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David Squires on … the distraction of a summer special football activity sheet (www.theguardian.com)
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What does your team need during the transfer window?
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Harry Kane keen to join Bayern Munich after opening offer of £60m (www.theguardian.com)
Harry Kane wants move to Bayern after holding talks with club, who have made an opening bid of £60m
Wilfried Zaha and Stormzy set to become joint owners of AFC Croydon (www.theguardian.com)
Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha and rapper Stormzy are set to become joint owners of non-league club AFC Croydon
Juventus will likely be banned from European competitions for one season, which means not playing next season's Conference League (www.gazzetta.it)
[David Ornstein] West Ham have tonight received formal offer from Man City to sign Declan Rice. #MCFC proposing deal worth £80m + £10m add-ons after 2nd Arsenal bid of £75m + £15m rejected last week. #AFC pursuit of main target ongoing (twitter.com)
Details of Ilkay Gündogan deal 🔵🔴 ◉ €400m release clause; ◉ Contract until June 2025; ◉ Clause to extend until 2026; ◉ Picked Barcelona despite Man City attempts to keep him, Arsenal intererest and Saudi’s huge proposals. (twitter.com)
[Fabrizio Romano] Sergio Busquets joins Inter Miami as a free agent, deal signed and completed (twitter.com)
Premier League demanded extra assurances Chelsea were not owned by Saudi Arabia (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Exclusive: New owners provided detailed information to Premier League who were satisfied there was no conflict of interest
David Squires on … Jack Grealish and his week-long treble celebrations (www.theguardian.com)
Our cartoonist on the freewheeling Manchester City player gobbling up the chance to have another good time
Sheff Wed host Saints to start Championship season (www.bbc.co.uk)
Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday welcome relegated Southampton to Hillsborough for the EFL season opener on Friday, 4 August.
Saka hat-trick inspires ruthless England to demolition of North Macedonia (www.theguardian.com)
Bukayo Saka scored his first senior hat-trick as England thrashed North Macedonia 7-0 at Old Trafford to close in on a place at Euro 2024
Wales hopes hang by a thread after Morrell sees red in Turkey defeat (www.theguardian.com)
Goals from Umut Nayir and Arda Guler gave Turkey a 2-0 win against Wales, who had Joe Morrell sent off in the first half, in a Euro 2024 qualifier
Bournemouth sack Gary O'Neil after 37 games despite Premier League survival (www.skysports.com)
Bournemouth have sacked Gary ONeil despite the head coach keeping the club in the Premier League last season.
Canada - 0 US -[2] - Folarin Balogun 34’ (dubz.co)
Balogun also getting his first goal for the USMNT.
Canada 0 - US [1] - Chris Richards 12’ (dubz.co)
Richards gets his first goal for the US National team.
PSG: Sérgio Conceição approached to succeed Christophe Galtier (French Article; Deepl Translation) (www.leparisien.fr)
The identity of the future coach of Paris Saint-Germain remains a mystery. But for several weeks now, it has been no secret that the capital club have been pursuing a number of leads to take over from Christophe Galtier, who will not be retained after a disappointing season on the Parisian bench....
Lionel Messi hails Pep Guardiola as ‘the best manager in the world’ as Argentina star reveals the four players he felt ‘most comfortable’ alongside | Goal.com India (www.goal.com)
Lionel Messi has described Pep Guardiola as "the best manager in the world", and revealed the four players he enjoyed playing with the most.
Premier League 2023-24 fixtures in full (metro.co.uk)
Man City play newly promoted Burnley in their first game.
James Milner joins Albion from Liverpool (twitter.com)
Premier League clubs agree ways to tackle tragedy chanting (www.espn.co.uk)
Premier League clubs agreed Wednesday to measures for tackling the rise in tragedy-related chanting at matches, with criminal prosecution of offenders a principal aim.
Wigan’s future secured after local billionaire Danson completes takeover (www.theguardian.com)
Wigan Athletic’s future has been secured after a company backed by the local billionaire Mike Danson purchased the financially troubled club
Modric seals Nations League semi-final win for Croatia over Netherlands (www.theguardian.com)
Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semi-final in Rotterdam to move a step closer to their first major title
Premier League leads European football market with revenue from the 2021-22 season twice that of La Liga (www.bbc.com)
The Premier League establishes itself as the leader of the European football market with revenue from the 2021-22 season twice that of La Liga, says Deloitte.
