Don’t feel sorry for Conor Gallagher, he has joined a club who are everything Chelsea are not | Ian Hawkey ⁦Times Sport⁩ thetimes.com/article/c9e20e…

New pod ! #ttw All things Leicester, including Solanke, Son, Maddison, Vicario ✔️ Plus, can Gray be #thfc no6 or should they buy one? Will Ange forgive Bissouma? And pre-Everton, is it too early to be worried? 🎙️ Marcus Buckland Dan Kilpatrick Tom Barclay pod.fo/e/260915

Madrid mayor calls on Vinicius to apologise for saying Spain should be stripped of the 2030 World Cup if it fails to improve its record on racism. @timessport: thetimes.com/sport/football…

From Nani's back garden to England's midfield — how Angel Gomes ditched his United dream and climbed back to the top | w Tom Kershaw & Michele Martello “Two seasons ago you were afraid he was going to break. But Angel has been a revelation." @timessport: thetimes.com/sport/football…

🖊️ The end of an era. Germany's national team will look decisively different following the retirement of Kroos, Neuer, Gündogan and Müller. My take on the future of the team BBC Sport. bbc.com/sport/football…

On San Marino and their nutty fans who finally saw them win. They’re not just from San Marino or Italy. They come from all over Europe. “I’m not a loser but I feel a connection with San Marino. They represent me. I’m a fighter, a believer. ”Times Sport: thetimes.com/article/3ae2bb…

🗣️ "They represent me. I am a fighter and a believer.” Tom Allnutt meets members of San Marino's 'Never Any Joy Brigade', the long-suffering group of fans who can at last say they saw their team win ⬇️ thetimes.com/sport/football…

New pod ! 🙌 #thfc 🛎️Big Derby Preview🛎️ How big is this for Ange? Who plays in midfield? How far ahead are Arsenal? Can Spurs gung-ho it and win? Plus Romero, Maddison, Pleat and whether Spurs would take late-Kane back 🎙️Tom Barclay & Tom Allnutt pod.fo/e/2681fe

Bentancur charged by FA for "using abusive and/or insulting words" re Son. Also an aggravated breach as it included "reference to nationality/race/ethnic origin". Has until Sept 19 to respond - he's free to play until the conclusion of the case.

100 days of Flick (w/ moisESPN) global.espn.com/soccer/story/_…

Mbappe ready to take Paris Saint-Germain to court over claims to €50 million in unpaid bonuses and wages... PSG say he agreed to waive the fees last year @timessport: thetimes.com/sport/football…

Transparency = cornerstone of LALIGA’s financial sustainability mechanisms, the most robust in European football. Real-time monitoring where clubs work with squad budgets, discouraging overspending + avoiding ‘ex post facto’ sporting sanctions. Success, both on/off the pitch💡

Tottenham doing it the old way by trusting in youth

Great stat in that Gary Jacob piece - Spurs gave seven minutes of game time to teenagers in the whole of last season, while it's 201 mins already after three games this season. Turning back to youth like Arsenal did in 2021.

Only Haaland and Palmer have more goals and assists than Havertz in 2024. When do Arsenal decide he’s not for changing? From utility man to main man and the risk of disrupting a striker in form Times Sport: thetimes.com/sport/football…

Really interesting stuff in here about set-pieces and Ange’s new coaching team

Reaction pod!⚡️#thfc 👉Talking over the defeat to Arsenal, what went wrong, Romero, Maddison, Solanke, Johnson - plus Ange’s big claim on trophies and a look ahead to Coventry 🎙️Dan Kilpatrick Tom Allnutt Marcus Buckland pod.fo/e/269a2e

Arsenal gave Spurs a lesson in the value of the boring bits. The attacking principles remain but Arteta has embraced the other 10 per cent — concentration, game management, survival and, yes, set-pieces. Will Spurs learn? do they want to? Times Sport: thetimes.com/article/f4556b…

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