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• Balogun can be 'closer to finished article' for Toffees - McNulty

  31-08-2026 22:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [BBC]Everton's search for a striker has taken them to AS Monaco after they agreed a £40m deal for Folarin Balogun.Balogun made headlines during the World Cup when President Donald Trump made representations to Fifa to get his red card overturned after he was sent off playing for the United Stated in their last 32 game against Bosnia and Herzagovina.Everton manager David Moyes will be hoping he can create new stories if he completes the formalities of his deal such as his medical and moves
  
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• Stoke City sign American duo McGlynn and Bombino

  02-09-2026 00:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jack McGlynn has won 13 full international caps for the USA [Bill Barrett - Getty Images]Stoke City have shopped across the pond by bringing in two deadline-day signings - USA international midfielder Jack McGlynn from MLS side Houston Dynamo and young left-back Luca Bombino from San Diego, both for an undisclosed fee.Subject to international clearance after his late-night signing, 23-year-old McGlynn, 23, who has won 13 international caps, has signed a three-year contract, which includes an opt
  
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• Official | Norwegian defender Andreas Hanche-Olsen swaps Mainz 05 for Chicago Fire

  02-09-2026 00:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Norwegian defender Andreas Hanche-Olsen swaps Mainz 05 for Chicago FireMainz 05 have officially confirmed the departure of Norwegian international Andreas Hanche-Olsen to MLS side Chicago Fire. The 29-year-old centre-back leaves the Rheinhessen club with immediate effect after three-and-a-half years at the MEWA Arena. Hanche-Olsen has reportedly signed a long-term contract with Chicago, where he will continue his career alongside former Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandows
  
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• 🤯 After Plata, Matheus Martins also fails Russian club medical

  02-09-2026 00:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🤯 After Plata, Matheus Martins also fails Russian club medicalGonzalo Plata and Matheus Martins landed on Russian soil last Sunday (30) as new signings for Dynamo Moscow, complete with a “Brazilian-style” celebration.But BOTH failed the medical examinations carried out by the Russian capital club.After the news that the then former Flamengo forward had not been approved, the same happened to the player who had been with Botafogo.Botafogo disagrees with Dynamo, since Matheus M
  
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• Exeter sign three on deadline day

  02-09-2026 00:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Exeter City have signed defender Jack Taylor on loan from Stevenage for the rest of the season, and added strikers Danny Rose and Ajay Matthews.Centre-back Taylor, 21, joined Boro from Sutton United in January and made his debut in their League Cup defeat by Reading last month."We are short in the centre-half department currently and he is a fantastic size with a great profile and did really well to break through at Sutton United to earn a move to League One level," said Grecians boss Matt Taylo
  
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• Liverpool tried to sign Gusto - Wednesday's gossip

  02-09-2026 00:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool wanted Malo Gusto on loan, Chelsea's Alex Scott and Martin Zubimendi bids, Manchester United's Chido Obi eyes loan move and Cody Gakpo's Liverpool talks after Manchester City move denied. Liverpool tried to sign France right-back Malo Gusto, 23, on deadline day but the loan move did not materialise as Chelsea wanted a permanent transfer. (Fabrice Hawkins)Chelseamade a late attempt to sign Bournemouthmidfielder Alex Scott to replace Enzo Fernandez but the Cherries had no interest in sel
  
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• Everton sign Grealish as Zirkzee stays at Man Utd

  02-09-2026 00:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jack Grealish has made 159 appearances for Manchester City [Getty Images]Everton have signed Jack Grealish on a season-long loan deal from Manchester City but have missed out on Manchester United's Joshua Zirkzee.Grealish spent the 2025-26 season on loan with Everton, making 20 appearances, before sustaining a season-ending foot injury in January.The 30-year-old had been linked with other teams - including boyhood club Aston Villa - but has opted to reunite with David Moyes on Merseyside."I thin
  
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• Premier League transfer window grades: Ranking all 20 clubs on their summer business

  02-09-2026 00:01 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  That was one of the wildest summer transfer windows in Premier League history and now that it's over, let's dish out some grades on who did the best business in a record-breaking window. MORE — Every transfer deal for all 20 Premier League clubsIt's a real mixed bag out there as plenty of teams spent big, but quite a few are left with a weaker squad than at the start of the summer. Below we give a grade to each Premier League team based on their business and how well they've done with ins
  
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• Tereza Romanovskaja: From a Turmantas schoolyard, to UWCL nights and the Lithuania national team

  02-09-2026 00:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tereza Romanovskaja: From a Turmantas schoolyard, to UWCL nights and the Lithuania national teamŠIAULIAI, Lithuania – Long before Tereza Romanovskaja was pulling on a Gintra shirt or facing opponents on Europe’s biggest stages, she was just a kid in Turmantas — a small town of around 200 people — playing football with the boys because none of the girls wanted to join in.Now 23, the Gintra defender has made at least 26 appearances for Lithuania since her senior
  
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• Portsmouth sign Meghoma on loan from Brentford

  01-09-2026 23:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Jayden Meghoma has joined Portsmouth on loan [Getty Images]Portsmouth have signed left-back Jayden Meghoma from Premier League side Brentford on a season-long loan deal.The 20-year-old moves to Fratton Park having made 44 appearances for Rangers last season during a loan spell in Glasgow.Meghoma joined Brentford in 2024 but has featured just four times for the Bees and has also enjoyed a loan stint with Preston.At Fratton Park he will join up with Bees team-mate Benjamin Arthur, who also joined
  
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• Man Utd in shock move for Man City left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri before transfer deadline

  01-09-2026 23:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Manchester United made a shock approach to sign left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from rivals Manchester City before the transfer deadline. United checked with City on whether they could sign the defender on loan, following an approach from the Algeria international’s representatives last week. It is understood, however, that United were informed that a loan would only be possible with an obligation to buy, which United were not interested in. The focus of United’s summer has been on strengt
  
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• 🚨 Official: Deportivo bolster squad with Marc Casadó loan

  01-09-2026 23:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🚨 Official: Deportivo bolster squad with Marc Casadó loanDeportivo de La Coruña have secured the services of Marc Casadó from FC Barcelona. It is a straight loan, with no option to buy.Casadó, who came through the Barça academy, has been a regular part of the first team’s midfield rotation in recent seasons. If confirmed, his departure would represent another move by Barça to ease congestion in the middle of the park.As this is a loan witho
  
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• Official | Leeds United sign OGC Nice full-back Melvin Bard on loan

  01-09-2026 23:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Leeds United sign OGC Nice full-back Melvin Bard on loanLeeds United have signed OGC Nice full-back Melvin Bard (25) on a season-long loan, both clubs have announced. Bard’s loan move to Daniel Farke’s Whites includes an option to make it permanent. Bard has started both of Nice’s first two Ligue 1 games, however, he’ll now play the remainder of the season at Elland Road. Leeds United had been in competition with West Ham United for the signature of the former
  
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• Imps sign Oyegoke from Hellas Verona as Ogbene arrives on loan

  01-09-2026 23:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Daniel Oyegoke was part of the Hellas Verona side that was relegated from Serie A last season [Getty Images]Lincoln City have signed right-back Daniel Oyegoke from Italian Serie B side Hellas Verona for an undisclosed fee and brought in Ipswich Town winger Chieo Ogbene on loan.Oyegoke, 23, spent less than 18 months with Verona after joining them from Scottish side Hearts.The former England Under-20 international, who was a youth player at Arsenal before going on to have a spell on the books at B
  
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• Official | Hull City sign Robinio Vaz on loan from AS Roma

  01-09-2026 23:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Hull City sign Robinio Vaz on loan from AS RomaPromoted Premier League side Hull City FC have signed French winger Robinio Vaz (19) from AS Roma on loan, both clubs have announced. The former Olympique de Marseille forward’s loan move includes a €30m buy option clause. Vaz will play for a third different club in the span of seven months. The player initially left Marseille for Roma in a €22m deal back in January. But Vaz’s Italian spell won’t live long in m
  
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• 'I'm working with what I've got' - Wilder

  01-09-2026 23:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sheffield United manager did not lament the loss of playmaker Callum O'Hare to Wrexham on deadline day, instead praising his team which twice came from behind to beat Bolton."I've got a proper committed group of players, as you've seen tonight," the Blades boss told BBC Radio Sheffield. "You saw the reaction after the first goal, in the first minute - it couldn't have gone any worse for us, and we got straight back on it and equalised straight away."The reaction to the second goal, straight back
  
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• Grealish 'going to sleep with a smile' on his face after re-signing for Toffees

  01-09-2026 23:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Jack Grealish says "it feels so good" to rejoin Everton on loan and "can't wait" to see the supporters again on Sunday for the match against Manchester United. The 30-year-old forward spent last season on loan with the Toffees, before a foot injury in February ended his campaign."It feels so good. I'm so happy," said Grealish. "I think I'm at my best at everything in life, not just football, when I feel loved."That's what the manager has given me, what my teammates have given me an
  
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• Barnet sign Ajayi on loan from Spurs

  01-09-2026 23:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Damola Ajayi has agreed a loan move to Barnet on deadline day [Getty Images]Barnet have completed the loan signing of striker Damola Ajayi from Tottenham Hotspur on a season-long loan deal.Ajayi, 20, has been in Spurs' academy set-up since 2022 having joined from Bromley as a teenager. He has made a single senior appearance for Tottenham's first team, scoring on his debut in a 3-0 win over Elfsborg in the Europa League in January 2025.Later that year, Ajayi was an unused substitute as Spurs clai
  
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• Millwall sign Stevenage keeper Marschall

  01-09-2026 23:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Filip Marschall kept 19 clean sheets and shared League One's Golden Glove award last season [Getty Images]Millwall have signed goalkeeper Filip Marschall from League One side Stevenage for an undisclosed fee.The 23-year-old has signed what the Championship club are calling "a long-term contract" and becomes their 11th signing of the summer transfer window."Filip is a good goalkeeper, who we have been watching for the last couple of years," Steve Gallen, Millwall's director of football, told the
  
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• Debt unpaid! Club seeks to freeze Corinthians revenue

  01-09-2026 23:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Debt unpaid! Club seeks to freeze Corinthians revenueCuiabá issued a statement this Tuesday, September 1, requesting that the transfer ban be maintained, and that fines, asset freezes, and the transfer of revenues and/or prize money that Corinthians may receive be enforced.These requests were made after Timão failed to meet the deadline to pay the overdue installment before the CNRD, the CBF’s National Chamber for Dispute Resolution.Corinthians’ debt to Dourado stands a
  
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• Official: Robinio Vaz joins Hull City

  01-09-2026 23:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official: Robinio Vaz joins Hull CityRoma have announced Robinio Vaz’s temporary transfer to Hull City.“AS Roma can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Hull City for the transfer of Robinio Vaz.The transaction ends with the loan formula: the deal includes an option to make the transfer permanent.During his time with the club, the forward recorded 14 appearances in league and cup matches, scoring 1 goal.Good luck for the future, Robinio!”
  
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• FC Utrecht bring in Norwich defender on loan with a purchase option

  01-09-2026 23:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  FC Utrecht bring in Norwich defender on loan with a purchase optionUtrecht have announced the signing of Jakov Medic on loan until the end of the season. The 27-year-old joins on loan from Norwich with a purchase option included as part of the deal. Medic only joined Norwich last summer, yet he only made 18 appearances for the club and is now allowed to leave. For Utrecht, they bring in a player that does have some previous Eredivisie experience.Prior to playing for Norwich, Medic spent most of
  
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• 'I'm excited to get started' - Iroegbunam seals Hull switch

  01-09-2026 23:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Hull City have announced the signing of Tim Iroegbunam on a permanent deal from Everton on a five-year deal.The midfielder joins for an undisclosed fee and says he is "excited" about the opportunity to join the Premier League newcomers."I'm very happy. From the first moment I heard about the opportunity to come and join this club, I was excited," the 23-year-old said. "Now, it's finally done. It's taken a long time but I'm excited to get started."Quite early on in pre-season, I hea
  
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• 'I've got that spark back'- McMenamin on Glens return

  01-09-2026 23:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Conor McMenamin says his short-lived move to Coleraine "was not meant to be" after his shock deadline day return to Glentoran.The 31-year-old joined the Bannsiders in June on a long-term deal from St Mirren but has now made an unexpected return to the Glens for his second spell at the club. McMenamin scored 39 goals in 80 appearances for the east Belfast side before he moved to the Buddies in 2023. "Before I went to Coleraine, Glentoran wasn't an option and, as soon as I found out that they were
  
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• Notts County sign Salford defender Longelo

  01-09-2026 23:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Rosaire Longelo has joined Notts County on a three-year deal [Getty Images]Notts County have signed defender Rosaire Longelo from Salford City on a three-year deal.The 26-year-old arrives at Meadow Lane for an undisclosed fee after an 18-month spell with the Ammies.Longelo started his career at West Ham before stints with Accrington Stanley and Swindon Town. He joined Salford in January 2025, making 63 appearances for the club."Rosaire is an attack-minded wide player with plenty of pace, tricker
  
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• Watford sign Strasbourg defender Coulibaly on loan

  01-09-2026 23:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Watford will be the third club where Soumaila Coulibaly has gone on loan in his career[Getty Images]Watford have brought in defender Soumaila Coulibaly on a season-long loan from Strasbourg.Coulibaly, 22, was a youngster in the Paris St-Germain academy before a spell in Germany with Borussia Dortmund.The Frenchman only joined Strasbourg last summer but spent a large part of the season with fellow Ligue 1 club Brest on loan.Now he heads to the Championship to join a Hornets side currently 13th in
  
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• Official | Fulham sign Hugo Larsson on loan with mandatory €22m purchase clause

  01-09-2026 23:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Fulham sign Hugo Larsson on loan with mandatory €22m purchase clauseEintracht Frankfurt have officially confirmed the departure of Swedish international Hugo Larsson to Fulham. The 22-year-old initially joins the Premier League side on loan for the 2026/27 campaign, with Fulham subsequently obligated to complete a permanent transfer. Kicker reports that the purchase obligation is worth approximately €22m.The move concludes a deadline-day saga that developed rapidly
  
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• Anderlecht bring in former Porto and Olympiacos defender following departure from Spartak Moscow

  01-09-2026 23:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Anderlecht bring in former Porto and Olympiacos defender following departure from Spartak MoscowAnderlecht have announced the signing of Oleg Reabciuk on a free transfer. The Moldovan international was available after leaving Russian side Spartak Moscow this summer. Reabciuk has signed a deal until 2029 and reunites with Vitor Bruno, who he worked with during his time at Porto. Reabciuk will likely replace Moussa N’Diaye, who is leaving Anderlecht to join Bundesliga side Werder Bremen. Rea
  
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• Larsson 'honoured' by Fulham move

  01-09-2026 23:33 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]New Fulham signing Hugo Larsson says he is "honoured" to make the move to West London from Eintract Frankfurt.The 22-year-old Sweden midfielder has signed on an initial season-long loan with an obligation to make the deal permanent on a long-term basis for £18.3m.A product of Malmo's youth academy, Larsson made 119 appearances, scoring 10 goals and assisting seven times, across his three years in Germany, and has also played 12 times so far for his national team since his deb
  
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• Everton hopeful of completing Folarin Balogun signing from AS Monaco

  01-09-2026 23:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Everton hopeful of completing Folarin Balogun signing from AS MonacoEverton FC have revived their pursuit of AS Monaco striker Folarin Balogun (25), and the Toffees are confident they can conclude a revised deal with Les Monégasques to sign the USMNT player, according to The Athletic. There were previously doubts regarding the completion of the €5Om deal struck between Everton and Monaco with the player understood to have failed a medical with the Premier League side. Everton scrambl
  
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