Tag: opening

29 July 2026 Off

Liverpool preparing opening bid for PSG winger Bradley Barcola

By Total Football News

Liverpool have stepped up their interest in Paris St-Germain’s Bradley Barcola and are preparing an opening bid.

Barcola, 23, has been identified as the primary option for Liverpool as they look to replace Mohamed Salah, who left at the end of last season.

The France winger is valued by PSG at around £145m. Such a fee would break the British transfer record but those at Anfield are keen on striking

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20 July 2026 Off

Man Utd 0-1 Wrexham: Andrey Santos makes Red Devils debut in opening pre-season loss in Helsinki | Football News

By Total Football News

Andrey Santos made his Manchester United debut as Michael Carrick’s side lost 1-0 to Wrexham in their opening pre-season fixture at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

The Brazil midfielder played the first 45 minutes of the game following his recent £50m transfer from Chelsea, although had little chance to impress as United’s new permanent head coach changed every player with his side trailing at the break.

Carrick brought on United’s

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25 June 2026 Off

Championship fixtures: Relegated Burnley and West Ham to meet on opening weekend

By Total Football News

Relegated Burnley and West Ham will meet on the opening weekend of the Championship season on Sunday, 16 August.

The Clarets, whose bid to appoint Wales manager Craig Bellamy as boss looks to have fallen through, finished 19th in the top flight last season and will host the Hammers, who went down on the final day.

Fellow relegated side Wolves will play the league’s curtain-raiser against Blackburn at Molineux on

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19 June 2026 Off

Premier League fixtures 2026-27: Newly promoted Coventry travel to champions Arsenal on opening day

By Total Football News

There will be a change in the way Premier League referees judge hair-pulling next season after three players were sent off for the offence in 2025-26.

All three red cards for hair-pulling came through a video assistant referee review, but from next season, not every time a player is seen to pull an opponent’s hair will they be dismissed.

Instead, greater emphasis will be placed on both the level of

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6 December 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Opening win gives new boss Kim Hellberg ‘energy and time’

By Total Football News

Hellberg has been undertaking a crash course in the Championship, by taking in as many matches as possible.

He watched Hull’s win at Stoke last Saturday on television in the build-up to his own game at The Riverside, as well as many other matches in the league.

The Swede also has been studying Boro’s play over a number of years to try to build up a picture of what style

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15 July 2025 Off

Luis Diaz: Liverpool reject £58.6m opening offer from Bayern Munich

By Total Football News

Liverpool have rejected a £58.6m opening offer from Bayern Munich for forward Luis Diaz.

The German club approached Liverpool earlier this month but were told Diaz was not for sale.

That position was reinforced on Tuesday as Liverpool turned down the Bundesliga side’s first bid for the 28-year-old Colombia international.

Liverpool value Diaz, whose contract expires in the summer of 2027, in excess of £87m as a key member

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18 June 2025 Off

Premier League 2025-26 fixtures: Liverpool host Bournemouth, Manchester United face Arsenal on opening weekend

By Total Football News

The devil can sometimes be in the detail with a set of fixtures.

For instance, how will England boss Thomas Tuchel feel when he realises Liverpool must play Arsenal at home, Chelsea away and then old rivals Manchester City away from home immediately before the international windows in September, October and November.

The Premier League confirmed within their fixtures announcement that, with nine teams in Europe – and six in

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