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The Premier League’s independent commission has found Manchester City guilty of almost all charges relating to breaching its financial rules over a nine-season period between 2009 and 2018. This is subject to appeal, and City deny wrongdoing. Here are the key transfers the Manchester club made in those seasons, spending upwards of £1.2billion ($1.6bn) on […]
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The Athletic’s soccer correspondent David Ornstein will join The Athletic FC podcast every Tuesday this season. As part of the show, David will answer a selection of listener questions submitted through The Athletic, covering all the latest news from across the football world, and discussing them with presenters Emma Paton and James Horncastle. The Athletic […]
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Benjamin Sesko’s treatment plan will be decided once test results show the extent of the Manchester United striker’s shin injury. Sesko has suffered a recurrence of the issue that kept him out over the summer, and although it is not thought to be serious, he could require a period of rest. The 23-year-old has withdrawn […]
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Bryan Mbeumo’s first touch left Jaka Bijol on the Croke Park turf. Three more carried him deep behind a scrambling Leeds United back line. His fifth curled through the legs of Tarik Muharemovic, and perfectly to Joshua Zirkzee’s feet for the Dutchman’s first-time finish. It was Manchester United’s ninth goal in five pre-season games, a […]
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Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images Aug. 13, 2026 12:01 am EDT Updated The new Premier League season is almost upon us and we want to gauge the mood among fans of every club going into the 2026-27 campaign. It is the time of year when a new signing can mean […]
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Manchester United beat Leeds United on penalties in the first club football match ever played at Croke Park, Dublin. Croke Park is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association, the governing body for Irish national sports Gaelic football and hurling. Up until 2005, the GAA did not allow rugby union or football to be played […]
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Sixty years on, the images and newsreels are as alluring as ever: Jack Charlton sinking to his knees in triumph, a toothless Nobby Stiles dancing a celebratory jig, Bobby Moore spotting the queen’s pristine white gloves and hurriedly wiping his sweaty palms on the lining of the Royal Box before offering her hand and accepting […]
Written by Oliver Kay
Oliver Kay This is football heritage. A four-word sentence that became a meme after Jose Mourinho said it seven times in a single press conference. This was the opposite of “I prefer not to speak”. It was March 2018 and Manchester United had been beaten at Old Trafford by Sevilla in the Champions League’s first […]
Written by Thom Harris
Thom Harris The coin toss: performative pre-match bureaucracy, or a chance to land an early psychological blow? For most football fans, the 60 seconds leading up to kick-off is a vague time of excitement and contemplation only interrupted by two things; the referee’s whistle or the dreaded, for the match-goer, sight of the goalkeeper picking […]
Written by Philip Buckingham
Philip Buckingham Manchester United and Chelsea share a problem they cannot hope to run away from. Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge might be able to narrate storied chapters of the Premier League’s history, but neither can project a compelling future. At least not in their current states. The famous homes of Manchester United and Chelsea […]
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