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Clearly, Baleba must do a bit more than run fast, and his input must be felt in the dressing room as well as on the pitch.
Sources say an understandable initial shyness and nervousness seems to be being overcome. Baleba is not the most confident English speaker, but he has improved significantly since he moved to Brighton from Lille for £23.2m in 2023.
He has struck up a friendship with
How have Premier League teams really started?
At this stage last season Liverpool were top, with five wins out of five, and Tottenham were third. Given that they finished fifth and 17th respectively, it shows that the table shouldn’t be taken too seriously this early on.
While any statistics should be taken with a pinch of salt – given such a small sample size of games and the fact that
Chelsea have accepted offers from Tottenham for winger Mykhailo Mudryk and defender Tosin Adarabioyo, as well as a bid from Italian club Como for goalkeeper Robert Sanchez.
The trio are now expected to leave Stamford Bridge, subject to agreeing personal terms, with Spurs keen to secure Mudryk, 25, and reunite him with his former manager Roberto de Zerbi.
The Ukraine international has not played a competitive match since November 2024,
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says a verdict on the alleged charges against Manchester City “has taken longer than expected”.
Three years ago, City were charged with breaking financial fair play rules over a nine-year period, from 2009 to 2018, but the case has yet to reach a conclusion.
City, who won three Premier League titles in that period, have denied all the charges and any wrongdoing.
According to
West Ham are expecting David Sullivan to attend Saturday’s Carabao Cup first-round tie against Portsmouth despite him being advised to stay away from home matches at London Stadium.
Sullivan, 77, resigned from his position as co-chair of West Ham in June after a joint investigation by BBC Panorama and The Times revealed that seven women have accused Sullivan of sexually exploitative and predatory behaviour.
He has categorically denied the allegations.
And finally, what would have happened if the Championship season was split into two halves?
It was Norwich who produced the biggest recovery. The Canaries would have been relegated in 23rd position after 23 games.
But they would have been fifth – and into the play-offs – based on the second half of the campaign, highlighting the excellent job Philippe Clement did after replacing Liam Manning as boss in November
With City and Grealish on the same page regarding a departure, that leaves finances as the main obstacle. There is going to be need for compromise.
Grealish is reported to earn £300,000 per week at City, a figure few clubs in world football could match.
Manchester United and Liverpool are arguably the two Premier League clubs that could, but neither are interested in the 29-year-old.
Grealish is contracted at Manchester
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
Chelsea had briefly looked like being the closest challengers to Liverpool in December when they moved to within two points of top spot following a five-game winning run.
Yet they have managed just four victories in 12 games since, with a number of frailties, particularly in defence, exposed.
While Chelsea’s style of play and recurring problems have drawn criticism from their own supporters, Arteta has backed former Leicester manager Maresca
Plymouth Argyle boss Wayne Rooney says he expects goalkeeper Michael Cooper to stay at the club despite speculation over his future.
Cooper has missed a large chunk of the last two seasons with injuries but has been first choice when fit.
The highly-rated 24-year-old has a year left to run on his contract and has been linked with a move away from Home Park this season so Argyle do not