Category: Football

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino says “stupid rumours” about his future need to end but admits he does not know if he and his staff will be at the club next season. Pochettino, 52, signed a two-year contract with the option of a further year when he was appointed last May. However, Chelsea have had an...

If there is one thing Jurgen Klopp will not miss about English football, it is the Premier League’s early kick-off on a Saturday. The Liverpool boss has made no secret of his dislike for the 12.30pm kick-off time, and referred to it in 2018 as the “breakfast” slot, external. Klopp took aim at the Premier...

The Gunners started the game extremely quickly and had Bournemouth under pressure for the majority of the first half. Mikel Arteta’s side had 11 shots in the opening 20 minutes of the match – the joint-most by a Premier League side this season – but for a while it looked as though it might not...

Scrolling back through Haaland’s incredible scoring feats since his arrival at Manchester City, it was almost a surprise to learn he has never scored four in a Premier League game until this one. He has scored five twice, at Luton in the FA Cup in February and against RB Leipzig in the Champions League in...

Manchester City duo Phil Foden and Khadija Shaw have been named footballers of the year by the Football Writers’ Association. Foden, 23, has scored 24 goals and provided 10 assists in 50 appearances in all competitions for City this term. The England midfielder received 42% of the vote for the men’s award, beating Declan Rice...

As Spurs suffered, it was a positive night for Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino, taking charge of his 400th game in English football. The 52-year-old Argentine, who managed Tottenham from 2014 to 2019 and took them to a Champions League final, has led Chelsea to a double over Spurs after Thursday’s victory followed a 4-1 win...

Everton’s prospective buyers have held discussions with a private equity firm specialising in ‘distressed debt’ as they aim to complete a protracted takeover of the club. 777 Partners agreed to buy current owner Farhad Moshiri’s 94% stake in September but have struggled to seal the deal as it is yet to be ratified by the...

In comparison, Transfermarkt’s ‘market valuation’ is much more modest, and their UK content lead Stefan Bienkowski says it considers factors such as form, age, contract status and its own members’ evaluations. Transfermarkt says three of the top five biggest downgrades in market value, external in the Premier League this season are United’s Antony, Marcus Rashford...

Conor Gallagher, 24, Chelsea midfielder Contract situation: One year left at the end of the season Estimated market value: £68m Linked with: Tottenham BBC Sport football news reporter Alex Howell: Before Cole Palmer took centre stage, it could have been argued that Conor Gallagher was Chelsea’s player of the season. Gallagher has taken on the...

Former Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth midfielder Diarra claims a move to Belgian club Charleroi collapsed because they were worried about having to pay compensation to Lokomotiv under Fifa’s rules. Diarra said football’s world governing body’s rules that a new club would be held jointly liable with him for paying compensation to Lokomotiv hampered his efforts...

Fulham have been fined £75,000 by the Premier League and given a suspended six-month ban “from registering any academy players currently or previously registered with another club”. The punishment, external relates to a payment made by the Cottagers to Balham Blazers FC following Fabio Carvalho’s move to Liverpool. Attacking midfielder Carvalho joined Fulham’s academy from...

Manchester United are willing to let former France defender Raphael Varane, 31, leave for free when his contract expires this summer. (Mirror) external-link Barcelona are looking to strengthen their attacking options with Liverpool and Colombia striker Luis Diaz, 27, being one of their targets, while the Reds are “losing patience” with his performances. (Mundo Deportivo...