July 23 – Open warfare has broken out between FIFA and the European leagues and player unions after the latter announced they had teamed up to carry out their threat of legal action over the protracted international match calendar, in particular the staging of 2025 Club World Cup. The European Leagues organisation – representing professional football in more than 30 European nations, including …

Newcastle United have focused more on their sales so far this summer as compared to signing new players. The Magpies were in trouble about the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules and in order to comply with the regulations, they needed to sell players first. Eddie Howe’s team have signed defender Lloyd Kelly this summer and he remains their only …

July 22 – Liverpool have agreed a new multi-year deal with Strauss which will see the German brand become the club’s official workwear partner, the first of its kind in the Premier League. Starting this week during the club’s pre-season tour in the USA, the Strauss brand will feature across various club channels, branded signage, including pitch-side LED screens. Ben …

Fabrizio Romano has suggested that the Mikel Merino to Arsenal transfer story could soon be one to watch closely as he expects there could be some developments on the deal by the end of the week. Speaking on his YouTube channel in the video below, Romano summed up his current information on the Merino deal, saying that Arsenal’s interest is …

July 23 – The Korean FA has filed an official complaint with FIFA over an alleged racist remark directed at Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Hwang Hee-chan during a recent preseason match against Italian club Como that took place in Spain. Hwang reported the incident during the second half, leading to angry responses from his teammates, including Daniel Podence, who was sent off …

The greatest multi-sport festival on earth, the Games of the Olympiad, commonly known as the Olympics, will set up shop in Paris this year. As always, the best athletes in the world will feature in this cut-throat competition, aiming to get their hands on the coveted gold medal and go down in the history books. Men’s soccer has been a …

Joao Felix arrived at FC Barcelona from Atletico Madrid on a season-long loan deal on the transfer deadline day last summer. The move was heralded as some sort of a coup, with expectations that the 24-year-old forward might finally live up to his immense quality and potential. However, during his stay at the club, Barça fans only got fleeting glimpses …

Former Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater has hit back at online trolls on social media after someone took aim at him for being at a new low simply because he posted pictures of himself working on a building site. See below as Drinkwater quotes back a post about being at rock bottom, telling users to behave as he enjoys doing …

Newcastle United’s recruitment team holds an interest in Fiorentina youngster Michael Kayode. The 20-year-old right-back is highly admired by club scouts and other European clubs and could be one to watch in the final five weeks of the summer transfer window. With it emerging that Kieran Tripper is ‘increasingly certain’ to leave the club amid interest from Saudi Arabia, it …

July 22 – In Norway, supporters threw fishcakes on to the field during the Rosenborg vs Lillestrøm to protest the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), eventually resulting in the top-flight match being abandoned.  The game was suspended after four stoppages following protests against the technology from both sets of fans. First Rosenborg fans threw fish cakes causing the referee to halt …