Premier League clubs are rattling through the summer transfer like nobody’s business. Their total outlay is believed to be around £1.5 billion already and the transfer news is coming thicker and faster than ever. Established Premier League clubs aren’t shy about spending money. Their level of risk is mitigated by incoming fees for the expensive … Read more
It isn’t just football fans and Uefa executives who want to give Gianni Infantino the red card for his plan to sell off 20% of the World Cup to a privately backed commercial enterprise. The Fifa president is also in the crosshairs of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in Washington and ranking Democrat member … Read more
So what are the rules that Newcastle have, at times, come close to breaking? From the beginning of the PIF takeover, Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) have put the brakes on Newcastle’s ambitions to spend. Just because a club has wealthy owners does not mean they can spend big in the transfer windows. After buying … Read more
Coventry City have had to wait to get their man but goalkeeper Carl Rushworth is finally on his way back to the Coventry Building Society Arena for a reported club record fee of £22.5 million. Rushworth was ever-present for Coventry as they won the Championship last season, helping them to secure a return to the … Read more
Charlotte Robson, True Faith: Newcastle United Podcast: The timing, for me, is the thing that is difficult to understand. We could have done this in May, at the end of the season, when a lot of high-calibre managers were looking for new clubs. It was clear, at that point, that Eddie Howe needed a break. … Read more
The Asian Football Confederation has accused Fifa of undermining the foundations of football by failing to consult the confederations over their plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. In a letter sent on Thursday by president Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa to AFC’s 47 members, which has been seen by the … Read more
Football quiz time. Some might call this the football quiz if you’re English, as we demand that you name all 22 players to elevate themselves to a heavenly level still yet surpassed. It’s 60 years exactly since that sun-spangled afternoon in London, when England stood on top of the world after beating West Germany 4-2 … Read more
Chelsea could soon be joined in Hong Kong by Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck, senior players added to the squad to ensure that new manager Xabi Alonso has some experience to draw upon. The Blues have been busy in the transfer market since the end of the World Cup. Henderson and Welbeck are following Marco … Read more
Liverpool turned the Empire State Building red when launching a new away kit on Tuesday but neither they nor Wrexham could illuminate Yankee Stadium 24 hours later. It was rough in the diamond, although Rio Ngumoha’s deflected goal made it two wins out of two for Andoni Iraola on his first pre-season tour as Liverpool … Read more
Vozinha is cashing in on his newfound fame by promoting the new Spider-Man film. The 40-year-old World Cup star’s arrival to his new club in Chile, however, was caught up in old-fashioned paperwork. The Cape Verde goalkeeper was scheduled to be with Colo Colo by Wednesday, but Chile’s biggest and most successful club says Vozinha’s … Read more