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ALAN REYNOLDS insisted that Bohemians new boy Lys Mousset will be a sensation at Dalymount Park if given time. 

French striker Mousset, 28, has joined the Gypsies for this campaign after a brief trial with the club.

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But his arrival was well-flagged with Bohs fans excited by his CV that saw him once move to then Premier League side Sheffield United for £10 million. 

And Reynolds acknowledged that the talent that made him a big name is there, but he needs time to get back to that after 18 months out of the game. 

‘Rennie’ told SunSport: “He’s a lot of work to do to get up to speed. He hasn’t played in a year and a half, he’s had an Achilles injury so he’s going to be a slow burner in that sense.

“But when he’s playing games, you see the quality. But you can see he’s trying things that he used to be able to do…things that he could get on the end of if he was sharper.

“He took a bold move to come in on trial as nobody has really given him a chance. But his first day, it was like he’d never kicked a ball.

“And here was us telling the others that he was a Premier League player…he’d been training before then but I’m not sure at what level.

“But the improvement from that day until now is massive and he could be a really big player for us this season.”

Mousset is the seventh new arrival at the club this winter, with three of the new faces being attackers with Connor Parsons and Colm Whelan also added during the winter. 

And ‘Rennie’ reckons that will add greatly to Bohemians last season who scored just 39 goals in 36 games last season. 

He said: “We were good between the boxes last year…I think that’s what I’ve said quite a few times. 

“So hopefully we can be better with Connor, Collie, and Lys now as well as Rhys Brennan coming up from the Under-20s to go with what we already have.

“We were back in training on December 1 for a three-week bloc before Christmas, and then in the New Year. It’s been long but I think we needed it. 

“We had new players but also the ones we signed in the summer, Dawson (Devoy), Rossi (Tierney) and Leigh Kavanagh hadn’t a pre-season.”

‘YOU NEED TIME’

Having taken over in April last season, he also insisted that having his first pre-season with the club has helped a lot as he put his stamp on things. 

He said: “You need time. When I came in in April, my first game was away to Rovers on a Friday and I’d only taken over on the Thursday.

“There were 41 in the dressing room in Tallaght between players, young players and staff…I didn’t know if some were players or staff. It was like an American Football dressing room.

“So ‘re a lot tighter and cleaner now. We’ve made a few signings in the last few days but got a few done early. 

“As well as that, we’ve also got Keith Buckley, Rob Cornwall and James McManus back who didn’t play, or didn’t play much, last year. 

“People might say we didn’t do too much business but having those three back have really added to training as well.”

SIR DAVE BRAILSFORD has revealed a new plan to Manchester United staff aimed at delivering a 21st English league title.

The Ineos director of sport is taking a more keen role in operations at Old Trafford alongside technical director Jason Wilcox following the departure of Dan Ashworth five months into the job.

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Sir Dave Brailsford has laid out ‘Mission 21’ to land Man Utd’s 21st title[/caption]

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It comes under the broader scheme of ‘Project 150’ to win the league by 2028[/caption]

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A separate ‘Mission 1’ also aims to win the Women’s Super League for the first time[/caption]

And Brailsford, one of Sir Jim Ratcliffe‘s key lieutenants across a successful sporting empire, has now drafted plans to ambitiously win Man Utd the league, according to The Times.

The “Mission 21” plans were laid out late last year at the club’s Carrington training centre, with the assistance of ex-Liverpool performance nutritionist James Morton, before Ashworth’s departure.

A separate plan, labelled “Mission 1”, was also laid out to help the women’s team – seemingly an afterthought to club chiefs – to win the Women’s Super League for the first time.

Both missions come under the broader “Project 150”, which aims to get the club back to winning the Premier League by the club’s 150th anniversary in 2028.

“Project 150” was unveiled to staff last summer by CEO, Omar Berradam, while Wilcox, Brailsford and chief operating officer Collette Roche are the key figures behind the scheme.

Brailsford’s focus is on the performance of the club, with his “marginal gains” mantra being a central theme in the 60-year-old’s early work that brought success in cycling.

Meanwhile, Roche is overseeing the modernisation of the club’s training facilities and the Old Trafford redevelopment strategy.

External experts have also been parachuted in to offer their industry-leading insights.

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It was reported last week United had hired the expertise of legendary athletics coach, Harry Marra, who was named World Athletic’s Coach of the Year in 2016 after guiding Ashton Eaton to Olympic decathlon gold, which was a follow-up of a win in 2012.

Speaking on the hire, manager Ruben Amorim said: “It was not me; it was the club.

“We are always trying to bring experienced people to share the knowledge with the staff and to understand the body and how we can improve our players.

“It was not me. It’s not something new; he’s not there to coach the team; it’s more to coach the staff about the running, etcetera. It’s a simple thing we are used to doing to improve as a club.”

Amorim’s side continues to take one step forward and two steps back since his arrival and radical change of system to a 3-4-3 formation.

After winning three games on the bounce, United then fell to defeat against Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Sunday.

This form has put them 13th in the table, as close to the relegation spots as to the top five.

Patrick Dorgu was added to the senior squad as a £25million purchase that should slot straight into the first team.

SunSport’s tactical guru Dean Scoggins explained how the 20-year-old is a “perfect” signing for Amorim’s Man Utd.

The Red Devils face Leicester in the FA Cup fourth round on Friday before visiting Tottenham in the Premier League the following weekend.

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THE body of mother-of-two Lisa Thompson was found inside the door of her home with multiple stab wounds to the chest and a window blind cord wrapped around the neck, a murder trial jury is to hear.

It was during the opening of the trial of Brian McHugh that counsel for the State said the 12 jurors will also hear that a mixed DNA profile was found on the blind cord, to which the accused man couldn’t be excluded as a minor contributor.

McHugh, 40, with an address at Cairn Court, Poppintree, Ballymun, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to murdering Thompson, 52, at Sandyhill Gardens, Ballymun in Dublin 11 on May 9, 2022.

Opening the prosecution’s case, Fiona Murphy SC said the court will hear evidence from the deceased’s neighbour Rachel Barton, who will say that she heard a lot of banging around 2am on May 9.

Ms Murphy said: “She will say she looked out her window and saw a man in Ms Thompson’s back garden.”

Ms Barton, the court heard, will also testify that the man put three bags in the back of a dark green jeep, which then drove towards the main road.

Ms Murphy said the trial will hear that Damien Geraghty later found Ms Thompson’s remains inside the door of the property around 3pm that afternoon.

She had numerous wounds to the chest, a bloody mouth and nose, and a window blind cord was wrapped around the neck.

The barrister further stated that the blind cord was retrieved and sent for forensic examination.

Counsel said there was a mixed DNA profile on the cord and Ms Thompson couldn’t be excluded as a major contributor, while the accused couldn’t be excluded as a minor contributor.

Ms Murphy also said a woman who owned a grey Hyundai Tucson is seen on CCTV footage pulling up at a nearby laneway at 1.24am on 9 May and a man – who the prosecution say is Mr McHugh – is seen getting out and approaching the front door of Lisa Thompson’s house.

At 2.50am the man is seen leaving the area, carrying something in his hands and getting back into the vehicle which was waiting nearby.

The car is seen at a petrol station in Finglas and a man the prosecution say is Mr McHugh is seen showing certain items to the cashier.

ITEMS FOUND

Items belonging to Ms Thompson, including her driving licence, house keys and medication, were found nearby.

Mr McHugh’s home was searched and items were seized including jewellery linked to Ms Thompson.

The trial continues before Ms Justice Karen O’Connor and a jury of eight men and four women.

It is expected to last three weeks.

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