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28 May 2024 Off

Chadi Riad set for Crystal Palace medical before £12m move

By Total Football News

Barcelona defender Chadi Riad, who spent last season on loan at Real Betis, will have a medical at Crystal Palace this week before joining the Eagles in a move worth £12m plus £2m in add-ons.

Palace have been in talks since last week over the centre-back and a deal now appears close to completion.

The 20-year-old, who has played twice for Morocco, joined Betis from Barcelona last summer and made

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23 May 2024 Off

Wayne Rooney: Former England striker set for managerial talks with Plymouth Argyle

By Total Football News

Wayne Rooney is set to have talks with Championship side Plymouth Argyle about their vacant head coach role.

Rooney, 38, is keen to re-establish his reputation after a disastrous spell at Birmingham last season, when he lost nine games out of 15.

Argyle are looking for a new boss after the dismissal of Ian Foster towards the end of last season.

Director of football Neil Dewsnip and coach Kevin Nancekivell

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7 May 2024 0

Leeds United: Actor Will Ferrell set to join list of investors at Championship club

By Total Football News

The current Leeds owners are the investment arm of the San Francisco 49ers NFL franchise and among their shareholders are a number of US sports stars, including golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas.

Ferrell, 56, is the star of numerous films including Elf, Anchorman, Step Brothers, Daddy’s Home and Bewitched.

He is a big sports fan and a part-owner of Major League Soccer franchise Los Angeles FC.

In February 2023,

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1 May 2024 0

Everton: Club’s appeal date over second points deduction set for final week of season

By Total Football News

The Toffees travel to face relegation-threatened Luton on Friday (kick-off 20:00 BST) having secured their own top-flight status with three consecutive wins in six days.

Asked about their next three games being more relaxed than last season when they escaped relegation on the final day, boss Dyche said: “We’re finding that balance.

“The feel-good factor has obviously affected everyone and we want to use that to our advantage. The freedom

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24 April 2024 0

Liverpool manager search: Feyenoord’s Arne Slot set for talks to succeed Jurgen Klopp

By Total Football News

Liverpool are set to open talks with Feyenoord on Wednesday over manager Arne Slot as they search for Jurgen Klopp’s successor.

Klopp announced in January he would leave Anfield at the end of the season and the Reds have been conducting extensive research around a number of candidates.

Slot, who led Feyenoord to the 2022-23 Eredivisie title, has emerged as a candidate who fits Liverpool’s criteria.

Feyenoord have won the

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19 April 2024 0

Nottingham Forest: Points deduction appeal set for Wednesday

By Total Football News
Nottingham Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo watches his team play
Nuno Espirito Santo has called the situation at the bottom of the table “a mess”

Nottingham Forest’s appeal against their four-point punishment for breaching profit and sustainability rules (PSR) will be heard on Wednesday, 24 April.

The hearing is expected to be wrapped up within a day, but no final decision will be made on Wednesday and Forest will have to wait to discover if they are successful, with the

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29 March 2024 0

Brighton set a new Premier League record – but can rotating goalkeepers really work?

By Total Football News
Karen Bardsley column

Arsenal were meant to be the team who ripped up the rule book and rotated their goalkeepers this season, but it has ended up being Brighton who have kept on swapping who plays between the sticks.

Seagulls boss Roberto de Zerbi has broken a Premier League record by changing his keeper 17 times already in 2023-24, with Jason Steele playing 15 league games and Bart Verbruggen the other 13, and

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28 March 2024 0

Xabi Alonso: Liverpool eye other candidates with Bayer Leverkusen set to keep Spanish boss

By Total Football News
Why Leverkusen’s Alonso is wanted by Europe’s biggest clubs

Liverpool expect Xabi Alonso to stay at Bayer Leverkusen this summer and are to consider other candidates to replace manager Jurgen Klopp.

Leverkusen are on the brink of a first Bundesliga title and are unbeaten in all competitions this season.

Bayern Munich’s honorary president Uli Hoeness said a move for Alonso this summer is “probably impossible”.

Alonso was also seen as

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11 March 2024 0

Ederson: Manchester City goalkeeper set to miss up to four weeks with muscle injury

By Total Football News
Ederson is consoled by Darwin Nunez as he is substituted following an injury
Ederson was injured as he fouled Darwin Nunez and had to come off six minutes after Alexis Mac Allister scored the resulting penalty

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson is set to miss up to four weeks with the muscle injury he sustained in Sunday’s Premier League draw with Liverpool.

Ederson was hurt when he fouled striker Darwin Nunez for a Liverpool penalty, from which the hosts equalised.

Although the Brazilian carried

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