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It proved to be a small victory for Everton earlier this week. For the Premier League, failing to have the Toffees pick up the legal tab sets a concerning precedent for English football’s top tier. On Wednesday it was confirmed that a commission appeal board had upheld an Everton appeal against having to pay the full £4.9m in legal costs that the Premier League had been seeking in relation to the profit and sustainability rules (PSR) case that covered the first breach of PSR for the 2021/22 financial year, and resulted in Everton being deducted 10 points, reduced to six…
Prospective Everton owner John Textor has slammed Financial Fair Play, insisting that the system is a “fraud” which just protects clubs with global brands such as the Blues’ neighbours Liverpool. Textor, who owns a 45% stake in Crystal Palace, is in takeover talks with Everton’s wantaway majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri and is the fifth prospective buyer since 2022 after periods of exclusivity with the Kaminski Group, MSP Capital, 777 Partners and the Friedkin Group all failed to strike a deal. The 58-year-old Missouri-born digital media and entertainment mogul, nicknamed Hollywood’s Virtual Reality Guru, is also the owner of football clubs…
New season, new boss, same old story for Darwin Nunez. Having started the previous campaign on the bench for Liverpool, the striker once again found himself among the substitutes for the opening three Premier League games. Matters, of course, aren’t quite the same, with Nunez not required to step off the bench to turn the game on its head at Old Trafford last weekend as he was at Newcastle United 12 months previous. But where the 25-year-old is really missing out is with his national team. And that will be a concern for Arne Slot as the Reds head coach…
Liverpool made a superb start to the Premier League season. The Reds sit second behind Manchester City and have won their opening three matches without conceding a single goal. After the international break, Liverpool are back in action when they host Nottingham Forest. They welcome the East Midlands outfit to Anfield on September 14. It’s a chance for the Reds to keep their 100 per cent start to the campaign going and continue the feel-good factor under Arne Slot, who has managed to get his side firing. The Reds, along with many other Premier League teams, have several of their…
FSG could look to sell Liverpool soon after seeing a ‘spectacular’ rise in the club’s value. That is the view of finance expert Kieran Maguire, who spoke exclusively to Football Insider about what new investment in Liverpool means for FSG’s future. The Merseyside club announced on Thursday (28 September) that a minority investment deal had been struck with global sports investment firm Dynasty Equity. The BBC report that the value of the agreement is worth between £82m and £164m in return for a small portion of FSG’s stake in the club. Football Insider revealed on Friday (29 September) that FSG…
Man City will have to beat off Premier League rivals Liverpool if they want to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton. According to the Daily Mail, Man City are interested in bringing the 20-year-old England international to the club due to uncertainty over the future of current midfield general Rodri. He is also on the radar of their title rivals Liverpool as the race for his signature hots up. Rodri has been linked with a move back to his native Spain, with Duncan Castles reporting Real Madrid are interested in bringing him to the Champions League holders. Rodri is currently…
Everton have confirmed a deal that would see current Leeds United sponsor Red Bull be named the club’s new ‘Official Energy Drink Partner’. The energy drink conglomerate was made Leeds’ front-of-shirt sponsor at the beginning of the season in a deal that would seem them take a minority ownership stake in the West Yorkshire club. Branding will be strewn across bottle carriers, bottle coolers, and ice boxes at Everton’s Finch Farm training complex, as well as at home and away fixtures. No figures have been disclosed but as part of the multi-year agreement, which will not only cover the club’s…
Liverpool entered the international break on a high note, with several players leaving to represent their countries in UEFA Nations League and World Cup qualifiers. Over the years, football’s increasingly tight schedules have taken their toll on players, leading to inevitable wear and tear. Fatigue has become a growing issue, often resulting in injuries to full-time players. Unfortunately, the latest to fall victim to this is Liverpool’s No. 10, Alexis Mac Allister. Argentina faced Chile in a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier on September 5, 2024. Mac Allister, who had missed training sessions due to injury concerns, surprisingly featured in…
Liverpool supporters have found themselves left feeling frustrated fairly regularly in recent transfer windows. With the new Premier League season set to get underway on Friday night, they remain the only side in the English top-flight yet to sign a new player. It’s not through lack of trying, of course. Martin Zubimendi rejected a move to Anfield on Monday, while Newcastle United pulled the plug on a swap deal for Anthony Gordon back in June. But after seeing pursuits for Aurelien Tchouameni, Jude Bellingham, Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia also all end in failure over the last two years, recent…
Salah signed a contract extension back in 2022, but is now in the final year of his deal and has claimed that “nobody in the club” has discussed a new one with him. The 32-year-old is earning a reported £350,000 a week, making him the highest-paid player in Liverpool’s history. And former Premier League striker Troy Deeney has claimed Salah’s huge wages have had a negative impact at the club, with several of his teammates wanting to receive similar pay increases. “There was talk in football that [Salah’s] extension rocked the boat a little bit, because it was so far…