December 2 – Football organisations are set to face increasing scrutiny over their environmental and social impact, driven by a younger, sustainability-conscious generation of supporters, according to a new survey by Carbon Responsible focusing on UK football fans.
December 2 – Premier League stadiums once again showcased near-capacity crowds, with match week 14 averaging an impressive 98.53% attendance – the third best of the season behind match weeks 1 and 11. Here’s how the weekend unfolded.
November 28 – John Textor, whose multi-club ownership vehicle Eagle Holdings is preparing for a £2.3 billion stock market float, looks to be closing in on the sale of his 46% stake in Premier League Crystal Palace.
November 28 – This week’s capacity tracker findings show a damning reflection of Manchester City’s poor form, after the Premier League holders received season-low turnout for the club’s four goal lashing at home to Spurs. With the usually strong attendance regressing each week, the already poor 95.4% figure no doubt dwindled as the game went on.
November 28 – Tottenham Hotspur’s Italian international goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario will be out for “months, not weeks” with an ankle injury, manager Ange Postecoglou has confirmed.
November 27 – Since becoming Manchester United minority shareholder, Sir Jim Ratcliffe (pictured), has been wielding a heavy scythe. In July he released 250 employees in a decision related to cutting costs.
November 27 – Charles Ogunmilade, 28, has received a three-year football banning order after racially abusing Thomas Partey. Ogunmilade, an Arsenal fan, said he was mimicking as satire what a white racist would say.
November 27 – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has released a statement after stating he “wanted to harm [himself]” following yet another Poor result versus Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
November 26 – Liverpool icon Mohamed Salah has stunned fans by raising doubts about his future at the club, saying he is yet to be offered an extension to his contract which expires at the end of the season.
November 25 – The Premier League is taking its media operations business in-house, ousting long-term broadcast partners IMG.
November 25 – Ruben Amorim admits his Manchester United players will suffer for “a long period of time” after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Ipswich in his first game in charge of the club.
November 24 – The Premier League clubs have majority-agreed changes to the league’s Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules at a shareholders’ meeting held last Friday.
November 22 – Manchester United begin what they hope will be a new era to restore past glories when new head coach Ruben Amorim takes charge for the first time away at Ipswich Town on Sunday.
November 21 – Just 48 hours after the English Football Association announced that Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur would serve a seven-match domestic ban for comments made about his teammate Son Heung-min, the North London outfit has appealed against the length of the ban.
November 20 – Bad news for Manchester City’s Premier League rivals. Pep Guardiola is to end speculation about his immediate future by agreeing to a contract extension to stay at the club for at least one more season after this.