Royal Mail owner Daniel Kretinsky is set to become West Ham’s biggest shareholder by increasing his ownership in the club to 46%. The Czech entrepreneur has reached an agreement with the Hammers’ other investors, including former chairman David Sullivan, concerning the Gold family’s 25% holding. The agreement is expected to bring an end to former […]
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PSV Eindhoven are puzzled by Rangers’ withdrawal from the £6.5m agreement for winger Couhaib Driouech. The Dutch club say the Ibrox side already knew about the 24-year-old’s injury and expect him to regain full fitness soon. (Anthony Joseph on X, external) PSV expect Driouech to return as a “disillusioned player” following the collapse of his […]
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Coventry Twenty-five years after last competing in the Premier League, Coventry have completed a remarkable journey back to the top. Their long absence included financial collapse, temporary moves to Northampton and Birmingham, and a period in League Two. The celebrations are now over, however, and the club must demonstrate that it can compete at this […]
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Real Madrid have stated that they do not plan to pursue Fernandez, making Manchester City the only publicly known possible destination. City are now managed by Enzo Maresca, who departed Chelsea midway through the previous campaign. It is not yet known whether City are prepared to match the asking price. The Manchester club are also […]
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I read Luke McLaughlin’s piece with considerable sympathy, although I still feel slightly uncomfortable about the stigma attached to supporting more than one club. It is a situation I know very well. I was also at the Millwall versus Forest match that was overshadowed by trouble in the stands. It was the first game I […]
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Wouter Vrancken has inherited a club that saw a historic league championship slip away during the final 10 minutes of last season. Since then, the team have lost their influential captain and leading striker, as well as their standout midfielder, while the squad has undergone significant changes. His first competitive assignment was a Champions League […]
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For Newcastle, which has effectively been forced to sell several leading players this summer to comply with financial regulations, there is a strong case for relocating to a newly constructed stadium. The financial figures help explain the situation: “During the 2024-25 campaign, Newcastle generated £52m in matchday revenue, compared with £160m for Manchester United, £154m […]
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The Premier League has approved a plan to restructure how money is distributed among the top four tiers of English football, potentially providing an additional £1.5bn to clubs throughout the pyramid over the next 10 years. At a meeting on Thursday, clubs unanimously backed the proposed “new deal for football” following talks with the EFL. […]
Continue ReadingLast season saw the highest ever number of matches in England and Wales where incidents were reported to the authorities, even though arrest numbers are still returning to levels seen before the pandemic. A yearly report from the Home Office, published on Thursday, showed a 4% rise in the count of games where “football-related anti-social […]
Continue ReadingThe central question is whether these transfers qualify as a ‘swap arrangement’. A provision in European football’s transfer rules states that exchanges between clubs must be finalised within 45 days of one another to be classed as a connected transaction. Teams are free to conduct multiple transfers in that window, but only if the deals […]
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