Tag: senior

Manchester City: Senior football figures concerned club could play in Champions League next season
7 October 2026 Off

Manchester City: Senior football figures concerned club could play in Champions League next season

By Total Football News

BBC Sport has spoken to a number of senior figures within the game in recent days who are concerned about the prospect of City qualifying for the Champions League next season.

The feeling is that if City do not win their appeal and are therefore handed a strong sanction, then being allowed to compete alongside Europe’s elite, and receiving the financial rewards which come with it, would not be acceptable.

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Arsenal starlet Max Dowman to link up with England senior squad after mass withdrawals – Paper Talk | Football News
21 September 2026 Off

Arsenal starlet Max Dowman to link up with England senior squad after mass withdrawals – Paper Talk | Football News

By Total Football News

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

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Arsenal star Max Dowman, 16, in line to link up with England squad after mass withdrawals – The Sun

Manchester United falling behind the heavyweights of European football is the driving force behind JJ Gabriel’s desire to leave the club – Daily Mail

Russian Premier League clubs are reportedly in contact with Anthony Martial over signing the former Manchester

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Chelsea: Xabi Alonso heals Real Madrid scars to lead Blues’ senior revolution
2 August 2026 Off

Chelsea: Xabi Alonso heals Real Madrid scars to lead Blues’ senior revolution

By Total Football News

Alonso held discreet meetings in London and his hometown of San Sebastian over three weeks in early May to ensure Chelsea was the right fit.

Despite questions as to why he chose the Blues over his former club Liverpool, there was no offer on the table from the latter.

“I had a view of Chelsea from the outside,” he explained, revealing how carefully he considered the move to Stamford

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Hull City: Sergej Jakirovic has 12 senior players fit for Southampton
17 January 2026 Off

Hull City: Sergej Jakirovic has 12 senior players fit for Southampton

By Total Football News

Boss Sergej Jakirovic admits Hull City are down to the bare bones for Saturday’s trip to Southampton (15:00 GMT).

The Tigers could climb into the Championship’s top four with a fourth win in five away games but a swathe of injuries has left the Bosnian with just 12 senior players to call on.

Jakirovic told BBC Radio Humberside: “It is the first time since I have coached I have so

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Chelsea: Glenavon confirm UK’s youngest senior player Chris Atherton has moved to Stamford Bridge
3 July 2025 Off

Chelsea: Glenavon confirm UK’s youngest senior player Chris Atherton has moved to Stamford Bridge

By Total Football News

Glenavon’s 16-year-old forward Chris Atherton has left Mourneview Park to join Chelsea.

The Northern Ireland Under-17 international made headlines in September 2022 when he became the youngest senior footballer in the United Kingdom at 13 years and 329 days old.

The teenager, who joined the Glenavon academy at four years old, broke the senior record when he came on as a second-half substitute for the Lurgan Blues during a 6-0

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Blackburn Rovers: Five things we learned from BBC Radio Lancashire’s interview with senior club staff
4 April 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Five things we learned from BBC Radio Lancashire’s interview with senior club staff

By Total Football News

Off the back of a torrid 2023-24 campaign which saw Blackburn battle to preserve their Championship status, the first half of this season was much brighter.

Under John Eustace, the club challenged in the top six in the lead up to Christmas and strung together six straight wins between November and December.

During January the club brought in six players – centre forwards Augustus Kargbo, Cauley Woodrow and Emmanuel Dennis,

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Blackburn Rovers: Owners Venky’s ‘do not want to sell club’ senior club officials tell BBC
4 April 2025 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Owners Venky’s ‘do not want to sell club’ senior club officials tell BBC

By Total Football News

Rovers are 11th in the Championship table and five points outside the play-off places heading into the final stages of the season.

Despite being just outside the top six on points, however, Rovers have lost their past four games and are winless in six matches.

Waggott, Pasha and head of football operations Rudy Gestede were speaking to BBC Radio Lancashire the week after the trio were asked by a collection

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Manchester United: Three senior executives to leave Red Devils this summer
6 March 2025 Off

Manchester United: Three senior executives to leave Red Devils this summer

By Total Football News

Three senior executives will leave Manchester United this summer, including the person responsible for delivering the latest round of redundancies.

People and transformation director Annie Hale will leave United once the second redundancy programme in as many years, which could see up to 200 people lose their jobs, has been concluded.

Chief commercial development officer James Holroyd, who has been at United for more than 14 years, and London-based

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