Tag: England

4 July 2025 Off

Kyle Walker: Manchester City and England defender set to sign for Premier League newcomers Burnley

By Total Football News

Manchester City defender Kyle Walker is close to joining Burnley after passing a medical at the Premier League newcomers.

The 35-year-old England right-back will sign a two-year contract with the Clarets, having spent the second half of the 2024-25 season on loan at Serie A side AC Milan.

The move will end Walker’s eight-year stay at City, where he won 17 trophies including six Premier League titles and the 2023

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25 June 2025 Off

Adam Lallana: Former England and Southampton midfielder retires

By Total Football News

Former England midfielder Adam Lallana has retired from playing at the age of 37.

Lallana, who won 34 caps for his country, returned to Southampton last season after making his name in his first spell there.

He only made five starts as Saints were relegated to the Championship but also worked as a coach, a role he will continue at St Mary’s under new boss Will Still.

Lallana joined Liverpool

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16 June 2025 Off

Liam Delap: New Chelsea forward is a ‘future England number nine’

By Total Football News

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says he has no doubt new striker Liam Delap will become a “future England number nine” as he prepares to make his Blues debut at the Club World Cup.

The 22-year-old forward joined in a £30m deal from Ipswich earlier in June to reunite with his former Manchester City academy manager.

Delap, who signed a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge, scored 12 goals in 37 Premier

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13 June 2025 Off

Jack Grealish: Man City have had no offers for England midfielder

By Total Football News

Earlier on Friday, City announced they had cut ticket prices by up to 43% following protests by some fans last season who were unhappy with matchday pricing and season ticket availability.

Demonstrations took place before some matches outside Etihad Stadium and continued as supporters remained in the concourses at kick-off time.

Manager Guardiola said in April he had “sympathy” for those holding protests and the club had already committed to

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9 May 2025 Off

Jacob Murphy: Newcastle winger on twin bond, Wembley and England hope

By Total Football News

Murphy has not played for England at any level since the 2017 European Under-21 Championship.

He reportedly turned down a chance to change his international allegiance to Nigeria, where his biological father is from, earlier this year.

And he is hoping for a first senior call-up this summer by Thomas Tuchel. He was given encourgament by Magpies team-mate Dan Burn, at the age of 32, making his England debut under

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16 April 2025 Off

Jacob Murphy: Does Newcastle winger deserve place in the England squad?

By Total Football News

It is quite odd for a player to have a breakthrough season aged 30, but that is exactly what is happening with Murphy, who did not start more than 17 matches until this campaign.

Boyhood Toon fan Murphy joined the club from Norwich in 2017.

For seven years he was on the fringes of the Newcastle squad, and had been loaned out to West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield Wednesday.

But,

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15 April 2025 Off

Andoni Iraola: Bournemouth owner Bill Foley set to visit England to open talks with boss over new contract

By Total Football News

Bournemouth owner Bill Foley is scheduled to fly to England this week, with the club intending to open formal talks with boss Andoni Iraola over a new contract.

Sources close to the club have indicated that, barring a last-minute change, American businessman Foley will arrive in time to attend Saturday’s Premier League match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Foley will then stay in the UK to officially open Bournemouth’s

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8 April 2025 Off

England secure fifth Champions League spot after Arsenal beat Real Madrid

By Total Football News

Each country’s league earns a coefficient ranking based on how their teams perform in Uefa’s three men’s club competitions: the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

Coefficient points are earned through match results – two for a win and one for a draw.

The points earned by clubs from the same domestic league are added up and divided by the number of clubs the league has in Europe.

For

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28 March 2025 Off

James Trafford: Burnley goalkeeper enjoyed ‘welcoming’ England squad

By Total Football News

Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford says his call-up into the England senior squad is great recognition for what the Clarets are doing as a club in the Championship.

The former Manchester City stopper has kept 26 clean sheets in 37 league matches this season and was selected in Thomas Tuchel’s squad for the Fifa World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia, although he did not play in either game.

“It’s good

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27 March 2025 Off

Callum Hudson-Odoi: Nottingham Forest winger on England ambitions and impressing Tuchel again

By Total Football News

Callum Hudson-Odoi feels he is almost back at the beginning of his career.

The winger’s mindset now, as then, is going into every game feeling he can score or assist, being part of the conversation around the England senior team, and once again trying to impress Thomas Tuchel.

Now 24, the three-cap England international has been a key part of a Nottingham Forest side that has maintained their Premier League

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