Tag: Premier

16 April 2024 0

Premier League quiz: Can you name this current or former player?

By Total Football News

Think you know your Premier League players?

See if you can name this current or former footballer from the clues we’ve given you.

If you don’t get it right first time, just press play again to have another go. And if you really can’t get the answer, then go to the link below to find out who it is.

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16 April 2024 0

Cole Palmer: Can Chelsea midfielder win the Premier League Golden Boot?

By Total Football News
Cole Palmer celebrates his goal
Cole Palmer is the fourth player to score four goals for Chelsea in a Premier League match, after Frank Lampard (twice), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Gianluca Vialli

“You’d have got good odds on him winning the golden boot.”

Palmer was simply sensational, netting a hat-trick inside 29 minutes and adding his 20th Premier League goal of the season in the second half to move him level with Erling Haaland in

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15 April 2024 0

Premier League title race: ‘Arsenal and Liverpool stumble as momentum shifts in Man City’s favour’

By Total Football News
Arsenal midfielders Jorginho and Declan Rice contemplate what went wrong against Aston Villa after the full-time whistle
Arsenal suffered their fifth league defeat of the season against Aston Villa

Arsenal revelled in a scene of high anticipation when they walked out to face Aston Villa but were left looking at a sea of empty red seats 90 minutes later as the Premier League title race took a potentially pivotal twist.

Liverpool stumbled first in a shock home defeat by Crystal Palace before Arsenal’s supporters, well at least

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12 April 2024 0

Chelsea lead spending on agents’ fees as Premier League clubs pay out £409.5m

By Total Football News
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly
Chelsea have spent more than £1bn on player signings since the Todd Boehly-led consortium took over the club two years ago

Chelsea paid out more than £75m to football agents and intermediaries over the 12-month period to February 2024, as Premier League clubs spent a combined £409.5m.

Manchester City’s outlay on agent fees exceeded £60m, according to figures released by the Football Association detailing payments made by Premier League, EFL

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11 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest: Nuno Espirito Santo says points ‘mess’ harms Premier League’s integrity

By Total Football News
Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo gestures
Manager Nuno Espirito Santo has called on Nottingham Forest’s players and fans to “stay together” in their relegation battle

Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo says the uncertainty at the bottom of the Premier League harms the competition’s integrity.

Relegation-threatened Forest have appealed against their four-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules (PSR).

But they are still awaiting a hearing.

Any decision must come by 24 May, five days

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11 April 2024 0

Premier League: Profit and Sustainability Rules to remain next season ahead of vote change

By Total Football News
Everton confused by latest points deduction – Dyche

The Premier League’s current profit and sustainability rules are to remain in place for next season.

That is despite the fact that clubs agreed unanimously to change the rules in principle at a meeting on Thursday.

At present, clubs cannot report losses of more than £105m over a three-year period.

A vote on whether to move to a model adopted by Uefa,

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8 April 2024 0

Premier League advert warns regulation could threaten English football’s success

By Total Football News
Premier League ball on a stand
The Premier League says regulation would put English football’s success ‘at risk’

The Premier League has warned of the “unintended consequences” of football regulation in an advert taken out on a major politics news website.

The Football Governance Bill was introduced by Parliament last month.

A second reading will take place shortly after the Easter break, with preparatory work already under way to ensure the regulator is in place quickly

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5 April 2024 0

Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v darts stars Luke Littler and Nathan Aspinall

By Total Football News
Sutton's Predictions

The race to become Premier League champions is still wide open but, when it comes to predictions, BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton has already got the title wrapped up.

Sutton drew with UB40 drummer Jimmy Brown in the midweek games played this week meaning, with seven weeks of the season remaining, he is now guaranteed to finish above his guests for the second campaign running.

“I’m going to have

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5 April 2024 0

Manchester United v Liverpool: The best Premier League matches between the rivals

By Total Football News
Cristiano Ronaldo and Fernando Torres battle for the ball
Manchester United have won 20 top-flight titles to Liverpool’s 19

Camera kisses, overhead kicks, substitutes sent off and debuts to remember – games between Manchester United and Liverpool have had it all.

And, to help build up to a fixture that could have huge implications on the races for both the title and Champions League places, we thought we’d look back at some Premier League classics between the sides.

Whichever

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4 April 2024 0

Premier League clubs’ £1bn of losses in 11 charts

By Total Football News

It has been called “the season of asterisks” but, with Premier League charges and points deductions dominating the news agenda, understanding football finances has become crucial for fans.

Everton and Nottingham Forest’s rule breaches off the pitch could have a big say in the relegation battle on it, while Wolves, Aston Villa and Leicester have posted eye-watering losses in recent weeks.

With the help of football finance expert Kieran Maguire

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