Sunderland have completed the €10m (£8.6m) transfer of midfielder Jules Ahoka from Belgian club Royal Antwerp. The Black Cats confirmed that the 20-year-old DR Congo youth international has agreed to a long-term deal. Ahoka, who played in Antwerp’s opening two league fixtures of the season, said he was delighted and honoured to join Sunderland. He […]
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Arsenal are taking a practical view of their prospects of recruiting Alvarez before next week’s transfer window closes. They are interested in him and actively exploring a deal, but completing the move remains far from certain. Manager Mikel Arteta and sporting director Andrea Berta recognise that the transfer will be difficult, particularly because the former […]
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Girona wide player Kim Min-Su is due in Glasgow within the next two days as he closes in on a possible transfer to Rangers. The 20-year-old South Korean spent last season on loan with second-division side Andorra and is preparing to depart Girona following the club’s relegation from La Liga. Kim registered 19 goals across […]
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West Bromwich Albion head coach James Morrison believes the Football Association has “opened a can of worms” by handing Aune Heggebo a two-game suspension for deception. Albion took the lead in their 2-1 Championship opening-day victory against Norwich City after Jimmy-Jay Morgan’s cross struck Heggebo’s hand before entering the net. Last week, the Norwegian forward […]
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Feyenoord general manager Robert Eenhoorn said the club’s 5-2 win in Leeuwarden brought him little satisfaction because the incident had left him deeply frustrated. Eenhoorn noted that the issue extends beyond Feyenoord and has persisted across Dutch football for decades despite repeated efforts to resolve it. He called for clubs, the KNVB, local authorities and […]
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Following an action-packed opening weekend in the Premier League, Rick Edwards welcomes The Telegraph’s Northern Football Writer Luke Edwards and former Southampton and QPR forward Charlie Austin to review the key moments. Hull Assistant Head Coach Dean Holden also joins the discussion, sharing his thoughts on the victory over Manchester United after nine years outside […]
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Sources indicate that some people sympathise with Mateta despite the disagreement over his contract. There is a belief that the forward may have received poor advice, although supporters on social media have generally shown him much less understanding. Employment lawyer Libby Payne explained: “A case could be made that the option’s conditions are fundamentally unfair […]
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Dundee are savouring a derby victory after narrowly defeating Dundee United, extending their strong opening to the Premiership campaign. Charlotte Cohen, Moira Gordon and Rory Loy examine the implications of the result for both clubs. They consider whether Dundee United’s struggles in front of goal are becoming a serious issue and how Jim Goodwin might […]
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Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has urged Gianni Infantino to remember his European roots, describing the Fifa leader’s proposal to sell part of the World Cup’s commercial business as “more damaging than the Super League”. Earlier this month, the global football authority dropped Infantino’s plan to establish a company called Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE). It would […]
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Gianluigi Donnarumma: Had little chance of stopping Bournemouth’s opening goal, but produced excellent saves from Justin Kluivert’s low strike and Daniel Jebbison’s redirected header. 6 Rico Lewis: Moved inside from right-back to support the midfield and saw an early attempt saved, though his overall contribution lacked precision before he was substituted. 5 Abdukodir Khusanov: Failed […]
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