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O Corinthians passou ileso em uma sequência de jogos no qual teve pela frente os três primeiros colocados do Campeonato Brasileiro. Além do mais, a equipe alvinegra venceu o Botafogo, que é líder da competição, na noite desta sexta-feira (22). 

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O triunfo sobre a equipe carioca, na Neo Química Arena, foi fundamental para que o Timão saltasse para a décima colocação na competição nacional. Com exceção da primeira rodada, essa é a primeira vez que a equipe alvinegra se encontra na página da frente da tabela, estando entre os 10 primeiros. 

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Para aumentar a importância, todos os confrontos contra o ‘trio de cima’ no Brasileirão aconteceram neste mês. O primeiro, contra o Palmeiras, no dia 3 de setembro, foi antes da pausa da competição nacional por conta do período das datas Fifa. O Dérbi terminou empatado em 0 a 0. Já na segunda-feira (18), o Time do Povo recebeu o Grêmio e empatou em 4 a 4. Por fim, teve a vitória diante da Estrela Solitária. As três partidas foram na arena corintiana. 

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– Essa vitória (sobre o Botafogo) é a primeira que tivemos que nos tira da parte de baixo e nos coloca na décima posição. Claro que uma vitória diante do líder da competição, empate contra o Palmeiras, que é vice-líder, e com o Grêmio, equipes que estão na ponta da tabela… alguém me perguntou lá atrás sobre a fase difícil na competição, e estamos passando por ela. Valorizar bastante essa vitória, que foi dos jogadores, pra você usar o elenco e colocar à disposição – disse Luxemburgo na entrevista coletiva após a partida. 

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E o triunfo vem em ótimo momento, já que na terça-feira (26) o Timão inicia a caminhada rumo à final da Conmebol Sul-Americana. Novamente na sua arena, a equipe alvinegra recebe o Fortaleza, pelo primeiro confronto da semifinal do torneio continental. 

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– Outra competição, 90 minutos diferentes. Só tem dois jogos, muda o contexto. Segundo turno muda a competição. Se pegar a vitória hoje, serão quatro jogos sem perder e transforma em outra situação. Palmeiras é vice-líder, Botafogo líder, Grêmio terceiro colocado – reforçou Luxa.

No Brasileiro, a vitória diante do Botafogo aumentou para seis a vantagem corintiana da zona do rebaixamento, que neste momento é aberta pelo Santos. A equipe da Vila Belmiro tem 24 pontos, enquanto os corintianos saltaram para 30. Ainda assim, há chance do Corinthians não terminar a 24ª rodada entre os 10 primeiros do Campeonato Brasileiro. Isso porque o Cuiabá joga contra o Atlético-MG, neste sábado (23), às 21h.

سقط فياريال فريق الغواصات الصفراء مساء أمس أمام مانشستر سيتي، في الجولة الثالثة بمرحلة الدوري لمسابقة دوري أبطال أوروبا.

وقد سادت أجواء غريبة في ملعب لاسيراميكا، بعد إصدار رابطة الدوري الإسباني بياناً أعلنت فيه عن إلغاء مباراة برشلونة في ميامي والتي أثارت جدلاً واسعاً في إسبانيا.

وقد عبر مارسيلينو مدرب فياريال عن غضبه الشديد، وانزعج بشكل واضح لأن هذا القرار جاء إعلانه في أسوأ وقت ممكن عندما كان الفريق يلعب مباراة ضد مانشستر سيتي في دوري أبطال أوروبا.

اقرأ أيضاً.. “انسحاب وسوء تنظيم”.. بيان ناري من فياريال عقب إلغاء مباراة برشلونة في ميامي

وقال مارسيلينو في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية: “سأجيب على سؤال واحد فقط حول هذا الوضع وسيكون واضحاً تماماً”.

وأضاف :”أعتقد أنه من عدم الاحترام تماماً الإدلاء ببيان بين الشوطين حول أمر كان مخططاً له ثم لم يتم القيام بذلك وإلغاء القرار السابق”.

وختم حول إلغاء مباراة برشلونة في ميامي: “أعتقد أن ما حدث عدم احترام لإدارة فياريال والنادي ولاعبيه والجماهير”.

Newcastle United will have to wait for Yoane Wissa to send St. James’ Park into a loud cheer with the first of surely many goals in black and white.

The DR Congo international signed for the Magpies in a £55m deal this summer, leaving Brentford after prolific returns across a number of seasons. He is the Bees’ all-time top scorer in the Premier League, and against some stern competition at that. He is sidelined for several weeks, having picked up a knee injury on international duty earlier this month.

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It’s not ideal, but Nick Woltemade took to the Premier League like a duck to water at the weekend, and his arrival and performance suggest the bitter sale of Alexander Isak to Liverpool may well be overcome.

Why Newcastle signed Woltemade

Newcastle paid a club-record £69m fee to bring Woltemade over from Stuttgart in Germany. The 23-year-old boasts a unique attacking profile and scored 12 goals in the Bundesliga last season, starting only 17 times.

Whether he will match Isak’s prolificness in the years to come is anyone’s guess, but he started off strongly with a headed goal against Wolves on Saturday, sealing Newcastle’s first win of the year.

Hailed as an “entertainer” by Bundesliga reporter Archie Rhind-Tutt, the 6 foot 6 striker showed more than his command of the skies, with Sofascore recording that he won five ground duels, made three tackles and completed eight of nine passes against the Old Gold.

Now, it’s all about consistency, and Howe will know that internal pressure, applied carefully, will help him rise to the fore. The German has shown he can lead the line, but he needs competition.

But with Wissa out for the foreseeable, there’s an interesting chance for a new star to step up and challenge Woltemade for a starting berth.

Newcastle talent is ready to challenge Woltemade

Up until Newcastle met Liverpool in the Premier League last month, William Osula had done very little on the senior stage to suggest he had the minerals to star as the club’s number nine.

But the 22-year-old impressed when introduced on that highly-charged evening, darting through the Reds line and bundling in, leading Howe to remark on his “outstanding” progress on Tyneside.

Rangy, powerful and instinctive, he was once described by former teammate Curtis Davies as being like “a poor man’s Haaland”, and there is certainly some form of similarity to the Manchester City machine, easily the most clinical footballer competing today.

He’s certainly got the personality and charisma to match a superstar like Haaland, and if Howe can unlock a degree of consistency, it might not only be Wissa knocking on Woltemade’s door this season.

Clearly having come on leaps and bounds since leaving Sheffield United and signing for the Toon in August 2024, Osula is the real deal, with a skillset that demands regular Premier League football, should he continue to make the same progress of recent months.

Having only made 23 senior appearances for Newcastle, the Frenchman has scored three goals and supplied two assists. He’s off the mark in the Premier League.

The signs are promising, and Howe seems to think there is a player in there who might come knocking at Woltemade’s door sooner rather than later.

Not just Ekitike: Newcastle lost one of the best teens in Europe to Liverpool

Newcastle have lifted their season from the floorboard after the closure of the summer transfer window.

ByAngus Sinclair Sep 15, 2025

It was only a few months ago that Phil Foden was so worn out physically and mentally that he asked not to be selected by England. Now he is putting his hand up to play games that he wouldn’t normally be considered for. The fire within him that almost burned out is raging again and he has rekindled Manchester City’s fortunes, fuelling their impressive return to form from their worst start to a season in 20 years.

With Foden pulling the strings in a new-look No. 10 role, City have won four of their last five games to make a statement in all competitions, totting up an aggregate score of 13-2. This resurgent City will be looking to consolidate their upturn in results in the lavish surroundings of Monaco on Wednesday, with Foden looking like their shiniest asset once more.

Foden has directly contributed to four goals in those five matches, scoring against Manchester United and Huddersfield Town while assisting against the League One side and in the Champions League win over Napoli. He has indirectly contributed to far more. His silky footwork unzipped United’s defence, allowing Jeremy Doku to feed Erling Haaland to do the rest and double the advantage Foden’s headed goal had given them.

He did not get on the scoresheet in the recent drubbing of Burnley but he may as well have done. His eagerness to pounce on a rebound forced Maxime Esteve to put the ball through his own net. Foden then provided the ball to Matheus Nunes which led to Esteve scoring a second own goal. He had also played his part in the move leading to Nunes scoring on the volley.

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  Desperate to play

  Foden's lively display against Burnley had come three days after a virtuoso performance in the Carabao Cup at Huddersfield, scoring the first goal and assisting the second for Savinho. 

  That Foden should have dominated a League One side was no great shock. The bigger surprise was that he was in the starting line-up at all. Pep Guardiola had made nine changes from the team that had battled to a 1-1 draw at Arsenal but Foden had no intention of resting. 

  Guardiola explained: "Phil had responsibility when he was 17 and started to train with us. The biggest example was Arsenal when everyone was exhausted and tired because we ran a lot and parked the bus and so on. In that moment Phil said, 'I want to play again.' 

  "It's what happened when he arrived at 17 and wanted to play every day because he was happy. All of us know what Phil can do, just let him play and enjoy football. His physical condition is outstanding, in his mind he is ready and he can play every three days with high intensity."

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  Doing something unique

  Foden's rebirth has a lot to do with the role he has been playing recently, as City’s most advanced central player aside from Haaland. When Kevin De Bruyne’s departure was announced last season, a discussion over who should be his successor began immediately. Florian Wirtz and Morgan Gibbs-White were regarded as the top candidates, although in the end they went for Rayan Cherki. 

  The fact that Foden had not been mentioned as a successor felt like a show of disrespect. After all, some of his best performances in his incredible 2023-24 season had come while filling in for the injured De Bruyne. As it turned out, Cherki got injured in only his second Premier League game so Foden took up the baton and he has barely stopped running with it. 

  Guardiola could not be happier with him. "Close to the box I think he plays in the pockets perfectly," the coach said at Huddersfield. "When he plays a little bit free and close to the box, he can do something that is unique, we know that. When Phil plays in that position behind the strikers, he’s a real threat."

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  Being happy again

  There is another reason why Foden is playing well. He is smiling again. "We enjoy the happiness in his face," Guardiola said after the midfielder’s starring role in the derby. He was not the only one pleased to see Foden looking like his old self. 

  Speaking to alongside Foden after the derby, Haaland pointed at his team-mate and said to the camera: "We have to keep this guy going because we need him so much. This is the Phil we need. All of Man City are waiting for this and we are all going to help him."

  Haaland, who has been a big beneficiary of Foden’s bright form, was referencing the way Foden had finished the previous season, when he opened up on his struggles off the pitch and called for a break. "I’ve had a lot of things going on off the pitch mentally," he said in May. 

  "It’s one of them – sometimes there’s things in life that are bigger than football. This season I’ve struggled a little bit. Hopefully come next year I can get my head mentally right and get back where I left off because I know what I’m capable of doing and the quality I have. I know if everything was OK I’d definitely be better on the field."

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  Struggles with criticism

  Foden, as is his right, did not go into the details of what had been eating away at him. We do know that he had suffered two separate illnesses during the season. The first kept him out for a month, the second, a bout of bronchitis, disrupted his flow in December. 

  His incredible form the previous campaign, which saw him sweep all the major individual awards including the PFA Player of the year, was somewhat tainted by his underwhelming displays for England at Euro 2024, despite reaching the final. The scrutiny of an entire nation at that time, or from City fans and the media during their unprecedented slide in results last year, could not have been easy. 

  Jeremy Doku gave an insight into how Foden struggles to cope amid unrelenting waves of criticism. The City winger explained after the derby: "Phil is a lovely guy. I know sometimes he struggles when people criticise him. Football is not easy and he showed again that talent-wise you cannot say a word about him."

A Liverpool legend has revealed that he played for bitter rivals Everton in his youth before going on to become an Anfield icon. Reds hero Jamie Carragher famously grew up supporting the Toffees before moving to their Merseyside foes and Steven Gerrard was pictured wearing an Everton kit as a youngster. Now, another club great has revealed his connection to the blue half of the city.

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  Robbie Fowler is seen as one of Liverpool's best-ever strikers and scored 183 goals across two spells for the Premier League side. The former England international appeared to be as Red as they come, but as it turns out, he played for Everton as a 14-year-old before writing himself into Liverpool folklore.

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  How close Fowler was to joining Everton

  He told Everton News: "Look, I grew up as an Everton fan. I think that’s common knowledge, but the first scout that came up to me was Jim Aspinall, who is sadly no longer with us, but he was adamant he wanted me to ply my trade at Liverpool. 

  "I actually played a game for Everton. I was 14 and played an U18 game. I came on as a substitute. I was tiny when I was 14, and I think we won the game. So, I have actually worn a shirt for Everton. I don’t think I’ve ever told anyone this, but I have worn an Everton shirt and won a game at Bellefield. Everton were desperate for me. 

  "The Everton academy manager, Graham Smith, was sending me tickets for games, shorts signed by the players, shirts, and he just really wanted me to go to Everton."

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  During Fowler's Liverpool career, he won the FA Cup, two Carabao Cups, the UEFA Cup, and the UEFA Super Cup. And across his 22 Premier League appearances against Everton, he scored on nine occasions.

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  What next for Everton and Liverpool?

  Despite this Everton revelation, Fowler is likely to be cheering on Arne Slot's table-topping Liverpool when they host David Moyes' side in the latest edition of the Merseyside derby on Saturday in the Premier League.

West Ham United haven’t yet made much headway in the transfer window this summer. So far, Graham Potter has only made two signings, with Jean-Clair Todibo joining permanently after his loan spell.

With less than three weeks until the club’s first Premier League match of the season, Potter must act swiftly to bring in a few bodies to bolster his squad.

The attacking department is a primary concern. Niclas Fullkrug is the only senior centre-forward at the club, meaning West Ham have work to do still.

West Ham's search for a forward

One player who looks like he is close to signing is Callum Wilson. The former Newcastle United striker is available on a free transfer after departing the Magpies and could be a solid option.

Reports suggest he has already agreed terms with West Ham, although he is 33, and it likely won’t be a long contract. A younger option could be just what the Hammers require.

According to Football Insider, the Irons have also made an enquiry about Idrissa Gueye regarding a potential summer swoop.

The Metz starlet is only 18, but has plenty of clubs such as Liverpool, Brighton, Sunderland and Crystal Palace swarming around him.

French news outlet L’Equipe claim that a fee of £17m will be enough to secure his signature this summer.

This should be a move Potter is all over, especially as Gueye could be an instant upgrade on Wilson.

Why West Ham United want to sign Idrissa Gueye

There is no doubt that Wilson is a proven Premier League goalscorer, having netted 88 goals in the competition across 239 games for Newcastle and Bournemouth.

The caveat, however, is that his injury record is notoriously poor. During his five-season spell with Newcastle, he made 130 appearances in all competitions.

He missed 114 matches due to various injury setbacks, hampering any chance of consistency during his time on Tyneside.

Gueye, meanwhile, has already racked up 22 senior appearances during the early stages of his career thus far, while securing his first cap for Senegal.

Recording five goals and an assist in Ligue 2 last season proved that he can shine at that level, no doubt about that.

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Hailed alongside several other Senegal starlets as “an exciting crop of talents” by analyst Ben Mattinson, Gueye has the potential to reach the very top of the game.

The striker scored every 188 minutes for Metz in the second tier, while finishing the season with an impressive 19% goal conversion percentage.

He also missed five big chances, suggesting his final total would have been higher if the youngster were more clinical in the final third.

This will come with experience, however, and a move to West Ham will allow him to secure game time in the Premier League.

Wilson, should he stay fit, will score goals for the Irons. But his wages will be high, and there is no guarantee he will be 100% fit for every game.

Gueye, on the other hand, has a raw unpredictability about him. If given chances, he could explode onto the scene for West Ham this season.

West Ham now preparing official offer to sign "very prolific" £26m striker

The Hammers are set to make a move for a centre-forward, with an opening offer now in the works.

1 ByDominic Lund Jul 28, 2025

Manchester United have enquired about the potential signing of a “completely unique” striker this summer, according to a new claim from Sky Sports journalist Florian Plettenberg.

Man Utd still searching for new striker

It has been a good summer transfer window to date for United, with Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo having the potential to be strong signings from Wolves and Brentford respectively.

United desperately need to sign an elite striker, however, with Rasmus Hojlund not yet doing enough to suggest that he is the answer to lead the line for Ruben Amorim in the coming years.

RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko appears to be the current front-runner to come in this summer, with the Slovenian ultimately now having to choose between the Red Devils and Newcastle United.

While some reports have suggested that the Magpies have won the race to sign Sesko, a different update has claimed that Director of Football Jason Wilcox is confident of getting his man and bringing him to United. Now, another huge player has been mentioned as an alternative option.

Man Utd make contact over signing "unique" striker

According to Sky Germany‘s Plettenberg on X, Manchester United recently enquired about Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, amid strong interest from Liverpool.

In truth, it looks unlikely that United will be able to sign Isak, with Liverpool the obvious favourites to get him, and the player himself keen on a move to Anfield and turning down any chance of a move to Old Trafford.

That said, if the Red Devils were suddenly able to strike a deal for the £120,000-a-week star, it could have been a game-changing piece of business, with journalist Matthew Ketchell speaking glowingly of him.

“He’s got a real easy-on-the-eye, unique style about his play, it’s almost balletic the way he moves, it’s completely unique. The balance he has, the speed he has, the strength he has, the intelligence, it’s kind of all there. He had a little bit of an issue with one-on-ones last season (2023/24), start of this season, where he was going through on goal and not taking his chances – he seems to have cleaned that up.”

Assuming United miss out on Isak, it then has to be a case of them signing Sesko instead, with the Leipzig star having the potential to be a huge hit at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils don’t have Champions League football to offer him, however, or any European football for that matter, whereas Newcastle are playing in the top club competition next season.

INEOS hold key advantage: Man Utd now battling to sign teenage sensation

He’s the subject of a Premier League battle…

ByTom Cunningham Aug 2, 2025

Hopefully, the lure of United ultimately proves too great for Sesko to turn down, but missing out on him would be a big blow, forcing the club to look at an alternative.

IPL founder dismisses projected value of competition and eight teams in post on X/Twitter

Andrew Miller26-Sep-2024Lalit Modi, the founder and architect of the Indian Premier League, has accused the ECB of being “disconnected from reality” in their ambitions for the Hundred, after leaking the board’s confidential financial projections for the tournament, and its valuations of each of the eight teams.In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Modi published details from the prospectus that the ECB’s financial advisors, Raine Group and Deloitte, has sent out (under NDA) to its potential investors, alongside a lengthy post in which he dismissed their calculations as “dangerously overambitious and unsustainable”.Modi’s intervention is an awkward setback in the ECB’s bid to secure private investment for their tournament, and comes after Vikram Banerjee, the board’s director of business operations, admitted earlier this week that they could be forced to delay the Hundred’s equity sale beyond 2025 if the right investors cannot be secured in time for next summer’s competition.As recently as February, Modi himself was reportedly an interested party, telling The Telegraph that he had valued the Hundred at US$1 billion over a ten-year period, and that he had private investors ready to get behind an expanded ten-team tournament. However, his informal offer is believed to have been turned down by the ECB who did not want to sell the competition outright.Now, however, Modi has poured scorn on the tournament’s viability. Though he accepts it is “plausible” that the ECB’s domestic TV rights will rise in value as projected, from £54 million to £85 million annually, he issued a withering assessment of the Hundred’s place in the international market, where it faces particular competition from rival Northern Hemisphere tournaments such as the Caribbean Premier League and Major League Cricket in the USA.Related

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“The ECB’s financial projections for The Hundred, particularly beyond 2026, appear overly optimistic and disconnected from reality,” he wrote. “The International TV rights figures make little sense, given the global competition from other cricket leagues like the IPL. It’s unlikely The Hundred will attract the necessary international audience to justify these inflated numbers.”The ECB is understood to have anticipated some pushback against its figures, with potential investors inevitably seeking a favourable deal, and point to Modi’s prior interest in the tournament as proof of concept.Nevertheless, his criticism is significant, because it was Modi’s establishment of the IPL in 2008 that unleashed the full potential of T20 cricket in the first place, a format that the ECB themselves devised in 2002, but failed to adequately market – an oversight that played a role in the board settling on 100-ball cricket as its new point of difference.Fifteen years later, the IPL’s media rights for 2023 to 2027 were secured for a record US$6.2 billion, cementing it as the world’s second-most valuable sports league on a per-game basis, behind only NFL. And, as Modi wrote in his post on X, each of the teams involved “are valued at US$1 billion based on 16 years of performance”.”By contrast, as per my analysis, The Hundred’s teams are projected to be worth a mere £5 million to £25 million in the best-case scenario in my MOST CONSIDERED #VIEW, with Manchester maxing out at £8.5 million,” he added.”Worse still, The Hundred struggles to match even the Caribbean Premier League’s profitability, a sobering indication of its financial frailty. The Hundred appears to be on shaky financial ground, with projections that fail to inspire confidence in its long-term viability as these look dangerously overambitious and unsustainable.”

1st Youth Test with Sri Lanka headed for rain-affected draw at Wormsley

ECB Reporters Network10-Jul-2024Young Lions opener Freddie McCann fell just short of a second century of the summer against Sri Lanka U19s in the rain-affected first Men’s Youth Test at Wormsley.McCann was stumped on 92 after sharing a 160-run second-wicket partnership with Keshana Fonseka that ensured a strong response with the bat after Sri Lanka were all out for 324.Sri Lanka U19s captain Dinuru Kalupahana had earlier reached his maiden international century with Surrey Academy quick Alex French the pick of the England U19s bowlers with 81 for four.The hosts lost three late wickets, with captain Hamza Shaikh and Noah Thain quickly following McCann back to the pavilion, but Fonseka stood firm as they closed on 193 for four and with a bit of work to do with one day remaining.McCann hit a record-breaking 174, from just 139 balls, to help secure victory in the second Youth ODI at Hove last week and again dominated the tourists bowling scoring a near run-a-ball half-century.England had lost Jaydn Denly early, pulling Nathan Caldera straight at Praveen Maneesha, but McCann and Fonseka then took centre stage as they scored at better than four runs an over.McCann, who signed his first professional deal at Nottinghamshire last November, appeared set for three figures but was undone when a Vihas Thewmika delivery kept low as he advanced down the wicket.Shaikh followed soon after when he picked out Sheshan Marasinghe off Thewmika before Thain played back to a Maneesha ball that also kept slightly low and skidded into his stumps.Fonseka remained unbeaten on 72, alongside new man and Lancashire team-mate Rocky Flintoff, to leave England U19s 131 runs behind at the close.Sri Lanka captain Kalupahana was the star of the first half of the day to post his milestone century. The 19-year-old looked comfortable in the conditions, typified by the stroke that brought up his century as he eased French backward of point and to the rope.Kalupahana celebrated the milestone by racing towards his team-mates and leaping into the air.The skipper had shared a 99-run stand with Diniru Abeywickramasingha, who became the first of five batsmen caught in the ring during the day when he mis-timed a drive to Flintoff in front of point.Leicestershire’s Alex Green then claimed the prize wicket of Kalupahana with the first ball of his new spell – the second time he has done that in the game – trapped lbw on the crease.Thain enticed Thewmika to drive to Flintoff at wide mid-on after a 45-run eighth-wicket stand with Caldera, who was last man out when he too mis-hit a drive that Shaikh held to hand French his fourth wicket.

Aston Villa are in a position where they may need to sell players to meet the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules and there is plenty of contention surrounding their situation from fans, pundits and journalists alike.

Aston Villa's PSR situation and who may leave the club this summer

In short, Aston Villa are one of the Premier League’s most at-risk clubs with PSR heading towards the deadline on June 30th. Per The Athletic’s projection, they can only lose £15 million in 2024/25 to remain within regulatory boundaries.

Unai Emery’s men have recorded a pre-tax loss of £206.2 million in the last two years, which is the highest deficit across the top-flight in that time and leaves the Birmingham-based outfit in danger of punishment.

Big money sales such as Jhon Duran leaving for Al Nassr and Leon Bailey’s anticipated move to Saudi Arabian outfit Neom SC have left hope that the Villans can evade any form of penalty.

However, they are teetering on the brink and their failure to qualify for Champions League football ended up being a massive setback, especially when Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio’s expensive loan deals formed part of their bid to secure a place despite already treading water in their efforts to balance the books.

There have been suggestions that Aston Villa could sell stakes in their women’s team to make ends meet, an option that remains active following a failed bill to cancel that practice after Chelsea flipped £90 million in losses to a £128 million profit in 2024.

Aston Villa now seriously interested in signing "aggressive" 13-goal rival

He could be on the move.

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Tom Cunningham

Jun 5, 2025

Losing a maximum of £105 million over three rolling years is the limit for Premier League clubs in order to comply. Still, not everyone is happy at the rules that their clubs have to abide by to evade sanctions.

Journalist fumes at Aston Villa PSR latest

Taking to social media platform X, iNews correspondent Mark Douglas vented his frustration at Aston Villa’s need to sell and made the point that Newcastle United have suffered a similar fate in their efforts to progress as a club.

Admittedly, PSR has become a controversial topic among football fans for a number of reasons, with some feeling that the traditional ‘Big Six’ clubs are protected more than others due to the ease in making ‘pure profit’ sales or by filing via subsidiaries of their PLC’s entity.

Regulation is critical to promote fairness, though there are clear elements in the current system that leave a lot to be desired. Aston Villa find themselves in a frustrating situation and will need to meticulously ensure they don’t fall foul of the authorities.

Others will argue their wage to revenue ratio is a problem, brought on by decisions such as paying £227,500 of Marcus Rashford’s salary weekly during his stay. Either way, the rise of PSR over the last few years has become a contentious issue and continues to limit the progression of those attempting to challenge the traditional order.