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Everton see £27m bid for Southampton wonderkid Tyler Dibling rejected
Everton have had a £27 million offer rejected by Southampton for highly rated 19-year-old winger Tyler Dibling. The Merseyside club reportedly remain keen on securing the England Under-21 international and are expected to return with an improved proposal as they look to add attacking options before the transfer window closes. Dibling’s performances during Southampton’s difficult […]
Nandy urges instant sale of Morecambe FC to avoid ‘heartbreaking’ closure
Culture secretary calls on owner Jason Whittingham to avert misery for fans, players, staff and local community
The culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has called for the immediate sale of Morecambe football club to avoid the “heartbreaking” closure of the 105-year-old institution within days.
Shareholders at the National League club said it would “officially shut” and face “total collapse” on Monday unless the owner, Jason Whittingham, agreed to sell up.
Western United’s multimillion-dollar loss highlights A-Leagues’ ongoing struggles
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Melbourne-based club reports $11m loss in 2023-24
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ALM’s outgoing transfer fees offer one positive sign
Western United is haemorrhaging cash at a rate of close to a million dollars every month, but as the A-Leagues pivot to focus on financial sustainability officials are confident the competition’s conga line of outgoing transfers is a positive sign for the local game.
The Tarneit-based outfit reported a loss of almost $11m for the 2023/24 financial year in accounts lodged to Asic this week, following a deficit of more than $12m for the preceding period.
Football Daily | Lucas Paquetá is finally released from limbo. But what happens next?
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It’s taken almost two years but the good news is that if you bet on Lucas Paquetá to be cleared of those gambling charges you can finally go and collect. And if the 12 that signifies a hurricane is the highest measure on the Beaufort scale, you can almost certainly bet your bottom dollar that the West Ham midfielder’s sigh of relief upon discovering he had been cleared of spot-fixing accusations registered in the very high teens. Had Paquetá been found guilty of charges he deliberately got booked on multiple occasions so that assorted folk back home in Brazil could make the staggeringly insignificant sums reported to have been involved in this alleged global conspiracy, he was staring straight down the barrel of a lifetime ban from football.
In today’s Rumour Mill, the author labelled Kieffer Moore as ‘prolific’ due to his record of 60 goals in 203 Championship games. It is hard to detect irony or sarcasm in the written form, and with no use of italics or other such such writing tropes, one had to take the sentence seriously. His goalscoring record, although not shabby, can’t be termed as prolific. At an average of one goal every 3.4 games, extrapolated across a full Championship season, works out at just 13 goals for the league campaign after 44 matches. If that is now prolific, then going by the Moore Goals Ratio Method, my 14 goals in the 1990 season of the Primary 5 Glasgow School League also meant I had a prolific year” – Paul ‘Goals’ Kenealy.
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