Pep Guardiola will make me the complete player, insists Manchester City’s £37m new boy Leroy Sane August 2, 2016 Newly-acquired Manchester City winger Leroy Sane believes he will become the complete player under Pep Guardiola’s tutelage after completing his move from Schalke for an initial £37m. The 20-year-old has signed a five-year deal at the Etihad Stadium and continues Guardiola’s rebuilding job at the two-time Premier League champions, taking the club’s spending this transfer window [...]
Football Association of Wales reject Hull City’s approach for national team boss Chris Coleman August 2, 2016 Hull City’s search for a new manager has suffered a blow after the Football Association of Wales rejected an approach from the Tigers to speak with national team boss Chris Coleman. The Premier League side have been hunting a replacement for Steve Bruce after the former Manchester United skipper quit last month following a breakdown in [...]
Why Barcelona settled for Qatar Airways as shirt sponsor and will always struggle to match Manchester United’s commercial clout August 2, 2016 Despite being one of the largest football clubs on the planet, Barcelona were compelled to ignore calls from within their own fan base to cut ties with Gulf state Qatar, which included a petition signed by over 60,000 people, and sign a one-year extension to their Qatar Airways shirt sponsorship deal earlier this month after struggling to [...]
Lyon manager admits Arsenal target Alexandre Lacazette could still be sold at the right price August 2, 2016 Arsenal may still be able to prise transfer target Alexandre Lacazette away from Lyon according to the manager of the French club. The Gunners were unsuccessful with a £29m bid for the striker earlier this summer, but Lyon boss Bruno Genesio has conceded that "there are some offers you cannot refuse". Lyon believe Lacazette, who has scored over 20 goals in each of the [...]
Manchester City to take spending past £70m mark with Leroy Sane signing August 1, 2016 Manchester City are closing in on the signing of 20-year-old Germany winger Leroy Sane from Schalke for a fee that could rise to £42m. Sane’s club confirmed on Monday that he was in Manchester, rather than joining them on a pre-season training camp, where he was expected to undergo a routine medical examination. City are [...]
Revealed: How West Ham owners are free to cash in on Olympic Stadium deal July 31, 2016 West Ham United’s complex deal for the Olympic Stadium, the full details of which are laid bare for the first time today, could make the football club’s wealthy owners even richer than previously thought – at the expense of the taxpayer. As the Hammers prepare to play their first match at the largely public-funded £700m [...]
Talking the talk: Harding on Ofcom, hacks, and fibre July 31, 2016 At TalkTalk's Shepherd's Bush offices, cavernous rooms enclosed by exposed walls and trendy staff make this company feel more like an outsized Shoreditch startup than a FTSE 250 constituent. Fitting surroundings for a firm that is out to ape Google’s growing US broadband service, Google Fibre, as it ramps up its challenge to BT’s faux-fibre offering. [...]
Jamie Vardy: Snubbing Arsenal move was easy and Riyad Mahrez should do the same July 31, 2016 Leicester and England striker Jamie Vardy has revealed he had no difficulty turning down a summer transfer to Arsenal and has urged team-mate Riyad Mahrez to do the same. Vardy opted to sign a new contract with the Premier League champions rather than move to north London after the Gunners activated a release clause in his [...]
Arsene Wenger describes transfer fees as “scary” but still wants “one more” attacking player at Arsenal July 29, 2016 Arsene Wenger has admitted the scale of transfer spending in the Premier League has reached "scary" levels, but maintains Arsenal are on the hunt for a new attacking player. Following the Gunners' 2-1 pre-season victory over the MLS All Stars in San Jose, Wenger suggested his side was currently light in forward areas. Arsenal have already failed in attempts to [...]
PM’s takeover test may do more Arm than good July 29, 2016 We're less than a month into Theresa May’s administration but there’s already a worrying air of economic policy schizophrenia drifting through Whitehall. The new Prime Minister has the most daunting in-tray of any incoming Premier for decades, but she needs to flesh out her vision for corporate Britain fast; what she has offered so far [...]