News about Ashley Westwood

LEWIS STEELE: 'Where were you when I was losing 3-0 to Forest Green,' jokes Crewe Alexandra boss Lee Bell as he strolls into a stuffy dome building at the Railwaymen's storied Reaseheath training base, the birthplace of many stellar footballing careers. The impressive young manager hates the limelight of clicking cameras and is used to just a couple of hardened local reporters giving him a weekly grilling. But this week, the Alex deserve national attention for a heroic season which will end on Sunday at Wembley. Despite that, the mood is relaxed and jovial ahead of a day in the sun under the famous arch. Semi-final hero Max Stryjek is here, laughing about how he disposed of a Doncaster water bottle carrying details on where Crewe players might put their penalties.

DANNY MURPHY: Former Coach Barry Bennell's sexual assault has rocked crewe Alexandra in recent years, but many good people stayed at Gresty Road to try to recover from the worst of times. Danny Murphy, a former footballer who rose from League Two, speaks to current Alex Grant, who discusses the past and how the club is progressing with the support of survivors. My own experience with Crewe Alexandra was positive. They took me from a council estate in Chester and made me the player who adored success with Liverpool and England. On the wall at Gresty Road with other well-known alumni, including David Platt, Robbie Savage, Geoff Thomas, Neil Lennon, Seth Johnson, Dean Ashton, Ashley Westwood, and Nick Powell, there is a picture of me. It's a new record for such a small club, and it should rightfully be proud.

SAMI MOKBEL – An exclusive. Scott Arfield, a Canadian international, is on the verge of joining Charlotte FC in MLS. Mail Sport has learned that the midfielder, who left Rangers at the end of last season, has agreed to a two-year deal with the North Carolina team. Over the weekend, he is scheduled to fly to the United States for a medical and complete transfer process.

Charlotte FC has reported that Ashley Westwood, a Premier League veteran, has agreed to a deal until 2024. With Aston Villa and Burnley, the 32-year-old, who has more than a decade of playing in England's top flight, will fill an international roster slot for the 2023 MLS season. The move is subject to visa and international registration, but the midfielder will play outside of England football for the first time in his career.

FC Charlotte is hoping to sign Burnley's Ashley Westwood as they look to capitalize on a promising first season in Major League Soccer. The Eastern Conference team is trying to include the veteran midfielder to its roster and is discussing a transfer. With both Aston Villa and Burnley scoring 12 goals, the 32-year-old has played in the Premier League for 286 appearances.

Gareth Southgate's side is high, and rightly so, according to Westwood, who believes the team is packed with enough talent to go all the way in Qatar despite one glaring issue. A new ruling, as well as a new interpretation of old ones, has played right into the Three Lions' hands as they look to regain the trophy they last won in 1966.

The offensive midfielder plays the game on the edge and, in turn, divides opinion, but Arsenal's latest docuseries, All or Nothing Arsenal, shows a different side to Granit Xhaka. Since joining the club from Borussia Moenchengladbach in the summer of 2016, the Swiss star has split the Gunners fanbase by farewell. Not least because he has earned five red cards in five years at Arsenal, including two in the last season. But Xhaka, 29, has used the opportunity provided by the Amazon Prime Video cameras to show a different tale than the one that the fans would see.