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Antonio Conte is open to discussing taking over at Manchester United if Ole Gunnar Solskjær is sacked, as it emerged that several players are questioning whether the Norwegian can take the team any further.
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Liverpool have reached a verbal agreement to buy Darwin Núñez from Benfica and are preparing the paperwork to compete the deal. They will pay a guaranteed €80m for the striker and up to another €20m in add-ons.
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Manchester United's Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm,
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Manchester City are poised to bid for Brighton’s Marc Cucurella, their top target at left-back, while Yves Bissouma is having a medical at Tottenham after agreement was reached over a move from the south coast.
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Internazionale remain determined not to sell Romelu Lukaku after rejecting Chelsea’s bid of €100m, including Marcos Alonso, for the Belgium striker.
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West Brom's Slaven Bilic on PPV matches: 'Football should be … not free, but affordable, and I always used to say that football is not polo, football is not golf. Football is sport for masses, you know? It's a working-class sport and it should be affordable to everybody'
Bruno Fernandes has agreed a new contract with Manchester United that will make him one of the three highest-paid players at the club.
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Arturo Vidal arrived at his Colo Colo unveiling in a helicopter, before riding a horse dressed as a king, wearing a crown and holding a sword as he toured the pitch while greeting approximately 35,000 fans in Santiago, as he returned to the club after 17 years away
Tottenham are ready to submit an official proposal to sign Sofyan Amrabat on loan from Fiorentina with an option to buy for €16m (£13.4m).
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Antonio Conte has agreed to succeed Nuno Espírito Santo as Tottenham’s manager on a contract to June 2023 and is ready to sign the deal subject to final details.
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Fernando Santos was deeply unimpressed with Cristiano Ronaldo’s behaviour as the forward left the pitch against South Korea and refused to guarantee that the 37-year-old would captain Portugal in the last-16 tie against Switzerland.
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