• Real Madrid pursue Rodri • Ugarte deal details • €30.5m for McTominay • Sancho to Chelsea, Juve; Sterling to Man Utd? • Chelsea, Al Ahli pursue Osimhen, Toney • Napoli under pressure as PSG refuse to bid • Liverpool play long game to win League • Chiesa a bargain buy?

Spend big, spend poorly? The Transfers Podcast discusses how the market for footballers is changing. open.spotify.com/episode/3fzo0b…

Interesting that new Manchester United CEO Omar Berrada and new sporting director Dan Ashworth both state they had ‘nothing’ to do with decision to extend Erik ten Hag’s contract this summer. Berrada: ‘In terms of the contract, that was a decision that was taken prior to both of

‘The Premier League are simply chasing their tail here.’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Manchester United are pursuing a seat on the UEFA Club Competitions SA board, with Ineos Sport chief executive and MUFC board member Jean-Claude Blanc nominated for the role. The UEFA-ECA joint venture is tasked with ‘ensuring that the commercial rights to the UEFA club

Jean-Claude Blanc: 'These appointments demonstrate our commitment to playing a positive role within both UEFA and the ECA and further strengthen the relationships Manchester United enjoys across the European game.'

Is the devil in the details?

Former Manchester United assistant manager Rui Faria on his Instagram account. instagram.com/p/C_shYystXQi/…

For any independence supporter to trust a single word the BBC, or associated organisation, say is one of the great mistakes in life. The BBC’s venomous and institutional bias against Scottish independence was demonstrated during the referendum and remains to this day (1/8)

Tomorrow will mark 10 years since the leaders of Tories, Labour & Lib Dems abandoned Westminster & #pmqs - rushed to Scotland to promote all sorts of better together things/lies. 🙄 Tonight Westminster votes on cutting heating money for pensioners. 🤷🤡

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Petroineos have confirmed the closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery, with the loss of 400 jobs. Sir Jim Ratcliffe's cost-cutting is central to this. Ahead of widespread redundancies at #MUFC, here's a piece from March. He has a modus operandi. nytimes.com/athletic/52772…

History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. theguardian.com/football/2020/…

Exclusive: MI6 ‘involvement’ in Newcastle United takeover revealed by FOI “should be red flag” for football regulator foreign policy clause thetimes.com/article/1af8f8…