🚨 Andoni Iraola clear favourite to succeed Arne Slot as Liverpool boss. #LFC may talk to other candidates like Stuttgart’s Sebastian Hoeness & Pierre Sage of Lens but 43yo Spaniard leading contender post #AFCB exit + close to Richard Hughes @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/lLJ6Lr5V5p
Exclusive: Southampton have lost their appeal and the players have been informed. #SaintsFC Full story w/ @mjshrimper@TheAthleticFC https://t.co/hq4loTLwQb
🚨 Pep Guardiola to leave position as Manchester City manager at end of this season. 55yo Spaniard departing after trophy-laden decade & set to be replaced by Enzo Maresca. No official confirmation yet from #MCFC. W/ @SamLee@TheAthleticFC after @MailSport https://t.co/FMjZXxfuPq
How Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United reign ended in turmoil and toxicity:
🔺 Row with Jason Wilcox over tactics & transfers
🔺 Sir Jim Ratcliffe wanted switch to back four
🔺 Glazers uneasy since August
🔺 Training-pitch argument with Lisandro Martinez
🔺 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in frame as caretaker, Jonny Evans could return
✍️ @lauriewhitwell, @AdamCrafton_ and @mjcritchley
🔗 https://t.co/RmyMnrkO0b
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim as head coach. 40yo Portuguese informed of decision & goes with immediate effect after 14 months following breakdown in relations. Darren Fletcher expected to take over #MUFC on interim basis @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/kEAu5Wv8F7
🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea & Enzo Maresca part company - head coach leaves with immediate effect. Position deemed untenable. #CFC expect to name replacement from small number of candidates in next few days; Rosenior contender, Glasner not in frame @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/ZiqfEhRlsO
🚨 EXCL: Enzo Maresca high among candidates Manchester City considering in case Pep Guardiola exits next summer. #MCFC advancing contingency work for possibility of manager change - 45yo #CFC coach prominent alongside other potential options @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/nbrXrvHpIt
🚨 ADAM WHARTON INTERVIEW 🚨
⚽️ Delight at England selection
⚽️ Physicality & G/A no problem
⚽️ Rise of set-pieces + long throws
⚽️ #CPFC chasing more silverware
⚽️ Speculation around club future
⚽️ “Massive” blow if Glasner/Guehi go
➕ More @TheAthleticFC
https://t.co/srb97dAgU0
🚨 Newcastle United reach total agreement with Liverpool to sell Alexander Isak. Deal for 25yo striker worth £130m to #NUFC with solidarity, £125m cost to #LFC. Medical to be done on Monday before #DeadlineDay switch for Sweden international @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/SKEDxNm1JF
Exclusive @TheAthletic;
What *really* happened at Michel Johnson’s Grand Slam Track, which owes athletes millions
💰GST never had $30m+ cash in 1st place
💵Todd Boehly’s Eldridge backed away from non-binding term sheet to rescue GST after Jamaica meet
https://t.co/jTaxofBiBy
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal make move for Eberechi Eze + 27yo wants them. Tottenham lined up deal with #CPFC today & player but after Havertz injury + #AFC now closing in on England in’l. If he proceeds with choice, #THFC will pursue other targets @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/d8KifDH9Z4
NEW @TheAthleticFC: Chelsea & the club’s players have decided to give an equal portion of club’s $15.5m Club World Cup bonus fund (around $500k per player) to family of Diogo Jota and Andre Silva following tragic death of the two brothers this summer.
https://t.co/recDMPNwME
▪️ Wiegman's reframing from title defence to 'new England'
▪️ 'Hard' conversations and the importance of body language
▪️ Subs' separate WhatsApp group
▪️ Players' families' Friday night pub crawl
The inside story of England's triumphant Euro 2025 campaign.
✍️ @CharlotteHarpur
For more than three years, Thomas Partey played for Arsenal after being accused of very serious sexual offences.
“It’s Arsenal,” reasoned one of the women who made allegations against him. “They won’t just ignore it.”
But Arsenal's stance never shifted - and there were even talks about a new deal. The midfielder left the club last week and was charged four days later.
@gunnerblog examines what Arsenal knew when - and the impact of their decisions.
🔗 https://t.co/1HPUF1V4bp
Being here, among the queuing locals waiting to pay tribute at the Matriz de Gondomar church, it was impossible not to think about roots: those that ground us, that keep us connected to where we come from, if we allow them to. It is obvious that Diogo Jota nourished his.
Cherished them, too. That, far more than his ability as a footballer, made the people of Gondomar love him.
For the family, there is only pain, as raw as it is unjust, a wound they cannot even yet fully comprehend, let alone cauterise. But later, you hope, that will soften into gratitude — for the 28 years they had with him, for the memories, for the beauty he gave not just to their lives but those of so many others.
Waiting to enter the chapel and say a prayer for Jota, Maria Nogueira held a bunch of flowers with a note attached.
“Thank you, Diogo,” it read, “for making so many people happy.”
@jacklang | https://t.co/OUPcZga9D7
Exclusive
FIFA has decided not to show videos or signage which explicitly mention challenging racism or discrimination in US Club World Cup venues
FIFA point to statutes - "politically neutral" - when asked if US political climate played part in decision
https://t.co/WvLaIqHioj
Farewell Ange Postecoglou. The most original, surprising and distinctive Tottenham manager I’ve covered. And the one to deliver Spurs’ greatest moment for a generation. Wrote this on his tenure and dismissal:
https://t.co/qHXv8gP8We