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Nottingham Forest on verge of signing Jonjo Shelvey – their 25th player since promoted

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Nottingham Forest are on the verge of signing Newcastle United midfielder Jonjo Shelvey with the North East club surprisingly willing to let him leave in this window. Shelvey has been given permission to speak to Forest and is likely to travel south for a medical on Monday, before becoming the club’s 25th new signing since …

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Chelsea stars face clear-out threat to end era of player power

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Chelsea’s underperforming stars are facing a fight for their futures with the club’s owners planning to overhaul the squad and end the era of player power at Stamford Bridge. While previous owner Roman Abramovich repeatedly backed Chelsea’s players over his managers, the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership are desperate for head coach Graham Potter to turn …

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Club targets Brighton and Monchengladbach midfielders

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Newcastle United are redrawing their January transfer plans to include the search for a midfield playmaker with Brighton’s Moises Caicedo and Leicester City’s Youri Tielemans of interest. Manager Eddie Howe has made the case for further signings to be made to ensure the Magpies can maintain their stunning start to the season, which has put …

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Is Qatar’s new focus buying Manchester United or Liverpool?

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Owning PSG has transformed Qatar’s place in European football and given the Qatari state-owned beIN Sports, as the key broadcast partner to domestic French football, a virtual monopoly over the game there. But there have been problems with opposition to Qatar’s power in French football, and much of that has coalesced around the hard-right of …

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Gary Lineker calls USA ‘extraordinarily racist country’ and reignites row between BBC and Qatar

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Gary Lineker has branded the United States “an extraordinarily racist country” as the BBC became embroiled in a new row over the former England striker-turned-TV presenter’s political pronouncements. Lineker had already angered current World Cup hosts Qatar by voicing concerns over its human rights record. The Qataris hit back over what they said was the …

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