Ahead of the Game: Treasury cost-cutting to hit Manchester United £2bn stadium plans August 7, 2024 Rachel Reeves could scupper Sir Jim Ratcliffe's more ambitious stadium hopes.
Chelsea manager: Premier League PSR rules must change to ‘protect’ academy players August 6, 2024 The Blues have been criticised for selling off homegrown talent in order to balance the books.
Atletico Madrid agree £82m fee to sign Manchester City star August 6, 2024 Atletico have agreed to pay £64.5m up front plus an additional £17m in additional fees.
England midfielder heading for Madrid after Chelsea accept cut-price deal August 5, 2024 Conor Gallagher has agreed to sign for Atletico Madrid after Chelsea accepted a cut-price £34m deal for the England midfielder. Gallagher spent the weekend mulling over a move to the Spanish club after rejecting Chelsea’s offer of a contract extension. It will bring to an end the boyhood Blues fan’s 16-year association with the south-west [...]
West Ham close in on double swoop as club back new boss Lopetegui August 4, 2024 Both players were due to fly to England at the weekend to undergo medical tests and sign their contracts.
Kylian Mbappe and five success stories of footballers who own teams August 2, 2024 As well as being potentially lucrative investments, team ownership can keep former players involved in the game without having to become managers.
Saudi Arabia: The proposed stadiums of the 2034 Fifa World Cup August 1, 2024 Saudi Arabia is probably going to be hosting the 2034 Fifa World Cup. They are the only bidder at the moment and the process has closed, so it’s odds on. And, unsurprisingly, they’ve gone all out in their stadium design. This week their respective delegation submitted their bid with renders of the proposed stadiums. Take [...]
Emirates extends FA Cup sponsorship despite controversial changes August 1, 2024 The Football Association has renewed its sponsorship deal with Emirates for the FA Cup for another four years. The arrangement, which began in 2015 and is reported to be worth £10m per season, will now run through until at least 2028. It comes as the FA Cup is set to undergo controversial changes this season, [...]
Ed Warner: Is the ‘Wrexham Effect’ actually hurting lower league finances? August 1, 2024 One week until the football league kicks off and Wrexham AFC will hog the League One spotlight.
Ahead of the Game: Six Nations facing compensation fight over £800m deal snub July 31, 2024 In his first weekly sports news column, Matt Hughes reports on the row between the Six Nations and southern hemisphere chiefs over the Nations Championship, the value of Team GB’s new deal with Adidas, Everton’s tensions with the Premier League, and England cricket chiefs’s latest hire. The Six Nations are facing potential demands for tens [...]