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Wayne Rooney: Plymouth Argyle appointment ‘not to improve club’s profile’
1 June 2024 Off

Wayne Rooney: Plymouth Argyle appointment ‘not to improve club’s profile’

By Total Football News

Hallett says Argyle will be able to provide the 38-year-old with the foundations to succeed as a head coach.

The club won the League One title last year despite having a budget less than many other clubs, and survived in the Championship this season while again being at a financial disadvantage.

“I completely understand that people would just look at the results and draw their conclusions from that,” he said.

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VAR vote: Premier League clubs unlikely to vote to scrap VAR
16 May 2024 0

VAR vote: Premier League clubs unlikely to vote to scrap VAR

By Total Football News

As yet, Wolves are the only club to publicly declare their intention to vote in favour of scrapping VAR.

Nottingham Forest declined to comment, but given their recent statements over VAR they could side with Wolves.

Leicester City and Ipswich Town will both be at the meeting after their promotion to the Premier League. Neither club has communicated their views on the vote but VAR does not operate in the

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VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees
15 May 2024 0

VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees

By Total Football News

Premier League clubs will vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees (VAR) from next season at their annual general meeting next month.

Wolves have formally submitted a resolution to the Premier League which will trigger a vote when the 20 member clubs meet in Harrogate on 6 June.

The club said VAR was introduced “in good faith” but has led to “numerous unintended negative consequences that are damaging the

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Premier League: Vote for your club’s player of the season 2023-24
15 May 2024 0

Premier League: Vote for your club’s player of the season 2023-24

By Total Football News

It has been another Premier League campaign loaded with quality, drama, controversy, joy and despair.

Through the ups and/or downs – depending on who you support – which player has been your side’s top performer?

Our fan writers have picked four candidates for their club and you can now select your top top one below…

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c51nzggvxjdo

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Football regulator needed because of Premier League clubs’ ‘greed’ and ‘arrogance’
14 May 2024 0

Football regulator needed because of Premier League clubs’ ‘greed’ and ‘arrogance’

By Total Football News

A football regulator is needed because Premier League clubs are “arrogant”, says Bolton chair Sharon Brittan.

She was addressing a select committee on Parliament’s Football Governance Bill on Tuesday.

The legislation would grant powers to a body, independent of government and football authorities, to oversee clubs in England’s top five men’s tiers.

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said he was supportive of the bill’s objectives but was concerned about

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Manchester City: Pep Guardiola says money not the reason for club’s success
13 May 2024 0

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola says money not the reason for club’s success

By Total Football News

While City can hardly be characterised as a plucky underdog, they believe the club is seventh in the list of net spend in the Premier League over the past five years, less than half that of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal but also trailing Tottenham, Newcastle and Aston Villa.

A substantial factor in bringing their figure down to £259m has been their ability to sell players such as Gabriel Jesus,

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Premier League clubs praised for climate progress but league criticised
9 May 2024 0

Premier League clubs praised for climate progress but league criticised

By Total Football News

Earlier this year the Premier League issued a ‘sustainability commitment’ to be a minimum standard for clubs, after “extensive consultation” between clubs and the league’s sustainability working group.

It puts the emphasis on clubs to develop “robust” policies and a greenhouse gas dataset, and help with a “common framework for action”.

But the Premier League as an organisation has been criticised for not publishing a sustainability strategy in

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Everton: Club’s appeal date over second points deduction set for final week of season
1 May 2024 0

Everton: Club’s appeal date over second points deduction set for final week of season

By Total Football News

The Toffees travel to face relegation-threatened Luton on Friday (kick-off 20:00 BST) having secured their own top-flight status with three consecutive wins in six days.

Asked about their next three games being more relaxed than last season when they escaped relegation on the final day, boss Dyche said: “We’re finding that balance.

“The feel-good factor has obviously affected everyone and we want to use that to our advantage. The freedom

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Premier League spending cap: Clubs vote in principle for new rules
29 April 2024 0

Premier League spending cap: Clubs vote in principle for new rules

By Total Football News

Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce a spending cap.

A majority of clubs voted in favour of the spending cap, which will be determined by the amount of money earned in television rights by the lowest-earning club in the Premier League.

If approved at June’s AGM, the new model will replace the Profit and Sustainability Regulations presently used from the 2025-26 season onwards.

The league’s current financial

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Chelsea lead spending on agents’ fees as Premier League clubs pay out £409.5m
12 April 2024 0

Chelsea lead spending on agents’ fees as Premier League clubs pay out £409.5m

By Total Football News
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly
Chelsea have spent more than £1bn on player signings since the Todd Boehly-led consortium took over the club two years ago

Chelsea paid out more than £75m to football agents and intermediaries over the 12-month period to February 2024, as Premier League clubs spent a combined £409.5m.

Manchester City’s outlay on agent fees exceeded £60m, according to figures released by the Football Association detailing payments made by Premier League, EFL

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