Daniel Taylor

Senior football writer @TheAthleticFC. 2025 Hugh McIlvanney Sports Journalist of Year. 📚 Clough, Ferguson, Keegan, I Believe in Miracles 🌳 92/92 28/42

[Daniel Taylor @DTathletic]

Lovely to wake up with this today.

Thank you to the ⁦@SportSJA⁩ and all the many brilliant people at ⁦@TheAthleticUK⁩.

⁦@stujames75⁩ and ⁦@AdamCrafton_⁩ on the six-person shortlist too, so hopefully shows we are doing something right 👍🏻

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Tomorrow marks 32 years since the killing of Andres Escobar following an own goal the then-Colombia defender scored at the 1994 World Cup.

His brother Santiago wants him to be remembered for more than that.

In an exclusive interview with @FelipeCar, he speaks about his unbreakable bond with Andrés and his continued grief.

"I don't understand the death of a person who only did what he loved most, which was play football, entertain people, give joy to his fans, and give everything for his country, for his city."

https://t.co/55IJUwt0Mm

[Daniel Taylor @DTathletic]

Another one for the 'it's never quiet at Nottingham Forest' file.

Oliver Glasner coming in.
Vitor Pereira on way out.

#NFFC #CPFC

https://t.co/Br0yjauMyR

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

In Ireland, Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes is the star of this World Cup.

The former trainee mortgage adviser turned Cape Verde defender is at the heart of this tournament’s great underdog story.

Next up? Lionel Messi and Argentina.

@DTathletic went to Dublin to find out more about the World Cup star recruited via LinkedIn.

🔗 https://t.co/XnGptZggwA

[Daniel Taylor @DTathletic]

@antonysissons This is fixed/guaranteed £116m. Previous bid was fixed £106m plus potential add-ons (if they win the Champions League etc, but with that element of ‘some of these add-ons may never happen’)

[Daniel Taylor @DTathletic]

Some weird stuff going round about the Elliot Anderson fee. This is it ⬇️ (and this was always it). Confirmed at both ends. #NFFC #MCFC

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Manchester City agree to sign Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest in deal worth £116m. Fee guaranteed with no add-ons. #MCFC record transfer for 23yo #NFFC midfielder - set for medical in NYC on Friday before signing long-term contract @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/VdCgmbb0Kf

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Tottenham Hotspur are interested in a move for West Ham United midfielder Mateus Fernandes, while they remain keen on signing Newcastle United’s Sandro Tonali.

More from @dtathletic, @SebSB & @David_Ornstein

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[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Manchester City are giving genuine consideration to signing Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali, as well as Elliot Anderson of Nottingham Forest.

The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Tottenham have held productive talks with Tonali’s camp and want to make the Italian their major signing this summer, but face serious competition from City, who have continued to track the player.

City’s interest in Tonali, 26, does not affect their plans to sign Anderson and they remain in talks with Nottingham Forest about a potential British record transfer.

Signing both midfielders, for what would likely be a combined cost of over £200million ($268m), comes with City seeking to build a side for Enzo Maresca, Pep Guardiola’s successor, that can challenge for next season’s Premier League title.

More from @DTathletic

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[Clive Tyldesley @CliveTyldesley]

Some thoughts from the sofa of a major tournament for the first time since 1990! 🍷

[Dan Sheldon @Dan_Sheldon_]

🚨 Exclusive: Thomas Partey is unavailable to play in Ghana’s opening World Cup match against Panama in Canada on June 17 as he has been denied entry to the country. Full story @TheAthleticFC: https://t.co/AzcsWhz4TC

[Ewen Cameron @EwenDCameron]

Best. Advert. EVER.

#Scotland #AdidasUK

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Clive Tyldesley, the ‘godfather’ of football commentary, reveals his broadcasting secrets:

🗣️ The art of knowing when to ‘shut up’
🗣️ Reading his own professional ‘obituary’
🗣️ What he really feels about Sam Matterface
🗣️ The greatest game he ever worked on
🗣️ Why he’s still in love with the sport

@DTathletic

https://t.co/i1uMkzMq2o

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

NYT-owned The Athletic, normally paywalled, says it is making its World Cup coverage free to read in its app until the day of the final on 19 July.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

🚨 Kieran McKenna is to leave his role as Ipswich Town manager.

More from @David_Ornstein

FREE READ 🔗 https://t.co/nIww0VQ4Rd

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

In January, Karren Brady told West Ham fans concerned by speculation the police were enquiring into David Sullivan that there was “no investigation involving West Ham”.

At the time, the club’s co-owner was serving a suspension from attending women and academy games due to an FA safeguarding enquiry.

Exclusive story from @DTathletic

🔗 https://t.co/J3ujRqOeeq

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

In a statement to The Athletic, David Sullivan said it was wrong to report that he had been banned as part of the Football Association’s safeguarding inquiry into non-recent allegations of sexual offending.

Instead, he argued that it was a temporary and mutually agreed restriction while the FA investigates one specific complaint.

“I wish to clarify recent media reports regarding a negotiated agreement with the Football Association (FA), which has been inaccurately described as a disciplinary ‘ban’,” he said.

“In my entire 16 years at West Ham I have never met any academy or women’s team players one-to-one, therefore a negotiated and temporary agreement with the FA not to do so until the FA resolved an outstanding complaint in relation to a single anonymous complaint regarding an event in 1981.

“The complaint had nothing to do about my time in football and it never happened.

“I saw it as a meaningless restriction, as it didn’t impact on my work in any way. Therefore, I accepted it for a quiet life.”

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

David Sullivan was branded the ‘Sultan of Sleaze’ after building an empire of 150 sex shops and cornering the adult entertainment market before taking joint control of West Ham United in January 2010.

“I am not embarrassed by what I have done,” Sullivan told The Times in 2007. “I have given an awful lot of people a lot of pleasure and I have never hurt anyone.”

Now, the 77-year-old has been accused by seven women in a joint investigation by the BBC and The Times of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct stretching back over decades, mostly involving young, glamorous women seeking work as newspaper models.

Sullivan categorically denies the claims, stating that “the false allegations levelled against me have been sensationalised by the media”.

@DTathletic reports.

https://t.co/eqqx3tz2cY

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Terry Butcher was an iconic England captain, the blood-soaked tough guy who never took a backward step.

He was also a father.

In 2017, he found his son Christopher, a former soldier, dead in his bedroom. He had been suffering from PTSD after tours of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now, Terry is ready to talk — about grief, hope and the child he still bids good night.

@DTathletic

🔗 https://t.co/oyJ3T3basd

[Laurie Whitwell @lauriewhitwell]

🚨 Manchester City see opening bid for Elliot Anderson rejected by Nottingham Forest. Pursuit ongoing. Forest expected to want more for Anderson than £105m Arsenal paid for Declan Rice.

Fees viewed as too high for #MUFC.

w/ @David_Ornstein ⬇️

https://t.co/qFBp5vHi3F

[Rob Staton @robstaton]

The moment Sheffield Wednesday fans found out their club isn’t facing any points deductions next season… #SWFC

[Daniel Taylor @DTathletic]

Morgan Gibbs-White is going to get all the headlines, and deservedly so, but that was some effort from Elliot Anderson today.

Carried the flowers on for his mum and the pre-match tribute, and there he was after 90-odd minutes still doing his stuff. Some lad. #NFFC 🌳 ❤️