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Eight players have been nominated for this year’s Premier League Young Player of the Season award. Players who begin the season aged 23 or under are eligible for this annual prize, which has been given out since 2019/20 when it was won by Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold. It was Chelsea’s Cole Palmer who picked up the…

Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) has proposed the removal of relegation from the top flight to enhance league competitiveness. As per emerging reports from the Guardian, the league’s governing body may at least temporarily scrap relegation from the Women’s Super League (WSL) as early as the 2026/27 season. The decision will partner with a gradual…

CONFIRMED FIXTURES The Premier League’s confirmation of the changes means we now have a finalised fixture list up to the end of October. It reads as follows… Sun 24 Aug: Fulham (A), 16:30Wed 27 Aug: Grimsby (A), 20:00 (Carabao Cup)Sat 30 Aug: Burnley (H), 15:00 Sun 14 Sep: Man City (A), 16:30Sat 20 Sep: Chelsea…

Chelsea would have to pay a significant fee if they choose to back out of their obligation to sign Jadon Sancho permanently this summer, a report has revealed. When Sancho joined Chelsea on loan last summer, it was assumed his time with Manchester United was over as the Blues agreed to an obligation to sign…

As confirmed in the pre-match press conference, it remains to be seen whether Noussair Mazraoui will be available and Lisandro Martinez is still working his way back to full fitness.  Otherwise, the only task for Ruben and his staff is managing the impact of international travel. “The guys who went to the national teams, they…

Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy provided a rare piece of positive news for beleaguered Foxes fans by claiming that a new deal for the club’s sought-after starlet Jeremy Monga was on the cusp of completion. The prodigious forward became only the second 15-year-old to ever appear in the Premier League when he made his…