Welcome to the Defector College Football Watch Guide, where Israel Daramola and Ray Ratto will tell you which of the weekend’s college football games are worth giving a crap about. Ray: Week 0 is behind us, as well you might want it to be if you watched South Carolina State beat Savannah State 87-0 in Saturday. … Read more
Pierre Sage has revealed that Ismaila Sarr will need time to recover from his failed transfer to Liverpool, and addressed whether the Senegalese forward will move to Anfield in January. The Reds approached Sarr in an effort to locate their Mohamed Salah replacement, with Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh also considered. Neither forward was signed by Liverpool, … Read more
The Bucs received good news when wide receiver Emeka Egbuka took a big step towards his recovery when he took to the practice field this week and began doing some physical testing of his injured toe. Egbuka suffered a turf toe injury in the first joint practice with the Jets on August 12 and hasn’t … Read more
CHAT S***, GET BANGED? While Football Daily likes to think we have our finger on the cultural pulse, before this week we were oblivious to the fact that Jamie Vardy has his own podcast. Called Jamie Vardy’s Having a Party, it is a far more sedate affair than the name suggests, given the only episode … Read more
The Women’s Super League is back for 2026/27 and there is plenty to get excited about. For the first time in 10 years, the defending champions aren’t from the capital after Manchester City broke Chelsea’s run of eight titles in nine seasons (Arsenal won it in 2019). That’s not the only thing that’s new, with … Read more
Clubs must register a ‘List A’ and ‘List B’ squad. List A This is the list that had the Wednesday evening deadline. List A contains a maximum of 25 players, with a minimum of eight ‘locally trained’ squad members. Of those eight, no more than four can be ‘association-trained’ instead of ‘club-trained’. If the club … Read more
Andoni Iraola has defended Liverpool’s summer transfer strategy and said the club’s priority was to sign quality over quantity. Liverpool had the highest net spend in the Premier League, with Bradley Barcola, signed for a potential £123m, added to a front line that includes the £125m Alexander Isak and £116m Florian Wirtz. Barcola could make … Read more
Last week was monumental for the Tampa Bay area, with both the Tampa City Council (4-3) and Hillsborough County Commission (5-2) passing the Tampa Bay Rays’ $2.3 billion ballpark deal – a deal that will see the Rays make the move from St. Petersburg to Tampa and once again become across-the-street neighbors with the Bucs. … Read more
Spending patterns for Premier League clubs are not just about the fee, but who the clubs are choosing to do business with. Take a look at the high-value deals, worth £40m or more, which have doubled this summer from two years ago. In 2024-25 there were 13 such deals, this summer there were 27. More … Read more
UEFA have begun a disciplinary investigation involving Mason Greenwood and former Arsenal man Matteo Guendouzi following alleged provocative behaviour. The incident in question came during August’s Champions League play-off game versus Lyon, which finished 1-2, and 2-3 on aggregate in the pair’s favour, as Super Lig side Fenerbahce advanced to the competition proper. The Turkish … Read more