Haaland to sink his teeth into.

Who are the Champions League 2024-25 top scorers?

Here are the current Champions League highest scorers for this season:

• Harry Kane – Bayern – 4
• Serhou Guirassy – Borussia Dortmund – 3
• Karim Adeyemi – Borussia Dortmund – 3
• Abdallah Sima – Brest – 3
• Benjamin Sesko – RB Leipzig – 3
• Nine players – 2
• 75 players – 1

Who is the Champions League’s all-time leading scorer?

Cristiano Ronaldo is the current all-time leading goal scorer in club football’s elite competition with a staggering 140 goals.

However, Argentinian magician Lionel Messi isn’t too far off the pace as he has scored 129 goals in the Champions League.

While Robert Lewandowski sits in third with 94 Champions League strikes.

The only active player in the top 10 is Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe who bagged his 50th goal on the first matchday of the 2024/25 campaign.

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Cristiano Ronaldo received an award for being the all-time leading goal-scorer[/caption]

Who has previously won the Champions League Golden Boot?

• 1992/93 – Romario – (PSV Eindhoven), 7 goals
• 1993/94 – Ronald Koeman – (Barcelona), Wynton Rufer (Werder Bremen), 8 goals
• 1994/95 – George Weah – (Paris Saint Germain), 7
• 1995/96 – Jari Litmanen – (Ajax), 9
• 1996/97 – Milinko Pantic – (Atletico Madrid), 5
• 1997/98 – Alessandro Del Piero – (Juventus), 10
• 1998/99 – Andriy Shevchenko – (Dynamo Kyiv), Dwight Yorke – (Manchester United), 8
• 1999/00 – Mario Jardel – (Porto), Rivaldo – (Barcelona), Raul (Real Madrid), 10
• 2000/01 – Raul (Real Madrid), 7
• 2001/02 – Ruud van Nistelrooy – (Manchester United), 10
• 2002/03 – Ruud van Nistelrooy – (Manchester United), 12
• 2003/04 – Fernando Morientes – (AS Monaco), 9
• 2004/05 – Andriy Shevchenko – (AC Milan), 9
• 2005/06 – Ruud van Nistelrooy – (Manchester United), 8
• 2006/07 – Kaka – (AC Milan), 10
• 2007/08 – Cristiano Ronaldo – (Manchester United), 8
• 2008/09 – Lionel Messi – (Barcelona), 9
• 2009/10 – Lionel Messi – (Barcelona), 8
• 2010/11 – Lionel Messi – (Barcelona), 12
• 2011/12 – Lionel Messi – (Barcelona), 14
• 2012/13 – Cristiano Ronaldo – (Real Madrid), 12
• 2013/14 – Cristiano Ronaldo – (Real Madrid), 17
• 2014/15 – Neymar – (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo – (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi – (Barcelona), 10
• 2015/16 – Cristiano Ronaldo – (Real Madrid), 16
• 2016/17 – Cristiano Ronaldo – (Real Madrid), 12
• 2017/18 – Cristiano Ronaldo – (Real Madrid), 15
• 2018/19 – Lionel Messi – (Barcelona), 12
• 2019/20 – Robert Lewandowski – (Bayern Munich), 15
• 2020/21 – Erling Haaland – (Borussia Dortmund), 10
• 2021/22 – Karim Benzema – (Real Madrid), 15
• 2022/23 – Erling Haaland – (Manchester City), 12
• 2023/24 – Harry Kane (Bayern), Kylian Mbappe (PSG) – 8

AMANDA Abbington held an emotional secret meeting with Giovanni Pernice’s former Strictly Come Dancing partners at her home.

The actress, 50, appeared on Newsnight for her first interview since the findings of a BBC investigation into Giovanni‘s conduct on Strictly were released.

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Speaking to Victoria Derbyshire, Amanda revealed she met with celebrities who were previously partnered with Gio, 34, and said: “we all cried, we all burst into tears.”

She continued: “We just wanted to make sure that we weren’t on our own and thinking this had just happened to us.’

“Everyone I spoke to all said the same thing, it wasn’t pleasant and it wasn’t what everyone else was going through in the other [rehearsal] rooms.”

The BBC upheld six of the 17 complaints she made against the Italian, dancer who later quit the show, and apologised to Amanda.

It found instances of Giovanni using swear words and “belittling” language and giving negative feedback.

And the report also found there there were two moments of “inappropriate behaviour of sexual banter in the workplace”.

These incidents were made and received consensually as jokes, humour and compliments of Amanda dancing, the report found.

Amanda made more bombshell claims about Gio during the interview.

She said: “It was an ongoing litany of being verbally abused, sexual innuendo, sexual gestures.

“There was a 35 minute rant at me with him throwing his hands in the air and calling me names and how he couldn’t cope with it anymore.

She continued: “When I got a dance step right he would outline his erection in his trousers and tell me my dance move made that happen, because I got it right.”

A spokesman for Giovanni told The Sun: “It’s disappointing that Ms Abbington would knowingly mislead the outcome of the report in order to further damage Giovanni’s reputation.

“While Ms Abbington may not like the outcome of the six month investigation, she should not seek to spread false and defamatory claims.”

GRACE Jackson stunned as she stripped to lace stockings for a sizzling shoot in Paris.

The 26-year-old took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from her recent trip to the French capital for Paris Fashion Week.

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Love Island star Grace looked incredible while posing on a rooftop in just a blazer and stockings.

She had her blonde hair down and wore a full face of glam make-up for the shoot.

Other snaps showed Grace posing sedictively in the same outfit inside before showing off a close-up of her stockings as she travelled in a car.

Last week she stormed the catwalk at Fashion Week for Ego, after signing a huge six-figure deal with the brand.

She showed off her figure in a red lace minidress while reality stars Amber Turner and Georgia Steel watched on from the front row.

The Sun recently revealed Grace is on course to become the first millionaire from the most recent series – with PrettyLittleThing eyeing her up.

A source told The Sun: “Grace has had the offers flying in since she left the villa.

“She’s worked with a lot of brands for years and they are keen to work with her even more now.

“She’s got a big meeting with PrettyLittleThing today but is weighing up all her options.

“It’s not just fashion, but there could be a huge beauty brand in the works.”

But they said that Grace won’t just jump at any deal put on the table – instead it will have to align with her values.

“Grace has turned down work in the past if it hasn’t felt right though so she’s really picking carefully, making sure she gets the deals that really fit in and align with her,” they shared with us.

“She’s on course to be a millionaire already and a lot of brands are calling her the next Molly-Mae.”

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Google has announced the opening of applications for the 2025 Building Opportunities for Leadership and Development (BOLD) Internship Program. This paid summer internship is for undergraduate college students pursuing non-technical career opportunities within the company. According to Scholarship Region, the BOLD Internship targets students in their second-to-last year of study and offers a 12-week program …

Members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday called equal standing with the Senate, reminding the Federal Government that it is not subordinate to the upper chamber of the National Assembly. The call was sequel to the adoption of a motion sponsored by the Deputy Spokesperson for the house, Rep. Philip Agbese (APC-Benue) …