Premier League and Championship clubs invited to trial safe standing areas from January 1

BREAKING NEWS: Select Premier League and Championship football clubs will be allowed to have safe-standing areas from January for the first time since standing was banned in 1994 Premier League and Championship clubs have been invited to trial safe standing Persistent standing in stadia has been banned in English football since 1994  Safe standing was … Read more

Mikel Arteta confirms Granit Xhaka will stay at Arsenal this summer

Mikel Arteta confirms Granit Xhaka will stay at Arsenal this summer and labels the midfielder a ‘KEY member’ of his squad despite Jose Mourinho ‘looking to sign him for Roma’ Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta described Granit Xhaka as ‘key member of the squad’  Xhaka was reportedly close to joining Serie A side Roma earlier this … Read more

Arsenal sweating over Thomas Partey’s injury with Mikel Arteta admitting ‘it doesn’t look good’

Arsenal left sweating over Thomas Partey’s ankle injury with Mikel Arteta admitting ‘it doesn’t look good’ for the £45m midfielder after being forced off in the friendly defeat by Chelsea following a challenge from Ruben Loftus-Cheek Thomas Partey sustained an ankle injury during a friendly defeat to Chelsea The midfielder picked up the setback in … Read more

Ruben Loftus-Cheek can ‘decide his own future’, insists Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel

Ruben Loftus-Cheek can ‘decide his own future’, says Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel as injury-hit midfielder handed the chance to resurrect his Blues career The 25-year-old midfielder has seen his Chelsea career curtailed by injury Loftus-Cheek spent last season on loan at Fulham as they were relegated  Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel says he has the opportunity to … Read more

Southampton set to beat Brighton and AC Milan to sign Chelsea teenager Tino Livramento

Southampton set to beat Brighton and AC Milan to sign Chelsea teenager Tino Livramento in £5m deal… as Saints raid Blues academy for second time after poaching Dynel Simeu Southampton returned to raid Chelsea’s academy for a second time this summer  The Saints have swooped for highly-rated defender Tino Livramento for £5m  He is set … Read more

Olivier Giroud scores just four minutes into his AC Milan debut with his first touch

Olivier Giroud scores just four minutes into his AC Milan debut with his first touch as Stefano Pioli’s side step up preparations for the new season with a 1-1 draw against Nice Olivier Giroud’s €2million move to AC Milan was considered a bargain by many The Frenchman is already showing his worth after a trademark … Read more

Gary Cahill has confirmed that he has left Crystal Palace after two seasons at the Eagles

Gary Cahill has confirmed that he has left Crystal Palace after two seasons at the Eagles… with the former Chelsea stalwart saying that it has been ‘a privilege to play at Selhurst Park’ Gary Cahill signed a two-year deal in 2019 when he joined Crystal Palace Announcing the news on Twitter, the centre back paid … Read more

Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez in talks with Sevilla if they lose Jules Kounde to Chelsea as expected

Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez in talks with Sevilla over a possible switch should Julen Lopetegui’s side lose Jules Kounde to Chelsea… with the Colombian down the Spurs pecking order despite Toby Alderweireld’s departure Tottenham’s Davinson Sanchez is in talks over a possible move to Sevilla Sanchez’s agent said the move could happen ‘if there’s a transfer … Read more

Andriy Shevchenko leaves his role as Ukraine manager

Andriy Shevchenko leaves his role as Ukraine manager just weeks after guiding his country to the quarter finals of Euro 2020 Andriy Shevchenko confirmed his departure as manager via an Instagram post Shevchenko was appointed boss in July 2016 and was took charge of 52 games The 44-year-old made 111 appearances and scored 48 goals for … Read more

Raheem Sterling ‘no closer to new Man City contract’ but WON’T leave even if Jack Grealish arrives

Raheem Sterling ‘no closer to signing new contract with Manchester City’ but England forward WON’T be on his way out even if champions end up completing Jack Grealish signing Talks between Manchester City and Raheem Sterling have stalled, says The Sun But City are still confident of tying the England forward to a new contract … Read more