Month: September 2024

A football finance expert claims Manchester City are very likely to be punished after being accused of breaching the Premier League s FFP rules.

At the start of 2023, it emerged that the Premier League champions have been referred to an independent commission after being accused of breaching 115 Financial Fair Play rules.

If are found guilty, potential punishments include a huge fine, points deduction, transfer ban or expulsion from the Premier League.

This case has dragged on longer than most would have anticipated, but it is a complicated situation and a further spanner was thrown into the works earlier this year. This came as

The APT case has already been heard and ahead of their FFP hearing, which is scheduled to get underway next month.

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Lee Carsley has named four uncapped players in his first England squad as interim manager as Jack Grealish returns following his Euro 2024 snub.

England take on the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on September 7 before welcoming Finland to Wembley on September 10 in their first internationals since losing the Euro 2024 final to Spain.

Madueke earns his first call up to the senior squad after a flying start to the season for Chelsea.

The 22-year-old scored from the bench in Chelsea s 2-0 win over Servette in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off, and followed that up with .

All of those three goals were assisted by Cole Palmer and Carsley knows both players well from their time working under the interim boss in the England U21s.

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There are fears of civil war breaking out at Chelsea with Todd Boehly s relationship with Clearlake Capital reaching breaking point , according to a report.

It was reported on Friday night that and this has now been backed up by Telegraph Sport journalist Matt Law.

Chelsea civil war incoming as Boehly, Eghbali scrap for full ownership

Law responded to that report shortly after it came to light, stating that Clearlake has no intention of selling the club, only increasing their stake.

On Saturday afternoon,  as Boehly s relations with Clearlake reaches breaking point .

It is claimed that the American billionaire is hoping to buy Clearlake s shares in the club and is confident he can raise sufficient capital , which is over £2.5 billion.

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Sporting Lisbon striker Viktor Gyokeres seems to be a man in demand having already found the back of the net nine times this season, but nobody seems willing to meet the Sweden striker s €100m release clause.

After opening the scoring in Sporting s 2-0 win on Tuesday night in the Champions League, Gyokeres admitted to be unsure whether his release clause was too high.

He said: Good question. I don t know. I don t work for the club or am a businessman. I m not up to speed on that. It s a lot, but I don t want to go anywhere. I m happy at Sporting, it s not a problem for me to stay. My value is my value. Let s see if something happens.

, though no move materialised off the back of a fantastic 2023/24 season where he scored 43 goals in all competitions.