Manchester City have returned to the lawyer responsible for defeating UEFA as they attempt to prove their innocence amid allegations of misconduct from the Premier League. Lord Pannick KC of Blackstone Chambers will once again be the man tasked with leading the Citizens to victory. Pannick was at the forefront of the team who steered the Premier League champions past UEFA after allegations of financial misconduct in 2020. Pannick has a lengthy history with City, including successfully representing the club when they appealed against ex-boss Joe Royle’s payout following his sacking in 2001. The club will be hoping that Pannick can…
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The expected outcome in the event Manchester City are found guilty after they were hit with more than 100 charges by the Premier League, has been revealed. City are alleged to breached the rules over a period of nine seasons between 2009/10 and 2017/18. It came after a four-year investigation from the Premier League, who are accusing their current champions of not providing the accurate financial information when it comes to club revenue, sponsorship revenue and operating costs. The story, arguably the biggest in the history of the Premier League, has led to a number of reports on what the possible ramifications…
Chelsea have identified a fearsome Premier League striker as the potential final piece of their attacking puzzle, though a move could hinge on the results of an investigation, per two sources. The Blues have spent north of £550m in the last two transfer windows, though by all accounts, they’re business is far from complete. Despite their lengthy list of arrivals, Chelsea still lack a genuinely top class centre-forward. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is aging and the writing is already on the wall over his career at Stamford Bridge. The 33-year-old was recently left out of Chelsea’s Champions League squad and is being…
Chelsea sit a lowly ninth in the Premier League table after a dismal first half of the season and Frank Leboeuf believes Marc Cucurella sums up the lack of quality at the club Frank Leboeuf ordered Graham Potter to drop Marc Cucurella as he declared the defender “doesn’t belong” in a Chelsea shirt. Cucurella, 24, has struggled to adapt to life at Stamford Bridge after joining the Blues from Brighton in a transfer worth over £60million last August. The left-back has made 24 appearances in all competitions this season, playing a prominent role partly due to Ben Chilwell’s injury woes. Although Chelsea have shown signs of improvement at the back…
Wout Weghorst will lead the line for Manchester United when they host Leeds in the Premier League on Wednesday as Erik ten Hag continues to make do without Anthony Martial Erik ten Hag has defended loan striker Wout Weghorst – despite him having scored just once in six games for Manchester United. United signed Weghorst from Burnley on loan until the end of the season to fill the void up front left by Cristiano Ronaldo’s acrimonious departure before the World Cup. Dutch international Weghorst, who stands at 6ft 6in, has started all six games the Red Devils have played since joining them on January 13, but has a…
From one angle it looked like Casemiro had throttled Will Hughes by the neck. From another, it looked like he was doing him a favour by stopping him joining the melee. The flashpoint that saw the Manchester United midfielder sent off in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Crystal Palace was forensically analysed by fans and pundits alike all weekend. But two things are clear. First, the Brazilian is experienced enough to know better given how any raising of the hands or arms to an opposition player can easily be interpreted as violent conduct. t’s a nuisance given how influential Casemiro has been since his…
Erik ten Hag will not be afraid to turn to Kobbie Mainoo should Manchester United’s midfield crisis continue to bite. Suspension to Casemiro, plus injuries to Christian Eriksen, Donny van de Beek and Scott McTominay, leaves Ten Hag with just Fred and new signing Marcel Sabitzer as United’s experienced hands ahead of a decisive stage of their season. However, Stockport starlet Mainoo, is fast emerging as a player Ten Hag can also rely on. Handed his first team debut against Charlton Athletic in the Carabao Cup quarter final win last month, many staff thought the 17-year-old was ‘unlucky’ not to have been…
Qatari investors are planning an incredible mega-money swoop for Manchester United and want to give manager Erik ten Hag the financial backing to lead the club back to the top, Sportsmail can reveal. Sources have disclosed a group of private, high-wealth individuals based in the oil-rich state, buoyed by Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup, have set their sights on a club they view as ‘football’s crown jewels’. They will make an offer for United in the coming days, ahead of the mid-February deadline set by the Glazers, and are confident their bid will blow the competition out of the water. United’s owners are…
Liverpool have struggled massively at both ends of the pitch in the 2022/23 season after sanctioning the £35.1million sale of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich back in June Liverpool are enduring a miserable season and are stuck in a rut of their own making – but the cause of their struggles is the matter of debate within the club. The Reds have won just one of their seven games across all competitions in 2023 and are winless in their past four Premier League matches. Jurgen Klopp’s side sit 10th in the league table – a whopping 11 points adrift of the top four, albeit with…
The Liverpool board have made their stance clear over the future of manager Jurgen Klopp, according to a new report. The Reds have struggled for form throughout much of the current season, and sit in 11th place in the league table. They have not won any of their last four Premier League games, and are out of the FA Cup and Carabao Cup – two trophies the club won last season. After Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Wolves, Klopp said the result was ‘very frustrating’ and ‘very disappointing’, with the Reds conceding two goals in the opening 12 minutes. After the game, German journalist Jan Aage Fjortoft stated his belief…
Chelsea have reportedly hired former All Blacks mental skills coach Gilbert Enoka on a short-term consultancy basis. Enoka, who described himself as the ‘custodian of culture’ for the All Blacks, has spent over 20 years with the New Zealand national side in a number of roles, including as the team’s mental skills coach, assistant manager and more recently the side’s leadership manager. His time with one of the most feted sports teams on the planet coincided with them claiming two World Cups back-to-back in 2011 and 2015 and shaking off the feeling that they often failed to get it done in the key…
MARGOT ROBBIE isn’t just red hot in Suicide Squad, she sizzles in scenes from Wolf of Wall Street, Focus, Suicide Squad, Z For Zachary and NEIGHBOURS! The Aussie star is the hottest actress in Hollywood right now. Her turn as the psychotic and disturbingly sexy Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad opposite Jared Leto’s Joker is about to propel her into the stratosphere. But did you know that long before she sizzled on the big screen, she was working her feminine wiles on the viewers and lucky menfolk of Ramsay Street in Neighbours? Check out her all-time sexiest performances next: 1.…