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Arsenal defender Calum Chambers is “determined to come back stronger” after receiving the news that a serious knee injury has ended his season. The 24-year-old ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during the Gunners’ 2-1 home defeat to Chelsea last weekend. Chambers underwent surgery on Thursday and he is expected to be…
Norwich head coach Daniel Farke hopes teenage “natural born goalscorer” Adam Idah can help fire his injury-hit side into the fourth round of the FA Cup. Leading scorer Teemu Pukki picked up a hamstring strain during the draw against Crystal Palace on New Year’s Day, and has also been carrying a toe problem, so will…
East Street Investments have completed their takeover of Charlton, the Sky Bet Championship club have announced. The deal was announced for the first time at the end of November and was subject to approval by the English Football League. Outgoing owner Roland Duchatelet had been trying to sell the club since 2017. Duchatelet told the…
Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has admitted the club could be more active than expected in the January transfer window after Calum Chambers had surgery on Thursday. The centre-back suffered a knee injury in the defeat to Chelsea on December 29 and is set to be sidelined for a lengthy period of time. It leaves…
Gabriel Jesus struck twice in the space of seven second-half minutes as Manchester City opened 2020 with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Everton. Richarlison set up a tense finish at the Etihad Stadium by pulling one back after a Claudio Bravo error, but City held on. The champions were not at their fluid best but…
Patrick Bamford ensured West Brom and Leeds shared the spoils from an intense meeting between the Sky Bet Championship’s top two at The Hawthorns. Semi Ajayi rose highest to edge the home side in front within 90 seconds, but substitute Bamford stepped off the bench to earn the visitors a point. Slaven Bilic made four…
Celtic’s Ryan Christie has been served with a notice of complaint from the Scottish Football Association following Sunday’s Old Firm game at Parkhead. The Hoops attacker has been charged with allegedly grabbing Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos’ groin area in the 60th minute of the Gers’ 2-1 Ladbrokes Premiership win. The sanction for breaching rule 200,…
The Red Bull Salzburg striker has agreed a deal to join Borussia Dortmund in January, having also been strongly linked with Manchester United and RB Leipzig. And Raiola, Haaland’s agent, says that he “hopes” Haaland will one day play in England’s top flight, despite insisting that Dortmund is the best place for his client to…
Alex Dyer hopes to use the January transfer window to get Kilmarnock back on track after he was named manager until the end of the season. The 54-year-old was assistant boss to Steve Clarke and remained in that role following the arrival of Angelo Alessio in the summer. Dyer was put in charge when the…
VAR technology should only be used to reverse “clear and obvious” mistakes including offside decisions, according to the general secretary of the law-making International Football Association Board. The weekend’s Premier League fixtures featured a number of marginal offside calls which were checked by VAR, with goals ruled out for Wolves, Crystal Palace, Norwich, Brighton and…