Premier League clubs smash transfer spending records with £815m winter warmer
February 1 – Who says the mid-season winter transfer window is not the ideal time to bed players in?
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Chelsea break British transfer record with €107m for Fernandez as Jan spending tops £300m
February 1 – Chelsea have completed their mind-boggling mid-season spending spree by smashing the British record after agreeing a record €121 million (£107 million) deal for Benfica’s Argentina World Cup-winning midfielder Enzo Fernandez.
Chelsea ready to spend again with £105m chase for Fernandez as transfer deadline closes
January 31 – As if their eye-watering spending wasn’t enough already, Chelsea are reported to be chasing Benfica’s Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernandez in the final hours of the January transfer window for a British record £105 million.
Premier League inks fantasy football deal with Sorare
January 30 – The Premier League has unveiled a four-year deal with fantasy football game Sorare that will see the league license official player cards.
Chelsea spending tops £500m with Gusto signing
January 30 – Chelsea have completed their 16th signing in two transfer windows since the club came under new ownership, bringing in France under-21 right back Malo Gusto (pictured) from Lyon for a reported £26.3 million pounds.
Dyche promises ‘sweat’ and ‘fight’ in battle to get Everton out of trouble
January 30 – A week after sacking Frank Lampard. Everton have named Sean Dyche as their new manager on a two-and-a-half year deal. The former Burnley manager will have the difficult task of saving the Toffees from relegation.
FA Cup provides a welcome break for some, but a big opportunity for those still standing
January 27 – Almost half the Premier League will have a break this weekend as the FA Cup takes centre stage with just 11 of the top clubs still left in the competition.Four of them face each other, including Arsenal and Manchester City tonight.
The World Cup punctuated the league season, but has it changed the club narrative?
January 26 – The Premier League season, already punctuated by the Qatar 2022 winter World Cup, runs in to another weekend break at the season’s half-way point with the fourth round of the FA Cup taking precedence. It is providing a break and the chance of a rethink for some clubs and an important opportunity for others, and for sports betting too.
Moshiri says Everton not for sale, but funding needed to complete stadium
January 25 – Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has denied reports that the club is up for sale but that he has been meeting investors to complete financing of the club’s new stadium at Bramley Moor Dock.
Everton fire Lampard but could Dyche, Bielsa or Rooney ‘stop the rot’?
January 24 – Premier League Everton, one of England’s best supported but most under-achieving clubs, are looking for yet another manager after sacking Frank Lampard in their latest fight against relegation amid increasingly vociferous protests from fans directed at the board.
Kane wins his Spurs, equalling Greaves’s scoring record
January 24 – England captain Harry Kane’s sublime winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur against Fulham on Monday equalled the club’s all-time scoring record of 266 goals held by the late Jimmy Greaves.
Man Utd calls time on the prawn sandwich tourists in the Stretford End
January 24 – Manchester United is to return the Stretford End of Old Trafford to all-general admission seating. Gone will be premium executive seats that had been criticised by fans.
Nketiah and Saka power Arsenal past Man Utd to record mid-season points total
January 23 – With a sensational, last-gasp 3-2 victory over Manchester United, league leaders Arsenal backed up their title credentials, completing the first half of the Premier League season by reaching 50 points.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos declare interest in buying £5bn Man Utd
January 18 – Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of petrochemicals firm Ineos and one of Britain’s richest men, has entered the bidding process to buy Manchester United, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed.
Boehly keeps gambling with €100m Mudryk buy as Chelsea chase UEFA club cash
January 16 – Big-spending Chelsea have splashed out their biggest fee so far in the January transfer window by acquiring 22-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk for an eye-watering €100 million + on an eight-and-half-year contract.