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The TelegraphMan City could be expelled from all competitions, not just the Premier League
Manchester City are in danger of being thrown out of more than just the Premier League if they are found guilty of serious breaches of its financial rules.
- Evening Standard
Martin Zubimendi 'regrets rejecting Liverpool' and 'hopes for January transfer'
The Real Sociedad star is having second thoughts
- Evening Standard
Manchester United handed major double injury boost before Crystal Palace clash
Erik ten Hag’s selection options set to improve for Selhurst Park trip
- The Telegraph
David Raya spares Arsenal’s blushes with miraculous save in Atalanta draw
A good goalkeeper cannot win you a match but he can certainly prevent you from losing it, as David Raya did for Arsenal here. In a footballing storm conjured by an endlessly awkward Atalanta side, Arsenal’s point was Raya’s point. Arsenal’s survival was Raya’s work.
- Evening Standard
Arsenal highlighted ‘Aaron Ramsdale problem’ in Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario
The Spurs keeper ‘gets too involved with players around him’
- Evening Standard
Champions League table: League phase latest standings for 2024-25 season
New era for the game’s significantly revamped elite club competition begins this week
- The Telegraph
Martin Odegaard out for foreseeable future in major injury blow to Arsenal
Martin Odegaard will be out for the foreseeable future after medical assessments showed that the Arsenal captain has sustained “significant” ankle ligament damage.
- Evening Standard
Ange Postecoglou narrowly avoids Carabao Cup disaster after huge Tottenham selection risk
Dramatic late show from substitutes spares Spurs boss some difficult questions after Coventry scare
- Evening Standard
Arsenal: Referee chief says Declan Rice was correctly sent off but admits mistake was made
Brighton striker Joao Pedro escaped a booking for a similar offence
- Evening Standard
Hacken 1-0 Arsenal: Gunners lose first-leg of Champions League qualifier
Swedish side will take slender advantage to Meadow Park next week
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Emily Ratajkowski embraces her inner WAG while rocking the 'no trousers' trend
The model wore a football shirt that nodded to Milan Fashion Week - see more
- Associated Press
Former Arsenal soccer player arrested for alleged $800,000 drug smuggling from Thailand
A soccer player who once appeared for Arsenal in the Champions League has been charged in connection with trying to smuggle cannabis worth 600,000 pounds ($800,000) through a British airport. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who currently plays for Scottish second-tier team Greenock Morton, was arrested at his home near Glasgow early Wednesday, the Press Association agency reported Thursday. Emmanuel-Thomas was detained by police and taken to the northern English city of Carlisle to be questioned, the National Crime Agency said.
- The Telegraph
Newcastle’s great start is a sticking plaster to plenty of problems which need fixing
Newcastle United have made a tremendous start to the season, unbeaten, level on points with second placed Arsenal and into the third round of the Carabao Cup.
- Evening Standard
Liverpool XI vs Bournemouth: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news and injury latest for Premier League
Reds return from successful trip to Milan in the Champions League
- The Telegraph
Sean Dyche: It’s ‘absolute nonsense’ to say I have £5m ‘sacking clause’
Sean Dyche has declared his Everton reign a “success” and has hit back at claims he would profit from a £5 million “sacking clause” in his deal.
- Evening Standard
Tottenham: Wilson Odobert injury looked 'fairly significant' says Ange Postecoglou after Coventry thriller
Timo Werner was also withdrawn hurt in dramatic Carabao Cup tie, but Destiny Udogie’s half-time substitution was pre-planned
- The Guardian
What’s the story? Manchester City and Inter serve up poor advert for new world
This goalless, tension-free draw raised questions about the new Champions League format and City’s late-Pep vision
- Evening Standard
Manchester United XI vs Crystal Palace: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news and injuries for Premier League
Red Devils travel to Selhurst Park after 7-0 win over Barnsley
- The Guardian
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Chelsea are no longer Cole Palmer FC, Darwin Núñez is out to impress and it’s personal for two of Villa’s young guns
- The Telegraph
Emma Raducanu vows to play more often after reaching quarter-finals in Korea
Emma Raducanu offered an unexpected take on her controversial scheduling issues on Thursday, stressing the importance of match play and claiming that she had been “nursing a few niggles in the last couple months that I kept pretty quiet”.