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Infantino to hold crisis meeting with senior FIFA staff

Under-pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino will hold a crisis meeting with senior staff in Morocco on Wednesday.

Ex-FIFA VP accuses prez Infantino of blackmail

FIFA has been accused of blackmailing Jordan over World Cup money in return for their support for Gianni Infantino to stay on as president.

The Fifa family: which confederations could support Infantino or turn against him?

Gianni Infantino is under increasing scrutiny following his World Cup sell-off plan. We look at each confederation’s relationship with the president The pressure is growing on the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, with many countries withdrawing their support following the bungled World Cup sell-off. However, how key is Infantino’s relationship with each confederation and is it likely that an election contest will actually happen? We look at the key considerations, confederation by confederation. Continue reading...

Fifa accused of using ‘blackmail’ to force support for Infantino’s re-election bid

Jordan FA president says Fifa threatened to block funds Secretary general calls selloff plan ‘sad and reproachable’ The Jordan Football Association president, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, has accused Gianni Infantino’s administration of “blackmail”, claiming that Fifa threatened to withhold financial assistance from his federation if it refused to back the president’s bid for re-election. In a major intervention Prince Ali, who ran for the Fifa presidency against Infantino in 2016 and finished third, listed a number of problems dogging the global governing body and said Jordan’s players have not yet been paid for appearing in the Arab Cup last year. Prince Ali is head of the West Asian Football Federation, which includes influential states such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates that have thus far backed Infantino to stay on. Continue reading...

Transfer rumors, news: Fenerbahce eye Man United's Rashford

Barcelona are reportedly looking to sign Manchester City's Rodri ahead of Real Madrid. Transfer Talk has the latest.

Inside Liverpool's preseason: Injuries, squad depth a concern for Iraola & Co.

Liverpool's time in the U.S. showed that coach Iraola & Co. still have a lot of work to do ahead of the 2026-27 campaign. Here's what we learned from their U.S. preseason trip.

Short guides Welsh Fire to crucial win over Southern Brave

A superb unbeaten half-century from Matt Short guided Welsh Fire to a six-wicket victory over Southern Brave that takes them level on points at the top The Hundred table.

Welbeck completes move to Chelsea

Chelsea have completed the signing of Danny Welbeck from Brighton for an undisclosed fee.

Football transfer rumours: Chelsea’s Mudryk to reunite with Lampard at Coventry?

Today’s rumours broke you once, made you strong Cody Gakpo ’s performances went south last season and now his entire personage might follow, with Tottenham Hotspur reportedly preparing an offer in the region of £70m to bring him to north London. There appears to be some mixed messages floating around about this potential deal. The Mail say Liverpool “have no plans to sell Gakpo” and that “it would take a huge sum to change their stance”, but these things are fluid. The Athletic say “Liverpool have no intention of selling”, but also, and in the same sentence, that they “would judge his value relative to other deals this summer, including Morgan Rogers’ transfer to Chelsea”. So, in short, Spurs will have to whip out their recently-discovered XXL chequebook if they want to get this one over the line. Talking about Chelsea , “multiple Premier League clubs” have contacted them to ask about the availability of Mykhailo Mudryk, recently freed from a doping ban, says the Mirror. They name only one of them: Coventry City , coached by two-time former Stamford Bridge manager Frank Lampard. The Sun specify that “two more Prem sides are believed to have enquired, while there is interest from three clubs in Europe”. The Mirror’s report on the battle for the Ukrainian’s services is inevitably, but pleasingly, headlined “ Mud Fight ”. Continue reading...

The summer that changed Welsh football

A decade on from Euro 2016, key figures tell BBC Sport Wales the inside story of the summer that changed Welsh football forever.

Transfer roundup: Chelsea sell Trevoh Chalobah and sign Jordan Henderson

Chalobah to join Cesc Fàbregas at Como for £27.5m Fulham sign Real Madrid’s Gonzalo García for £34m Trevoh Chalobah’s long association with Chelsea is to end after Como agreed a deal worth an initial £25.7m. The England defender ’s departure was agreed on the same day the club completed the signing of Jordan Henderson. Chalobah made 105 Premier League appearances for Chelsea and established himself as a first-team option during a number of turbulent periods for the club. The move will be seen as a coup for Como’s head coach, Cesc Fàbregas , with the former Chelsea midfielder pushing to bring the centre-back to Italy. Continue reading...

England midfielder Henderson joins Chelsea

Free agent Jordan Henderson signs a two-year deal with Chelsea after his contract with Premier League rivals Brentford is mutually terminated.

Inside Liverpool's summer so far - should fans be worried?

BBC Sport's Aadam Patel reports on the latest from the Liverpool tour of the United States.

Socceroos on the move: Herrington headlines post-World Cup transfers

The defender is set to become one of Australia’s most expensive players with a Premier League deal nearly done while some international teammates have already made moves Lucas Herrington, fresh off becoming the youngest Australian to start a game at a men’s World Cup, is set to become the second-most expensive footballer in Australian history with a move to newly-promoted Premier League side Hull City. Latest reports suggest a fee of approximately £12.6m ($24.1m), with a further £4.4m ($8.4m) in add-ons, which comes in just shy of the Australian record of £15m plus £5m in add-ons ($38.3m in total) that Leicester paid Stoke City to sign Harry Souttar in 2023. It would set a new selling high-water mark for his current club, Colorado Rapids, and eclipses the decade-old record Hull set when they paid just over £10m for Ryan Mason. Given the trajectory of Herrington’s meteoric rise, it feels a pretty safe bet to assume the 18-year-old will claim Souttar’s record outright sooner rather than later. Continue reading...

Just under a month to go....what your PL club still needs to do in summer window

Argentina's Barco joins Chelsea from Strasbourg

Argentina international Valentín Barco has joined Chelsea from Strasbourg, the London club have announced.

Chelsea sign Argentina international Valentín Barco from Strasbourg

Barco a left-back who can also play in midfield Player had spell at Brighton before move to France Chelsea have signed the Argentina international Valentín Barco from their sister club Strasbourg on a seven-year deal. The 22-year-old, who played seven times for Brighton including six Premier League appearances during the 2023-24 season, becomes the eighth arrival of new manager Xabi Alonso’s reign. Continue reading...

Alonso heals Real Madrid scars to lead Chelsea's senior revolution

Xabi Alonso on healing from his Real Madrid exit, his gut feeling to join Chelsea and why he sees his new club as an exciting opportunity.