Category: Football

Chelsea in talks with Leicester boss Marescapublished at 07:26 07:26 Nizaar KinsellaBBC Sport football news reporter Chelsea are in talks to appoint Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca as the replacement for Mauricio Pochettino. The Italian, 44, is interested in moving to Chelsea, with talks continuing between the two clubs, 24 hours after Ipswich Town manager...

Ineos is “confident” of finding a solution that allows Manchester United and Nice to compete in next season’s Europa League. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos company owns a 27.7% stake in United and are in control of the club’s football operations, while they completed a takeover of French club Nice in 2019. Uefa rules restrict the...

Uefa and Fifa were wrong to ban clubs from joining the breakaway European Super League, a Spanish court has ruled. Madrid’s commercial court said the European and world governing bodies were practising anti-competitive behaviour and abusing their dominant position. However, Uefa says the ruling is not an endorsement of the ESL or backing of any...

Get Involved – Simon Stone Q&Apublished at 14:20 29 April 14:20 29 April #bbcfootball, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Adesoji from Stirling: Hi Simon. I am a concerned Arsenal fan and I feel the team has done a lot to be a worthy, but with Manchester City in...

Premier League to honour £1.6bn pyramid paymentpublished at 15:14 28 May 15:14 28 May Simon StoneChief football news reporter The Premier League will honour its commitment to distribute £1.6bn through the English pyramid even though around £100m in parachute payments will not be needed following the promotion of Leicester and Southampton. Following their relegation last...

The Italian was chosen primarily by sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart from a four-man shortlist in the last week. Co-controlling owner Behdad Eghbali has also been in London for the process and is the key figure from the ownership across the potential appointment. A combination of data, interviews and due diligence background checks...

Moyes’ future in the air amid Loptegui Hammers talkspublished at 16:35 3 May 16:35 3 May Chelsea v West Ham (Sun, 14:00 BST) Simon StoneBBC Sport Image source, Getty Images West Ham could make a decision on David Moyes’ future before the end of the season amid growing rumours he is going to be replaced...

Wayne Rooney is expected to be confirmed as the head coach of Championship side Plymouth Argyle on Saturday after holding talks about the vacancy. Rooney, 38, is keen to re-establish his reputation after a disastrous spell at Birmingham last season, when he lost nine games out of 15. Argyle are looking for a new boss...

Breaking Down UK’s Latest Football Offers (5/23) – CatsIllustrated PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ncmEtY29udGFpbmVyIGRpc3Ryb19hZCc+CjxkaXYgY2xh c3M9J3ZpZGVvLWFkLXdyYXBwZXInPgo8c2NyaXB0IGFzeW5jIHNyYz0nLy9j LmpzcmRuLmNvbS9zL2NzLmpzP3A9MjI1NDYnIHR5cGU9J3RleHQvamF2YXNj cmlwdCc+PC9zY3JpcHQ+CjxkaXYgY2xhc3M9J3ZpZGVvLWNvbnRhaW5lcicg aWQ9J2RzX2RlZmF1bHRfYW5jaG9yJz48L2Rpdj4KPC9kaXY+CjwvZGl2PgoK Justin Rowland • CatsIllustrated Publisher Justin Rowland has been CatsIllustrated.com’s publisher since 2015. He covered college football recruiting at programs nationwide for 15 years prior to that. Another day, another round of offers extended to new Kentucky football targets.As always, Cats...

West Brom have suspended an employee and launched an investigation after allegations of racism. The member of football staff has been accused of operating ‘racist and biased practises’ in a 10-point grievance letter, seen by BBC Sport. The club are now looking into the matter with managing director Mark Miles having been made aware of...

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers… THE TIMES Mauricio Pochettino is interested in talking to Manchester United if they decide to part ways with Erik ten Hag this summer. Arsene Wenger is to press ahead with his proposal to bring in the most radical change to the offside law for more than...

James would have liked Sancho call-uppublished at 14:29 22 May 14:29 22 May Emlyn BegleyBBC Sport in Dublin I have just been speaking to former England goalkeeper David James about Gareth Southgate’s provisional Euros squad at a ‘Uefa legends’ match in Dublin. “Am I surprised? Yes and no,” he told me. “I was hoping Sancho’s...