Everton manager Sean Dyche faces an early season selection crisis after saying he is down to “around 14 recognised first-team players” for the trip to Tottenham.
The Toffees travel to north London for Saturday’s Premier League game (kick-off 15:00 BST) following a 3-0 opening home defeat by Brighton last weekend. Injuries and suspension mean Dyche has no established right-back to call upon and the Blues have been linked with a move for Kieran Trippier, who wants to leave Newcastle. “We are […]
Brentford have signed defender Sepp van den Berg from Liverpool in a deal worth up to £25m.
The 22-year-old Dutchman joins the Bees on a five-year contract after turning down interest from a number of other clubs, including German champions Bayer Leverkusen. Brentford will pay an initial £20m fee, with an additional £5m in add-ons, while Liverpool have a 17.5% sell-on clause. Bees boss Thomas Frank said the defender was a “great […]
Emma Raducanu will face fellow Grand Slam winner Sofia Kenin in the Briton’s first US Open appearance for two years.
Raducanu memorably triumphed at the US Open as a teenage qualifier in 2021, becoming the first British woman for 44 years to win a major singles title. She lost in the first round in 2022 and missed last year’s tournament after having wrist and ankle surgery. The 21-year-old faces a potentially tricky task against American […]
Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson will miss the rest of the 2024 athletics season because of injury.
The 22-year-old had been set to compete in the Diamond League finals in Brussels in September. Britain’s Hodgkinson won all nine of her 800m races in 2024, capped by winning gold at the Paris Games earlier this month. “No more races for me,” she posted on Instagram. “Unfortunately I picked up a small injury, but […]
Newcastle United defender Kieran Trippier wants to leave the club this month in search of first-team football.
The 33-year-old England international was an unused substitute in the Magpies’ 1-0 win against Southampton on Saturday. Trippier, who joined the club from Atletico Madrid in 2022, is behind former Saints full-back Tino Livramento in the pecking order for the right-back position. Newcastle blocked Trippier from leaving the club in January following interest from Bayern […]
Arsenal have agreed a deal in principle worth up to £32.6m to sign Spain midfielder Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad.
The fee for the 28-year-old, who has less than a year remaining on his contract at the La Liga side, is an initial £28.4m plus £4.2m in add-ons. Merino was part of the Spain team that won Euro 2024 and featured in all seven matches in the tournament, scoring a late winner against Germany in […]
A Chinese firm, Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd., has finalised the repossession of a luxury jet owned by Nigeria in Canada.
Peoples Gazette reports that Zhongshang recently received a change of custodian paperwork for the Bombardier 6000 type BD-700-1A10 aircraft from Canadian authorities in Montreal after a Canadian court issued a judgement that empowered the firm to seize the jet from Nigeria. “The court granted orders for Zhongshang to seize the plane earlier this year, but […]
Raheem Sterling plans to remain in the Premier League as Chelsea try to find a transfer for the winger.
Enzo Maresca made it clear in a press conference on Wednesday that the former Manchester City star, who arrived at Stamford Bridge in a £47.5million deal in the summer of 2022, is no longer part of his plans. The Italian’s comments come just days after Sterling’s representatives released a statement suggesting they were looking for […]
Arsenal have re-entered the race to sign Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, according to reports from Italy.
Osimhen is widely expected to leave Napoli this summer, having not featured at all for the club under new boss Antonio Conte and sporting director Giovanni Manna admitted earlier this week that the player was likely to depart. He said: “Victor is an important player, with an important value and conditions. His desire is clear. […]
Xabi Alonso reportedly phoned Sepp van den Berg shortly before Liverpool struck an agreement with Brentford for the defender’s transfer.
The 22-year-old joined Liverpool in a £4.4m move from Eredivisie club PEC Zwolle in 2019 but has made just four senior appearances during his time with the Reds. He was greatly admired by Jurgen Klopp and even once thought to be a successor for Virgil van Dijk. But Arne Slot has opted to move the […]