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Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News
11 September 2026 Off

Mikel Arteta: Arsenal manager says he deliberately sabotaged his team’s travel plans to prepare for difficulties on the road | Football News

By Total Football News

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he deliberately sabotaged the club’s travel plans during pre-season – to get his players used to difficulties on the road.

Those sabotages include deliberately making his team late for matches by changing their route or meal times – as well as making the changing room hotter and reducing the number of massage beds.

The Premier League champions had travel concerns during their trip to face

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Transfer window: How do clubs prepare for signing new players?
3 August 2026 Off

Transfer window: How do clubs prepare for signing new players?

By Total Football News

In February, about 100 club officials, scouts and agents gathered at Villa Park for a networking event.

Over coffee and pastries, in William McGregor’s in the Trinity Road Stand, representatives from clubs including Liverpool, West Ham, Birmingham, Preston, Derby, Aston Villa and Manchester City chatted, along with agents, to prepare for the summer and debrief the winter.

In the afternoon, Villa’s head of emerging talent and loans Adam Henshall gave

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Stoke City players prepare for World Cup
9 June 2026 Off

Stoke City players prepare for World Cup

By Total Football News

Stoke City’s Bae Jun-ho and Viktor Johansson have joined their international sides as they begin preparations for the World Cup this summer.

Midfielder Bae has earned 13 caps for South Korea since his senior debut in 2024, while Johansson has 12 under his belt for Sweden after his first appearance in 2023.

Here is a reminder of the groups the Stoke players are in and who they will face, so

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Southampton and Ipswich Town prepare for automatic promotion showdown
27 April 2026 Off

Southampton and Ipswich Town prepare for automatic promotion showdown

By Total Football News

McKenna’s men were the firm bookies’ favourites to win the title on the eve of the season in August.

Town were odds-on to go up, with Southampton the second-favourites, and the other relegated Premier League side, Leicester City, third in the betting… though the less said about that the better.

For the record, champions Coventry were sixth-favourites for promotion, behind Birmingham City and Sheffield United, and just ahead of Middlesbrough.

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West Brom prepare to face Southampton in Championship play-off
11 May 2024 0

West Brom prepare to face Southampton in Championship play-off

By Total Football News

Albion are the least fancied side of the four play-off contenders with the bookmakers – including Norwich, who finished below them.

“I don’t think it’s a bad thing,” Albion keeper Alex Palmer told BBC Radio WM.

“People were writing us off earlier in the season before we were really in the play-off places.

“So now we just go about our business. Whether it’s under the radar or people have got

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