Scott McTominay is Manchester United through and through
Nuñez has also been fined $20,000 and is now set to miss his country’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru and Ecuador.
Five Premier League teams progress to the EFL Cup third round!
Nottingham Forest 1-1 Newcastle (3-4 pens)
West Ham 1-0 Bournemouth
Wolves 2-0 Burnley
Cardiff 3-5 Southampton
Colchester 0-1 Brentford
Five Premier League clubs progress to the EFL Cup third round
Brighton 4-0 Crawley
Everton 3-0 Doncaster
Leicester 4-0 Tranmere
Birmingham 0-2 Fulham
Crystal Palace 4-0 Norwich
UEFA won’t allow clubs to declare income from assets being sold to sister companies.
This means Chelsea will face a major challenge meeting UEFA’s financial rules this season.
(Source: @martynziegler)
Liverpool really signed Chiesa for nearly the same amount that the club received from Solanke’s sell-on clause
Marquee signings who have worn the number 7 at Man United since Cristiano Ronaldo:
Angel Di Maria - 4 goals in 32 games
Alexis Sanchez - 5 goals in 45 games
Memphis Depay - 7 goals in 53 games
Mason Mount - 1 goal in 23 games
Cursed?
Pep Guardiola has rewarded each member of his first-team support staff with a £10,000 bonus as a token of appreciation for their efforts last season
Nine years ago, Manchester City signed Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg after he was rejected by Chelsea:
103 goals
171 assists
Two-time Premier League Player of the Year
19 trophies
Arsenal sign Raheem Sterling on loan from Chelsea, per Fabrizio Romano
Another move to a ‘big six’ club
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A partnership reunited
Mikel Arteta was assistant coach at Man City when Raheem Sterling was a player there, and now the winger is headed to Arsenal!
Chelsea will have the following players competing for three positions this season:
Jadon Sancho
Cole Palmer
Christopher Nkunku
Joao Felix
Pedro Neto
Mykhaylo Mudryk
Noni Madueke
Kieran Dewsbury-Hall
Who are you picking
Premier League players with eight hat-tricks:
Michael Owen (326 games)
Harry Kane (320 games)
Thierry Henry (258 games)
Erling Haaland (69 games)
Some of the reported weekly wages Man United have cleared off their books in the last few years:
£515k - Ronaldo
£375k - De Gea
£350k - Sancho
£340k - Varane
£290k - Pogba
£250k - Martial
That’s over £2m saved every week