Sky and BT Sport pay £4.46bn to share Premier League TV rights for 160 games between 2019/20 and 2021/22 February 13, 2018 After years of extraordinary revenue growth, the Premier League has sold its latest package of live TV games to Sky and BT Sport for a reduced per-match rate. The two media giants will pay a combined £4.46bn to televise 160 matches per season, between 2019/20 and 2021/22. Three years ago, Sky and BT Sport paid [...]
Blow for Arsenal as striker Alexandre Lacazette ruled out for up to six weeks following knee surgery February 13, 2018 Arsenal have suffered a major blow as they prepare for Thursday’s Europa League clash with Ostersunds FK after striker Alexandre Lacazette was ruled out for up to six weeks following knee surgery. Lacazette, who has scored nine goals for the Gunners this term following his £46.5m summer move from Lyon, underwent the procedure yesterday and [...]
Manchester United top Premier League stadium naming rights table ahead of Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal February 13, 2018 Manchester United could earn an additional £26.2m per year by rebranding Old Trafford, according to a study on the growing value of stadium naming rights in the Premier League. United’s stadium naming rights are by far the most valuable in the English top flight and worth £7.1m more than those of Manchester City, says advisory [...]
Chelsea 3, West Bromwich Albion 0: Antonio Conte admits his relief as Eden Hazard inspires gloom-lifting victory February 12, 2018 Chelsea boss Antonio Conte expressed his relief after Eden Hazard turned on the style and inspired the defending Premier League champions to a gloom-lifting victory over bottom-of-the-table West Brom. Hazard netted twice, either side of a Victor Moses strike, as Chelsea recovered from back-to-back thrashings by Bournemouth and Watford and regained fourth place from Tottenham. [...]
Champions League: Are Premier League clubs on the cusp of a European renaissance? February 12, 2018 The Champions League resumes this week with more English clubs in the knockout stages than ever before. All five Premier League sides who qualified to play in Europe’s elite competition — Manchester United joined last season’s domestic top four by winning the Europa League — cruised through to the last 16 with relative ease. Only [...]
England and West Brom striker Jay Rodriguez “in disbelief” after racism charge from Football Association February 8, 2018 England striker Jay Rodriguez says he is “gutted and in disbelief” at being charged by the Football Association over allegations that he racially abused Brighton defender Gaetan Bong. The West Brom player faces a minimum ban of five matches if found guilty in relation to the flashpoint with Cameroon international Bong during a Premier League [...]
Tottenham can exploit Arsenal’s shaky starts in big games February 8, 2018 Arsene Wenger could be forgiven if he shuddered when Christian Eriksen scored after just 11 seconds to put Tottenham ahead against Manchester United last week. In doing so the Dane highlighted an aspect of the game in which Spurs outperform the Gunners, especially in big games such as Saturday’s derby between the north London rivals. [...]
Manchester United’s Alexis Sanchez breaks shirt sales records following move from Arsenal February 8, 2018 Manchester United’s new signing Alexis Sanchez has broken records for shirt sales, the club’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has revealed. Following Sanchez’s arrival at Old Trafford from Arsenal last month as part of a swap deal for Henrikh Mkhitaryan, United sold over three times as many shirts featuring his name as any previous January transfer. [...]
Chelsea set to keep faith with Antonio Conte despite sudden dip in form and tensions with club February 6, 2018 Chelsea look set to keep faith with manager Antonio Conte despite the club’s nosediving form intensifying speculation that the Italian’s departure is only a matter of time. Conte appeared to invite the club to sack him following Monday’s 4-1 defeat at Watford – their third loss in four games, and part of a longer sequence [...]
Watford 4, Chelsea 1: Antonio Conte insists he does not fear sack despite humiliating defeat pushing him to the brink February 6, 2018 Watford 4, Chelsea 1 Chelsea manager Antonio Conte last night insisted that he does not fear the sack despite a humiliating setback at Watford leaving him fighting to save his job. The Premier League champions, who played with 10 men for an hour, looked rudderless as they succumbed to consecutive three-goal defeats against teams in [...]