Tag: control

Manchester City charges: Legal fight could spiral out of control, says former executive
26 September 2026 Off

Manchester City charges: Legal fight could spiral out of control, says former executive

By Total Football News

Manchester City‘s legal fight with the Premier League has the potential to “spiral out of control”, a former top club executive has warned.

Christian Purslow, a former Liverpool managing director and Aston Villa chief executive, who also held a senior role at Chelsea, said the case could begin a chain of events that would be “appalling for the game”.

City have been found guilty of the vast majority

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Chelsea: Clearlake Capital acquires full control as Todd Boehly, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss sell stakes
17 September 2026 Off

Chelsea: Clearlake Capital acquires full control as Todd Boehly, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss sell stakes

By Total Football News

Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly and director Mark Walter have sold their stakes in the club to majority owner Clearlake Capital.

Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss has also sold his stake, meaning Clearlake – led by co-founders Behdad Eghbali and Jose E. Feliciano – have now acquired full control of the club.

Boehly, Walter and Wyss each had a 12.8% stake, with Clearlake previously owning 61.5% of the Blues.

American Boehly will

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Coventry City: Chairman Doug King says Frank Lampard links to Chelsea out of my control
23 April 2026 Off

Coventry City: Chairman Doug King says Frank Lampard links to Chelsea out of my control

By Total Football News

Coventry chairman Doug King says Sky Blues fans shouldn’t worry about “what may or may not happen” after head coach Frank Lampard was linked with a return to former club Chelsea.

Lampard steered the Sky Blues to a top-flight return in August for the first time in more than 25 years after sealing the Championship title with a 5-1 win over Portsmouth on Tuesday night, having earned the point which

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Millwall: Championship club charged by FA for failing to control fans
14 March 2026 Off

Millwall: Championship club charged by FA for failing to control fans

By Total Football News

Millwall have received two charges by the Football Association relating to fan behaviour during their Championship match against Charlton Athletic on 24 January.

The FA have charged the Lions for failing to ensure their supporters behaved in a proper manner and allegedly conducting themselves in a discriminatory manner that includes reference to disability and sexual orientation.

The charges comes just three days after the club were fined £45,000 by the

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Birmingham City and Ipswich Town fined by FA for failing to control players in opening-day draw
7 October 2025 Off

Birmingham City and Ipswich Town fined by FA for failing to control players in opening-day draw

By Total Football News

Birmingham City have been fined £100,000 and Ipswich Town £24,000 for failing to control their players in their opening Championship match of the season.

Both clubs have been given warnings after they admitted the charge at the Football Association’s independent regulatory commission.

It had been alleged the clubs “failed to ensure their players didn’t behave in an improper and/or provocative way around the 95th minute” of their 1-1 draw at

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FA: West Ham and Nottingham Forest charged for failing to control players
21 May 2025 Off

FA: West Ham and Nottingham Forest charged for failing to control players

By Total Football News

West Ham and Nottingham Forest have both been charged for failing to control their players during the final minutes of their Premier League meeting on Sunday.

Forest won 2-1 at London Stadium to maintain their bid to qualify for next season’s Champions League but there were unsavoury scenes deep into stoppage time, with both sets of players involved in a melee.

West Ham midfielders Edson Alvarez and Carlos Soler were

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Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis dilutes control of club to meet Uefa rules
30 April 2025 Off

Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis dilutes control of club to meet Uefa rules

By Total Football News

However, a Forest source confirmed to the BBC that Marinakis remains the club’s owner and is still committed to the club.

The development is among a number of changes filed with Companies House in light of Uefa’s rules.

Sources have confirmed the move is designed to ensure the ownership model is positioned to ensure Forest comply with Uefa’s rules.

The alterations in ownership structure had to be completed by the

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Chelsea and Nottingham Forest charged for failing to control players
8 October 2024 Off

Chelsea and Nottingham Forest charged for failing to control players

By Total Football News

Chelsea and Nottingham Forest have been charged by the Football Association for failing to control their players after a mass confrontation during Sunday’s Premier League game at Stamford Bridge.

However, no action will be taken against Nicolas Jackson after the Chelsea forward appeared to slap Forest’s Morato, as players from both sides clashed towards the end of the match, which ended 1-1.

Tempers had flared after Forest’s Neco

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Marcus Rashford: Manchester United forward back on form after ‘taking control’ says Erik ten Hag
20 September 2024 Off

Marcus Rashford: Manchester United forward back on form after ‘taking control’ says Erik ten Hag

By Total Football News

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is returning to his best form after taking control of his career, manager Erik ten Hag says.

After hitting a personal best 30 goals in his first season under Ten Hag, Rashford’s form collapsed last term.

The 26-year-old scored just eight times and lost his place in Gareth Southgate’s European Championship squad.

In addition, Rashford was dropped for the FA Cup fourth-round tie at Newport

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Liverpool target Arne Slot – the ‘control freak’ inspired by Pep Guardiola
24 April 2024 0

Liverpool target Arne Slot – the ‘control freak’ inspired by Pep Guardiola

By Total Football News

Slot’s teams play well in possession, and his players overlap to provide an extra layer of unpredictability.

“I’ve spoken to him a few times and what he does and what he sees is very good,” explains Van Basten. “He gets on with the squad very well, is tactically very astute, can explain things well and is calm and intelligent.

“I think he can go to any club, yes. Even to

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