Everton breaks ground on £500m new waterfront stadium
August 10 – Premier League Everton have broken ground at Bramley-Moore Dock, the construction site of their new £500 million stadium.
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Saints go large with £2.5m on St Mary’s stadium improvements
August 1 – Premier League Southampton Football Club have unveiled £2.5million investment of planned improvements to their St Mary’s Stadium coinciding with the 20-year anniversary of theior cross city move to St Mary’s.
Premier League urges clubs to trial vaccine passports, Chelsea and Spurs go first
July 30 – The English Premier League is calling on all its 20 clubs to trial Covid-19 vaccine passports ahead of possible government-mandated guidelines from October 1.
Leicester City unveil plan to expand stadium and add arena and hotel
July 30 – Leicester City plan to expand their King Power Stadium, increasing the venue’s capacity to more than 40,000.
Chelsea to demand fans show proof of vaccination or negative test before ground entry
July 29 – English Premier League club Chelsea are demanding that fans attending games in the new season will need to prove they have been fully vaccinated or show evidence of a negative Covid-19 lateral flow test.
Spurs to trial covid passes in pre-season for Arsenal friendly
July 28 – Tottenham Hotspur have become the first English club to announce Covid passes for supporters, bringing them into force for fans attending the men’s and women’s pre-season friendlies against Arsenal next month.
Solskjaer to stay at Man Utd until 2024
July 27 – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2024.
Klopp protects van Dijk and Gomez as Liverpool prepare in Austria for Premier League come-back
July 24 – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says the Reds will not risk playing defenders Virgil van Dijk or Joe Gomezin pre-season until they are completely fit and ready to return.
West Ham reject £400m+ offer for club as ‘derisory’
July 23 – West Ham co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold have turned down an investment offer from a consortium led by former QPR chief executive Philip Beard, an approach Sullivan called “derisory”.
Premier League ramps up plans for Covid passport scheme for fans
July 21 – Fans attending Premier League grounds from the end of September may have to show proof they have been double vaccinated under plans being considered by the British government.
Man Utd close to completing £70m deal for Sancho
July 14 – Manchester United have reportedly reached agreement with Borussia Dortmund to sign England star Jadon Sancho for over £70 million.
English leagues to return to full stadia from season start in August
July 6 – English Premier League grounds will be able to operate at full capacity next season after the British government announced it was sweeping away a raft of coronavirus restrictions in England from July 19 despite increasingly high levels of infection.
Viera returns to Premier League as Crystal Palace boss
July 5 – Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira is the new manager of Premier League Crystal Palace — his third senior coaching role.
Benitez and Espirito Santo tasked to reverse fortunes at Everton and Spurs
By Andrew Warshaw
July 1 – Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, two of the Premier League’s supposed heavyweight clubs who seriously under-performed last season, have both ended their search for a new manager to try and revive their respective fortunes.
Liverpool greenlighted to take Anfield capacity to 61,000
June 16 – Liverpool have been given the green light by local authorities to press ahead with £60 million plans to redevelop Anfield Road capacity to 61,000.