🚨EXCL: #NUFC have agreed personal terms with Johan Manzambi. Newcastle have already started talks with Freiburg. The club expects to reach an agreement + offer £50m package. 20yo is Tonali replacement 🇨🇭 #transfers
Having had a bit of time to reflect on the sale of Sandro Tonali you have to say he didn’t really justify the love and affection he received.
Banned for 10 months shortly after joining for breaking gambling rules and the fans and club stood by him.
Brilliant in his second season and a huge part of the team’s success last year. Looked an elite midfielder.
Was mainly average in his third season and the noise about him leaving started in January.
He doesn’t leave a hero, he’s moved to earn more money in London, not to play for one of the elite clubs. But he doesn’t leave with the same toxicity as Isak because he handled exit with some decency and respect.
A good player but never a great one. A loss but not a hammer blow.
And, if we’re honest, not entirely sure he was ever that thrilled about signing for Newcastle in the first place. He said as much ahead of CL game against AC Milan shortly after he arrived #nufc
🚨⚪️⚫️ Newcastle agree €50m package deal to sign Ivorian winger Bazoumana Touré, here we go!
Agreement sealed with player’s agents and Hoffenheim after official bid submitted today, as @TeleFootball reports.
Touré will sign a long term deal at #NUFC this week.
From Total Football in 1974...
To sitting in a low block, defending in a 5-4-1, with a centre-back playing as a wing-back and just 35% possession against Morocco in 2026.
I'm sorry, but I believe the Netherlands have a squad capable of much more.
The Netherlands deserve better. Johan Cruyff deserves better.
BREAKING: It happened again.
Trump fell asleep during a public event in the Oval Office. Shame on his family and advisers for putting him through this. This is elder abuse.
25th Amendment now!
Newcastle had to sell him to comply with FFP while he is currently signing for a football club who have been charged with 115 breaches of premier leagues financial rules. An independent panel was convened to hear these charges which was concluded in 2024. For reasons unknown to everyone we still don’t have a verdict on this. There is something deeply wrong about that
If you have a spare 3 mins and 45 secs today, watch this fantastic grilling by Sally Nugent on BBC Breakfast.
The very first time I've seen Farage questioned properly about his £5M bung, and it's fair to say, he totally fluffed it.
There are points when you can see Farage tremble and even accuse the BBC of putting him in danger. 🤦♂️
It was for security. It was for cars. Nobody cares. It's no one's business. He won't tell us. DANGER!
At one point, he let slip that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may 'disagree' with him on the rules around donations.
He knows he's going to be found guilty on this one. He's in trouble, and his face gave it away gloriously.
Top hats off to Sally Nugent. Stellar work. 👏
Andy Burnham being sworn in as Labour MP for Makerfield this afternoon
Huge cheers from Labour benches, heckles of "Rome is saved" and "He's not the Messiah" to which Burnham replies: "Naughty boy"
BREAKING: University of Michigan coach Dusty May has agreed to become the new head coach of the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell me, @AdamSchefter, @PeteThamel. Major college-to-pro jump for the 2026 NCAA championship coach and swing for the Mavericks and Masai Ujiri.
🇮🇹🇺🇸 Italy's Meloni responds to Trump:
"President Trump, these constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless.
As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you.
My popularity depends on my ability to defend Italy’s national interest, and that is exactly what I have always done.
[The] use [of American bases in Italy] is governed by agreements that we have always respected, and that cannot be violated as long as I am Prime Minister.
Italy remains a sovereign nation.
In any case, my popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours."
Source: Giorgia Meloni via @clashreport / Writer: Oliver