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• Everton make bid for Monaco striker Balogun

  31-08-2026 17:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Balogun joined AS Monaco from Arsenal in 2023 [Getty Images]Everton have made an offer for Monaco forward Folarin Balogun - who is valued at £40m by the French club.The Toffees want to strengthen their forward line before Tuesday's transfer deadline, with Balogun and Tottenham attacker Richarlison among their targets.Richarlison is believed to have reservations about returning to Everton, the club he left to join Spurs in 2022.But Everton are pressing ahead with their interest in United St
  
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• 🤣 'King of Popcorn' and more! Galo hit back at Cruzeiro

  02-09-2026 04:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🤣 'King of Popcorn' and more! Galo hit back at CruzeiroKaio Jorge wore a shirt showing him breastfeeding a Rooster with the phrase "Easy, son. Daddy is here" after winning this year's Campeonato Mineiro title.And he doubled down on that phrase by opening the scoring in Tuesday's derby.But Atlético Mineiro came from behind, knocking their rival out of the Copa do Brasil.And Galo got its revenge on its X profile.Delivering THAT banter we love.Check out the reaction after the first C
  
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• 🤣 Popcorn king and more! Galo hit back at Kaio Jorge and Cruzeiro

  02-09-2026 04:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🤣 Popcorn king and more! Galo hit back at Kaio Jorge and CruzeiroKaio Jorge wore a shirt showing him breastfeeding a Rooster with the phrase "Calm down, son. Daddy is here" after winning this year’s Campeonato Mineiro title.And he doubled down on that message by opening the scoring in this Tuesday’s derby.But then Atlético Mineiro came from behind, knocking their rival out of the Copa do Brasil.And Galo got its revenge on its X profile.Delivering THAT banter we love.Ch
  
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• 🔥 First Copa do Brasil semi-finalist confirmed; see the highlights

  02-09-2026 04:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🔥 First Copa do Brasil semi-finalist confirmed; see the highlightsClube Atlético Mineiro are the first semifinalists of the 2026 Copa do Brasil.They lost a starter before the ball had even rolled, went behind thanks to Kaio Jorge, and came from behind after gaining a one-man advantage on the pitch.Galo were strong, revenge-driven, and had the talent of the decisive Fred to secure a 2-1 win over their rivals on Tuesday night, September 1, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.The spot
  
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• 🎥 Comeback and deadly Fred send Atlético past Cruzeiro to semis

  02-09-2026 04:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🎥 Comeback and deadly Fred send Atlético past Cruzeiro to semisAtlético Mineiro are the first semifinalists of the 2026 Copa do Brasil.They lost a starter before the ball had even rolled, fell behind thanks to Kaio Jorge, and came from behind after going a man up.Galo were strong, vengeful, and relied on the talent of the decisive Fred to secure a 2-1 win over their rivals on Tuesday night, September 1, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.The spot was sealed in front of 42,99
  
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• 🎥 Atlético come from behind, Fred downs Cruzeiro, reach semis

  02-09-2026 04:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🎥 Atlético come from behind, Fred downs Cruzeiro, reach semisClube Atlético Mineiro is the first semifinalist of the 2026 Copa do Brasil.They lost a starter before the ball had even rolled, fell behind thanks to Kaio Jorge, and came back after going a man up.Galo were strong, revenge-driven, and had the talent of the decisive Fred to secure a 2-1 win over their rival on Tuesday night, September 1, after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.The spot was secured in front of 42,992 fan
  
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• See the biggest deals on European deadline day

  02-09-2026 03:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  See the biggest deals on European deadline dayPhew!As expected, September 1st was INTENSE in the transfer market.Clubs in Europe’s top five leagues only had until this Tuesday to bring in more reinforcements.Now they’ll only be able to sign players next year...And plenty of teams were splashing the cash at the very last minute.Special mention goes to Manchester City — who had already been spending heavily!The window remains open in other relevant leagues. These include: the Net
  
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• See the biggest deals on Deadline Day in Europe

  02-09-2026 03:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  See the biggest deals on Deadline Day in EuropePhew!September 1 was, as expected, INTENSE in the transfer market.Clubs from Europe’s top five leagues only had until this Tuesday to bring in more signings.Now they’ll only be able to sign players next year...And a lot of people were splashing the cash “at the 90th minute.”Special mention to Manchester City — who were already spending big!The window is still open in other relevant leagues. Cases include: the Netherland
  
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• See the biggest deadline-day deals in Europe

  02-09-2026 03:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  See the biggest deadline-day deals in EuropePhew!As expected, September 1 was INTENSE in the transfer market.Clubs from Europe’s Top 5 leagues only had until this Tuesday to bring in more signings.Now they’ll only be able to sign players next year...And a lot of people were splashing the cash "at the 90th minute".Special mention to Manchester City — who had already been spending big!The window remains open in other relevant leagues. Cases in point: the Netherlands (September 2)
  
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• Official | RB Leipzig secure Moroccan midfielder Neil El Aynaoui in deadline-day coup

  02-09-2026 03:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | RB Leipzig secure Moroccan midfielder Neil El Aynaoui in deadline-day coupRB Leipzig have officially confirmed the signing of Moroccan international Neil El Aynaoui from AS Roma. The 25-year-old central midfielder joins Leipzig on loan for the 2026/27 campaign. Sky Germany reports that RB will pay Roma a €4m loan fee and possess an option to complete a permanent transfer for a further €25m next summer.The deal completes a move Get German Football Newsreported was a
  
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• The Premier League’s obscene transfer window has broken football

  02-09-2026 02:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It’s entirely fitting that the biggest ever Premier League transfer, in the biggest ever Premier League window, summed up so much of this window - and, arguably, how a lot of normal football logic has gone.By the time Chelsea and Manchester City finally sat down for proper talks on Enzo Fernandez, after months of distant tension, there was at least one obvious baseline for everyone. The Stamford Bridge hierarchy could point to the £116m that City themselves paid Nottingham Forest for
  
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• Official | Freiburg beat out rivals to sign rising prospect Louey Ben Farhat

  02-09-2026 02:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Freiburg beat out rivals to sign rising prospect Louey Ben FarhatSC Freiburg have officially confirmed the signing of highly-rated Karlsruher SC attacker Louey Ben Farhat. The 20-year-old joins Freiburg on a permanent transfer but will remain with KSC on loan for the duration of the 2026/27 campaign. Freiburg have not disclosed the length of the contract.Reports differ slightly on the transfer fee. Kicker reports that Freiburg will pay approximately €7m, while Sky Germa
  
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• Official | Leeds land Jean-Mattéo Bahoya in €30m obligation deal

  02-09-2026 02:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Leeds land Jean-Mattéo Bahoya in €30m obligation dealEintracht Frankfurt have officially confirmed the departure of French youth international Jean-Mattéo Bahoya to Leeds United. The 21-year-old initially joins the Premier League club on loan for the 2026/27 campaign, but – precisely like the recently completed Hugo Larsson deal – the agreement contains a mandatory purchase clause. Sport Bild reports that Leeds will ultimately pay a guaranteed
  
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• Bleak outlook for Mexicans as Europe’s transfer window shuts

  02-09-2026 02:17 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bleak outlook for Mexicans as Europe’s transfer window shutsThe transfer window closed in Europe’s top leagues, and the outlook is not the best for the Mexican players who were seeking moves to other clubs in the Old Continent or hoping to make the jump there.Such is the case of Erik Lira, who had an option with AS Monaco in Ligue 1. While in Mexico the transfer was considered a done deal, the reality was different. For it to happen, the French club needed to free up Folarin Balogun&
  
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• Sunderland beat 'big clubs' to sign Caicedo

  02-09-2026 02:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sunderland beat "big clubs" across Europe to the signature of Juan Riquelme Angulo Caicedo, says director of football Florent Ghisolfi.Angulo, 18, has joined for an undisclosed fee from Ecuador's Independiente del Valle.The 6ft 4in striker has found the net six times in 15 league outings already in his homeland this season.Ghisolfi said: "There were a lot of big clubs around Europe chasing his signature, so this signing demonstrates the attraction of Sunderland AFC."His physical qualities are ob
  
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• Everton sell Scotland's Patterson to Torino

  02-09-2026 02:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Nathan Patterson joined Everton for a reported £12m from Rangers [Getty Images]Everton have sold Scotland right-back Nathan Patterson to Torino for an undisclosed fee.The 24-year-old joined the Premier League club from Rangers for a reported £12m on five-and-a-half-year contract in January 2022 but failed to become a regular starter.Patterson did make 68 appearances during an injury-hit time with Everton, 29 of those as a substitute, eight of them last season.He meantime appeared six
  
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• Bundesliga loan roundup | Union Berlin, Stuttgart, and Leverkusen youngsters secure moves

  02-09-2026 02:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Bundesliga loan roundup | Union Berlin, Stuttgart, and Leverkusen youngsters secure movesThree Bundesliga clubs have confirmed outgoing developmental loans at the conclusion of the summer transfer window, with Union Berlin’s Oluwaseun Ogbemudia returning to Waldhof Mannheim, Stuttgart youngster Mirza Catović heading to Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen defender Jeanuel Belocian moving to Racing Santander.Ogbemudia returns to Waldhof MannheimUnion Berlin have sent highly-rated y
  
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• Burton sign Vickers, O'Mahony & Raphael

  02-09-2026 02:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Caylan Vickers scored twice for Barnsley in League One last season and once for Wigan [Shutterstock]Burton Albion have signed winger Caylan Vickers from Brighton for an undisclosed fee and have completed a loan deal for Mark O'Mahony from the Premier League club.Coventry City winger Raphael Borges Rodrigues, 22, has also joined on loan for the season.Vickers has agreed a two-year contract at the Pirelli Stadium, with an option for a further 12 months.The 21-year-old has plenty of experience of L
  
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• Orient sign Coventry's Dovin & Spurs' Scarlett

  02-09-2026 01:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Oliver Dovin has not figured in the Sky Blues first team since March 2025 [Shutterstock]Leyton Orient have signed Sweden goalkeeper Oliver Dovin on a season's loan from Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur striker Dane Scarlett for an undisclosed fee.Dovin, 24, made 30 first-team appearances after being signed by then Sky Blues boss Mark Robins from Swedish side Hammarby in August 2024.He retained his place when Frank Lampard took charge - but he missed the rest of his debut season with a knee in
  
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• Everton’s Folarin Balogun move collapses as striker walks away from £40m deal

  02-09-2026 01:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Everton’s £40m deal with Monaco for Folarin Balogun collapsed after the transfer window shut after the United States striker walked away from the move at the 11th hour. The Premier League side had reached an agreement to sign the 25-year-old but the forward’s medical threw up an issue and Everton looked to renegotiate the agreement. However, Balogun then decided that he did not want to join Everton after all, leaving David Moyes with only one senior striker after Beto was sold
  
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• Derby re-sign Ozoh and bring in Cashin and Fuseini

  02-09-2026 01:56 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  David Ozoh featured 35 times for Derby last season [Getty Images]Derby County have re-signed midfielder David Ozoh from Crystal Palace for an undisclosed fee, brought Brighton defender Eiran Cashin back and added Union Saint-Gilloise forward Mohammed Fuseini on loan.The Rams have now recruited 21-year-old Ozoh in three successive summer transfer windows, with his first two stints being season-long loans.He has featured 47 times across two injury-interrupted stays, and done enough to earn himself
  
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• Monaco striker Folarin Balogun rejected Everton move as deal collapses

  02-09-2026 01:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Monaco striker Folarin Balogun rejected Everton move as deal collapsesAS Monaco’s Folarin Balogun (25) has turned down a move to Everton, scuppering his transfer to the Toffees, according to reports in The Athletic.This is an unexpected turn of events, given that the two clubs had reached a renegotiated agreement worth around €50m, after the English club had expressed their doubts to their French counterparts about the deal going through.Everton, who were looking to strengthen their a
  
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• 'Fofana has all the attributes to thrive in the Premier League'

  02-09-2026 01:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Sunderland Director of Football Florent Ghisolfi says new signing Malick Fofana possesses "all the attributes to thrive in the Premier League".The Black Cats have beaten Crystal Palace to the signing of Fofana - who had previously been linked with Arsenal - from Lyon in a deal worth £30m.The forward becomes Sunderland's fifth signing of the summer and has agreed a long-term deal at the Stadium of Light."Malick has all the attributes to thrive in the Premier League," said Ghis
  
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• Orient sign keeper Dovin from Coventry City

  02-09-2026 01:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Oliver Dovin has not figured in fhe Sky Blues first team since March 2025 [Shutterstock]Leyton Orient left it very late to make their only transfer deadline day signing as they brought in Swedish international goalkeeper Oliver Dovin on a season's loan from Premier League club Coventry City.Dovin, 24, made 30 first-team appearances after being signed by then Sky Blues boss Mark Robins from Swedish side Hammarby in August 2024.He retained his place when Frank Lampard took charge - but he missed t
  
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• Palace sign Chilwell and Timber after deadline

  02-09-2026 01:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Crystal Palace have completed the permanent signings of experienced internationals Ben Chilwell and Quinten Timber.England defender Chilwell returns to Selhurst Park from RC Strasbourg after spending the second half of the 2024-25 campaign on loan with the Eagles.Netherlands international Timber arrives from Marseille and has signed a five-year deal with the Conference League winners."It's amazing to be back," said Chilwell, who won the FA Cup with Palace in May 2025."It's nice to see some famil
  
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• 📸 Haaland’s reaction to Enzo Fernández joining City

  02-09-2026 01:47 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  📸 Haaland’s reaction to Enzo Fernández joining CityManchester City confirmed the signing of Enzo Fernández in the final minutes before the transfer window closed in England, and Erling Haaland has already welcomed his new teammate.As soon as the English club posted the video revealing the Argentine’s arrival, the Viking took to social media to leave a message: “Good! Now I can go to sleep.”Enzo arrives in Manchester to strengthen the midfield of the
  
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• Charlton sign Skipp and young winger Nkeng

  02-09-2026 01:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Oliver Skipp has made 221 career apperances, for Tottenham, Norwich and Leicester [Getty Images]Charlton have signed Leicester midfielder Oliver Skipp on a season-long loan deal and AFC Wimbledon winger Junior Nkeng for an undisclosed fee.Skipp, 25, has played 101 times in the Premier League for the Foxes and Tottenham,while also having Championship experience with Norwich City.He started Leicester's first two games in League One this season but was sent off in the second match, and has just com
  
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• Fofana seals £30m move to Sunderland

  02-09-2026 01:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Fofana scored two goals and provided one assist in an injury-hit 2025-26 season [Getty Images]Sunderland have beaten Crystal Palace to the signing of Malick Fofana from Lyon in a deal worth £30m.The forward is the Black Cats' fifth signing of the summer and has agreed a long-term deal at the Stadium of Light. The 21-year-old joins Kevin Danso in signing for Sunderland on deadline day and will bolster the club's squad ahead of their first European campaign since 1973."Malick has all the att
  
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• Bristol City sign Oxford's De Keersmaecker on loan

  02-09-2026 01:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Brian De Keersmaecker scored one goal for Oxford United last season [Getty Images]Bristol City have signed Oxford United's Brian De Keersmaecker on a season-long loan, with an option to buy the midfielder.The 26-year-old Belgian moved to the English game from Dutch side Heracles Almelo in the summer of 2025 and was relegated from the Championship in his first season with the U's.De Keersmaecker missed the final months of Oxford's failed attempt at survival last term, having had his season ended
  
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• Gills sign King from Cardiff and Orient's Obiero

  02-09-2026 01:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Eli King went on loan to Stevenage in 2024-25 [Shutterstock]Gillingham have signed midfielder Eli King from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee. The 23-year-old is a product of Cardiff's academy, making 10 senior appearances,and he has had loan spells at Stevenage, Ross County, Morecambe and Crewe.The Gills have also signed midfielder Zech Obiero, 21, on a season-long loan from Leyton Orient. King made his senior debut in October 2021 in a Championship fixture at home to Middlesbrough.Speaking t
  
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