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• Sunderland Could Move In For This Liverpool Midfielder: Should Le Bris Snap Him Up?

  09-06-2026 20:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sunderland Could Move In For This Liverpool Midfielder: Should Le Bris Snap Him Up?In a recent report, Sunderland Echo mentioned that Sunderland could move in for Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones this summer. It has been stated that the Black Cats could try to get a deal done for the English talent in this summer transfer window.Jones’ Decent Season At MerseysideJones served as an important member of Liverpool’s squad last season when he put in a few eye-catching performances for th
  
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• Gray on Elding concern, European dream & 'cup final' mentality

  26-08-2026 17:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Hibernian head coach David Gray has been speaking to the media before his side's second leg of the Conference League play-off against Gent.Here are the key points from his press conference:Owen Elding missed "a bit of training" in the past week and there are a few other niggles from the first-leg goalless draw that they didn't see at the time.Gray will give Elding "every chance" to feature at Easter Road on Thursday but the striker remains a doubt.The Hibs boss says his players have "earned the
  
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• Portsmouth expecting new signing before Saturday

  26-08-2026 17:55 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Regan Poole should be available for Portsmouth's trip to Ashton Gate on Saturday [Getty Images]Portsmouth boss John Mousinho says the club could add a new signing before the game against Bristol City on Saturday (15:00 BST) as he expects more movement in his squad before the close of the transfer window.The club have brought in nine signings so far this summer, with eight players departing.With more new players expected to arrive, the head coach is prepared to see others make an exit."There's al
  
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• Star in his hair and new shirt: Rômulo eager for 1st UCL at Leipzig

  26-08-2026 17:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Star in his hair and new shirt: Rômulo eager for 1st UCL at LeipzigRB Leipzig unveiled on Wednesday the special kit that will be worn to mark the team’s return to the UEFA Champions League.One of the highlights of the launch was Brazilian forward Rômulo, who not only featured in the third-kit campaign but also got a star shaved into his hair to mark the occasion.At 24, Rômulo is heading into his second season at RB Leipzig and is not hiding his excitement about playing in
  
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• Report: Man City ready to make offer to sign Premier League midfielder

  26-08-2026 17:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Report: Man City ready to make offer to sign Premier League midfielderMan City Ready £120m Enzo Fernandez Bid as Chelsea Face Deadline CallManchester City are preparing to make one of the biggest moves of the window, with TeamTalk reporting that a £120million offer for Enzo Fernandez is due to arrive in the coming hours. It is a deal with major consequences for both clubs, and one that appears to hinge less on City’s willingness to spend and more on Chelsea’s ability to r
  
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• PSG looking to extend Ousmane Dembélé contract for one or two years

  26-08-2026 17:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  PSG looking to extend Ousmane Dembélé contract for one or two yearsParis Saint-Germain are reportedly looking to extend Ousmane Dembélé’s (29) contract, according to information from RMC Sport.Whilst the reigning Ballon d’Or winner remains under contract with Les Rouge et Bleu until 2028, the club’s management would like to reach an agreement to extend it by one or two years, taking it through to 2029 or 2030. This is a view shared by the player and
  
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• Liverpool refuse to give up on Bradley Barcola despite PSG’s transfer stance

  26-08-2026 17:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool refuse to give up on Bradley Barcola despite PSG’s transfer stanceLiverpool haven’t given up their pursuit of Bradley Barcola despite Paris Saint-Germain’s transfer stance. According to The Athletic, the Reds still hope to agree a deal with PSG for Barcola. The 23-year-old is willing to join Liverpool after growing frustrated at the Ligue 1 club over his limited playing time in major fixtures. PSG are demanding £145 million to sanction a sale.&nbs
  
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• Here we go: Barcelona defender set to join Real Sociedad despite Borussia Dortmund links

  26-08-2026 17:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Here we go: Barcelona defender set to join Real Sociedad despite Borussia Dortmund linksAbout a week ago, it appeared Hector Fort was destined to join Borussia Dortmund in a permanent deal, with Barcelona holding a certain percentage of the player’s transfer rights.However, that deal has stalled and the player is now set to join Real Sociedad, as Spanish media reported widely recently.Fort’s supposed move to Sociedad is a dramatic change for fortune for the player, who was reportedly
  
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• Ipswich make superb start with hope of more to come

  26-08-2026 17:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]As first weeks of the season go, Ipswich Town's could not have gone much better.Gary O'Neil named six debutants in his starting line-up against Sunderland (seven if you include the returning Julio Enciso) and one of the big takeaways from the opening-day win was that this did not look like a new team trying to find its feet under a new manager.A few days later, despite making nine changes, O'Neil's side progressed relatively smoothly into round three of the Carabao Cup at the expen
  
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• How many games can Shaw play?

  26-08-2026 17:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Signing an additional left-back has looked an obvious thing for Manchester United to do.Luke Shaw started all 38 Premier League games last season and he started at Hull on Saturday. Of United's past 44 league games, the 31-year-old England international has failed to start just one, the final game of the 2024-25 campaign, four days after the Europa League final defeat by Tottenham - and he went on the post-season tour of Asia immediately afterwards.Before that, Shaw's injury record
  
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• Another season, another failure - where did it all go wrong for Celtic?

  26-08-2026 17:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Six attempts to qualify for the Champions League in the past eight years. Six successive failures. And a sixth post-mortem for Celtic.Picking through the wreckage of a European campaign has become almost an August perennial when it comes to the Scottish champions. But few of those failures have been quite so wretched as this one.Leading 3-0 from the first leg in Glasgow, Celtic took the lead in Austria. Three quarters through the two-legged tie, they still held a three-goal advanta
  
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• Liverpool eye Sarr after Brighton reject Minteh bids

  26-08-2026 17:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ismaila Sarr has 81 Senegal caps, scoring 23 goals [Getty Images]Liverpool are exploring a move for Crystal Palace's Ismaila Sarr after Brighton rejected their two bids for Yankuba Minteh.The Anfield club had offers of £50m and £60m for Minteh, 22, turned down by Brighton and have now switched their attention to Sarr, who scored 21 goals last season for Palace.Like Minteh, Sarr is a right-sided winger and has Premier League experience but the understanding is that Palace are not open
  
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• Roma consider Nottingham Forest’s Morato as Ziolkowski replacement

  26-08-2026 17:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Roma consider Nottingham Forest’s Morato as Ziolkowski replacementRoma are assessing Morato as a potential replacement for Jan Ziolkowski, with the Poland defender close to leaving the club.According to Gianluca Di Marzio, and Sky Sports UK, the Nottingham Forest centre-back is among the names under consideration and a loan move is the likely structure for any deal.ATHENS, GREECE – JANUARY 29: Jan Ziolkowski of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the UEFA Eu
  
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• Newport sign Dibley-Dias on loan from Fulham

  26-08-2026 17:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Matt Dibley-Dias was born in New Zealand, joining Fulham aged 14 [Newport County]Newport County have signed Fulham midfielder Matt Dibley-Dias on a short-term loan.The 22-year-old is reunited with Hayden Mullins, the Exiles head coach who was previously in charge of Fulham's under-21 side. Dibley-Dias, Newport's 11th signing this summer, made 31 appearances across two seasons under Mullins and was part of the side that lifted the Premier League Cup in 2023-24.Since joining Fulham at the age of 1
  
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• Barcelona cancel planned celebration for World Cup winning players after police clash with fans

  26-08-2026 17:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Barcelona have cancelled plans to honour their World Cup-winning Spain players before their first home match of the season after police clashed with fans displaying a Catalan independence flag.Police were accused of “attacking” supporters before last weekend’s LaLiga opener at Elche, actions which Barcelona branded as “disproportionate and violent”.The Blaugrana were due to hold a ceremony celebrating their Spain contingent’s World Cup glory, as has been happe
  
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• Atletico Madrid consider Julian Alvarez case closed after rejecting Barcelona offer

  26-08-2026 17:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Atletico Madrid consider Julian Alvarez case closed after rejecting Barcelona offerBarcelona’s pursuit of Julian Alvarez has become one of the defining stories of the closing stages of the transfer window.It was a transfer saga that started well before the 2026 World Cup and has continued long after the tournament came to an end.Barça have been at it, trying to sign the 26-year-old without giving up despite Atletico making it very clear that they will not sell to the Catalans.Now, a
  
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• Hull keen on Man Utd's Collyer

  26-08-2026 17:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Hull City are emerging as the favourites to sign Manchester United midfielder Toby Collyer.The 22-year-old is surplus to requirements at Old Trafford despite being part of Michael Carrick's squad in pre-season, latterly to replace Mason Mount after his injury against Paris St-Germain in Stockholm on 8 August.West Bromwich Albion boss James Morrison is keen to take Collyer back to The Hawthorns, where a loan move in the first half of last season was badly hampered by injury.It did a
  
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• Cosgrove urges Larne 'to grab their opportunity'

  26-08-2026 17:28 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Tomas Cosgrove scored the only goal in Larne's 1-0 win over Gent in the league phase of the Conference League in 2024 [Getty Images]Larne captain Tomas Cosgrove has urged his team to "go out and grab the opportunity" afforded to them in the second leg of their Uefa Conference League play-off against Lincoln Red Imps at Inver Park on Thursday.The Irish Premiership champions hold a 2-0 lead from last week's first leg in Gibraltar thanks to goals from Paul O'Neill and Kevin O'Hara.Both players came
  
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• Swansea City Women to play fixtures at Swansea.com Stadium

  26-08-2026 17:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Swansea City Women will play three Adran Premier fixtures at the Swansea.com Stadium during phase one of the new season.The first opportunity to showcase women's football at the club's main stadium will be against Cardiff Metropolitan on Sunday, 20 September.Briton Ferry Llansawel visit a month later on Sunday, 18 October before the final home game against The New Saints on Sunday, 17 January.All three fixtures kick off at 15:00 BST.The women last played at the Swansea.com Stadium
  
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• Two Serie A clubs submitted offers for Rangers winger Djeidi Gassama

  26-08-2026 17:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Two Serie A clubs submitted offers for Rangers winger Djeidi GassamaAC Monza and Parma Calcio are reported to have made a bid to Rangers in their pursuit of Djeidi Gassama (22), according to French media outlet Foot Mercato.Offers of €7m have been deemed insufficient by the Scottish club’s board, which is expecting more before agreeing to let the winger – whose contract runs until 2029 – leave. Signed last summer from Sheffield Wednesday for €2.4m, Gassama had already
  
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• Eastleigh sign striker Duku on short-term deal

  26-08-2026 17:20 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Manny Duku spent last season at Tamworth and Rochdale [Eastleigh FC]Eastleigh have completed the signing of free-agent striker Manny Duku on a short-term deal.The 33-year-old spent last season with Tamworth and Rochdale in the National League and has also had spells at York City, Wealdstone and Solihull Moors.Duku was born in the Netherlands and moved to England in 2015 to play for Chesham United."The place looks amazing and the people have been unbelievable," he told the club website.
  
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• The Other Side of a League: Why Survival Battles Shape Football History as Much as Champions

  26-08-2026 17:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The Other Side of a League: Why Survival Battles Shape Football History as Much as ChampionsFootball history usually remembers the champions.The photographs show captains lifting trophies, supporters filling city centres and players celebrating seasons that ended in glory. Yet every league table tells two stories at once. While one group of clubs chases medals, another spends the same months fighting for something equally important, the chance to remain where they are.Those battles rarely receiv
  
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• Cardiff closing in on West Brom defender Bielik

  26-08-2026 17:13 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Krystian Bielik made 17 Championship appearances for West Brom last season [Getty Images]Cardiff City are closing in on the signing of centre-half Krystian Bielik from Championship side West Bromwich Albion on a permanent deal.The 28-year-old made 17 Championship appearances for the Baggies last season as they finished 21st, narrowly avoiding relegation to League One.The experienced defender joined Arsenal from Legia Warsaw in 2015 and had spells with Birmingham City, Walsall, Charlton Athletic
  
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• 'Brentford legend' Pinnock joins Coventry City for 'next chapter'

  26-08-2026 17:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  [Getty Images]Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has described Ethan Pinnock as "one of the modern-day greats of the club" following his transfer to Coventry City.His move ends the 33-year-old's seven-year stay at the club, having joined from Barnsley in July 2019.Pinnock featured 216 times in all competitions for the Bees, including 117 appearances in the Premier League, scoring 12 goals."He is someone I always admired from afar because of the journey he went on to become a Premier League footb
  
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• 🎧Outfield players in goal & problems for Leicester

  26-08-2026 17:06 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Aaron Paul and Jobi McAnuff are joined by Tranmere Rovers boss Darrell Clarke to discuss the big stories in the EFL in the latest episode of the 72+ podcast.Clarke explains how his defender Bobby Faulkner ended up in goal against Port Vale on Saturday and the panel discuss Bobby Kamwa's Emmanuel Adebayor-esque celebration against his former club Newport County.Millwall, Charlton Athletic and West Bromwich Albion are the early pace-setters in the Championship, while Leicester City are already str
  
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• Leicester sign young Finnish defender Kangasniemi

  26-08-2026 17:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ilari Kangasniemi spent over 18 months in the Inter Milan youth academy [Getty Images]Leicester City have signed centre-back Ilari Kangasniemi from Finnish club FC Inter Turku for an undisclosed fee on a five-year contract.The 19-year-old becomes the Foxes' 10th summer signing, with the club having taken just one point from a possible six at the beginning of their League One campaign and having been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Ipswich Town on Tuesday.Kangasniemi spent time in the Inter Mil
  
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• Kean reports for individual training after Fiorentina stand-off

  26-08-2026 17:05 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Kean reports for individual training after Fiorentina stand-offMoise Kean reported for an individual training session with Fiorentina on Wednesday afternoon, stepping back from a stand-off that had escalated through the morning.According to Gianluca Di Marzio, the Viola summoned the striker for the separate session after he failed to appear alongside the rest of the squad earlier in the day, and indicated he will attend. The club have already fined him.FLORENCE, ITALY – AUGUST 14: Moise Ke
  
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• Ewusi will watch historic Crewe goal 'every day'

  26-08-2026 17:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Crewe Alexandra record-breaker Joel Ewusi says he will watch the goal that made him the club's youngest ever scorer "probably every day when I wake up and before bed" after his history-making effort in Tuesday's 3-2 Carabao Cup second round defeat by Barnsley.Ewusi powered in a header from an 89th-minute cross from Lewis Billington three minutes after coming off the bench for his debut aged 16 years and 79 days old.In doing so he became the youngest player to both represent the club and score, b
  
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• Liverpool identify new winger target after Yankuba Minteh bids rejected

  26-08-2026 17:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Liverpool are considering Crystal Palace’s Ismaila Sarr as their search for a new winger continues.The Merseyside club have not made an offer for the Senegal international yet but they are exploring multiple options as they continue to look for a successor to the departed Mohamed Salah.Sarr, who was strongly linked with Turkish giants Galatasaray earlier this summer, missed Palace’s Premier League opener against Everton on Saturday amid interest from Galatasaray, though manager Pierr
  
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• Coventry sign defender Pinnock from Brentford

  26-08-2026 17:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Pinnock did not feature in Brentford's season-opening win over Tottenham [Getty Images]Coventry City have signed Jamaica centre-back Ethan Pinnock from Brentford for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £6m.The 33-year-old, who joined from Barnsley in 2019, made a total of 216 appearances for the Bees, scoring 12 times.Pinnock had been in the final year of his contract with the West London club."I'm really excited to join Coventry City and continue my footballing journey with this gre
  
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