One regular week of Barclays day of Kylian Mbappe at PSG. That’s all we ask. Will never happen Well, friends, it was a good run, wasn’t it? For – what, five entire months? – it seemed Kylian Mbappe really was staying put at Paris Saint-Germain. All of that frenzied speculation about him moving to Real […]

3 years ago

‘Fans are being treated like second class citizens’ Manchester United supporters are threatening legal action after a controversial decision saw their allocation of tickets for an away game at Chelsea slashed over policing concerns. United travel to Stamford Bridge for their Premier League game against Graham Potter’s side on October 22. Police wanted to have […]

3 years ago

Dybala is not expected to play for Roma again this year Argentina’s preparations for the Qatar World Cup have been dealt a blow with the news Paulo Dybala looks likely to miss the tournament after picking up a freak injury while taking a penalty for Roma. Dybala’s converted a spot kick early in the second […]

3 years ago

Mwepu has ended his playing career with immediate effect Brighton and Hove Albion have confirmed that midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to call time on his playing career due to the diagnosis of a hereditary heart condition. A statement from the Premier League club said that the Zambian international was living with a condition […]

3 years ago

‘I have made a mistake’ Carles Puyol has issued an apology for the reply he sent to Iker Casillas, after the former Real Madrid goalkeeper had appeared to announce he was gay on Twitter over the weekend. “I hope you respect me: I’m gay,” read the short tweet which appeared on Casillas’ official account on […]

3 years ago

Never a dull moment Paris Saint-Germain sporting director forward Kylian Mbappe appeared to aim a dig at his manager on Instagram on Saturday night after he and his teammates endured a frustrating night against Reims. After a goalless draw – in which Sergio Ramos received the 28th red card of his career – Mbappe looked […]

3 years ago

‘We don’t want to contribute to creating profit for Qatar’ Danish football’s determination to take a stand against Qatar‘s hosting of next month’s World Cup shows no sign of waning, with reports now claiming Denmark‘s players will travel to the tournament without their family members. Since controversially being chosen as hosts for the tournament over […]

3 years ago

Forget what you heard For those of you clinging to the hope that Manchester City‘s Erling Haaland-spearheaded dominance of the Premier League literally everything before them might only last a couple of years – bad news. That release clause? It’s not even a thing. Reports from Spain had suggested earlier in the week that Florentino […]

3 years ago

‘I will highlight those issues like I have for years!’ Gary Neville has confirmed he will be working for Qatar’s state-owned beIN Sports during the 2022 World Cup, but has vowed to continue shining a light on some of the wider issues relating to the country’s hosting of the tournament. In a tweet sent on […]

3 years ago

He should have squared it to Sterling Ah, Russia 2018. What a time we all had. In the name of quizzing, let us cast our minds back to the Russian World Cup, skirting round all the negative things – how it might have helped legitimise Vladimir Putin (it’s always the ones you least expect, isn’t […]

3 years ago

‘He is not suspended and remains free to fight…’ Eddie Hearn has issued an update regarding Saturday’s fight between Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr after the news Benn had returned an ‘adverse analytical finding’ in an anti-doping test. A statement issued via Matchroom and Wasserman Boxing confirmed earlier reports that Benn had returned traces […]

3 years ago

‘Today I’m really unhappy. I feel there is real injustice…’ Barcelona are at risk of slipping out of the Champions League at the group stage for a second year on the spin after losing to Inter Milan in controversial circumstances on Tuesday night. Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored the only goal of the game at San Siro […]

3 years ago

City want to nullify Haaland’s release clause Erling Haaland, it turns out, is quite good. All that talk of him being a fraud or ‘Scandi Carroll’ for missing one late chance in the Community Shield appears to have been a little bit premature. After shovelling in goal after goal after goal since joining Manchester City […]

3 years ago

Newcastle’s owners had other offers The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia were offered the chance to buy a 30 per cent stake in another Premier League club – believed to be Manchester United – before completing a takeover of Newcastle United a year ago. In an interview given in Saudi Arabia, PIF governor […]

3 years ago

Todd Boehly does not stop Chelsea are reportedly close to tying up a deal for RB Leipzig forward Christopher Nkunku which would see the France international move to Stamford Bridge next summer. Nkunku penned a two-year extension to his contract with the Bundesliga club earlier this year which takes him up to 2026. The new […]

3 years ago

Haaland has joined a select group Erling Haaland’s hat-trick heroics in his first Manchester derby have seen him become only the 14th player in history to be awarded a perfect 10 by L’Equipe. The French outlet is a famously tough crowd to please when it comes to handing out 10/10 ratings, but the role the […]

3 years ago

‘This is a dark day for all involved in football’ FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said the football world is in a state of shock after a crush left at least 125 people dead at a stadium in Indonesia. The incident, one of the world’s worst stadium disasters, took place at the Kanjurugan Stadium in […]

3 years ago

Spalletti told reporters the flowers were to ‘remember’ the two women Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti brought two roses to a press conference on Friday for murdered Iranian women Mahsa Amini and Hadis Najafi. A series of protests have taken place in Iran since 22-year-old Amini died after being taken into custody by the Iranian government […]

3 years ago

Messi’s aircraft produced 1,502 tons of carbon dioxide in 3 months Lionel Messi’s private jet reportedly released as many carbon emissions in just three months as the average French citizen would use in 150 years. According to L’Equipe (via Zach Lowy on Twitter), an aircraft belonging to the Paris Saint-Germain forward made as many as […]

3 years ago

Fury says he has been convinced to extend his deadline Tyson Fury’s fight with Anthony Joshua appears to be back on after the Gypsy King revealed he has given his blessing for negotiations to continue in a video posted on social media. Fury had declared earlier in the week that the fight was ‘off’, but […]

3 years ago

‘I have never experienced anything like it’ Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall described his sides visit to Ajax as a ‘very weird experience’ after the goals were found to be too small before the Champions League qualifier. Vivianne Miedema’s goal secured a passage to the group stage for the Gunners, who had been held to […]

3 years ago

‘We dispute Hummel’s claim that this tournament has cost thousands of people their lives…’ The organising body for the 2022 World Cup have hit back at kit manufacturer Hummel, who announced earlier in the week that the new Denmark shirt for the tournament is a protest at Qatar’s human rights record. Hummel unveiled Denmark’s shirt […]

3 years ago

We go again Anyone who’s had a bash at older versions of this quiz will definitely know what they’re doing. Those who haven’t, read on. You can find the older editions here. How to play We give you some pictures of footballers, representing various clubs. Some are currently with those clubs, others have moved on […]

3 years ago

Back by popular demand Some of you will recall previous versions of this quiz. After more than a few tweets demanding another one, your wish has been granted. The previous two editions were pretty long, so, for the sake of no exhausting a list of every single stadium ever constructed, we’ve intentionally slimmed this one […]

3 years ago

Quiz time Welcome to the third instalment of our Where did they sign him from? quiz. You must have got the hang of it by now. If you haven’t played the first two and are stumbling upon this for the first time, don’t worry. Below is a brief explainer of how to play, and older editions […]

3 years ago

Quiz time OK. We go again. A second of our Where did they sign him from? quizzes and we really wish we’d thought of a better name. Anyway, those who played first time round will note that this is a shorter, punchier version – perfect for fitting in during a halftime interval while leaving you with […]

3 years ago

The incident occurred before England’s game against Germany at Wembley on Monday Four arrests have been made after a group of around 100 masked German supporters launched an attack on England fans gathered in a pub beer garden close to Wembley Stadium on Monday. The incident took place at the Green Man pub close to […]

3 years ago

Southgate praised his players for taking it upon themselves to call the meeting Gareth Southgate says that England’s squad held a players-only meeting after their Nations League defeat to Italy last week in an attempt to help turn around their recent poor form. The 1-0 loss in Milan saw the Three Lions relegated from their […]

3 years ago

Quiz time Those of you who have already played the earlier edition of our imaginatively named  ‘Where did they sign him from?’ quiz will know what you’re doing here. We give you pictures of footballers representing various football clubs at certain points in their careers and – you guessed it – you have to work out […]

3 years ago

Quiz time Some of you will be familiar with our 50 Question Quizzes by now. Having already tested your knowledge of Champions League and Premier League players from yesteryear, it’s time for something a little bit different… The imaginatively named ‘Where did they sign him from?’ quiz gives you pictures of 50 footballers representing various […]

3 years ago

The FFF have announced they will review the situation surrounding players’ image rights Kylian Mbappe reportedly refused to take part in a photoshoot with the France national side on Tuesday over a long-running dispute with the French Football Federation (FFF) over players’ image rights. Earlier in the year, the 23-year-old led some of his international […]

3 years ago

Rangers fans reacted angrily after the minute’s silence ended Dundee United supporters interrupted a minute’s silence for Queen Elizabeth II ahead of their match with Rangers at Ibrox by singing ‘Lizzie’s in a box’. Rangers, who defied UEFA by playing God Save The King ahead of their Champions League game against Napoli on Wednesday, had […]

3 years ago

Vinicius was the victim of a racist slur on Spanish TV Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior has hit back at a vile racist comment made by an agent during a Spanish TV show, vowing that he will not change his ways. Pedro Bravo, president of the Spanish Agents Association, had taken issue with the Brazilian dancing […]

3 years ago

BT Sport made an apology for their coverage of Celtic’s Champions League game in midweek Sky Sports have reportedly instructed production staff to lower sound levels during their coverage of Celtic’s visit to St Mirren if supporters choose to sing offensive songs about the Queen. Ange Postecoglou’s side travel to St Mirren Park for a […]

3 years ago

Rangers fans at Ibrox sung the national anthem before kick-off Rangers could face disciplinary action from UEFA after the club defied European football’s governing body by playing God Save The King before their Champions League game against Napoli on Wednesday night. Before kick-off at Ibrox, supporters sung the national anthem and held up a special […]

3 years ago

‘He hasn’t even proven himself as a good owner of Chelsea yet…’ Jamie Carragher has described Todd Boehly’s recent comments about how the Premier League could ‘learn lessons’ from American sports as ‘incredibly arrogant’, saying the 48-year-old should prove himself as a capable owner of Chelsea first. Speaking at the Salt conference in New York […]

3 years ago

It’s back It’s another Champions League week, which means it’s time for another of these quizzes. Some of the more devoted FootballJOE quizzers will notice this is exactly the same as our previous 50 Question Quizzes about noughties Champions League players – only you don’t have to be quite as old to get a good […]

3 years ago

Boehly’s grand plan doesn’t seem to be going down too well Gary Neville has warned that American investment in English football is a ‘clear and present danger’ to the pyramid and has repeated calls on Twitter for a regulator to be introduced quickly. Neville has been outspoken in his criticism of the Glazer Family’s ownership […]

3 years ago

Ratcliffe has already decided who he will appoint as sporting director Sir Jim Ratcliffe reportedly wishes to appoint Luis Campos as Manchester United’s new sporting director – if he completes a takeover of the Premier League club. The British billionaire made it known via a spokesperson last month that he would be interested in purchasing […]

3 years ago

Another Premier League fixture postponed Arsenal’s Premier League meeting with Manchester City next month is to be rescheduled after the club’s Europa League game with PSV Eindhoven was postponed earlier this week. Mikel Arteta’s side had been scheduled to host the Dutch club at The Emirates Stadium on Thursday, but the game has since been […]

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UEFA have reportedly rejected requests from British clubs to play the anthem Rangers intend to play the national anthem prior to their Champions League game with Napoli on Wednesday as a mark of respect to Queen Elizabeth II. According to The Daily Mail, The Scottish Premiership side, along with Manchester City and Chelsea, had requests […]

3 years ago

The game looks almost certain to be postponed Chelsea’s Premier League meeting with Liverpool is ‘highly likely’ to be postponed this weekend ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The meeting between the two clubs is currently scheduled to take place at 4.30 on Sunday – the day before the funeral is scheduled to […]

3 years ago

As far as VAR drama goes, this one will take some beating… Juventus, at least for a couple of minutes, looked to have rescued all three points after being made to work extremely hard at home to Salernitana on Sunday evening. The visitors had taken a lead in Turin inside 20 minutes, then doubled it […]

3 years ago

Meeting are being held on Monday The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II could lead to a second weekend of football postponements across the country due to a shortage of police resources. The Queen’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey next Monday, with police involved in discussions with football clubs and the game’s governing […]

3 years ago

Martial has lifted the lid on life under his two former managers Anthony Martial has hit out at former Manchester United managers Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, criticising how they handled him during their time in charge at Old Trafford. Martial had arrived at United in the early weeks of the 2015/16 season after […]

3 years ago

Football is one of the few sports that decided to postpone fixtures this weekend The decision to postpone this weekend’s football across the UK was partly down to concerns that supporters would not have been universally respectful of the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II, a report has claimed. It was announced on Friday that all […]

3 years ago

Play has resumed at The Oval England Men’s cricketers paid their respects to Queen Elizabeth II ahead of day three of the third Test against South Africa at The Oval on Saturday. The England and Wales Cricket Board had confirmed there would be no play on Friday after the Queen’s death was announced on Thursday. […]

3 years ago

‘I apologise for any offence caused to those mourning The Queen’ Former England international footballer Trevor Sinclair has apologised for offending those mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II with an ‘ill-timed’ tweet on Thursday. Buckingham Palace confirmed on Thursday evening that The Queen had passed away peacefully at her residence at Balmoral earlier in […]

3 years ago

The Premier League and EFL have made the call as a mark of respect The Premier League and EFL have confirmed that they have decided to postpone this weekend’s fixtures following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday evening that he Queen had passed away peacefully at her Balmoral residence. In […]

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A decision is expected on Friday Discussions are being held on Friday morning over a possible postponement of this weekend’s Premier League and EFL fixtures following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace confirmed on Thursday evening that the Queen had passed away peacefully at her Balmoral residence earlier in the afternoon. Hours later, […]

3 years ago