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Spurs could pay £85m including add-ons for winger De Zerbi says Sávio will bring ‘imagination and quality’ Savinho has completed his £75m move to Tottenham from Manchester City and marked the beginning of a new chapter in his career by indicating that he wants to be known as Sávio from now on. The Brazil winger, who…

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Tottenham sign Brazil winger Savinho from Manchester City for an initial £75m - and he reverts to being called Savio.

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BBC Sport takes a look at what each of the Premier League clubs still need before the summer transfer window shuts in seven days.

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Thirteen managers have won the Premier League title, but which of them will make it into our top 10 covering the competition's history?

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Man City winger has made two substitute appearances so far this season, but his future remains in doubt.

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Dario Vidosic has added nous and potential in a bid to build on a season that saw the club get to a first FA Cup final Guardian writers’ predicted position: 6th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downey’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 7th Continue reading...

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While Chelsea's front three produced a sparkling display in their win over Fulham, goalkeeper Robert Sanchez remains a major concern.

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The failure to replace Robert Sánchez remains a mystery but the new-look front three should buy time for the new manager’s principles to bed in After a weekend on which pretty much every potential challenger to Arsenal had demonstrated their flaws , there was a sense, perhaps even a need, for Chelsea to emerge as a…

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Fulham manager Alvaro Arbeloa says his side deserved "a little bit more" following their 3-2 home defeat by Chelsea but is encouraged by the "character and personality" shown in his first Premier League game in charge.

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Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso praises Cole Palmer's "responsibility, maturity and freedom" after a goal and an assist from the playmaker seals a 3-2 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage. In Alonso's first Premier League match in charge, the Spaniard insists his new squad can achieve "special things" this season.

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Cole Palmer scores and sets up Joao Pedro as Chelsea give Xabi Alonso a winning start against Alvaro Arbeloa's Fulham at Craven Cottage in the Premier League.

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Perhaps there will come a time when Xabi Alonso has taught Chelsea how to master the art of game management. This is a team still to learn how to grind. Equally it is a team capable of hurting anyone, and although Alonso’s first outing as Chelsea’s manager featured plenty of terrible defending it also provided confi…

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Morgan Rogers scores on his Chelsea debut as Xabi Alonso's side beat Fulham at Craven Cottage - here are BBC Sport's player ratings.

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Palmeiras winger’s arrival paves way for Savinho exit City monitoring Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo Manchester City have agreed a €37.5m plus €2.5m (£34m) deal for the Palmeiras winger Allan Elias, with the club also in advanced negotiations to sell Nico González to Newcastle. The 22-year-old Elias – known as Allan –…

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Manchester City agree to sign winger Allan Elias from Palmeiras in a deal worth up to £34.2m.

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⚽ Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off ⚽ Sign up for the Football Daily email | Follow on TikTok Joao Pedro, Chelsea’s new No9, has scored after 30 seconds. Cuenca’s driven ball out of defence was headed whence it came by one of the Chelsea centre-backs. Palmer slipped a simple* first-time pass through t…

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Ollie Watkins has been an Aston Villa legend but it appears his time at the club is nearing a painful end amid interest from Saudi Arabia.

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46-year-old charged with possessing criminal tools York fined and sentenced to two days in jail 49ers CEO also owns stake in Leeds United The San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York has pleaded no contest to two criminal charges after being arrested at an Ohio trailer park over the weekend. KRON4 News in San Francisco re…

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An analysis of Julian Alvarez's future with the transfer window closing on 1 September - and the Argentine's chances of a move from Atletico Madrid to Arsenal.

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Sunday’s draw with Newcastle shows Andoni Iraola’s new ideas as manager will need to overcome the squad’s lack of balance Sign up for our free newsletter here The good news for Liverpool is that, Arsenal aside, every other team with vague title aspirations who played over the weekend looked undercooked, and that And…

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