Swansea boss Russell Martin could include new signings Rhys Williams, Olivier Ntcham and Michael Obafemi in his squad for the Sky Bet Championship clash with Hull.Defender Williams, midfielder Ntcham and striker Obafemi arrived from Liverpool, Celtic and Southampton respectively just before the transfer deadline.Defender Ben Cabango and midfielder Flynn Downes have recovered from Covid-19 and ar...Full Story »

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was delighted with the club's summer transfer window. The Gunners spent the most of any team in the Premier League, forking out £145m on Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Martin Odegaard, Aaron Ramsdale, Albert Lokonga and Nuno Tavares. Speaking to the club's official website, Arteta said: "It was a really complicated market. We had a lot of things to do, I thin...Full Story »

UK rapper Stormzy shocked fans at Leeds Festival on Saturday night by introducing close pal and Manchester City star Jack Grealish on stage in front of thousands in attendance. The music artist, real name Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr, has enjoyed a good relationship with the England attacker in recent years. Stormzy has been seen wearing football shirts with Grealish's name on the bac...Full Story »

Danny Cowley admitted his Portsmouth side paid a high price for their lack of cutting edge as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at Wigan.Pompey gave as good as they got for the majority of an entertaining encounter short on goal-scoring chances.But, while Ronan Curtis saw one effort saved by Ben Amos and sent another header over the top, Callum Lang buried the one chance that came his way 12 minutes fro...Full Story »

David Martindale lamented an array of health issues within his Livingston squad as his bottom-of-the-table side lost their way in the second half of their 2-0 defeat away to cinch Premiership leaders Hibernian.The Lions manager revealed that striker Bruce Anderson suffered a diabetic fit on the park just before half-time, that two of his players vomited in the dressing-room at the interval and t...Full Story »

Kevin Nisbet and Martin Boyle netted second-half goals as Hibernian saw off bottom-of-the-table Livingston to remain top of the cinch Premiership.Scotland striker Nisbet returned to the side after missing last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Dundee and he notched his first league goal of the season before in-form Australia winger Boyle sealed victory late on.The result – on a day when a sun-ki...Full Story »

Brighton are hoping Danny Welbeck, Enock Mwepu and Neal Maupay can prove their fitness ahead of Everton’s Premier League visit to the Amex Stadium.Welbeck (hamstring), summer signing Mwepu (knock) and Maupay (shoulder) will all be assessed after Brighton’s final pre-game training session.Tariq Lamptey will speed up his recovery programme from a hamstring problem during the internatio...Full Story »

Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa admitted Crewe made life difficult for his side before three late goals secured a 3-0 Carabao Cup win at a sold-out Elland Road.Kalvin Phillips finally broke Crewe’s stubborn resistance deep in the second half before Jack Harrison sealed Leeds’ passage to the third round with two more in the last five minutes.Bielsa’s side spurned a hatful of chances a...Full Story »

Jake Beesley and Danny Cashman netted second-half goals as Rochdale knocked League One Shrewsbury out of the Carabao Cup second round.Beesley opened the scoring from the spot in 68th minute after Matthew Pennington’s dismissal and Cashman wrapped up victory for the League Two side nine minutes later.Ethan Ebanks-Landell went close for the hosts with an early header, before Abraham Odoh twi...Full Story »

Watford’s latest signing Ozan Tufan will not be involved in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup clash with Crystal Palace.Manager Xisco Munoz said the club’s newest addition would join up with the squad after the upcoming international break.Danny Rose is fit and available for the match and is expected to feature for Watford for the first time.The Hornets head into the match looking to bounc...Full Story »

Arsenal have made headlines this summer by splashing out around £130m in the transfer market - the biggest outlay of any Premier League side. However, Gunners boss Mikel Arteta has come under fire, with some fans and pundits claiming that despite that mammoth outlay the side hasn't really been improved. Unfortunately for the Gunners, this isn't something new - their track record in the tr...Full Story »

Danny Ings scored a brilliant overhead kick to set up a deserved Aston Villa victory although Newcastle were unlucky to be on the wrong end of two VAR decisions in the 2-0 defeat.The £25million signing from Southampton, who scored on his Villa debut in the 3-2 defeat at Watford last Saturday, struck deep into stoppage time at the end of the first half after Tyrone Mings flicked on Matt Cas...Full Story »

Liam Grimshaw scored his first professional goal as Motherwell came from behind to beat Livingston 2-1 in the Scottish Premiership.David Martindale’s side had moved in front through Alan Forrest before strikes from Tony Watt and Grimshaw turned the game on its head.It was Motherwell’s first league win of the season and leaves Livingston without a point after three games.Livi were unc...Full Story »

Arsenal have completed the signing of midfielder Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid, the club announced on Friday, while also confirming a deal for Sheffield United's Aaron Ramsdale that takes the club's summer spending over the £100 million mark. Odegaard, 22, spent last season on loan with the Premier League club and scored two goals in 20 appearances. Odegaard returned to Spain this su...Full Story »

Livingston manager David Martindale has a couple of players back in training but Saturday’s visit of Motherwell might come too soon.Tom Parkes is back running, Ben Williamson has returned from Covid-19 and both Cristian Montano and Adam Lewis are getting closer to comebacks.Jackson Longridge has run off the knock that forced him off against St Mirren as Keaghan Jacobs made his return from ...Full Story »

Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley insists his side can still improve despite beating Shrewsbury 1-0 to move to the top of Sky Bet League One.Ryan Tunnicliffe’s first Pompey goal after only 120 seconds was enough to make it three wins from their opening three league games for the first time since 1988.Cowley said: “I think we had a really good way into the game, a great goal from our pe...Full Story »

"We could not spend all the money we would like to spend," Nagelsmann said ahead of his team's German Super Cup game at Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday. "In the end, we have a good squad, but it's always about injuries." The Bayern coach referred to French right back Benjamin Pavard's ankle injury, which meant reserve player Josip Stanii played in the Bundesliga opener at Borussia Mönchengl...Full Story »

Danny Cowley dedicated Portsmouth’s 2-0 Sky Bet League One win over Crewe to the club’s fans.Second-half goals from striker John Marquis and winger Marcus Harness saw Pompey maintain their 100 per cent league record.Head coach Cowley said: “It was a good day for the people of Portsmouth. It was good day today – this was for them.“It was a performance which warranted...Full Story »

Forest Green boss Rob Edwards admitted he cannot believe his luck with the squad he has inherited after continuing his fine start in senior management with a 3-1 win at Walsall.Rovers made it two League Two wins out of two under Edwards, appointed as Mark Cooper’s successor in the summer, thanks to Matty Stevens’ double and a Jamille Matt strike.Victory puts Rovers – play-off s...Full Story »

David Martindale heaped praise on Max Stryjek after the goalkeeper made two “superb” penalty shoot-out saves to send Livingston into the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals.The Polish goalkeeper was the villain last weekend when he allowed Jack Mackenzie’s injury-time shot to squirm from his grasp and over the line in the 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen.But the 25-year-old was the Lions&r...Full Story »