22 h. ago Director of English rugby college 'gobsmacked' at what's happening in Wales and says something must change

Alex Murphy is the director of rugby at Ellesmere College and says he was 'gobsmacked' at what he saw last week

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29 h. ago Liverpool transfer news: Admission made on £70m star as Arne Slot move for ace 'expected'

Liverpool's march towards a record-equalling 20th league title continues but manager Arne Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes are already planning for the summer transfer window

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31 h. ago 11 Arsenal stars facing transfer exit as Andrea Berta bids to bolster spending power

Arsenal are expected to oversee a busy summer of transfer business and there will be a vast number of departures at the Emirates Stadium following the arrival of new sporting director Andrea Berta

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44 h. ago Arsenal chief Andrea Berta's secret Nico Williams transfer talks emerge DAYS after taking job

Arsenal sporting director Andrea Berta is already hard at work ahead of what is expected to be a significant summer transfer window for Mikel Arteta and his team

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46 h. ago Arsenal eye summer move for Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams after initial talks

Andrea Berta understood to have met Williams’s agentClub have heavily scouted forward for past two yearsArsenal are exploring a summer move for Athletic Bilbao’s Nico Williams. Andrea Berta has held talks with the Spain forward’s representatives in one of his first acts as the club’s sporting director.It is understood Berta, who was confirmed in his post last Sunday and attended Tuesday’s 2-1 win over Fulham, has met the 22-year-old’s agent, Félix Tainta. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Arsenal news: Mikel Arteta told who must be sold as he dodges double contract question

Arsenal have big plans for the summer transfer window, when new sporting director Andrea Berta will be tasked with signing a top-quality striker for Mikel Arteta

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3 d. ago Mikel Arteta excited by ‘big summer’ after Andrea Berta’s arrival at Arsenal

Striker believed to be main transfer objective Arsenal hope to extend Saka and Saliba contracts Mikel Arteta is looking forward to “a big summer” working with Arsenal’s new sporting director, Andrea Berta, as the club attempt to strengthen their squad to sustain another Premier League title push next season.Arsenal go into Tuesday night’s meeting with Fulham trailing the leaders, Liverpool, by 12 points with nine games to play and look destined to finish as runners up for a third straight campaign. But after the arrival of Berta – the former Atlético Madrid sporting director who has replaced Edu – Arsenal are expected to step up their search for additions, with a striker believed to be the main objective. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Arsenal: Mikel Arteta drops exciting new transfer hint as huge summer window beckons

Signing an elite striker is top of the Gunners’ to-do list under new sporting director Andrea Berta

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3 d. ago Mikel Arteta makes Arsenal transfer promise to propel Gunners to trophies next term

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has welcomed the appointment of a new sporting director and will be in the transfer market for big-name players in the summer

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3 d. ago Partick Thistle set to reveal sporting director as Brian Graham and Mark Wilson given promotion shot

Interim bosses will remain in charge until the end of the season with the play-offs firmly within their grasp.

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4 d. ago Who is Andrea Berta? Arsenal’s new sporting director who worked miracles at Atletico Madrid

Berta arrives at the Emirates with a phenomenal track record in the transfer market

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4 d. ago Arsenal chief Andrea Berta's blocking of two transfers shows character they're getting

Andrea Berta was officially announced as Arsenal's new sporting director on Sunday, and it's fair to say that Gunners supporters are pretty excited about his arrival

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4 d. ago Marco Rose failed to take bull by the horns in Klopp’s shadow at Leipzig | Andy Brassell

Manager’s fate was sealed by former club Gladbach as Red Bull hierarchy act to rescue season with top-four finishIt was fitting that it happened here, and how Marco Rose himself must have felt the inevitable creep of irony as the afternoon went on, and as the end result trundled into view in Mönchengladbach. He had plenty of time to acquaint himself with the possibility during a second half in which RB Leipzig rarely looked like scoring. If the game was still going on now, their vaunted collection of attacking players might still be looking for the breakthrough.There had been a handful of other occasions during the season when Rose must have suspected he would become what he is now: the ex-coach of RB Leipzig. “We believed in our cooperation with Marco and his team for a very long time,” the club’s managing director for sport, Marcel Schäfer said. “We tried everything until the very end to turn things around together.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Mikel Arteta predicts 'twist' to Arsenal transfer business after Andrea Berta arrival

Berta’s arrival as Arsenal’s new sporting director was made official on Sunday

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4 d. ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners' first signing under new sporting director 'confirmed'

Arsenal in need of a new striker if they want Premier League glory - and their new sporting director will be tasked with delivering one to north London

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4 d. ago Josh Kroenke explains why Arsenal hired Andrea Berta with nod to Gunners' transfer plans

Arsenal co-chair Josh Kroenke has been speaking about the club's decision to hire Andrea Berta as their new sporting director following an extensive search to fill the role

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4 d. ago Arsenal step up Viktor Gyokeres chase with two preferred targets proving problematic

Arsenal are looking to sign a new striker in the summer and Andrea Berta, who has replaced Edu as the Gunners' sporting director, is said to be a big fan of Viktor Gyokeres

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4 d. ago Arsenal targets expressed same Mikel Arteta concern as Gunners appoint new sporting director

Arsenal have finally ended their four-month search for a new sporting director after appointing Andrea Berta, but before his arrival there was reportedly concern from other candidates that they wouldn't be given enough power

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5 d. ago New Arsenal transfer chief Andrea Berta signed Ballon d'Or winner for just £16.5m

New Arsenal chief Andrea Berta spent 12 years with Atletico Madrid and oversaw some of the Spanish club's best signings of the Diego Simeone era as sporting director

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5 d. ago Jamie O'Hara, 38, is engaged! Former footballer proposes to girlfriend Keziah Grubb, 32, as he pops the question on a romantic getaway

The sporting star, 38, and the director of a UK recruitment group, 32, looked very much in love as he shared an album of snaps to commemorate the moment to Instagram on Saturday.

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