Manchester United ready to pay £8m for new manager, say his club October 29, 2024 Manchester United have moved a step closer to appointing Ruben Amorim as their new manager after Sporting Lisbon confirmed the Premier League club had made an approach for the 39-year-old. The Portuguese champions issued a statement to the stock market on Tuesday announcing that United had made contact with a view to paying Amorim’s £8.3m [...]
Past Ballon d’Or winners as Rodri wins 2024 award October 28, 2024 Manchester City’s Rodri has beaten Vinicius Jr to the 2024 Ballon d’Or at a prestigious event in Paris. The Spaniard became the first Premier League winner of the Ballon d’Or since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008, when the Portuguese was at Manchester United. “A very special day, for me, my family and my country,” he said. [...]
Man Utd name interim manager after sacking Erik ten Hag October 28, 2024 Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag after Sunday’s defeat at West Ham United compounded their worst ever start to a Premier League season. The decision comes less than four months after United handed Ten Hag a new contract, despite sounding out potential replacements during the summer. Ruud van Nistelrooy, the former United striker [...]
Arteta claims Arsenal deserved all three points after Liverpool draw October 27, 2024 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta insisted his team had deserved all three points after a 2-2 draw with Liverpool that denied the visitors a return to the top of the Premier League. Twice the hosts went in front, through Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino, but twice Liverpool fought back, with goals from Virgil van Dijk and [...]
Ten Hag blames soft penalty as Man United fall to 14th in Premier League October 27, 2024 Erik ten Hag blamed a soft penalty decision after a late 2-1 defeat at West Ham left his Manchester United team 14th in the Premier League. Jarrod Bowen’s injury-time spot-kick decided the game after a lengthy VAR check for a collision between United defender Matthijs de Ligt and Hammers forward Danny Ings. The result heaps [...]
Football Governance Bill: What do lawyers think about changes? October 25, 2024 On Thursday the government reintroduced the Football Governance Bill, in what they describe as a “strengthening” of the previous attempt. Among the changes was a drop of the requirement to take note of UK foreign policy, and a development to include fans in plans to hike ticket prices and relocate stadiums. But what do top [...]
Parachute payments: Government clarifies stance after regulator move October 24, 2024 The government insists it does not want parachute payments to be abolished, despite giving the incoming football regulator new powers to look at the controversial mechanism. The Premier League and English Football League remain at loggerheads over the issue, which has contributed to an impasse over the so-called New Deal of financial redistribution. More than [...]
Government bows to Uefa pressure over Football Regulator foreign policy veto October 23, 2024 The requirement for the incoming Football Regulator to consider government foreign policy in club takeovers has been dropped from the new Football Governance Bill, which will be reintroduced to Westminster today. The Bill, formulated under the previous government but not ratified in time for the election, will enter the House of Lords today in a [...]
Premier League fans to protest about rising ticket prices October 23, 2024 Supporter protests over Premier League ticket pricing are set to be staged over the next two weekends, the Football Supporters’ Association has said. The FSA said fan groups would meet ahead of the next two rounds of games, which have been designated as an opportunity to support the #StopExploitingLoyalty campaign. Nineteen out of 20 clubs [...]
Mourinho jokes about Manchester City’s 115 alleged rules breaches October 23, 2024 Jose Mourinho joked on Wednesday that he could still get a Premier League winners’ medal should Manchester City have titles taken off them following the outcome of their case relating to 115 alleged rules breaches. The former Manchester United boss finished second to the blue side of the city in the 2017-18 season, his last [...]