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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 20:21West Ham co-owner Sullivan advised to stay away from home matches
London Stadium recommends West Ham's co-owner stay away amid fears of fan unrest following sexual misconduct claims.
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 19:30Real to resume talks with Arsenal target Vinicius Jr
Real Madrid and Vinicius Jr will resume contract talks this week as Arsenal wait in the wings.
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 19:30Transfer roundup: Chelsea sell Trevoh Chalobah and sign Jordan Henderson
Chalobah to join Cesc Fàbregas at Como for £27.5m Fulham sign Real Madrid’s Gonzalo García for £34m Trevoh Chalobah’s long association with Chelsea is to end after Como agreed a deal worth an initial £25.7m. The England defender ’s departure was agreed on the same day the club completed the signing of Jordan Henders…
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 18:48Mauricio Pochettino’s US return is risky, expensive and probably unnecessary | Leander Schaerlaeckens
In giving the head coach another World Cup cycle, US Soccer is tempting fate for negligible benefit Mauricio Pochettino and US Soccer enjoyed their time together. Or, rather, they enshoyed it, as Pochettino would pronounce it in his thick Argentinian accent, which charmingly carries over when he speaks English. Cont…
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 18:00Palace sign Tottenham defender Bartrip
Newly promoted Women's Super League club Crystal Palace have signed Tottenham defender Molly Bartrip for an undisclosed fee.
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 17:55Marc Skinner may have been a Marmite manager but Manchester United’s budget was spread thin | Tom Garry
He divided opinion but made the most of a small budget – his successor must work with youngsters not big signings “If we want to compete at this later stage, we’ve seen what we’ve got to do, as a club. It’s our choice now, isn’t it? We have to look at what we seriously want to achieve … It takes, sometimes, a punch…
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 17:46Newcastle reject first bid from Arsenal for captain Bruno Guimarães
Premier League champions have £70m offer turned down Brazil midfielder has arrived at Newcastle training camp Arsenal have stepped up their attempt to sign Bruno Guimarães by finally beginning formal transfer negotiations and making an opening offer, which Newcastle have rejected. Guimarães met Newcastle’s incoming…
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 17:39Como agree £31m deal to sign Chalobah from Chelsea
Como agree a deal worth more than £30m to sign Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah.
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 17:37Ex-Man City striker Dzeko, 40, pens new Schalke deal
Bosnia and Herzegovina captain Edin Dzeko, 40, signs a one-year contract extension at newly promoted Bundesliga side Schalke.
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 17:17England midfielder Henderson joins Chelsea
England midfielder Jordan Henderson signs for Chelsea on a two-year deal after his contract with Brentford is mutually terminated.
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 17:00Vinícius Júnior to Arsenal doesn’t make sense. That’s why it may work | Jonathan Wilson
Mikel Arteta’s team and the Brazilian star could be a perfect match. It also could be a risk that ends in disaster Sometimes what is needed is something different. There is a long history in football of counterintuitive thinking being successful, of the benefits of creative tension, of adding grit to the oyster to g…
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 16:20Football Daily | Scrapped proposals, statement wars and the ongoing Infantino furore
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Here we go again. And, no, we are not talking about the start of the new Scottish Premiership season or the preliminary round of the Carabao Cup – although that Tranmere v Rochdale shootout was a cracker. Yes, after a week of talk about money, greed and Donald Trum…
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 16:16Have Man Utd lost faith in their women's team?
With a month to go before the start of the Women's Super League season, Manchester United are without a manager and have a thin squad.
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 16:12Inside Liverpool's summer so far - should fans be worried?
BBC Sport's Aadam Patel reports on the latest from the Liverpool tour of the United States.
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 16:02'Jadon was not on trial with the club' - Flixton dismiss Sancho talk
Non-league Flixton FC set the record straight after former Man Utd winger Jadon Sancho is seen training with the club.
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BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 15:57Pochettino agrees US manager contract extension
Mauricio Pochettino agrees a deal to continue as the manager of the United States men's team until 2030.
BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 15:14If Infantino goes, who might replace him as Fifa president?
Pressure is building on Fifa president Gianni Infantino but if he goes, who comes in?
BBC Sport — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 15:09Casemiro said he wanted to play for us - Galaxy GM
Los Angeles Galaxy's general manager Will Kuntz says Casemiro told the club he "only wanted to play for them" amid investigations into his transfer to Inter Miami.
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 15:01Mauricio Pochettino agrees deal to stay as US coach through World Cup 2030
Pochettino joined US national team in 2024 Coach led US to last 16 at 2026 World Cup US men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino and the US Soccer Federation have agreed to a contract extension that will keep Pochettino attached to the program through 2030, US Soccer announced on Monday. The two sides had…
Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 14:53‘They are terrified’: Como spark row with fans over controversial new stadium policy
Supporters must not miss more than three home games Serie A club’s chairman defends new rules Como, the surprise package of last season’s Serie A, who qualified for the Champions League for the first time , will revoke season tickets from fans who fail to attend four home matches, under a series of new rules that ha…
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Guardian — FootballMon, 03 Aug · 12:23Worn in the USA: Liverpool’s pre-season tour had highs but exposed glaring gaps in the squad | Andy Hunter
Teenager Nyoni excelled in Andoni Iraola’s first pre-season tour, but the head coach desperately needs transfers Andoni Iraola’s first pre-season tour as the Liverpool head coach produced wins over Sunderland in Nashville and Wrexham in New York before ending in a 4-2 defeat against Leeds in Chicago. The Guardian fo…
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