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Man Utd may be forced into transfer market in January – Paper Talk | Football News
9 October 2026 Off

Man Utd may be forced into transfer market in January – Paper Talk | Football News

By Total Football News

The top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday’s newspapers…

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Manchester United could be forced into January action in the transfer market to strengthen at left-back and in attack – The Sun

Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso has insisted Cole Palmer was right to withdraw from England duty, amid criticism from Thomas Tuchel – Daily Mail

Johan Manzabi is a quick learner and making huge strides at Aston Villa, according

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John Mousinho: Portsmouth were not forced to sell Callum Lang
6 February 2026 Off

John Mousinho: Portsmouth were not forced to sell Callum Lang

By Total Football News

Portsmouth did not have to sell forward Callum Lang in the January transfer window, according to boss John Mousinho.

Preston North End signed the 27-year-old for a club record undisclosed fee on deadline day but Mousinho says Lang’s sale was not out of necessity in order to balance the books.

The move means Liverpool-born Lang returns to the north west having signed for Pompey from Wigan Athletic in January 2024.

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Bad owners could be forced to sell clubs, says football regulator chair
9 October 2025 Off

Bad owners could be forced to sell clubs, says football regulator chair

By Total Football News

Kogan met with representatives from 110 clubs to lay out the remit of the regulator on Wednesday and insisted it was a “proactive meeting” with a “high level of engagement” from the National League to the Premier League.

“It’s a job that’s actually really important, because if we get it wrong, if the world of football gets it wrong, the extraordinary progress that’s been made necessary will vanish incredibly quickly,”

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Hull City: Tigers forced to settle debt over loan of Man City’s Fin Burns
7 July 2025 Off

Hull City: Tigers forced to settle debt over loan of Man City’s Fin Burns

By Total Football News

Hull City have been forced to settle an outstanding debt for the second time in a week to get another transfer embargo lifted.

BBC Radio Humberside understands it relates to an overdue payment to Manchester City for last season’s loan signing of defender Fin Burns.

The Tigers had been notified late on Friday that they had once again been placed under a transfer embargo, but a source has told me

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Tommy Smith: Middlesbrough defender forced to retire after injury
5 February 2025 Off

Tommy Smith: Middlesbrough defender forced to retire after injury

By Total Football News

Tommy Smith has announced his retirement from football at the age of 32.

The Middlesbrough right-back has not played since he ruptured an Achilles tendon in October 2023, and his contract at the Riverside Stadium was due to expire at the end of the season.

Smith made 353 appearances in his career, more than half of them with Huddersfield Town – who he helped to win promotion to the Premier

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Carlos Corberan: West Bromwich Albion were forced to cut budget by 30%
19 December 2024 Off

Carlos Corberan: West Bromwich Albion were forced to cut budget by 30%

By Total Football News

Corberan knows the purse strings are likely to remain tight for a while longer as the club tries to stay the right side of the English Football League’s profit and sustainability rules, which allow for losses of up to £39m over a three-year period.

The financial results for 2023-24 are set to be worse due to the absence of parachute payments alongside the continued servicing of debts.

But Corberan struck

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