Saudi giants Al-Ittihad set their sights on the signature of a headline member of the attacking ranks at Tottenham Hotspur after missing out on Liverpool's Mohamed Salah this summer, it has been revealed. The subject of Al-Ittihad's late-window efforts to add to the club's frontline, of course, took its place front and centre in the European headlines. This came after confirmation was forthc...Full Story »

Arsenal terminated the contract of former club-record signing Nicolas Pepe on Saturday, letting the winger leave on a free transfer. Arsenal paid £72 million ($90m) to sign Pepe from French club Lille in 2019 but will get nothing for his departure, with the Ivory Coast international reportedly set to sign for Turkish side Trabzonspor. Pepe had a good start at Arsenal under former manager ...Full Story »

Roberto Pereyra joins Udinese Roberto ‘Tucu’ Pereyra was free agent until today… as he has now reached an agreement with Udinese to return and sign short term deal ⚪️⚫️🇦🇷Former Watford and Juventus midfielder turned down approaches from Turkey and Brazil as he’s set to re-join Udinese.Done deal. pic.twitter.com/CYrXy2Kfll— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Se...Full Story »

Gareth Southgate focused on England’s important point and a valuable learning experience after admitting his side did not “quite click” in attack in the Euro 2024 qualifying draw against Ukraine.Having won their first four Group C matches on the road to next summer’s tournament in Germany, Saturday saw them fail to win a European Championship qualifier for just the second...Full Story »

Graham Alexander marvelled at the rapid progress of his MK Dons side after they held on for a point against unbeaten Notts County.Alexander landed the League Two Manager of the Month award for August after a pleasing start to his Dons tenure and remains unbeaten on home soil after a 1-1 draw with the Magpies.Daniel Harvie fired the hosts ahead, but they invited pressure late on after Kyle Camero...Full Story »

Manager Lee Bell was full of praise as Crewe recorded successive League Two wins as they fought from a goal down to clinch a convincing 4-1 away victory over Forest Green.Goals from Chris Long, Elliot Nevitt and a double from Courtney Baker-Richardson saw the Railwaymen take home all three points from a fine second-half display.Reece Brown opened the scoring for Forest Green but Alex turned on t...Full Story »

Crawley boss Scott Lindsey was “really pleased and proud” of how his new young team are performing after seeing them dismantle Newport 4-1 at the Broadfield Stadium.The Red Devils were tipped as favourites to go down after narrowly avoiding relegation last season and Lindsey has completely overhauled his squad, making 16 signings with a heavy emphasis on young players.They eased to t...Full Story »

England hit a rare bump on the road to next year’s European Championship as Kyle Walker’s first international goal secured Gareth Southgate’s side a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in Poland.Having opened Group C with four wins from as many matches, it has long looked a case of when rather than if the Euro 2020 runners-up seal their place at next summer’s tournament in Germany.E...Full Story »

Stockport manager Dave Challinor hopes his side’s comeback victory at AFC Wimbledon will help cure any lingering hangover from losing last season’s Sky Bet League Two play-off final.The Hatters arrived at Plough Lane having won only one of their first six league games of the campaign and were forced to name two goalkeepers on their bench due to a long list of absentees.Another setbac...Full Story »

Michael Flynn said his Swindon team showed real character to hold on to claim all three points against Sutton with a thrilling 5-3 win.Jake Young bagged a first-half brace as the Robins stormed into an early 3-0 lead only for Sutton to come fighting back.Swindon boss Flynn said: “I take enjoyment with the way we played, for the boys to do it in that heat, even if there was a lull after the...Full Story »