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

Manchester City ‘step up pursuit of Jack Grealish by opening transfer negotiations with Aston Villa’

Manchester City step up their pursuit of Jack Grealish by opening transfer negotiations with Aston Villa over £100m-rated playmaker as England star gears up for crunch talks over his future with the club’s hierarchy City boss Pep Guardiola has long admired the 25-year-old England international Aston Villa are holding out for £100m and have no … 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

Manchester City ‘will END their pursuit of Harry Kane if they sign £100million man Jack Grealish’ 

Manchester City ‘will END their pursuit of Tottenham’s Harry Kane if they sign £100million Aston Villa man Jack Grealish unless Pep Guardiola sell players for big money’ Manchester City will stop pursuing Harry Kane if they sign Jack Grealish Grealish is set to become the most expensive player in English football at £100m But Tottenham … Read more

Tottenham ‘agree deal worth £43m plus £4m in bonuses with Atalanta for defender Cristian Romero’

Tottenham ‘agree deal worth £43m plus £4m in bonuses with Atalanta for Cristian Romero’ as Spurs finally close in on Argentine defender after selling Toby Alderweireld Reports in Argentina suggest Tottenham have finally agreed a fee with Atalanta  The 23-year-old is considered one of the most promising defenders in Europe  New boss Nuno Espirito Santo … Read more

STEFAN BORSON: Manchester City’s never-ending legal battle puts Premier League in unenviable spot

Manchester City’s seemingly never-ending battle with the football authorities over matters of accounting are so esoteric you wonder who’s interested.  Yet many rival fans are, and keen to see ‘justice’ meted out to a club that has won five of the past 10 Premier League titles. As a lawyer myself, and with experience of complex … Read more

Leicester new boy Patson Daka shines during lively 3-3 draw away at Queens Park Rangers

Leicester new boy Patson Daka shines during lively 3-3 draw away at Queens Park Rangers… with the ex-Red Bull Salzburg forward scoring and earning a penalty for the Foxes Leicester continue their pre-season work with an entertaining 3-3 against QPR New signing Patson Daka shone as he scored and later won a penalty for his … Read more

New Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira set to appoint ex-Wales assistant Osian Roberts as his No 2

New Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira set to appoint former Wales assistant Osian Roberts as his No 2 at Selhurst Park having played a key role in the country’s run to Euro 2016 semi-finals Osian Roberts resigned as technical director of Morocco earlier this month Patrick Vieira completed his coaching badges on the course Roberts … Read more

Manchester City ‘step up pursuit of Jack Grealish by opening transfer negotiations with Aston Villa’

Manchester City step up their pursuit of Jack Grealish by opening transfer negotiations with Aston Villa over £100m-rated playmaker as England star gears up for crunch talks over his future with the club’s hierarchy City boss Pep Guardiola has long admired the 25-year-old England international Aston Villa are holding out for £100m and have no … Read more

Liverpool: Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez return to action in pre-season win against Hertha Berlin

Nine months, nine months too long. For the first time since Jordan Pickford‘s erratic lunge in the Merseyside Derby last October, Virgil van Dijk strutted out in a Liverpool shirt once again on Thursday evening.  This had been a long time coming. The absence of the Dutch talisman, so often the linchpin in the Reds’ … Read more