1 hour ago Arsenal news: Injury concerns for Mikel Arteta vs Athletic Club and 'value' of transfers

Arsenal will be looking to make a winning start to their Champions League campaign when they take on Athletic Club on Tuesday, but Mikel Arteta has one eye on the Premier League

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2 h. ago Arsenal may axe three players to face Athletic Club as starting XI predicted

Arsenal are set to face Athletic Club in the Champions League on Tuesday evening, and Mikel Arteta will have to tweak his starting XI with at least one enforced change

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11 h. ago Mikel Arteta gives Arsenal injury update as fresh blow confirmed

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided an update on the fitness of several players ahead of the Champions League clash with Athletic Club on Tuesday night

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16 h. ago Emanuel Emegha’s move to Chelsea provokes fresh fury at Strasbourg

The team is climbing up the Ligue 1 table but fans are sick of being treated like ‘pawns’ by the Chelsea ownersBy Get French Football NewsStrasbourg are a club torn between inertia and evolution. Change is visible all around the Meinau: in its recently developed stands and on the pitch where, in two years, they have gone from perennial relegation strugglers to Champions League candidates. The motor for change was BlueCo’s purchase of the club in 2023. The takeover was met with stout opposition and the team’s upward trajectory since has done little to remould public opinion.“I feel like we are back at the beginning. I am so disappointed with the reaction,” complained Liam Rosenior on Sunday, exasperated by the latest fan protests. You needn’t scratch too much to uncover the resentment that bubbles beneath the surface of the Meinau. The 15-minute strike, where the club’s ultras remain silent at the start of matches, is now just a common feature of Strasbourg fixtures, and you are neve...

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18 h. ago Man Utd make Ruben Amorim's future clear after worst start to Prem in 33 years

Ruben Amorim is under increasing pressure at Manchester United after a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City left the club bottom of the table after their worst start to a season in 33 years

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36 h. ago Ruben Amorim issues verdict on potential Manchester United sacking and hints at behind the scenes issues

The pressure is increasing on the Manchester United boss after overseeing the club’s worst start to a league campaign in over 30 years

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6 d. ago Terrorist's arsenal of weapons: Secret cache including a machete and an axe were hoarded by former student found guilty of possessing bomb

A photograph released by counter-terrorism police reveals a terrifying cache uncovered in the bedroom of Adam Mahmood - including a machete, an axe, a part-made sword, and a collection of knives.

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6 d. ago Hugo Ekitike concern arises after Alexander Isak arrival as Arne Slot sent warning

Hugo Ekitike joined Liverpool in the summer and made a promising start, but the club's subsequent big-money signing of Alexander Isak has complicated the Frenchman's future

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7 d. ago Manchester United opponents rocked by positive doping test as UEFA release statement

Athletic Club player Yeray Alvarez has been banned for failing a doping test following a Europa League game against Man Utd last season.

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8 d. ago ‘It’s my second home!’ Gen Z and the sudden, surprising boom of luxury gyms

Expensive fitness facilities might seem a tough sell in a cost of living crisis. But for young people in crowded or dilapidated house shares, the high price for a haven can be worth payingThe best part of Owen Willis’s day is his morning shower. Notes of lavender and eucalyptus waft through his private, stone-tiled shower room as he uses a £32 bottle of Cowshed bodywash. He dries off with a fluffy white towel before slathering on Cowshed body lotion (£24).This isn’t Willis’s home, however. It’s his gym. He belongs to Third Space in London, which calls itself a “luxury health club”. Memberships start at £230 a month for an individual site and go as high as £305 for access to all of its branches, including the Mayfair club, where gym-goers can expect “UV-treated fresh air” and “a Himalayan sea-salt walled sauna and steam room”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man Utd news: Ruben Amorim dealt new injury blow as Benjamin Sesko shows true colours

Manchester United have a lengthy break before their next Premier League game, but there is still plenty going on at Old Trafford as Benjamin Sesko speaks out on his slow start at the club

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1 week ago Aston Villa ‘killed’ by spending rules in transfer window, says Ezri Konsa

Club affected by Premier League and Uefa financial fair play‘It’s crazy. We’re going to have to deal with what we’ve got’Ezri Konsa has said that football’s spending regulations “killed” Aston Villa during a difficult summer transfer window. The club, who have started the season badly with one point from three games and no goals scored, were hemmed in by the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules and the equivalent in Uefa competition.Villa paid out one major fee – £30.5m to Nice for Evann Guessand – and made only four further first-team additions, Marco Bizot being followed in on deadline day by Victor Lindelöf, Harvey Elliott and Jadon Sancho. The club were open to selling Emiliano Martínez only for there to be no buyer and moved Jacob Ramsey to Newcastle for £39m despite Unai Emery preferring to keep him. As a homegrown player, Ramsey counted as pure profit on the books. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mozart: Six String Quintets album review – deep understanding of these under

(Alpha)Spunicunifait (their name taken from a nonsense word used by Mozart) perform these six quintets with flexibility and easy athleticismFormed by string players from some of Europe’s leading orchestras and ensembles specifically to give historically informed performances of Mozart’s string quintets, Spunicunifait takes its name from a nonsense word used by Mozart in one of his letters, the meaning of which remains a mystery. “We wanted to make a recording that would approach the quintets with the same reverence that [Mozart’s] quartets receive,” they say, and that approach results in performances of the six works that have transparency, flexibility and easy athleticism. There are the five well-known mature quintets, as well as the early B flat work K174, for which Spuncunifait play two versions of its finale. All are composed for a quintet of strings with two violas (unlike Boccherini’s quintets and Schubert’s famous C major quintet, which employ two cellos).The players – Lorenz...

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1 week ago Mason Greenwood update as 'disappointing' Man United reunion admission made

Former Manchester United winger Mason Greenwood has enjoyed a positive start to the new season with Ligue 1 club Marseille

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2 w. ago Aaron Hickey makes Hearts admission as he recalls Serie A adventure and lands glowing Scott McTominay verdict

Scotland international Aaron Hickey revealed his thoughts on former club Hearts’ excellent start to the season.

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2 w. ago I starred on The 1% Club and Lee Mack revealed true colours before show started

A former contestant from The 1% Club has spilled the beans on their interaction with host Lee Mack, the application process and other behind the scenes gossip

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2 w. ago Man Utd sent Ruben Amorim sack message as claim about 'dressing room fights' made

Rio Ferdinand has weighed in on the calls for Ruben Amorim's sacking as Manchester United struggle to start the season, expressing optimism that the club's fortunes will improve soon

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2 w. ago Football transfer rumours: Newcastle in for Roma’s Dovbyk? Ederson to Galatasaray?

Today’s fluff is singing when it’s fishingToday’s tittle-tattle starts with a Manchester club scrabbling around to resolve their goalkeeping situation. City’s Ederson continues to attract interest from Galatasaray, and a move could unlock the departure of Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris Saint-Germain to the Etihad, Sky Sports reports. Donnarumma’s people, PSG’s people and City’s people have been in contact to thrash out possible details, and further agreeable lunches are anticipated. As for Ederson, City say they want to keep him as well but while Al-Nassr’s interest in the Brazilian appears to have cooled Galatasaray remain keen and a deal could yet happen.Thursday’s Newcastle striker talk has them moving for Roma’s Artem Dovbyk, initially on loan. The Serie A club are reportedly open to the move becoming permanent but would want at least €30m for the Ukraine international, and a purchase obligation clause in the small print of any loan deal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nicolas Raskin's Rangers future in doubt as Russell Martin singles out two leaders amid Club Brugge horror show

The Belgian midfielder started last night's 6-0 Champions League battering from Club Brugge on the bench

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3 w. ago 'Cool' Scotland international lands cocktail comparison after starring for club in 14

The 42-cap Scotland international has made a strong start to life with his new club.

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