Unprecedented desperation for tickets in and around Liverpool fan zone this morn. Kop season ticket holder of 20 years has sold his after being offered 10k in cash. “I’ll take the kids to Florida,” he tells his pals
Newcastle takeover to be confirmed any minute now. PL set to argue legally-binding assurances around no involvement by Saudi leaders was deciding factor, rather than the breakthrough for BeIN Sports.
Breaking: Chelsea have been cleared to give Frank Lampard access to a £150million transfer budget to strengthen his squad in January after their transfer ban was overturned by sport's appeal court in Switzerland. story on
@TeleFootball
imminently
Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of murdered Jamal Khashoggi, pleads with Premier League to rethink pending Newcastle takeover by Saudi. Deal would let crown prince Mohammed bin Salman "wash his reputation, and sully the name of sports", she tells Telegraph
UK Government is poised to give green light tonight on Chelsea sale following weekend of fraught "whack-a-mole" negotiations with Abramovich camp, sources say. Deal still needs signing off with Portugal and European Commission, however. Full take shortly on
@TeleFootball
#CFC
Chelsea set to be handed huge unpaid tax bill next month after inspectors finally unravel full extent of liabilities left under Roman Abramovich's ownership
#cfc
Statement confirms approval from Portugal - where Abramovich obtained a passport last year - as well as with European Commission. More on
@TelegraphSport
shortly
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has received Premier League directors and owners’ test approval for his 25 per cent purchase of Manchester United. Completion will be announced within days
#MUFC
Premier League obtained written assurances last year that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund was not part of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital's takeover at
#CFC
Several well-placed insiders now backing up this from Matt. Abramovich wd need to take his potential buyer to ministers and ask for a new sanction licence. Money wd then be frozen or go into charitable fund - quite possibly for Ukraine
Roman Abramovich wins first stage of High Court battle with HarperCollins over "defamatory" book which claimed he bought Chelsea under orders of Vladimir Putin
Sir Jim Ratcliffe to secure control of all footballing operations in attempt to remove the Glazers from the firing line in his proposed 25 per cent
#MUFC
co-ownership deal
A source says of Sir Jim: "His aim is to be a long-term custodian of Manchester United and set the standard for a progressive approach to club ownership. As locally born, he wants to put the Manchester back into Manchester United."
Police now moving on the minority of idiots. A couple of groups of Scottish fans ran into restaurants and locked doors, saying chairs and bottles were being launched at them. They blame “England casuals”. Officers have dispersal order for the area - and appear to be using it
NEW: Manchester United receive serious takeover interest from Middle East, Asia and US. Formal bids expected to be invited for a mid-February deadline. Sir Jim Ratcliffe monitoring situation closely. Exclusive story here, with
@TelegraphDucker
#MUFC
Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin going for it at presser, accusing rebel clubs of "spitting in face" of others, and launching extraordinary attack on Manchester United's Ed Woodward, who called him last Thurs to say he was "very satisfied" with CL reforms
Very odd night. There is a difference of opinion between various sources close to the deal on who exactly first asked for an extension. “This has not gone down well,” says one United insider
#mufc
A night of confusion on the
#MUFC
takeover front. Lots of claim and counter claim and some friction too. Ultimately remains a battle between Sheikh Jassim's Qatari bid & Ratcliffe's Ineos but the question remains: Will the Glazers sell? With
@Tom_Morgs
Todd Boehly's £4.25billion Chelsea takeover on brink of going through as Premier League announces he and other members of consortium have passed its Owners’ and Directors’ Test. More on
@TeleFootball
imminently
40 yrs since
#BristolCity
in top tier. A "Premier League club in waiting", said Lee Johnson in 2017. Now Nigel Pearson resists "potential" talk. Three avid followers, Louis Carey, Marina Dolman and
@sehguhyelnats
, have their say. Alright me babber?
NEW Sir Jim Ratcliffe will make a fresh Manchester United takeover approach after Glazers invited interest. He wants a fair price, however. Exclusive, with
@TelegraphDucker
Bumble confirms in his Daily Mail column today that he will be commentating for
@talkSPORT
coverage for two of England's three Tests against West Indies. Telegraph story from yest (after
@MikeKeegan_DM
first mooted last month that move may be on cards):
Exclu: Mike Ashley in detailed talks with Yorkshire over £22m-plus offer to buy Headingley Stadium in sale to lease agreement. Debt refinancing still an option too. Two other offers still in hunt but deal could be done within four weeks
Keeping up with the Joneses: Efforts to buy Newcastle are just the latest in a strategic Saudi effort to politically align with Man City's Abu Dhabi owners. And it all started on a falconry trip in the middle of the UAE desert five years ago.
Everton suspend all sponsorship deals with Alisher Usmanov after coming under pressure in Parliament to sever ties due to an EU sanction over his "close ties" to Vladimir Putin
Monty Panesar soaks up Wembley atmos, and sums up a national mood: “This this is the time everyone needs to unite as a nation and support England. It's about the performances. People will be talking about the knee, but Southgate has been v strong on it... I’m hoping for no boos”
About a third of the fans that I met were on the active hunt for a ticket. Three of them were successful on the day in Kiev last year. This time, even the tout appealing for tickets directly outside stadium metro station said with a smile that he is offering 4,000 euros
Caster Semenya on Court of Arbitration defeat: “I know that the IAAF’s regulations have always targeted me specifically. For a decade the IAAF has tried to slow me down, but this has actually made me stronger. The decision of the Cas will not hold me back."
Exclu: South-east Asian factory workers making Nike’s new Liverpool and Chelsea kits are expected to be paid less than 70p per shirt despite record new deals for Premier League clubs and more price hikes for fans next season
@TeleFootball
Chelsea say "approach taken by Fifa to this case has been deeply unsatisfactory, not least as Fifa chose to treat Chelsea entirely differently to Manchester City for reasons that make absolutely no sense to Chelsea"
Simone Biles with an extraordinarily honest, tearful and frank mix zone. Says she didn’t want to get hurt, and needs to put her mental health first. Talks of Osaka as an inspiration
Government confirms crowds will be at Brighton friendly on weekend (as first reported by
@martynziegler
). Full list of spectator trials in build up to Oct 1:
Mino Raiola has died, close friends of the agent announce. Jonathan Barnett says he "was one of the greats of our industry". Copy shortly on
@TeleFootball
with
@mcgrathmike
“Everyone is a loser in all this. My overwhelming fear is that this will never go away and someone will ultimately take their life off the back of it because of the sheer pressure”
John Blain on losing all hope amid the Yorkshire racism saga. Interview:
Tite says Neymar will practice today. If he comes through okay, he will start against South Korea tomorrow. "I prefer to use my best front from the beginning"
Ten months on, and Lee Collins' shattered family are still "on the rollercoaster" as they try to make sense of the Yeovil captain's suicide. Privilege to talk to
@rags_87
about Lee’s legacy and her work with
@MindBodySoleUK
Confirmation now that PL's South Americans will play after all. Fifa give clubs green light after extensive talks led to Brazil and Chile joining Mexico and Paraguay in agreeing to waive 5-day ban. Partial lifting of red-list restrictions for Oct internationals now likely
Jose Mourinho's arrival at Tottenham Hotspur has already been caught on film by Amazon Prime at Enfield Training Centre. Safe to assume the streaming service cannot believe its luck
During that England first half, Kasper Hjulmand, the Denmark coach, gave an impassioned press conference expressing pride over his players' conduct after Christian Eriksen. He expressed regret at carrying on playing but frustration at Uefa for giving the Danes only two options
3yrs this wknd since John 'Goldfinger' Palmer shot dead, and police nowhere near finding assassin. As reward for info hits £100K, Marnie Palmer, wife of 40 years, prepares to tell his real story. Goldfinger and Me: Bullets, Bullion and Betrayal out in Aug with
@TheHistoryPress
Government "alarmed" over remaining deadlock in Chelsea sale. Whitehall sources claim Chelsea refusing to accept new plan to put loan in escrow account while Abramovich's promised foundation is set up
The Government has accused Roman Abramovich of putting Chelsea at risk of "going under" by allegedly refusing to accept ministers' new sale structure |
@Tom_Morgs
#cfc
Tiger Woods was speeding at up to 87mph in a 45mph zone prior to his death-defying car crash, LA police have confirmed. More
@TelegraphSport
imminently
In masks bought on Amazon, they hold hands with the dying until their last breath. On the frontline with the forgotten foot soldiers fighting Covid-19:
Gutted for AAP. Spent five months in Sydney on PA exchange scheme in 2009, and was made so welcome by their brilliant people. As part of swap deal, poor AAP reporter moved into my room in pre gentrified Brixton and I took her flat with a swimming pool in Annandale 🤔
Abramovich hits back at Govt concern. "Mr Abramovich has not asked for any loan to be repaid to him – such suggestions are entirely false – as are suggestions that Mr Abramovich increased the price of the Club last minute," spokesperson says
Government sources optimistic about a deal being struck tonight: “We now believe everyone will be ready to issue the necessary licences. The last remaining hurdle boils down to a number of final technical details ... It's going to go down to the wire…”
Premier League clubs believed to have ducked opportunity to make any major changes to VAR after lengthy meeting with referees' chief Mike Riley. More info on screens for fans in stadium among small tweaks. More info on
@TeleFootball
soon
#BristolCity
have agreed a deal for Albania U21 international Anis Mehmeti from Wycombe
#WWFC
. The midfielder, 22, set for medical on deadline day
@TeleFootball
Ratcliffe confirms he is in the race to buy Manchester United. First to go public but, as reported last week, Middle East, Asian and US candidates also in talks, ahead of formal bids next month
#MUFC
Childhood grief, playing career knock-backs, coaching Declan Rice and a sense of perspective in a “sometimes selfish” football bubble. Interview with Bristol City’s highly regarded young head coach Liam Manning as they face West Ham in FA Cup this aft
Nightingale hospitals empty after Gov modelling miscalculated intensive care numbers for Covid-19. "No disease on the planet would mean we would intubate and ventilate 70% of over 80 y/os" ICU docs tell Sun Tel. Story, with
@sarahknapton
:
Exclu: Cross-party MPs attempt to torpedo Newcastle deal in new letter to Richard Masters. Premier League "should do everything in its power to bring individuals carrying out human rights abuses to account"
As calls intensify for independent regulator, survey of Premier League and Championship fan groups shows major appetite for reform. EFL, FSA and campaigners say results are a mandate for change. With
@JWTelegraph