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TransfersAug 19, 2026

Is Turkey home to savvy signings or a new retirement league? We’ll soon find out

Mohamed Salah’s arrival made a splash, but the Turkish Super Lig will probably become the latest league to end up as a bailout fund for Europe’s powerhouses Mohamed Salah plays in Turkey now. So do Romelu Lukaku and Leandro Trossard and Leroy Sané and Nathan Aké. Mason Greenwood and N’Golo Kanté and Dusan Vlahovic, too. Bruno Fernandes and Gabriel Martinelli may yet follow them there, depending on negotiations and moods and whatever else compels a footballer to leave one club for another. Continue reading...

The Guardian
BUNBundesliga
TransfersAug 19, 2026

Football transfer rumours: Al-Hilal eye moves for Harry Kane and Ollie Watkins?

Today’s gossip is still on the beach It seems the possibility of winning the Ballon d’Or is not the only thing the England captain Harry Kane has been talking about recently. Well, his representatives at least. It is thought the Bayern Munich striker’s team have been in talks with the Saudi Pro League’s Al-Hilal with Kane reportedly open to a future move. However, it’s also understood the 33-year-old wants to remain at the German club with discussions beginning on his new contract in Munich. The Bundesliga transfer window closes on 31 August so if a move east were to happen it would have to be done quickly. Continue reading...

The Guardian
EPLEPL
TransfersAug 19, 2026

WSL’s ‘big two’: Arsenal and Chelsea record more revenue than rest of league combined | Tom Garry

Two clubs are far ahead in wages and turnover, but London City Lionesses could be new force after big transfer moves After reviewing eight seasons’ worth of Women’s Super League clubs’ financial accounts, it seems appropriate to start by offering a sincere apology to any reader who has become accustomed to seeing the phrase “the big four” in Women’s Super League coverage in reference to Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. Financially speaking, that is a myth. There has actually been no such thing in recent times. There has, in fact, been a big two: Arsenal and Chelsea. On the pitch that quartet have lifted every major dom

The Guardian
EPLEPL
NewsAug 19, 2026

‘This isn’t normal in football’: Xisco, Malaysia and the new Invincibles

Royal family-backed Johor Darul Ta’zim are on the verge of a world-record 109 league games unbeaten and their former Watford manager is aiming higher Many Watford fans felt Xisco Muñoz was dismissed too soon after leading them into the Premier League as Championship runners-up in 2021, only to be ousted less than two months into the new season. He is remembered fondly at Vicarage Road, an emblem of the churn-and-burn of the Gino Pozzo era. But unless you continued to follow the Spaniard’s career closely, you would struggle to guess where he manages now. The life of a football manager is varied and unpredictable, but how has the former Watford

The Guardian
WORWorld
ResultsAug 19, 2026

March, May and more: footballers scoring in months that match their names | The Knowledge

Plus: goalkeepers sent off far from their penalty area, and the fastest spot-kicks ever awarded Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “Birmingham’s August Priske scored the only goal at Swansea in the League Cup on 8 August. Can you think of any other examples of players scoring in their namesake months?” wonders Paul Tiffen. Our wonderful readers have managed to cover the entire year, pretty much, so let’s get going. The list below includes just some of the many examples you sent in. Continue reading...

The Guardian
EPLEPL
TransfersAug 18, 2026

Jeff Bezos consortium could be majority Liverpool shareholder within a year

1892 Holdings has first refusal if FSG opts to sell Group paid more than £2bn for initial 38% slice of club 1892 Holdings, the new investor in Liverpool, has first refusal to become the majority shareholder in the next 12 months should Fenway Sports Group decide to sell. The consortium led by Amit Bhatia and including the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was believed to have bought 30% to one-third of Liverpool when the deal was announced on Friday. However, the agreement is for 38% of the Anfield club, meaning 1892 has paid FSG just over £2bn to become a minority shareholder. The increased stake, first reported by the Athletic, still values Liverpo

The Guardian
EPLEPL
ResultsAug 18, 2026

Israel withdraws support for embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino

IFA points to ‘unprecedented crisis of confidence’ Premier League chief says Infantino ‘hit self-destruct’ Gianni Infantino’s decision to sack his chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, after the Frenchman’s criticism of the World Cup sell-off plan has hardened some opposition to the Fifa president, with the efforts to force him out expected to intensify over the next few days. On Tuesday Israel became the latest Fifa member to officially withdraw their support for Infantino’s re-election in a letter sent by the head of the Israel Football Association (IFA), Moshe Zuares. Continue reading...

The Guardian
EPLEPL
TransfersAug 18, 2026

Chelsea’s boardroom rift: if Boehly goes who will Clearlake have left to blame? | Sam Cunningham

Despite another reset with a new manager and fresh strategy, the boardroom drama persists at Stamford Bridge Perhaps, in hindsight, it was always going to end this way. As some of the world’s wealthiest investors scrambled to find funds after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine set a series of dominoes toppling that forced Roman Abramovich to sell Chelsea, it threw together some unexpected allies. Todd Boehly became the public face of the winning bid, convincing the US sports mogul Mark Walter and the Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss to join as 12.8% minority investors. The private equity firm Clearlake Capital put in 61.6%, bringing the owne

The Guardian
EPLEPL
ResultsAug 18, 2026

Patrick Vieira appointed as head coach of Senegal, the country of his birth

Former Arsenal captain succeeds Pape Thiaw Senegal reached last 32 of this summer’s World Cup Senegal have appointed France’s 1998 World Cup winner Patrick Vieira as head coach, the country’s football federation announced Tuesday, succeeding Pape Thiaw, who was dismissed after the World Cup. The appointment of Vieira, who was born in Senegal, is a “strategic move”, the federation said in a social media post, aiming to “establish a high-level technical staff, in line with our country’s sporting ambitions”. Continue reading...

The Guardian
EPLEPL
TransfersAug 18, 2026

Transfer roundup: Dedic completes £29.5m Newcastle move, Vicario joins Juventus

Right-back worked with Matthias Jaissle at RB Salzburg Sunderland to announce signing of Dayann Methalie The chance to be reunited with Matthias Jaissle convinced Amar Dedic to swap Benfica for Newcastle in a £29.5m transfer. Dedic becomes Newcastle’s sixth signing of a turbulent summer on Tyneside and the 24-year-old Bosnia and Herzegovina international is likely to start at right-back at home to Liverpool on Sunday. “Working with Matthias again was a big factor for me,” said Dedic, who previously played for Newcastle’s new manager at RB Salzburg. “We know each other well; he knows what I can bring to the pitch and I’m really happy to play f

The Guardian
WORWorld Cup
NewsAug 18, 2026

Football Daily | Infantino wields the axe after Lamour breaks rank inside Fifa’s fiefdom

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! A senior Fifa blazer held in such rare high regard that the prescient synth-pop duo Erasure named a single after him long before he entered the intoxicating world of football administration, Kevin Lamour was a lone dissenting voice inside Fifa’s lair when Gianni Infantino’s plot to flog part of the World Cup to private investors – potentially on the cheap – was rumbled last month. A plan so half-baked it succeeded only in ruining the holidays of Proper Journalists who naively hoped they might enjoy some leisure time after weeks of being studiously ignored by Gianni in the foyers of various l

The Guardian