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• RB Leipzig’s Conrad Harder set to join Strasbourg

  30-08-2026 10:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  RB Leipzig’s Conrad Harder set to join StrasbourgDanish forward Conrad Harder (21) is set to join RC Strasbourg Alsace on a season-long loan, as per a report from Foot Mercato.Strasbourg may not get Joaquin Panichelli back before the end of the calendar year. The Argentine forward shone during his first season with Le Racing but sustained an ACL injury in March. In his absence, as well as those of Emanuel Emegha and David Datro Fofana, who both left the club during the summer, there is a l
  
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• Journalist rules out Liverpool deadline day deal

  01-09-2026 15:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Journalist rules out Liverpool deadline day dealLiverpool Transfer Latest: Ismaila Sarr Move Looks Dead as Crystal Palace Stand FirmLiverpool’s late interest in Ismaila Sarr now appears to be going nowhere, with Crystal Palace understood to have reached a firm position ahead of the deadline. As reported by Graeme Bailey for TeamTalk, Palace would reject any further approach for the Senegal international, leaving Liverpool facing the prospect of ending the window without that extra wide att
  
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• Lakers owner Josh Kushner says he 'would not have gotten involved' in FIFA scheme if he knew teams would hate it

  01-09-2026 15:52 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Before purchasing the Los Angeles Lakers with Bob Iger, Josh Kushner and his company — Thrive — were at the center of another major purchase. Kushner was expected to be one of the main characters at the center of Gianni Infantino's plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. That plan turned out to be a disaster. Opposition from member associations, strongly-worded statements and boycotts turned the soccer world against Infantino, who continues to face criticism and ca
  
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• Swindon re-sign midfielder Butterworth on short-term deal

  01-09-2026 15:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Butterworth began his career at Blackburn before spells at Port Vale, Carlisle and Swindon [Getty Images]Swindon Town have signed midfielder Danny Butterworth on a five-month contract until February 2027.The 26-year-old former Blackburn Rovers player initially joined Swindon in August 2024, making 40 appearances, scoring six goals and providing two assists.He made 11 appearances at the start of the 2025-2026 season before damaging a hamstring and missing the rest of the campaign.Butterworth was
  
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• Report: Arsenal set for disappointing end to the transfer window

  01-09-2026 15:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Report: Arsenal set for disappointing end to the transfer windowArsenal Transfer Deadline Day: Left Wing Doubts Remain as Mikel Arteta Backs Late PushArsenal’s summer has been busy, expensive and, in key areas, logical. The squad has been refreshed, the depth chart has changed and Mikel Arteta has clearly been backed. But as deadline day closes in, there is still one obvious issue hanging over the window, left wing.According to The Athletic, Arsenal are unlikely to make another signing bef
  
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• Fulham emerge as potential takers for Bayern Munich’s Sacha Boey

  01-09-2026 15:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Fulham emerge as potential takers for Bayern Munich’s Sacha BoeyFulham have opened direct talks with Bayern Munich over a deadline-day move for Sacha Boey as the German record champions continue working to find a solution for the French right-back. According to Marca reporter Matteo Moretto – as relayed by transfermarkt.de – the Premier League side have made direct contact regarding the 25-year-old after encountering difficulties in their pursuit of Rayo Vallecano defender Andr
  
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• League One club in talks to sign Arsenal 20yo on loan

  01-09-2026 15:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  League One club in talks to sign Arsenal 20yo on loanLeague One club Stevenage are in talks with Arsenal over a loan deal for Tommy Setford, according to a report.Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty ImagesJames McNicholas reports for The Athletic that League One side Stevenage are in talks to sign Tommy Setford from Arsenal on a loan basis.McNicholas adds that talks are ongoing with various clubs for Setford, but Stevenage are currently the front-runners. Their current first-choice goalkeeper is in talks
  
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• Wigan sign Palace keeper Whitworth

  01-09-2026 15:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Wigan have signed goalkeeper Joe Whitworth from Premier League side Crystal Palace on a three-year deal.The 22-year-old will link up again with Gary Caldwell after two seasons on loan from the south London club at Exeter City, where he played under the Latics boss before Caldwell returned to Wigan in February.At 19 years and 15 days old, Whitworth became the youngest goalkeeper to make a Premier League appearance for Crystal Palace, against Brighton in March 2023. "I've worked with the head coac
  
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• Gabriel Jesus seals permanent Barcelona move to end four-year stay at Arsenal

  01-09-2026 15:41 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Gabriel Jesus has completed his permanent move from Arsenal to Barcelona on transfer deadline day.The 29-year-old agreed a three-year contract with the Spanish champions after Arsenal accepted an offer believed to be worth £8.6m.Jesus registered 32 goals across 123 games for Arsenal after joining from Manchester City for £45m in 2022.He spent nearly a decade in English football, winning four Premier League titles with City and a fifth with Arsenal last season.Arsenal said in a statem
  
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• Sheff Utd stance 'natural' in Wrexham's O'Hare bid

  01-09-2026 15:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Steve Parkin joined Wrexham as an assistant manager in the summer of 2021 [Getty Images]Assistant manager Steve Parkin says he understands Chris Wilder's frustrations over the possibility of losing Callum O'Hare to Wrexham after the Sheffield United boss accused the Welsh side of a "blanket bombing" approach to the transfer window.Speaking ahead of the Blades' Championship contest with Bolton Wanderers at Bramall Lane on Tuesday night (19:45 BST), United boss Wilder confirmed the Red Dragons had
  
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• Official | Al-Ittihad winger Moussa Diaby returns to Bayer Leverkusen

  01-09-2026 15:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Official | Al-Ittihad winger Moussa Diaby returns to Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen have signed France international winger Moussa Diaby (27) from Al-Ittihad, bothclubs have announced. The former PSG youth product returns to the Bundesliga side after spending four seasons with Die Werkself. In his first Bayer Leverkusen spell, Diaby logged 49 goals and 47 assists in 172 games played. After only one season with Aston Villa, Diaby left the Villans for Al-Ittihad in a €60m deal.Diaby notably
  
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• El Clásico, Barcelona v Real Madrid, now has a date and kick-off time!

  01-09-2026 15:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  El Clásico, Barcelona v Real Madrid, now has a date and kick-off time!The date and time for the 'Clásico' are now known. La Liga has announced it.The match will be played next October 25 at 9 p.m. at Spotify Camp Nou.This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
  
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• Boost for Barcelona as judge rejects Real Madrid request to further extend Negreira case investigation

  01-09-2026 15:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Boost for Barcelona as judge rejects Real Madrid request to further extend Negreira case investigationAs per Mundo Deportivo, The judge investigating FC Barcelona’s payments to former Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) vice-president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira has rejected Real Madrid’s request to extend the investigation for another six months. However, the proceedings have not yet been formally closed because two witness hearings are scheduled for November.No extensionThe head
  
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• 🗓 El Clásico, Barcelona-Real Madrid, now has a date and time!

  01-09-2026 15:40 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🗓 El Clásico, Barcelona-Real Madrid, now has a date and time!The schedule for the 'Clásico' is now known. La Liga has announced it.The match will be played next October 25 at Spotify Camp Nou at 9 p.m.It will be the first meeting between Mourinho and Flick and will take place at Barça's home.It will also kick off at 9 p.m., a time slot that has not been so common in recent years.Who will win? We’ll read you in the comments.This article was translated into Engli
  
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• Mikel Arteta fixed Arsenal’s biggest weakness to leave rivals with a major problem

  01-09-2026 15:36 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Mikel Arteta is the manager who is an advocate of bigger squads. On matchdays, anyway, with the Spaniard rationalising that he does not like telling Arsenal’s 21st, 22nd and 23rd men that they will not be involved. But, given his emphasis on strength in depth, perhaps it was understandable that Arteta attributed Arsenal’s 1-0 triumph at Aston Villa to everyone. “It was a squad victory,” he said, when invited to praise Bukayo Saka, scorer of the only goal.Arsenal’s b
  
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• Striker's future decided, on brink of Liverpool agreement

  01-09-2026 15:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Striker's future decided, on brink of Liverpool agreementIf you look at all the players that Liverpool have been linked with this summer, you'd have thought that they'd have a brand new team at their disposal. But, in reality, only four new players have been brought in so far.Indeed, Ronald Araujo and Bradley Barcola are two massive players for Liverpool to have welcomed through the Anfield doors but, with the Frenchman only just joining, the Reds are yet to see their best team at full-force.The
  
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• Cologne line up Mees de Wit as potential Borna Sosa alternative

  01-09-2026 15:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Cologne line up Mees de Wit as potential Borna Sosa alternativeFC Cologne continue to work on strengthening the left side of their defense on deadline day, with Crystal Palace’s Borna Sosa remaining the preferred target and AZ Alkmaar full-back Mees de Wit emerging as the principal alternative. Sky Germany’s Marlon Irlbacher reports that Sosa remains the cathedral city club’s first-choice solution as Köln seek additional competition for Gideon Mensah.AZ Alkmaar defender de
  
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• Brest pursuing Deadline Day loan move for Lille winger Noah Edjouma

  01-09-2026 15:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Brest pursuing Deadline Day loan move for Lille winger Noah EdjoumaBrest are looking to secure attacking reinforcements before tonight’s end of the summer transfer window. The Bretons have made a Deadline Day enquire to sign Noad Edjouma (20) from Ligue 1 rivals Lille OSC, according to L’Equipe. Brest have parted ways with Osasuna-bound Romain Del Castillo on Tuesday. The attacking midfielder was notably part of Brest’s extraordinary success story under Eric Roy. His contributi
  
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• Joshua Kushner regrets involvement in World Cup sell-off plan

  01-09-2026 15:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Joshua Kushner – the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner – has expressed regret at becoming involved in the controversial plans of Fifa president Gianni Infantino to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investment.Kushner is the founder and chief executive of venture capital firm Thrive Capital, and had held talks with Infantino about heading up a $4.2bn (£3.1bn) investment in 20 per cent of a proposed new Fifa commercial subsidiary, Fifa Forward Ent
  
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• 🚨 Official: Moussa Diaby back at Leverkusen!

  01-09-2026 15:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  🚨 Official: Moussa Diaby back at Leverkusen!The comeback!Moussa Diaby is returning to Bayer Leverkusen: it's official!The German club announced the French international's return this Tuesday afternoon, three years after his departure for Aston Villa.After joining Al-Ittihad in 2024 following just one season in Birmingham, the PSG academy product is back in Europe at 27, two years after moving to Saudi Arabia.The forward, who has 11 caps for France, will rediscover a club he played for fr
  
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• Juventus show interest in Marseille full-back Emerson Palmieri should deal with Lyon’s Nicolas Tagliafico collapse

  01-09-2026 15:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Juventus show interest in Marseille full-back Emerson Palmieri should deal with Lyon’s Nicolas Tagliafico collapseJuventus have shown an interest in Olympique de Marseille’s Emerson Palmieri (32), according to information from Foot Mercato.In their search for a new full-back, the Turin-based club are said to have made the Italian their top alternative should their deal with Olympique Lyonnais’ Nicolás Tagliafico (34) fall through due to the Argentine’s move to Atl&
  
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• Watford sign Croatian defender Mlacic on loan

  01-09-2026 15:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Branimir Mlacic is an Under-21 international for Croatia [Getty Images]Watford have signed Croatian defender Branimir Mlacic on loan for the rest of the season.He is the latest player to join the Hornets from Italian club Udinese, who he signed for in February after starting his career with Hajduk Split.Although only 19, he made seven appearances in Series A at the end of last season, two of them starts."I know it's a young team with big potential, and I've heard positive things about the manage
  
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• Aston Villa still spending despite restrictions

  01-09-2026 15:21 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Aston Villa have committed to spend about £280m in Unai Emery's summer rebuild.The arrivals of Ibrahim Mbaye and Taylor Harwood-Bellis on deadline day shows they are continuing to spend big.They have broken their transfer record twice with the arrivals of forwards Johan Manzambi (£52m) and Nicolas Jackson (£65m), so cannot plead poverty.If all clauses and add-ons are triggered, Villa would be pushing £300m this summer, despite needing to sell to comply with
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur closing in on surprise deal for Chelsea forward

  01-09-2026 15:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tottenham Hotspur closing in on surprise deal for Chelsea forwardTottenham Explore Mykhailo Mudryk Loan as Chelsea Weigh Deadline Day ExitsTottenham have entered the conversation over a possible Standard Sport-reported move for Mykhailo Mudryk, with the Chelsea winger emerging as a live option late in the window. The key detail is clear, Spurs “have made it clear they are keen to take him on loan”, while the player “has made it clear that his preference is to join a Premier Lea
  
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• Gabriel Jesus eyes Champions League success with Barcelona: ‘It would be a dream come true for me’

  01-09-2026 15:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Gabriel Jesus eyes Champions League success with Barcelona: ‘It would be a dream come true for me’Gabriel Jesus has officially begun his Barcelona career, arriving from Arsenal as Hansi Flick’s new No. 9 after completing a permanent transfer to the Spanish champions.The Brazilian forward has signed a three-year contract that will keep him at Barcelona until 2029, with the club paying Arsenal €10 million for his services. The agreement can rise by a further €4m th
  
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• Barcelona complete signing of Arsenal striker Jesus

  01-09-2026 15:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona have completed the signing of Gabriel Jesus on a permanent deal. It comes after BBC Sport reported that a deal for the Brazilian to move to Barcelona for a fee of £8.6m (10m euros) was close to be being confirmed.Jesus has fallen down the pecking order in recent seasons at Arsenal due to injury issues, as well as Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres being the preferred central strikers at the club. Napoli had also shown an interest in Jesus, but the Brazilian has now joined last seaso
  
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• Real Madrid set to pocket €4 million from the sale of academy talent to Premier League club

  01-09-2026 15:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Real Madrid set to pocket €4 million from the sale of academy talent to Premier League clubAlvaro Arbeloa’s move to Fulham after his stint as the Real Madrid manager has resulted in the Premier League side heavily targeting Los Blancos’ youth players.After all, Arbeloa has worked with all of Castilla’s young talents in the past and is the best candidate to bring them to the big stage.So far this summer, the former Real Madrid coach has already swooped away Gonzalo Garcia a
  
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• Just in: Gabriel Jesus to wear the No. 9 shirt at Barcelona

  01-09-2026 15:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Just in: Gabriel Jesus to wear the No. 9 shirt at BarcelonaOnly moments ago, FC Barcelona announced the signing of Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal on the deadline day of the summer transfer window.The 29-year-old Brazilian striker arrives in a deal worth €10 million plus another €4 million add-ons, while the Gunner retain a 20% future sell-on clause.Jesus has signed a three-year contract with the La Liga champions running until 2029, contrary to initial reports which suggested that he would
  
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• Ultimatum given as Liverpool set to miss out on in demand midfielder

  01-09-2026 15:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ultimatum given as Liverpool set to miss out on in demand midfielderLiverpool, like most other football clubs in the world, have tried their best to get deals over the line to improve their squads. Some moves such as Bradley Barcola's are definitely going to make an impact whereas others, such as Lucca Brughmans' could end up being a massive overspend.However, all of these deals being completed means that the Reds are certainly looking ahead and are trying to rectify their main problems.But, as
  
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• Another player with an elite trait is joining Manchester City

  01-09-2026 15:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Another player with an elite trait is joining Manchester CityManchester City have a squad filled with players who have elite traits that form key aspects of their play. For example, Gianluigi Donnarumma is an elite shot-stopper. Erling Haaland is an elite finisher. Elliot Anderson thrives at winning duels, which helps form a key component of his play. Jeremy Doku, Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo all thrive in beating defenders in one-on-one situations with their dribbling ability. That trio all
  
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