Previous season: 12th place. It has been a turbulent summer on Tyneside, with several leading players sold and the coach who delivered the club’s first domestic trophy in 70 years also departing. New head coach Matthias Jaissle therefore faces a demanding assignment. The Saudi-backed project has lost much of its momentum following the exits of […]
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Last month, Chelsea were fined £10m and handed a suspended two-window ban on registering new players after violating regulations governing payments to agents between 2009 and 2022. The club also faced a six-point penalty, suspended until 30 June 2027, but that sanction was overturned on appeal. Chelsea acknowledged that £47m had been paid secretly to […]
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Premier League and EFL teams must complete their summer transfers by 23:00 BST on Tuesday, 1 September. The transfer market reopened for the second time this year on Monday, 15 June. Under Fifa regulations, transfer windows may operate for no more than 16 weeks during a calendar year. Last season, Premier League and English Football […]
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John Murray: Aston Villa supporters may already be familiar with teenage forward Madjo following his impressive run of goals during pre-season. Madjo was born in London to Cameroonian parents, raised in Luxembourg and made his senior debut for Luxembourg last year. He has since changed his international commitment to England and represented the country at […]
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Predicted position: 12th (Note: this ranking reflects the average forecast from the panel rather than Louise Taylor’s individual view) Last season’s position: 14th Prospects The outlook is encouraging. A club’s second Premier League campaign after promotion is often considered especially challenging, but Daniel Farke’s team appear well equipped to avoid that familiar pattern. The core […]
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Leicester endured a difficult campaign last season as their five-year spell in the WSL came to an end, mirroring the relegation suffered by the club’s men’s side. The women’s team won only two of their 22 fixtures and finished with a goal difference of -41 after struggling in front of goal. The relegation raised doubts […]
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Yet the bottom of the Premier League has become noticeably less competitive, possibly as a result of the division growing more intense overall. Although one club is often expected to fall well behind before the season concludes, it has recently become common for two teams to be left trailing the rest. Across 38-match campaigns, the […]
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“The idea was exceptionally compelling,” said Higgins, who is now chairman of League of Ireland club Sligo Rovers. “Jack Charlton’s Ireland team was enjoying its golden period after Italia ’90 and USA ’94, so Dublin could effectively have hosted a smaller international-style match every other week. “I think it could have completely reshaped football across […]
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Premier League clubs do not all follow the same strategy when developing young talent. Data from the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) for the 2025-26 season indicates that academy-trained players contributed 16.2% of Manchester City’s league minutes. Chelsea ranked next with 15.5%, while Brighton recorded 12.5%. CIES considers a player club-trained if they were […]
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Shakhtar also assessed Fulham’s Craven Cottage and Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium while looking for a west London venue capable of hosting top-tier European matches. Both grounds, however, have lower capacities than Stamford Bridge. Officials believe that fixtures against Europe’s leading teams, or potentially English opponents, could attract enough supporters to fill the larger stadium. The […]
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