Manchester City could be sued by players for lost earnings over 115 charges guilty verdict Sport Business The ramifications of Manchester City’s mass guilty verdict in the 115 charges case could extend to being sued for compensation by players from rival teams, say leading sports lawyers. City are facing a devastating fallout after being found guilty, pending an appeal, of all but one of the charges of breaching financial rules over a [...]
Liverpool’s £123m Bradley Barcola signing takes Premier League spending to £3bn Sport Business Premier League clubs are on course to threaten last year’s record £3.1bn summer spending on deadline day after Liverpool completed the £123m signing of Bradley Barcola. Teams in England’s top division have already shelled out around £3bn in the current window, which is set to close across Europe tomorrow night at 11pm. That leaves them [...]
Chelsea to hand Joao Pedro wage boost as club prepare for tough summer Sport Business Chelsea face a difficult summer ahead following their failure to qualify for Europe, but Joao Pedro is set for a base-salary increase that may help them keep hold of one of their star players. The Brazilian forward – a £60m signing from Brighton last summer – was a rare bright spark in an otherwise gloomy [...]
Club World Cup left Chelsea with less than two weeks’ pre-season September 29, 2025 Winners Chelsea were among the teams hardest hit by participating in the Club World Cup, exposing their players to greater risk of injury, according to a report by footballers’ union Fifpro. Reaching the final of the revamped competition in the US this summer left Chelsea with just 13 days of pre-season preparations before beginning the [...]
Fifa and Chelsea probe ‘racist song’ video as Argentina star apologises July 17, 2024 Fernandez’s Chelsea teammate Wesley Fofana, who is French, called him out by posting the clip on his own social media.