Sir Jim Ratcliffe has signalled an end to Manchester United spending huge sums on superstar names by insisting the club’s focus should be on unearthing the “next Kylian Mbappe” and the “next Jude Bellingham”.
Inter Milan defender Francesco Acerbi has left the Italian national squad after he was accused of using racially charged language towards Napoli player Juan Jesus.
Samuel Iling-Junior describes his decision to leave Chelsea and join Juventus in 2020, when he was still just 16, and during Covid, as “black and white”. It is a neat – if inadvertent – way of discussing playing for the Old Lady of Italian football, given the colours of their famous stripes.
Premier League relegation is "not going to be decided on the football pitch", says Nottingham Forest fan Sarah Brown. The Reds have become the second club this season, alongside Everton, to be deducted points for breaching the league's profit and sustainability rules after they had four points docked on Monday. This comes as discussions continue over new financial regulations that are set to come in this summer.