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Enzo Fernandez transfer news: Man City remain interested in Chelsea midfielder despite missing deadline to make bid | Football News
17 August 2026 Off

Enzo Fernandez transfer news: Man City remain interested in Chelsea midfielder despite missing deadline to make bid | Football News

By Total Football News

Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez remains a target for Manchester City in the final two weeks of the transfer window.

City will decide whether to try to sign him before the window closes on September 1 after opting not to make an offer before last week’s cut-off set by Chelsea.

Fernandez can no longer leave Stamford Bridge for the £120m terms agreed with his representatives in May.

The deadline for that

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Jay Stansfield: Birmingham City striker – missing play-offs a learning curve
25 April 2026 Off

Jay Stansfield: Birmingham City striker – missing play-offs a learning curve

By Total Football News

Stansfield’s goal against Preston was his 11th of the season and first since 7 February.

After moving for a tier-three record £15m from Fulham at the end of August 2024, the 23-year-old scored 19 goals as Blues romped to the League One title with an EFL-record 111 points.

This season, after helping England defend their European Under-21 Championship title last summer, Stansfield’s return has reflected his move into a slightly

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Newcastle: Eddie Howe says side missing ‘X-factor’
23 September 2025 Off

Newcastle: Eddie Howe says side missing ‘X-factor’

By Total Football News

Wissa suffered a knee injury on international duty with the DR Congo days after finalising a £55m switch from Brentford, and looks set to be out until after the international break next month.

Woltemade has hit the ground running, having never played outside his native Germany before.

The £69m signing scored on his debut against Wolves but will need time to adjust to the physicality of the top flight.

Howe

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Michael Carrick: Hard to class missing out on play-offs as Middlesbrough failure
24 April 2025 Off

Michael Carrick: Hard to class missing out on play-offs as Middlesbrough failure

By Total Football News

Boro finished fourth in Carrick’s first season two years ago, only to lose to Coventry in the play-off semi-finals.

Last year, they were eighth and four points adrift. Now they are one of six sides still competing for the last two play-off places.

The Boro boss is preferring to focus on three seasons of consistent work in a notoriously competitive division.

“History shows that over the last 15 years, it’s

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Middlesbrough: Missing play-offs would be ‘complete failure’ for Boro
6 February 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Missing play-offs would be ‘complete failure’ for Boro

By Total Football News

It was a busy January on the transfer front with Morgan Whitaker and George Edmundson arriving on permanent deals while Mark Travers, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ryan Giles and Samuel Iling-Junior signed loan agreements.

Heading out of The Riverside were Isaiah Jones, Micah Hamilton, Matt Clarke, Alex Gilbert, Lukas Engel, Sammy Silvera, Mathew Hoppe and for a club record fee of £22.5 million, top scorer Emmanuel Latte Lath.

So are the

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Middlesbrough: Teessiders play waiting game in search for missing spark
15 January 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Teessiders play waiting game in search for missing spark

By Total Football News

Isaiah Jones joined fellow Championship side Luton Town last Friday and Liverpool loanee Ben Doak remains on Teesside despite offers for his services from Ipswich Town and Crystal Palace. Boro remain confident Doak is happy and wants to stay but have contingency plans in place.

Boro’s interest in Hull City defender Ryan Giles is part of a drive to reinvigorate the left-hand side of their attack.

Michael Carrick is a

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Sunderland: Are Wilson Isidor’s goals the missing link?
21 October 2024 Off

Sunderland: Are Wilson Isidor’s goals the missing link?

By Total Football News

In fact, it was Clarke’s departure for newly promoted Ipswich Town in August that opened the door for Sunderland’s new striker to arrive.

Isidor was brought in on loan for the season from Zenit St Petersburg with an option to buy at the end of that.

A member of the same France youth set-up as Arsenal centre-back William Saliba and Chelsea pair Benoit Badiashile and Wesley Fofana, Isidor left Monaco

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FA Cup not sole reason for Coventry missing play-offs – Mark Robins
25 April 2024 0

FA Cup not sole reason for Coventry missing play-offs – Mark Robins

By Total Football News

The defeat by Hull was a fourth in five Championship games in April as the Sky Blues lost momentum at a crucial point.

They twice equalised after the Tigers went ahead, but had nothing left in the tank following Noah Ohio’s 78th-minute goal.

It means they will not make another trip to Wembley, having also lost the play-off final to Luton Town last season.

“We know why it is,” Robins

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