South African football news

Bukayo Saka's second-half goal is enough to earn Premier League champions Arsenal victory at Aston Villa.

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Hull City agree a £22m deal to sign Everton midfielder Tim Iroegbunam.

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Manchester City open talks with Chelsea in their bid to sign Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez.

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The smile on Declan Rice’s face a few minutes from time said it all. The Arsenal midfielder had just shut down Ian Maatsen as the Aston Villa full-back zoomed into the box. Arsenal were hardly imperious, Bukayo Saka scoring the only goal, but Unai Emery’s side struggled to hurt the champions , David Raya untroubled.…

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Sunderland are set to sign defender Kevin Danso from Tottenham on a season-long loan, with an option for a permanent move.

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Chelsea accept offers from Tottenham for winger Mykhailo Mudryk and defender Tosin Adarabioyo, as well as a bid from Italian club Como for goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.

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How Aston Villa and Arsenal's players rated following the Gunners' 1-0 win.

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Arsenal still interested in signing Julian Alvarez, Liverpool reject £30m bid from Nottingham Forest for Trey Nyoni, Borussia Dortmund consider move for Jadon Sancho.

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AC Milan complete the signing of Omari Hutchinson on loan from Nottingham Forest until the end of the season.

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City agree £65m deal with Everton for Senegal winger Richarlison to stay at Spurs, who want Chelsea’s Mudryk Manchester City are poised to ­bolster their attack by buying Everton’s ­Iliman Ndiaye for up to £65m and have opened talks with Chelsea over a deal to sign Enzo Fernández. City’s hijack of Tottenham’s deal f…

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Manchester City agree a deal worth a minimum £60m to sign Iliman Ndiaye from Everton.

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Venture capitalist Joshua Kushner says he would not have got involved in Fifa president Gianni Infantino's scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup if he had known how the football world reacted.

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Tottenham are in talks to sign Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk on a season-long loan.

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⚽️ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽️ Email Scott and follow us on TikTok and Bluesky The teams are out! You know what everyone’s wearing. A reduced capacity of around 37,000 at Villa Park, with the North Stand closed for the season to facilitate its expansion. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes. P…

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Manchester City's proposed £80m move for Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo is close to collapsing.

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Everton agree a £40m deal with Monaco for United States striker Folarin Balogun.

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Everton are forced to move their Carabao Cup third-round match against Championship side Wolves - nine days before it was due to be played.

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Newcastle United sign Belgium forward Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille for an initial £51.4m.

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Liverpool complete the signing of France forward Bradley Barcola from Paris St-Germain for a fee worth up to £123m.

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Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott is expected to join Valencia on loan for the rest of the season.

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Nottingham Forest complete the £22m signing of Daniel Munoz from Crystal Palace.

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