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9 September 2026 Off

Arsenal: Martin Odegaard new role explained by Mikel Arteta after captain’s Champions League winner at Napoli | Football News

By Total Football News

Martin Odegaard is a player transformed at the start of this season – and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta puts his captain’s impressive form down to fitness and new positioning.

Odegaard was the match-winner again for Arsenal on Wednesday, thumping in the only goal of the game in the Champions League victory at Napoli.

That hit followed his clinching strike against Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday and takes his

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28 January 2026 Off

Global brand in an EFL world – Wrexham’s finances explained as club eye Premier League

By Total Football News

Because the EFL’s profit and sustainability rules are about trying to make sure clubs are not losing unsustainable amounts of money.

Despite going on a summer spending spree, paying about £30m for players and having one of the highest net spends around, Wrexham are well within the financial parameters because of the commercial revenue already being brought in thanks to deals with giants such as United Airlines and HP.

In

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29 June 2025 Off

Marc Guehi: Liverpool or Crystal Palace? Defender’s summer explained

By Total Football News

Palace’s valuation of a player who can leave for nothing next summer will be pivotal.

If Liverpool don’t view Guehi’s price as reasonable, don’t be surprised to see them park their interest for 12 months and look to strike a free-transfer agreement.

But what represents a reasonable price? For a clue, we should look back to last year when Palace rejected multiple offers from Newcastle – the last of which

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11 April 2025 Off

Semi-automated offside explained: Technology starts in Premier League this weekend

By Total Football News

We have already seen SAOT in this season’s Champions League and in the FA Cup from the fifth round onwards.

When a tight offside decision goes to a VAR review, SAOT steps in.

Previously, officials in the VAR room needed to decide on three key things – when the ball was kicked, where and at what angle the defender’s body was when the ball was kicked and where and what

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12 February 2025 Off

Kenny McLean: Norwich City midfielder’s absence explained

By Total Football News

Norwich City head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup explained skipper Kenny McLean’s late withdrawal from his team as they lost 1-0 at home to Preston North End.

McLean was initially named in the starting XI and Carrow Road but had to be withdrawn shortly before kick-off after suffering breathing problems.

The Dane told BBC Radio Norfolk: “Kenny had to go out which is never ideal for us because he is so

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