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Crystal Palace: Uefa decision to demote club ‘biggest injustice in the history of football’ says Steve Parish
14 July 2025 Off

Crystal Palace: Uefa decision to demote club ‘biggest injustice in the history of football’ says Steve Parish

By Total Football News

Palace were huge underdogs to win the FA Cup, beating Manchester City 1-0, and their joy at qualifying for Europe for a first time quickly turned to unease when the club realised their spot may be in doubt.

Uefa’s regulations around multi-club ownership and European competitions are in place to prevent collusion.

In the governing body’s rulebook, a club is required to prove they are not “simultaneously involved in any

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Crystal Palace: Uefa delays decision on club’s Europa League fate
30 June 2025 Off

Crystal Palace: Uefa delays decision on club’s Europa League fate

By Total Football News

A decision on whether Crystal Palace can compete in next season’s Europa League has been delayed by Uefa.

The Eagles’ place, earned by winning the FA Cup last season, has been under threat because of Uefa’s multi-club ownership rules, which prevents teams under the same ownership from competing in the same European competition.

Co-owner John Textor, who also co-owns French club Lyon, has agreed to sell his 44% stake in

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Michail Antonio: West Ham delay decision on forward’s future following car accident
9 June 2025 Off

Michail Antonio: West Ham delay decision on forward’s future following car accident

By Total Football News

Antonio joined West Ham from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £7m, in 2015.

He is the club’s record Premier League goalscorer, scoring 68 goals in 268 top-flight appearances.

Meanwhile, France international Kurt Zouma, 30, who joined the the club four years ago and is on loan at Al-Orobah FC in the Saudi Pro League, will leave West Ham at the end of the month.

The club

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Crystal Palace: Europa League decision expected at the end of the month
6 June 2025 Off

Crystal Palace: Europa League decision expected at the end of the month

By Total Football News

Palace qualified for the Europa League by beating Manchester City to win the FA Cup.

Lyon finished sixth in the French top flight to initially gain a spot in the Conference League, but were promoted to the Europa League competition after Paris St-Germain – already qualified for the Champions League – won the Coupe de France.

Through Eagle Football, Textor – who initially invested £90m into Crystal Palace in

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Aston Villa: PGMOL made ‘poor decision’ to appoint Thomas Bramall for Manchest United match – Keith Hackett
26 May 2025 Off

Aston Villa: PGMOL made ‘poor decision’ to appoint Thomas Bramall for Manchest United match – Keith Hackett

By Total Football News

Professional Game Match Officials Limited made a “poor management decision” in appointing Thomas Bramall to officiate Aston Villa’s defeat by Manchester United, says former referees’ boss Keith Hackett.

Villa have complained to referees’ body PGMOL about Bramall after he made a “big mistake” in their 2-0 defeat at Manchester United on Sunday that contributed to them missing out on the Champions League.

Bramall blew for a foul when Morgan Rogers

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Andre Onana: Why Ruben Amorim’s next decision on Man Utd goalkeeper issue is so big
15 April 2025 Off

Andre Onana: Why Ruben Amorim’s next decision on Man Utd goalkeeper issue is so big

By Total Football News

The motivation for Matic’s attack has not been explained.

He was responding to relatively innocuous comments Onana made about Lyon in the build-up to the game, when he said he respected the French club but believed United were “way better”.

However, it is notable how strongly the former Serbia midfielder defended the man Onana replaced, David de Gea, when the Spaniard made his own series of mistakes in May 2019,

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Derby County: ‘Decision to sack Paul Warne isn’t surprising’
7 February 2025 Off

Derby County: ‘Decision to sack Paul Warne isn’t surprising’

By Total Football News

Former Derby County players Eric Steele and Malcolm Christie say the club’s decision to sack head coach Paul Warne “is not a surprise”.

Ex-Rams goalkeeper Steele admitted he was “surprised by the timing” just 24 hours before Derby take on Norwich in the Championship, but not by the decision itself.

Warne has presided over seven straight defeats in the league with the Rams now in the relegation zone and the

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Scott Parker says Burnley are yet to make decision on signing Jonjo Shelvey
15 January 2025 Off

Scott Parker says Burnley are yet to make decision on signing Jonjo Shelvey

By Total Football News

Burnley boss Scott Parker says the club have “not yet made a decision” on whether to sign Jonjo Shelvey.

The 32-year-old former Liverpool and Newcastle United midfielder is training with the Clarets squad and is available on a free transfer having been released by Turkish Super Lig club Eyupspor.

“We’ll have those conversations in the coming days on how I see things and where he sits with it as well,”

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Ruben Amorim: Man Utd target yet to make decision about future
30 October 2024 Off

Ruben Amorim: Man Utd target yet to make decision about future

By Total Football News

Sporting boss Ruben Amorim says he has not yet made a decision about his future after Manchester United expressed an interest in appointing him manager.

Sporting confirmed earlier on Tuesday that United had made an approach and are willing to pay Amorim’s 10m euros (£8.3m) release clause.

Speaking after his side’s 3-1 Portuguese League Cup quarter-final win against Nacional on Tuesday evening, Amorim told Sport TV: “Nothing is

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Erik ten Hag: Decision over Manchester United manager ‘not my call’, says Sir Jim Ratcliffe
4 October 2024 Off

Erik ten Hag: Decision over Manchester United manager ‘not my call’, says Sir Jim Ratcliffe

By Total Football News

Ten Hag has won two trophies in two years at Old Trafford, but an impressive 2-1 victory against Manchester City in May’s FA Cup final proved vital to the Dutchman keeping his job.

Ten Hag ended the club’s six-year wait for silverware with victory against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final in his first season at the club, also achieving a third-place finish in the Premier League.

But his second

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