England star named world’s most valuable footballer January 8, 2025 England and Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham has been named the world’s most valuable football player in a new independent ranking. Bellingham’s double-winning success with the Spanish side and leading role at international level have lifted his value to £210m, according to the CIES Football Observatory. That puts the 21-year-old ahead of record-breaking Manchester City [...]
30 per cent: Football Association sets diversity target for England coaches November 26, 2024 The Football Association (FA) wants 30 per cent of England men’s team coaches to be from ethnically diverse backgrounds by 2028. The governing body was told earlier this year it needed to “work a lot harder” to create a diverse pool of candidates for the England head coach position by the Black Footballers Partnership. The [...]
England finish Carsley tenure with bang and Nations League promotion November 17, 2024 Captain Harry Kane hailed Lee Carsley after England rounded off the interim manager’s stint in charge with a record 5-0 win over the Republic of Ireland at Wembley and promotion back to the top tier of the Nations League. Kane, Anthony Gordon, Conor Gallagher, Jarrod Bowen and Taylor Harwood-Bellis all scored in a 26-minute second-half [...]
Carsley hands uncapped duo first call-ups in final England squad November 7, 2024 Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall and Southampton centre-back Taylor Harwood-Bellis have received their first England call-ups in interim boss Lee Carsley’s final squad. Hall has impressed for Newcastle this season, playing in all 10 Premier League games and could provide an answer to England’s left-back problems. Harwood-Bellis has also been an ever-present for Saints and has [...]
FA in talks to hire German to manage England team – on record salary October 15, 2024 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is also thought to have been sounded out about the job but talks with Tuchel are said to have progressed further.
Lay off Lee Carsley – he deserves credit not mockery for taking risks October 14, 2024 Gareth Southgate was pilloried for not experimenting enough as England manager and now Lee Carsley is getting the same treatment for doing the opposite. It’s a funny old game. One of the big problems with international football is scarcity, although expansion-happy governing bodies may soon see to that. The relative infrequency of matches from which [...]
‘Anything can happen’: Guardiola leaves door open to England job October 14, 2024 Pep Guardiola appears to have left the door open to the England job by declaring of his future: “Anything can happen.” The most successful manager of his generation is out of contract at Manchester City at the end of the season and undecided about his next move. Meanwhile, the Football Association remain in the market [...]
England’s Foden among most overworked footballers, says player union September 5, 2024 Manchester City midfielder Foden played 72 times for club and country last season and was one of six players from the English top division to make 70 or more appearances.
Carsley puts focus on youth in first England squad of tenure August 29, 2024 England’s new interim manager Lee Carsley put a focus on youth in the first squad of the post-Southgate era, with Lille midfielder Angel Gomes, Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White and Chelsea winger Noni Madueke all being given their first senior call-ups. Manchester City youngster Rico Lewis and Chelsea’s Levi Colwill also made the cut, adding further [...]
Prince Willliam and Keir Starmer pay tribute after former England coach Eriksson dies August 26, 2024 Prince William has led the tributes after Sven-Goran Eriksson, the first foreigner to manage the England football team and “true gentleman of the game”, died on Monday aged 76. Eriksson, who led England at three major tournaments between 2001 and 2006, passed away at his home in Bjorkefors, western Sweden, after a period of illness [...]