7 h. ago Lutz Pfannenstiel warns Aberdeen fans 'I'm not a magician' as he lays out how it's going to work with Jimmy Thelin

The Pittodrie club's first ever sporting director has been explaining his new role at the club after joining from St Louis SC

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65 h. ago Inside Rangers’ January transfer plans as Kevin Thelwell reveals how ‘active’ Gers will be as Rohl to get final say

KEVIN THELWELL last night insisted Danny Rohl WILL have the final say on all Rangers’ transfer targets. After confirming the Ibrox club plan to be “fairly active” in January, Gers’ under-fire sporting director lifted the lid on his role in the process. Thelwell has been heavily criticised after a disastrous summer window in which £20million...

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65 h. ago Rangers set for 'fairly active' January window as Kevin Thelwell promises Danny Rohl will get final say on transfers

The under-fire sporting director is planning ahead with the winter window open in seven weeks time

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3 d. ago Kevin Thelwell airs Rangers grievances with 'dangerous precedent' broadside over Celtic incident

Sporting director seeking further talks with SFA over refereeing decisions

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6 d. ago SPFL club rocked as owner and director deemed unfit by Scottish FA and ordered to stand down

Club plunged deeper into crisis after governing body ruling

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1 week ago ‘This is a highly unusual and very serious situation’ – Sole remaining director at SPFL crisis club gives grim statement

HAMILTON ACCIES don't have their problems to seek right now. The cash-strapped League One outfit are playing their football away from their home town, and sitting back in seventh in the league after a fresh points deduction and fine last month saw them drop off the top of the table. And when former Celtic chief...

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1 week ago Former Canada coach convicted of sexual assault not included on public sanctions lists

Bob Birarda, jailed in 2022 for assaulting players, is not listed by Canada Soccer or BC Soccer. The country’s new Safe Sport director says the omission exposes a major gap — and is calling for a global registry of banned coaches.Two years after receiving an 18-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting players under his care, a former Canada women’s national team coach is yet to appear on any public sanctions list published by Canada Soccer or BC Soccer, the regional governing body for soccer in British Columbia, where the crimes took place.The revelation has prompted the executive director of the Canadian organization newly appointed to manage reports of abuse and misconduct to call for an international registry of offenders to track individuals who have been banned from sports for misconduct. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rangers fans target Stewart and Thelwell as stewards try to confiscate banners amid defiant Danny Rohl vow

Roma were comfortbale winners at Ibrox as the sporting director and CEO came under fan fire in front Andrew Cavenagh

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2 w. ago Failed signings, fan fury and resignations: how Fiorentina became a crisis club | Nicky Bandini

After spending big there was optimism in Florence, but their season has been a mess that may get worseDaniele Pradè had described Fiorentina v Lecce as a “question of life or death”, but as the occasion approached he remembered football’s third option: you can always just walk away. On Saturday, a little more than 24 hours before this game was due to take place, he left his role as sporting director of the Viola by mutual consent.The timing was a surprise, but not the decision. Fiorentina had made a shockingly poor start to the season, collecting four points from their first nine games, and Pradè was adamant that he alone should shoulder the blame. “The club put €90m at my disposal to build the team,” he pointed out last month. “If anyone is responsible for the current situation, it’s me.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Liverpool will not change attacking style despite recent slump, says Slot

‘But we need to do better in not conceding goals’Liverpool host Villa after six defeats in seven gamesArne Slot has said the Liverpool hierarchy share his views on the reasons for the team’s slump and he will not abandon an attacking style in search of a way out. The head coach admitted that six defeats in seven games was unacceptable before Aston Villa’s visit on Saturday and denied making excuses for Liverpool’s worst domestic run in 72 years.Slot accepted the pressure was on before his makeshift team exited the Carabao Cup against Crystal Palace on Wednesday. That pressure to arrest the slide, however, is not, he insisted, coming from Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, FSG’s chief executive of football, Michael Edwards, or the sporting director, Richard Hughes, after a summer transfer outlay of almost £450m. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Penguin thief who died three times and survived 'nightmare' jail lands new football job

‘The craziest man in football’, who died three times, stole a penguin and survived a ‘nightmare’ spell in jail has landed a new job in football

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3 w. ago Footballer who ‘died’, was jailed in Singapore and once stole a penguin joins Scottish club as sporting director

Lutz Pfannenstiel, 52, was the first man to play for clubs in all six Fifa confederations – but the remarkable instances do not end there

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3 w. ago SPFL side lands new chief who ‘died’, stole a penguin and was jailed in Singapore

Cormack welcomes new era at Pittodrie

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3 w. ago Lutz Pfannenstiel named Aberdeen sporting director as Dave Cormack welcomes 'catalyst' for success

The Dons have appointed Steven Gunn's successor at Pittodrie amid a difficult start to the season

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3 w. ago Kevin Thelwell admits he 'underestimated the size' of Rangers and reveals reality behind Youssef Chermiti deal

The sporting director and Ibrox decision-makers are in the firing line amid a poor campaign

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3 w. ago Andrew Cavenagh throws Rangers backing behind Stewart and Thelwell as fan 'misconception' addressed

Chief executive and sporting director are under fire from furious fans who want them to follow axed boss Russell Martin out the door.

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3 w. ago Kevin Thelwell defends Rangers appointment of his son as he’s grilled on summer recruitment

The summer signing spree by the sporting director has been under major scrutiny - alongside one key appointment

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4 w. ago ‘Rashford is a role model for me’: Abu Kamara’s journey from Hull to La Liga

Winger comes up against Real Madrid on Sunday after ‘a low-key friendly’ earned a dream loan move to GetafeA 0-0 draw is seen by 3,918 people and described by the club’s own website as “a low-key friendly”. With players’ shouts echoing off 21,668 empty seats one early August afternoon, Hull City versus Getafe Club de Fútbol was nothing to write home about. Unless of course you’re Abu Kamara: in which case, that is exactly what it was and now, two months on, he’s smiling. “I didn’t even score but I’m guessing I had a decent game,” the England Under-20 winger says. “Because if not, I don’t think they would just come up to anyone and say: ‘Do you like the idea of playing in La Liga?’”Did he ever. “At the end of the game, the sports scientist Javi [Vidal], and the technical director, Gonzalo [Fernández], came up to me and asked,” Kamara recalls. “I said: ‘Yeah, I’d be down for it.’ It’s a big league, so I take it as a massive compliment. I went back into the changing room, spoke to my f...

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