Sheffield Wednesday: Preferred bidder told club will face 15-point penalty next season

The EFL has informed the preferred bidder for Sheffield Wednesday that the club will start next season in League One with a 15-point penalty. Arise Capital Partners, a consortium led by David Storch, was named preferred bidder last month after a previous takeover of the administration-hit club fell through. Storch said in a statement that […]

Hugo Ekitike injury: France striker to miss World Cup, says Didier Deschamps

“His disappointment is immense. Hugo will regain his top form, I’m convinced of it. But I wanted to express all my support to him, as well as that of the entire staff. We know he’ll be fully behind the France team, and we’re all thinking of him very strongly.” Ekitike joined Liverpool from Eintracht Frankfurt […]

Chris Wood: Striker opens up about knee injury recovery

Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood says it felt like there was “no light at the end of the tunnel” during parts of his recovery. The New Zealand international has returned following six months out and is in line to feature in Forest’s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Porto. READ MORE: Wood must manage knee […]

Harry Maguire to miss Chelsea after Man Utd man gets further ban

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire will miss Saturday’s Premier League trip to Chelsea after receiving an additional one-match ban following his red card at Bournemouth last month. The England defender, 33, was sent off and conceded a penalty in the 78th minute of the 2-2 draw at Vitality Stadium for pulling down Evanilson in the […]

Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood must manage knee injury for rest of his life

Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood admits he will have to manage his knee injury for the rest of his life. The New Zealand international has returned following six months out and is in line to feature in Forest’s Europa League quarter-final second leg against Porto. Forest host the Portuguese league leaders on Thursday following last […]

Southampton: Saints making late push for automatic promotion

BBC Radio Solent’s Southampton commentator Adam Blackmore: It’s been quite the turnaround for Saints from three months ago when they lost at home to Hull in January, were booed off, and we all pondered whether Tonda Eckert could survive a derby loss at Pompey eight days later. What happened was Eckert saw the need for […]

Footballers to meet government over ‘financial abuse’

Sir Keir Starmer has asked the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to meet a group of retired footballers who say they were victims of “financial abuse”. Danny Murphy, Brian Deane and Rod Wallace are part of the V11 campaign group, which is made up of 11 former players who invested with Kingsbridge Asset Management in […]

Liverpool: Arne Slot says VAR has gone against his side this season – is he right?

You can understand why Slot might feel a little aggrieved. Liverpool have, along with Brighton, conceded three VAR penalties in the Premier League this season – more than all other teams. As well as the spot-kicks conceded at Brentford and Leeds, goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili was penalised for bringing down Manchester City‘s Jeremy Doku in November […]

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