Rodri: Man City reject Barcelona’s opening bid for midfielder

Manchester City have rejected an opening offer of £38.5m from Barcelona for midfielder Rodri. City are open to selling the Spaniard, but would demand more than £60m. The 30-year-old enters the final year of his contract at Etihad Stadium and is yet to sign a new deal, with speculation rife about his future this summer. … Read more

Jon Gruden Extremely High On The 2026 Bucs

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Why Arsenal move for Chelsea’s Josh Acheampong makes sense, following Xabi Alonso comments

Arsenal and Chelsea doing business with one another used to be on just one condition: “only if we have to”. The London rivals didn’t actually negotiate a deal until 2006, and the highly contentious cross-capital switch of Ashley Cole from north to west – with William Gallas thrown into the deal for good measure. Even … Read more

Manchester United eyeing another bargain move, with £21m star’s move ‘inevitable’: report

Manchester United are chasing yet another cost-effective signing. The Red Devils have enjoyed a frugal summer, completing the likes of Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos while shunning the opportunity to pay bigger bucks for Matheus Fernandes – and that trend could well continue. Manager Michael Carrick is hoping to add a little more depth to … Read more

Mexico and Argentina line up behind Infantino to deepen football’s civil war | Fifa

The Mexican football federations have broken ranks with the rest of Concacaf by issuing their public backing for beleaguered Fifa president Gianni Infantino in a move that has deepened world football’s civil war. Concacaf has called for a thorough review of Fifa’s governance in the light of the World Cup sell-off debacle, and is backing … Read more

Why are Preston and Huddersfield playing at Goodison Park?

Preston North End and Huddersfield Town will kick off in the Carabao Cup First Round on Saturday, August 8 in unique surroundings. The two Football League clubs meet at Everton’s former ground, Goodison Park, rather than Deepdale. The venue shift stems from pitch improvement work currently taking place at Preston’s home stadium of Deepdale. Preston … Read more

Football gossip: Spence, Zirkzee, Mbaye, Mudryk, Elias, Diatta, Catamo

Liverpool have no intention of pursuing Djed Spence this summer, Juventus looking to secure Joshua Zirkzee on loan and Arsenal and Manchester United send scouts to watch Kaua Elias. Liverpool have no intention of pursuing a summer transfer move for Tottenham and England full-back Djed Spence, 25, despite their recent injury woes. (Mirror), external Juventus … Read more

Scottish football needs Edinburgh to stand up and last season proved it

The final moments of last season’s Scottish Premiership title race will eventually be forgotten, lost to history amongst an ocean of Celtic trophies. For just a few weeks, Scotland had the attention of the football world. The prospect of Celtic winning a 56th championship wasn’t the draw. A midweek match between Motherwell and Celtic attracted … Read more

Who will exit Chelsea? How Blues could cut 41-man squad

Chelsea are out of European football next season after finishing 10th in a campaign where Enzo Maresca left the club and Liam Rosenior was dismissed. Alonso has some difficult decisions ahead. His goalkeeping options appear set, with Robert Sanchez joined by exciting Belgian prospect Mike Penders, 21, following his impressive loan spell at French club … Read more

Old habits haunt Rangers in early McInnes tenure

Neither Russell Martin nor Danny Rohl were able to restore past glories in their short stints in Govan while McInnes was taking Hearts to the verge of immortality. Much of the condemnation surrounding the Ibrox club’s failures last season came back to the same theme – they may be fluid and clinical going forward at … Read more