Category: Football

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...

Uncapped quintet Jarrad Branthwaite, Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah, Adam Wharton and James Trafford have made Southgate’s initial selection. Everton centre-back Branthwaite, 21, was key in his side securing Premier League safety this season, while Liverpool centre-back Quansah, 21, and 23-year-old team-mate Jones, who plays in midfield, helped the Reds finish third in the top flight....

Uncapped quintet Jarrad Branthwaite, Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah, Adam Wharton and James Trafford have made Southgate’s initial selection. Everton centre-back Branthwaite, 21, was key in his side securing Premier League safety this season, while Liverpool centre-back Quansah, 21, and 23-year-old team-mate Jones, who plays in midfield, helped the Reds finish third in the top flight....

‘We have a small chance of winning the league’ – Hayespublished at 13:46 30 April 13:46 30 April Liverpool v Chelsea (Wed, 19:00 BST) Chelsea Chelsea manager Emma Hayes on the mood in the squad following their Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona on Saturday: “We have moved on, we had a day off. We...

Analysis from Richard Wilford, BBC Radio WM sports editor Tony Mowbray’s decision to step down permanently from his job at St Andrew’s feels like the final exclamation mark of a season that promised much and ended in frustration and relegation. One of football’s great enthusiasts, you can only hope he is back to full strength...