Tag: targeting

Premier League: Why clubs are targeting EFL academy players
15 August 2026 Off

Premier League: Why clubs are targeting EFL academy players

By Total Football News

There is no uniform approach to youth development among Premier League clubs.

International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) figures for 2025-26 show club-trained players accounted for 16.2% of Manchester City‘s Premier League minutes, followed by Chelsea on 15.5% and Brighton on 12.5%.

CIES defines a club-trained player as someone registered with their current club for at least three full seasons, or 36 months, between the ages of 15 and

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Kieffer Moore: Forward targeting Wrexham promotion and Wales World Cup double
13 February 2026 Off

Kieffer Moore: Forward targeting Wrexham promotion and Wales World Cup double

By Total Football News

Wrexham put their promotion push to one side this weekend as they host another of Moore’s former clubs, Ipswich Town, in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Friday night (19:45 GMT).

Phil Parkinson’s men stunned Premier League Nottingham Forest in the third round and are targeting a spot in the fifth round for the first time in almost three decades.

It has ensured a significant amount remains at

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Wrexham targeting Championship play-offs – Kieffer Moore
1 November 2025 Off

Wrexham targeting Championship play-offs – Kieffer Moore

By Total Football News

Josh Windass assisted each of Moore’s three goals against Coventry as Wrexham earned back-to-back home wins in the league for the first time this season.

Windass, who previously played with Moore at Wigan Athletic, feels Wrexham reaped the rewards of being more assertive against Frank Lampard’s table-toppers.

“With the last few (games), I think we’ve shown teams a little bit too much respect, sitting off a little bit. We pressed

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Peter Ridsdale says Preston North End are targeting at least eight signings
13 May 2025 Off

Peter Ridsdale says Preston North End are targeting at least eight signings

By Total Football News

Leicester City’s Denmark Under-21 keeper Daniel Iversen, who had successful loan spells at Deepdale in 2020-21 and 2021-22, has been strongly linked with a move to the club.

The departure of this season’s leading goalscorer Emil Riis, and of Evans from the playing ranks, means a striker is also a necessity, while the club is also in the market for a midfielder, two wing-backs and one more centre-back.

Ridsdale revealed

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Sheffield Wednesday: Danny Rohl targeting survival guarantee of 50 points
28 February 2025 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Danny Rohl targeting survival guarantee of 50 points

By Total Football News

Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl remains focussed on guaranteeing Championship safety despite being 15 points clear of the relegation zone.

Wednesday currently sit 13th, six points adrift of the play-offs.

But Rohl is keen to reach the 50-points mark and is refusing to look any further ahead.

“It is always about going forward and being on the front foot but it has always been about 50 points,” he said.

“We’ve

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