Sandro Tonali: Spurs boss Roberto de Zerbi quickly persuaded him to sign

“Honestly, I spoke with another team [also],” Tonali revealed, but in the end the decision to join Spurs was an easy one. “When you speak with a team, the first impression is a big thing and my impression was very positive. “When you are happy after a 10-minute chat, it’s everything, everything is perfect. “I […]

The Scottish Premiership’s back – why you shouldn’t miss it for world

Hearts’ players were on the brink of history and immortality. It was nine minutes away. Four decades of Old Firm dominance was that close to toppling. The season-long league leaders were drawing with holders Celtic in Glasgow as the game crept into the 87th minute. It looked like they were just about to hold until […]

John Stones: Ex-Man City defender joins Inter Milan on free transfer

England defender John Stones has joined Italian champions Inter Milan on a free transfer and signed a two-year contract. The 32-year-old left Manchester City when his deal expired at the end of June after 10 successful years at the Premier League club. Stones said he had “lived all my dreams out” after helping City win […]

Football Daily – UEFA Threatens Full FIFA Boycott Over World Cup Sale Plans

Available for 29 days Eleanor Oldroyd is joined by BBC Chief Football News Reporter Simon Stone, The Athletic’s Adam Crafton and ESPN’s Julien Laurens as UEFA and its 55 member associations take the extraordinary step of threatening to boycott every FIFA competition if Gianni Infantino proceeds with plans to sell ownership stakes in the World […]

Gray relief as calamity averted & Hibs jeers turn to cheers

David Gray has gone from being slated to serenaded by Hibernian fans in the space of seven days. Make no mistake, the head coach was under pressure after his side’s torrid display in Kosovo last week. Supporters who had travelled to eastern Europe made it abundantly clear what they thought of their team’s 2-0 first-leg […]

Football Daily – Scottish Premiership Preview

Available for 29 days Eilidh Barbour is joined by former Rangers midfielder Charlie Adam, Livingstone’s Ryan McGowan and the Guardian’s Scottish football correspondent Ewan Murray to look ahead to the new Scottish Premiership season. After Celtic snatched the title from Hearts on the final day of last season, which way will this season’s title race […]

Gianni Infantino: Can Fifa president survive after Uefa threatens World Cup boycott?

No-one can be certain what happens now. And no-one knows what the future for Infantino is. Fifa is yet to respond to Uefa’s statement, which was followed up by another from Concacaf, which governs football in North and Central America and hosted this year’s World Cup, saying their 41 members rejected the proposals. Yet, in […]

Football gossip: Delap, Bouaddi, Hall, Rushworth, Sangare, Rulli

Three Premier League clubs are watching Chelsea‘s Liam Delap, Manchester City are closing in on rising star Ayyoub Bouaddi, and Mamadou Sangare nears a Brentford move. Everton, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest are monitoring English forward Liam Delap, 23, who Chelsea value at up to £40m. (The i), external Manchester City are in advanced talks […]

West Ham: Amanda Staveley holds talks over buying 25% stake in Championship club

Sullivan stepped down from his position as joint chairman of the club in June following a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and the Times newspaper into his behaviour. Multiple women have accused billionaire businessman Sullivan of abusing his power and preying on them for sex, in some cases when they were teenagers. The allegations from […]

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