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WAYNE Rooney has admitted it is ‘not an easy moment’ for Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Michael Cooper because of the continuing transfer speculation about the 24-year-old.
Cooper was only on the bench for the crushing 4-0 defeat by Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsboroughon Sunday as the Pilgrims’ 2024/25 Championship campaign got off to a dreadful start, with Conor Hazard between the posts instead. Rooney stated his decision to select the Northern Ireland international had been based ‘on what I have seen in preseason’, but also reiterated he wanted Cooper to stay at Argyle because ‘he’s a fantastic goalkeeper’.
Sheffield United have been strongly linked with Cooper, who is into the final year of his contract, but according to a report in one national newspaper on Sunday they have been ‘scared off’ by Argyle’s £6 million of valuation of the talented shot-stopper.
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GB heroes urge PM to back PE plea
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Hungarian Szucs is adapting well to life at Home Park
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West Wharf at Millbay Docks is upgraded
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BLOW FOR HAZARDO
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Smith is crowned Southern champion
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McPhee has the belief that his Parkway style will come good
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England fall short in clean sweep bid
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Inquiry launched on Covid's NHS impact
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PM 'pickpocketing OAPs'
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PM in action pledge about online sale of deadly knives
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