Dean Saunders has suggested Christopher Nkunku may need to leave Chelsea in order to become a first-team regular.  Nkunku joined the Blues from RB Leipzig last summer following a glorious spell with the German club, during which he notched 70 goals and 56 assists in 172 appearances across four years. A host of injury problems restricted Nkunku to just 14 …

Thomas Tuchel is in ‘advanced talks’ to become the new head coach of England, according to a report in Germany. Welt is suggesting the former Chelsea boss is now the Football Association’s preferred candidate and that an agreement could soon be reached. Lee Carsley, the interim boss, said after last night’s dismal 2-1 defeat at home to Greece that he …

October 11 – Former England manager Gareth Southgate is to take a year off and will not join any club or national team during that time following speculation he could be a target for Manchester United. “I won’t coach in the next year, for sure. I’m certain of that,” Southgate said during an on-stage interview to an audience of hundreds of …

In a recent interview with Mundo Deportivo, Spain coach Luis de la Fuente opened up about a wide range of topics, including several Barcelona players as well as the team’s progress this season. The 63-year-old, who led Spain to Nations League and European Championship titles, notably heaping praise on Barcelona’s latest signing, Lamine Yamal. De la Fuente on Lamine Yamal …

Juventus is eager to secure Dusan Vlahovic on a new contract while avoiding paying him up to €12 million per season. The striker currently earns €8 million net per season, which could rise to €10 million with bonuses, and a loyalty bonus would push his earnings to €12 million in the final year of his contract. This agreement was made …

Ian Wright has jumped to the defence of Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus, calling on fans to back him with the club bound to ‘need him at some stage’.  Jesus has been with the Gunners since his arrival from Manchester City in the summer of 2022. The Brazil international notched 11 goals and seven assists in 33 appearances across all competitions …

The English Football Association (FA) issued a fine to Nottingham Forest of nearly $1 million for previous social media comments last season. The East Midlands side took to X to heavily criticize match referee Anthony Taylor and VAR lead Stuart Attwell following a defeat to Everton in April. Forest officials felt as if three different penalty decisions went against them …

Adam Silver believes that the NBA will return for games in China one day, despite controversy surrounding the league playing there when teams visited in 2019. NBA Will Return To China Adam Silver was speaking at Columbia University this week in a sports management conference where he addressed speculation that the league could return to China for games for the …

Konstantinos Mavropanos has come in for praise following his performance in Greece’s shock 2-1 win over England on Thursday. The Blues and Whites took full advantage of a disjointed, shambolic England performance, with a Vagelis Pavlidis brace delivering their first-ever victory at Wembley. In reality, the nature of England’s defending meant Greece should have won by a bigger margin and …

Former France winger Jerome Rothen has demanded Kylian Mbappe be stripped of the Les Bleus captaincy after being seen in a Stockholm nightclub while skipping international duty due to a thigh injury. Mbappe was left out of the France squad named last week by Didier Deschamps for the Nations League games against Israel and Belgium. But he started for Real …