Steven Chicken

[ad_1] Barcelona have been forced to go without summer signings Dani Olmo and Pau Victor for the rest of the season after failing in a series of appeals against La Liga. In an unusual scenario, complications around the way the players were registered to fit into Barcelona’s wage bill have meant the Spanish league have […]

[ad_1] Austrian international Guido Burgstaller has suffered a fractured skull after a ‘brutal’ attack in Vienna city centre. Rapid Vienna announced on Monday that the former Cardiff City forward had been attacked in front of witnesses over the weekend and is expected to spend the next few days in hospital. Burgstaller is said to have

[ad_1] Crystal Palace co-owner John Textor has been given a stiff incentive to dispense with his shares in the club sooner rather with one of his other clubs, Lyon, threatened with relegation if they don’t improve their financial position. Textor holds a 45 per cent stake in Crystal Palace, as well as stakes in Brazilian

[ad_1] We’re absolutely positive it can’t feel this way to Aston Villa fans, but for those of us with a more passing interest in the club… it feels weird that they were a Championship club in 2019, doesn’t it? Almost forgotten like someone else’s bad dream. Villa’s ascent from there to where they are now

[ad_1] A lot of the chat around the Premier League title race has presupposed since the summer that it will, at some point, boil down to Manchester City vs Arsenal. There’s good reason for that: they have been rivals to lift the trophy for the past two seasons, with Arsenal getting stronger and stronger under

[ad_1] Real Madrid Kylian Mbappe has sparked a minor controversy in France after withdrawing from their international squad for the October international break, citing an injury concern. French outlet Foot Mercato insist that Mbappe’s claims of an injury are a smokescreen, and that had made clear during France’s September camp that he would not be

[ad_1] The future of the entire football transfer system is set to be decided after a European Union court found in favour of Lassana Diarra in his case against FIFA relating to a 2014 transfer move. The issue was whether Diarra and any club who wanted to sign him were liable to pay reparations to

[ad_1] Jose Mourinho has been no stranger to bizarre and controversial moments over his long managerial career, racking them up even more frequently than he has taken trophies. The latest in his highly-entertaining career saw Mourinho receive a yellow card after he protested against a VAR decision to disallow his Fenerbahce side a goal by

[ad_1] The Premier League have been left stunned by an appeals board’s decision that they are unable to punish Leicester City for an alleged breach of their profit and sustainability rules (PSR). Leicester were up on a charge applying to the three-year period from 2020/21 to 2022/23, having lost more than the permitted £105m over

[ad_1] The time is nearly here for clubs in England’s top flight to send in their final post-summer squad lists for the 2024/25 season. Premier League clubs need to submit their squad lists of up to 25 players (excluding those born on or after January 1 2003, who don’t need to be registered), with anybody