Lucas Bergvall has signed a new Tottenham deal; he was already contracted until 2031 so perhaps a pay rise? No word of its length in the club release.<\/p>\n
Bergvall said: \u201cI think we\u2019re building something great here. It\u2019s an exciting time for the Club and that\u2019s why I\u2019m happy to extend my contract. I\u2019m always trying to achieve as much as possible, to be the best version of myself both on and off the pitch and I know this is the right place to do that.<\/p>\n
Roberto De Zerbi said: \u201cEvery day in training you can see Lucas\u2019 desire to learn, improve and push himself to the highest level. Lucas is brave, he wants responsibility and has the personality to play in big moments. He also understands that development is a process and he has shown a fantastic attitude towards working on the areas of his game where he can become even better. I believe his best football is still ahead of him and we want to give Lucas the platform to reach his full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bergvall has only featured in one league game so far, and was subbed at half-time in the defeat to Brentford.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a> Manchester City travel to Old Trafford on Sunday seeking to continue their perfect start to life under Enzo Maresca and further prove Anderson\u2019s point. The 23-year-old midfielder made his claim upon signing from Nottingham Forest for \u00a3116m in the summer and having from afar witnessed City win eight Premier League titles during the past 14 years, compared with United\u2019s one.e<\/p>\n \u201cI think Manchester City<\/a> was unbelievable what they achieved. It\u2019s normal when Elliot said that,\u201d said Maresca. \u201cIf you go back it\u2019s a different picture, but for me the reason he said that is because when he grew up Manchester City was dominant.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Panic at Fulham? Not yet, though some distress flares.<\/p>\n Brazilian winger Kevin, an unused substitute against Crystal Palace, added a cryptic message on his Instagram story with the caption \u2018no speak, no hear, no see\u2019. Alex Iwobi and Emile Smith Rowe have, meanwhile, both cleared their own Instagram posts of football-related content, with some fans interpreting it as growing signs of disharmony within the Fulham camp.<\/p>\n Alvaro Arbeloa moved to calm waters today: \u201c\u201cYou can learn more about a group after a defeat than after a win, and I saw them work during the week with a very positive attitude, all of them,\u201d the Fulham boss said at a press conference.<\/p>\n \u201cFor sure when you are a player and you are not playing, you can\u2019t be happy. It is what I expect from the players that are not playing. I want that they should need to show me that they are not happy during the training session. For me, this is the most important thing.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, when you are not winning games and you are not helping your team, I think you have more desire to play games and to help their team-mates. But all of them, they have been working so hard and I have a very, very good group with a very good attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n Fulham have lost all three league matches this season.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Time for another handover. John Brewin will be your news conduit for the next wee while. Catch you\u2019se later.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hull fined over offensive chanting. Anecdotally, you do detect a slight uptick in unpleasant chants from the tiresome edgelord element among clubs\u2019 fanbases and Hull have copped a fine for the homophobic antics of some herberts in their support after last season\u2019s Cup tie against Chelsea, as Reuters reports:<\/p>\n Hull City have been fined \u00a330,000 ($40,512) by the Football \u2060Association over discriminatory chanting during their FA Cup defeat by \u2060Chelsea in \u2060February, \u200bthe governing body said on Friday.<\/p>\n An independent regulatory commission also \u2060imposed an action plan on the club after it failed to prevent \u2060offensive chanting despite warnings over the public \u200baddress system.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was \u200calleged that \u200cthe club failed to ensure its spectators \u200cand\/or supporters (and anyone purporting to be supporters) do not use words or behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, indecent or insulting way with a reference \u2013 whether \u200cexpress or implied \u2013 to sexual orientation,\u201d read the statement.<\/p>\n Offensive chanting was heard \u200bin sections of the home crowd during the first half of last season\u2019s game, prompting an announcement over the PA \u2060system urging supporters to stop and reminding \u200bthem \u200bthat CCTV was in \u200boperation.<\/p>\n A second announcement was made \u200bin the \u200csecond half \u200bconfirming \u200baction had been taken, including arrests made. Hull City have admitted the charges.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Some mid-morning reading: a lovely Moving the Goalposts piece by Tom Garry with Gemma Darvill, coach of the first England women\u2019s Parkinson\u2019s team and how restorative football has been for her dad, who lives with the condition.<\/p>\n double quotation markWhen Gemma Darvill\u2019s dad, Les, was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease aged 58, joining a walking football team stopped him from confining himself to his own home, and she believes the game saved his life.<\/p>\n What she could never have foreseen was that, eight years later, she would find herself coaching the first England women\u2019s Parkinson\u2019s team<\/a>, helping transform the lives of women with the disease from all across the country. She is set to embark on a journey to Toronto to help spread awareness of the ways in which walking football can help put the brakes on the progression of Parkinson\u2019s symptoms.<\/p>\n A teacher at Swallowfield primary school in Woburn Sands, in Milton Keynes, Darvill\u2019s interest in walking football was sparked by supporting her dad. She now coaches what is believed to be the first walking football team specifically dedicated to women with Parkinson\u2019s, the Parkinson\u2019s Pioneers<\/a>, who train in Solihull and have seen a tenfold increase in their membership in just over three years. That led to her appointment as the coach of the first England women\u2019s national side.<\/p>\n And to sign up to Moving the Goalposts, our women\u2019s football newsletter, click below:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n There\u2019s a lot of noise about Manchester United\u2019s 15-year-old forward JJ Gabriel, and the volume was ramped up last night when he scored a hat-trick for the U19s in their 5-0 win against Sabah in the Uefa Youth League. Gabriel has already trained with Michael Carrick\u2019s first team and his coach Adam Lawrence sung his praises again after Thursday\u2019s showing, reports PA.<\/p>\n \u201cJJ is surrounded by people that really, really believe in him from the top of the club right the way through,\u201d Lawrence said. \u201cHe\u2019s been at the club for so long. He\u2019s got real good relationships with the players, with the staff, so I think over the course of time obviously that helps as well.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the moment, just in terms of his game, his games programme, his training programme, it\u2019s about making sure that he\u2019s getting the right exposure across different levels. We\u2019re obviously not perfect but it\u2019s definitely something we put a lot of thought into, so it\u2019s good to see him enjoying his football in a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe first thing is that it\u2019s my job is not to ruin him. When you have a talented player like JJ and the other lads, you obviously don\u2019t want to stifle their freedom and their creativity.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat you try and do is to set the team up to allow the talent to function and to play free at the right moments. It can\u2019t always be free and off the cuff, in terms of the off-the-ball responsibilities that he\u2019s working on and the pressing that he\u2019s thinking about.<\/p>\n \u201cBut in terms of how he plays properly and how he connects with other team-mates at the top end of the pitch, he\u2019s just in a real good space.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Nico O\u2019Reilly is set to return to the Manchester City side for Sunday\u2019s derby at Manchester United. The England left-back has missed the last two games after pulling up with a back problem in the warm-up prior to last weekend\u2019s Premier League victory over Coventry.<\/p>\n Winger Jeremy Doku remains on the sidelines with the calf problem he sustained in the Community Shield but City have no other fitness concerns for the trip to Old Trafford. The manager, Enzo Maresca, said: \u201cNico is 100 per cent available but Jeremy, I think he needs some more days.\u201d PA<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Mikel is being intense again \u2026<\/p>\n double quotation markMikel Arteta has revealed that he likes to set players challenges, such as delaying their meals before matches and making the dressing room hotter, to ensure they are fully prepared for any eventuality.<\/p>\n Arsenal\u2019s flight to Italy for their Champions League opener against Napoli this week was delayed for more than five hours<\/a>, with Arteta forced to cancel his pre-match press conference after the squad arrived in Naples just before 10pm local time. The disruption proved no handicap as they made it 13 successive league-stage victories in Europe, thanks to Martin \u00d8degaard\u2019s second-half winner<\/a>.<\/p>\n Arteta has a reputation for his innovative methods having previously employed pickpockets during pre-season training camps<\/a> and preparing for a trip to Anfield by pumping crowd noises through a speaker. The Arsenal manager has now explained how his players have been trained to expect things to go wrong. \u201cI love those challenges. I try to create them in pre-season,\u201d he said. \u201cSo when they happen, we already experience them and we already know. So, get to the stadium very late, change the routine as soon as the players have to do something else. Because when it happens, and it can happen, you can miss the flight, the train can be delayed, there\u2019s so much traffic, and I don\u2019t want the players, the staff as well, panicking.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, when that happens, adapt to it. \u2018Okay, we have another two or three hours on the plane, how can we use them?\u2019 Play together, spend some time together, sleep, use it, but certainly don\u2019t complain and then use it as an excuse because that\u2019s not helpful at all.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked what other methods he has employed, Arteta added: \u201cJust delay the meals, delay the transport, take a different route. We have done many things: make the dressing room hotter, more difficult, more challenging, less [massage] beds. Those kind of things. Because we are going to have to adapt to different contexts and we will try to anticipate it and create the best possible conditions. But when there is that element of stress or surprise on matchday, it\u2019s important [to be prepared].\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Jo\u00e3o Pedro named Premier League player of the month<\/p>\n Morning everyone. Off to a game this weekend? What are your hopes and expectations? I always aim low in the vague hope of being pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n Anyway, the season\u2019s first monthly awards are in, and Jo\u00e3o Pedro has been named the Premier League\u2019s player of the month for August after registering two goals and two assists in Xabi Alonso\u2019s side\u2019s swashbuckling start to the season. He\u2019s the first Chelsea player to win the award since Cole Palmer in September 2024, fact fans.<\/p>\n The EFL\u2019s monthly trinkets are in too, with Southampton\u2019s Cyle Larin named Championship player of the month, while Jamal Lowe of Sheffield Wednesday and York\u2019s Harry Boyes taking the League One and League Two awards respectively.<\/p>\n The manager awards in the EFL went to V\u00edtor Matos of Swansea (Championship), Huddersfield\u2019s Martin Drury (League One) and Dean Brennan of Barnet (League Two).<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Hull’s Thomas ‘unharmed’ in car accident<\/p>\n Thanks Tom. Hull City have confirmed that their winger Sorba Thomas was unhurt following a car accident this morning. After dramatic images were posted on social media, Hull issued a statement saying the Wales winger walked away unscathed.<\/p>\n double quotation markHull City is relieved to confirm that Sorba Thomas is unharmed following a road traffic accident near to the club\u2019s Cottingham training ground.<\/p>\n The club is aware of images of Sorba\u2019s car circulating on social media and can reassure supporters that he has sustained no injuries and emerged from his vehicle completely unscathed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m grabbing a break from the blog, to see you through the next couple of hours is Tom Davies.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Matthias Jaissle revealed that summer signing Matias Fernandez-Pardo is edging closer to starting for Newcastle.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old forward arrived on Tyneside from Lille on deadline day and has featured as a substitute in Newcastle\u2019s last two matches.<\/p>\n Speaking ahead of Monday\u2019s clash with Leeds, Jaissle said: \u201cYeah, he\u2019s getting closer. I said that we need to be smart with his load management. Now he\u2019s getting more and more minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has now almost a full training week to Leeds, that helps him a lot. I think it\u2019s the first time now since he arrived, and then we can make the decision on Sunday, maybe even on Monday.\u201d Press Association<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.12 EDT<\/p>\n Nicolas Jackson is ready to impress, Spurs are scrambled and the 199th Manchester derby takes place at Old Trafford.. here are our 10 things for the upcoming weekend of football:<\/p>\n Brentford’s Vitaly Janelt, Hull City’s Oli McBurnie, Aston Villa’s Nicols Jackson. Composite: Getty, ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Spanish World Cup-winner Juan Mata has confirmed he will be departing Australian side Melbourne Victory, but stopped short of calling time on his career.<\/p>\n The former Manchester United and Chelsea ace has enjoyed a late-career resurgence and was voted the domestic A-League player of the year in 2025-26.<\/p>\n But the 38-year-old has decided not to play on at the club as he mulls \u201cthe next steps in his career\u201d.<\/p>\n He will remain involved with the Australian side after taking an ownership stake.<\/p>\n \u201cI loved every minute and so greatly enjoyed everything that we achieved last season, falling back in love with football at such a special place, in an amazing city that it was a privilege to call home,\u201d Mata said.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I am excited about our next chapters, believing together in the future of Australian football and inspiring the next generation of Melbourne Victory players and supporters.\u201d AFP<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gianni Infantino has not responded to a request to appear before the US House judiciary committee or sent documents requested by one of its members more than a month past the deadline.<\/p>\n The Democrat Jamie Raskin, the ranking minority member of the committee, wrote to the Fifa president on 26 July informing the Swiss he was launching an investigation into \u201ca sustained campaign\u201d by Fifa to curry favour with the US president, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n His letter said seeking of favours extended to the dismissal of high-profile corruption cases, while also accusing Fifa of \u201cgouging\u201d American consumers with \u201cexorbitant\u201d World Cup ticket prices this summer.<\/p>\n The Swiss was asked to respond to the letter by 9 August with the requested documents and to make contact with the committee to schedule an interview, but it is understood no response at all had been received as of Thursday.<\/p>\n Because no subpoena was issued, there are no criminal consequences for ignoring Raskin\u2019s request. Press Association<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.34 EDT<\/p>\n In totally normal Turkish football news\u2026 the Fenerbahce head coach, Ismail Kartal, announced his resignation on Thursday after \u2060his team drew 1-1 at home to Roma in the Champions League \u2013 but minutes \u2060later, the club \u2060president \u200bsaid Kartal would stay in the job.<\/p>\n Kartal shocked the post-match press conference by claiming he was \u2060leaving Fenerbahce \u201cnever to return\u201d. The 65-year-old added that he was taking the drastic decision \u201cto clear the way for the club\u201d \u2013 but the Fenerbahce president, Aziz Yildrim, quickly moved to play down his manager\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n Minutes after \u2060the press conference, Yildirim told reporters that \u200bKartal \u201ccontinues in his role\u201d with the Turkish side. \u201cSome \u200cfans threw a bottle \u200cat the coach\u2019s head this evening during the game. He \u200cis upset about it,\u201d the club president added.<\/p>\n Full story:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The French football federation\u2019s president, Philippe Diallo, said Gianni Infantino had \u201cseriously damaged the image and the unity of football\u201d as he announced the end of France\u2019s support for the Fifa president\u2019s re-election.<\/p>\n Gianni Infantino was accused by the French federation\u2019s president of behaving in a \u2018unilateral and opaque fashion\u2019. Photograph: Jarek Praszkiewicz\/EPA<\/p>\n The FFF\u2019s executive committee unanimously voted on Thursday to withdraw its backing, which had been formalised at the end of June. Diallo referred to \u201cevents during the World Cup\u201d which had \u201cflagrantly gone against the way we believe our sport should be run\u201d and to Infantino\u2019s World Cup sell-off plan, which was revealed in July and scrapped after a widespread backlash.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.12 EDT<\/p>\n United were the only Premier League club in Champions League action last night but Englishman Harry Kane scored for the eighth game in a row in the competition as Bayern Munich beat Bod\u00f8\/Glimt 5-0 at the Allianz Arena. Starting their Champions League journey were Cesc Fabregas\u2019s Como, who beat RB Leipzig 4-1 Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, while Lens scored twice in added time to reverse a 2-1 deficit and secure a 3-2 win. Our roundup of all of Thursday night\u2019s European action is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Manchester United were back in Europe\u2019s elite competition after a two-year hiatus and in need of something to soothe them after the trauma of their last-gasp coughing up of two points in last Sunday\u2019s Premier League draw at Everton. And before the extremely serious business of the derby here against Manchester City on Sunday. They got it on the back of a first-half performance that burned slowly before catching fire.<\/p>\n Benjamin Sesko celebrates after scoring Manchester United\u2019s third goal before half-time. Photograph: Lee Smith\/Action Images\/Reuters<\/p>\n Sabah were game. United were clinical. It was Matheus Cunha who broke the deadlock midway through the first half and the defining moments came at the end of the period when Bruno Fernandes and Benjamin Sesko sent United into half-time with a three-goal cushion. Lisandro Mart\u00ednez added the fourth late on. It was a case of job done for Michael Carrick, no wobbles. Now for City.<\/p>\n Read David Hytner\u2019s full report from Old Trafford:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.12 EDT<\/p>\n Hall agrees contract extension<\/p>\n Newcastle United defender Lewis Hall has signed a new long-term contract with the club.<\/p>\n Reports suggest the left-back, 22, has agreed a two-year extension to his original deal that would take his contract up to 2031.<\/p>\n Hall has been the subject of interest from Manchester United, among others, but has now committed his immediate future to Newcastle.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s an absolute pleasure to play for this club and to represent the supporters,\u201d he said. \u201cI know how much it means to them.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be able to bring joy to their faces, it\u2019s a big thing for me. I obviously have a family connection with the club, which is incredibly important to us all.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of the main reasons I play is to make my family proud, and I know how much it means to them to watch me playing for Newcastle United.\u201d<\/p>\n Allow Instagram content?<\/p>\n This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click ‘Allow and continue’.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n No club embraces chaos quite like Chelsea. Stability has been absent at Stamford Bridge going back even as far as the Ken Bates era. The latest twist in west London has been foreseen for a while, with warring factions between the current ownership meaning a parting of ways was always likely but Mark Walter\u2019s issues with US tax authorities have accelerated the timeline. Then, on Thursday evening, Matt Hughes and Jacob Steinberg came through with the report<\/a> that Chelsea\u2019s majority owners, Clearlake Capital, are closing in on an agreement to buy out co-owners Todd Boehly and Walter in a deal that would see the pair make a profit on their investment and value the club at around \u00a35bn.<\/p>\n We\u2019ll be across any further updates on that story, plus the reaction to last night\u2019s European action and all the other news ahead of the weekend football. Plenty to get stuck into.<\/p>\n![\"Will](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Will_Unwin.png\")
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