Wolves striker Matheus Cunha suggests he could leave the club, Arsenal eye Sporting forward Viktor Gyokeres and Man City target AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders. Brazil striker Matheus Cunha, 25, says he rebuffed offers to leave Wolves in the winter window, but has told the club he needs “to take the next step” in his...
Real Madrid plot £90m move for Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes, Manchester City are interested in Barcelona midfielder Pedri and Chelsea are keen on Barcelona defender Jules Kounde. Manchester United’s Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes, 30, is a £90m transfer target for Real Madrid. (Star), external Incoming Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta will have the task...
Newcastle and Liverpool want each other’s strikers, Bayern Munich are interested in Brighton’s goalkeeper and Manchester United chase two Leipzig players. Nottingham Forest and Newcastle are both interested in Liverpool and Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez, 25, who looks increasingly likely to leave Anfield. (Teamtalk, external) Liverpool’s pursuit of Newcastle United and Sweden striker Alexander Isak,...
Darren Orme was a familiar figure cycling through the streets to work, the supporter known as ‘Mr Wigan Athletic’ because of a devotion to his beloved Latics stretching back more than 40 years. He was nearly always first on the supporters’ coach travelling to away games, happy to wait in the early hours for the...
Six Premier League clubs want Lille’s Jonathan David, four English sides are after Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike and Tottenham consider bringing someone back. Newcastle have joined Manchester United, Tottenham, West Ham, Chelsea and Liverpool in expressing their interest in Lille’s Canada striker Jonathan David, 25. (i Sport), external Manchester United are interested in Everton and...
Getty Images The world’s most populous country is ranked 90th in the men’s Fifa world rankings – just ahead of Curaçao and Luxembourg On a hot, humid Thursday night in Saitama, China’s national football team hit its lowest ebb. With a minute left on the clock and trailing Japan 6-0, Chinese defenders were likely wishing...
Southampton put £100m price tag on in-demand winger Tyler Dibling, Jadon Sancho targets a move back to Germany and Alexander Isak turns down Newcastle contract offer. Southampton will demand more than £100m for 19-year-old winger Tyler Dibling with the Englishman wanted by Tottenham and Manchester City. (Telegraph), external Newcastle want to bring Liverpool and England...
The Rugby Football Union would slide into months of “rancour and disruption” should a rebel motion to oust chief executive Bill Sweeney pass on Thursday, interim chair Bill Beaumont has warned. A collective of clubs, led by those in the second-tier Championship, have forced a referendum on Sweeney’s leadership. They claim the organisation has lost...
Archie Farmer & Janine Jansen BBC News, South West BBC The ‘Every Minute Matters’ campaign is aiming to get 270,000 fans to learn lifesaving CPR Plymouth Argyle fans have kicked off a 4,000km (2,485 mile) charity relay to encourage fellow football supporters across England to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The relay is part of the...
Manchester United have set their sights on Jarrad Branthwaite this summer, Liverpool target Xavi Simons and Newcastle want Dean Huijsen. Manchester United are ready to go all out to sign Everton and England defender Jarrad Branthwaite, 22, this summer for around, but a deal may hinge on Champions League qualification. (Sun – subscription required), external...
World Sevens Football are in talks with leading clubs about a new seven-a-side women’s football series that is scheduled to start in May. Games in the new “revolutionary grand slam series” will be played on a field half the size of a typical football pitch and involve two 15-minute halves, with extra time for tie-breakers....
Chas Geiger Politics reporter Getty Images Claims an independent football regulator could stifle the growth of the Premier League and foreign investment in it are “complete nonsense”, English Football League (EFL) chairman Rick Parry has told the BBC. Under a change to a government bill going through Parliament, the proposed regulator will have a duty...
Angel Gomes rejects West Ham approach, Arsenal keen on Moise Kean, Manchester United chase striking pair, while Liverpool target Julian Alvarez not for sale. Lille and England midfielder Angel Gomes, 24, has rejected an approach by West Ham, despite the Premier League club offering him £100,000-a-week contract to join when his contract expires this summer....
“We’re having a conversation now [with the council] and saying that if we are going to invest £600m into the Allianz – and that’s going to bring X amount of revenue, we have got the study to show how much economic value it contributes to the borough – you are going to have to work...
Real Madrid want Bournemouth’s Dean Huijsen, Cherries target Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, Al-Nassr eye Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes. Real Madrid will step up their bid to sign 19-year-old defender Dean Huijsen from Bournemouth this summer after he was promoted to Spain’s senior squad. (Sun), external Bournemouth are leading the race to sign Republic of Ireland goalkeeper...