Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly and director Mark Walter are weighing up the possibility of selling their stakes in the club to majority shareholder Clearlake Capital, a move that would hand the private equity firm full control at Stamford Bridge. Clearlake, whose investment is overseen by Behdad Eghbali and José E Feliciano, currently holds more than […]
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“The young man could hardly process what had happened, and none of us would have been able to either after doing something like that,” said Álvaro Mantilla, Racing Santander’s captain on the day the club had dreamed about for years. That was why the 19-year-old, a local player who had spent half his life at […]
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There are important qualifications. This was merely the Community Shield, a trophy whose winners have not gone on to claim the league title since 2018. The opposition were the reigning champions, and their pre-season schedule involved considerably less demanding travel. The picture in central midfield should also become clearer once Rodri completes his expected transfer […]
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Martin Ødegaard has hailed the immediate influence of summer arrivals Bruno Guimarães and Christos Tzolis following Arsenal’s Community Shield triumph against Manchester City on Sunday. He also believes the reigning Premier League champions are capable of challenging for several honours this season. Arsenal produced an outstanding display in Cardiff, overwhelming the previous season’s FA Cup […]
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Rodri appears poised to join Barcelona after Manchester City agreed to a £65.4m offer from the Catalan club. The 30-year-old World Cup champion was approaching the last year of his contract at the Etihad Stadium and had expressed his desire to pursue a move to Barcelona. City, who are nearing an agreement for Lille midfielder […]
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If this match offered an early indication of the Premier League’s emerging hierarchy, Arsenal’s rivals should take notice. When Martin Ødegaard calmly sent Gianluigi Donnarumma the wrong way to complete a 3-0 victory for the champions, the celebrations were already in full flow. The travelling fans in red and white joyfully mocked the supporters dressed […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested that this will “probably” be his final season as a professional player, according to an interview published by Vogue on Sunday. The 41-year-old remains captain of Portugal. Widely regarded as one of football’s greatest players, Ronaldo has scored more than 950 goals for club and country. He had previously indicated that […]
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Southampton may need to become accustomed to hostile receptions during their Championship travels this autumn, with the team involved in the spying controversy likely to attract plenty of jeers across the division. That was certainly true in Hertfordshire, where Watford supporters and players celebrated an intense victory secured by two outstanding first-half goals. Before kick-off, […]
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Will Lankshear struck twice after the interval on his debut as Middlesbrough recovered from behind to begin their Championship campaign with a battling 2-1 win, bringing newly promoted Lincoln’s extraordinary nine-month unbeaten sequence to an end. The Imps, appearing in the second tier for the first time in 65 years, began brightly and went ahead […]
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The Scottish Football Association is aiming to appoint Belgian coach Sébastien Pocognoli as Steve Clarke’s replacement early next week. The 39-year-old, dismissed by Monaco in June, would become Scotland’s first overseas manager since Berti Vogts held the role between 2002 and 2004. Clarke left unexpectedly after Scotland were eliminated in the group stage of the […]
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