The following is a list of major signings during the 2024/2025 pre-season transfer window, which closed on Aug. 30 (transfer fees reported by club or media include add-ons): ENGLAND Raheem Sterling: From Chelsea to Arsenal (loan) Jadon Sancho: From Manchester United to Chelsea (loan) Dominic Solanke: From Bournemouth to...
English Premier League
Manchester City got their Premier League title defence off to a winning start as goals from Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic inflicted a 2-0 defeat on Enzo Maresca in his first match in charge of Chelsea. Haaland marked his 100th appearance for the club with his 91st goal before...
Joshua Zirkzee made himself a Manchester United hero on his debut with a late winner to beat Fulham 1-0 in the opening match of the Premier League season on Friday. Zirkzee, lacking match fitness after his £36.5m ($47 million) move from Bologna last month, came on only...
Manchester City will begin their Premier League title defence away to Chelsea on the opening weekend of the new season after the fixture list was published on Tuesday. The match on August 18 will pit Pep Guardiola against his former assistant Enzo Maresca, who was appointed Chelsea...
Manchester City can become the first English club to win the domestic double in successive seasons in Saturday’s FA Cup final. But manager Pep Guardiola says his side need no extra motivation when they face Manchester United at Wembley. City, who made history earlier this month by winning...
Feyenoord coach, Arne Slot was Monday confirmed as Jurgen Klopp’s successor at Liverpool by the Premier League club. Liverpool said in a statement that the Dutchman, 45, would take up the position of head coach on June 1, subject to a work permit. The club did not specify...
Manchester City on Sunday made English Premier League history by becoming the first side to clinch four consecutive titles after beating West Ham at the Etihad stadium No side in the history of the English top flight had ever won four successive titles, but City have...
Erling Haaland’s double put Manchester City within touching distance of an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title as they beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 away on Tuesday. The Norwegian tapped home his side’s opener early in the second half and settled City’s nerves in stoppage time when he...
Erling Haaland scored four times as Manchester City thrashed Wolves 5-1 to move within one point of Arsenal after the Premier League leaders beat Bournemouth 3-0 on Saturday. City responded to Arsenal’s victory just hours earlier with a goal blitz at the Etihad Stadium. Pep Guardiola’s...
Manchester City took another step in their bid to win a fourth consecutive English Premier League (EPL) title with a 2-0 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest on Sunday. Josko Gvardiol and Erling Haaland were on target for the defending champions. Pep Guardiola’s men kept the pressure on leaders...
Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka described the last 20 minutes nerve-racking as his team hung on for a vital 3-2 win at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to stay ahead in the Premier League title race with three games left. Mikel Arteta’s team were cruising after scoring three unanswered goals before...
Arsenal must not get carried away with their Premier League title chances after edging local rivals Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in a hard-fought London derby, manager Mikel Arteta said on Sunday. The Gunners raced into a three-goal lead by halftime but Spurs battled back with two goals and left...
Kai Havertz and Ben White scored twice as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 5-0 on Tuesday to surge ahead in the Premier League title race and ramp up the pressure on Liverpool and Manchester City. Leandro Trossard was also on target for the Gunners, who move three points clear...
Arsenal’s Premier League title push was hit by late goals from Aston Villa’s Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins as they suffered a surprise 2-0 home defeat on Sunday. The loss hands the initiative to leaders and defending champions Manchester City. Villa substitute, Bailey tapped home from close...
Manchester City moved to the top of the Premier League as lowly Luton were eased aside 5-1 at the Etihad, while Newcastle thrashed Tottenham 4-0 on Saturday. Amid a gruelling schedule, Pep Guardiola could hardly have wished for a kinder fixture in between the two legs...
Chelsea staged a last-gasp comeback to beat Manchester United 4-3 with Cole Palmer bagging a hat-trick to turn a madcap Premier League match on its head. This was after the Reds seemed to have staged their own unlikely turnaround in a thriller on Thursday. Chelsea’s top scorer Palmer...
Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag said his team can still make up the eight points between them and Aston Villa to achieve a top-four finish in spite their shock home loss to Fulham on Saturday. Alex Iwobi scored deep in stoppage time as Fulham shocked a sub-par...
Arsenal ensured they would spend Christmas Day on top of the Premier League as they held title rivals Liverpool to a pulsating 1-1 draw at Anfield on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side took an early lead through Gabriel Magalhaes, but Mohamed Salah hauled Liverpool level before the interval....
Jurgen Klopp’s men came into the match as hot favourites to inflict yet more agony on their bitter rivals and boasting 11 wins from 11 games in all competitions at home this season. Liverpool dominated, hogging nearly 70 percent of possession and 34 shots to United’s six...
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has reiterated his call for proper management of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) league to make it attractive to investors.oko Okocha said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. The mercurial...