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*Again, Arteta Makes Excuses By Ed Aarons, at the Emirates Stadium New season, same old Arsenal? On an evening (Wednesday, August 6) when Viktor Gyökeres was meant to announce himself as the solution to all of Mikel Arteta’s problems, instead it was a figure from Arsenal’s past who stole the show. At £72m -£8m more than they may end up paying for the Sweden striker –, Nicolas Pépé was an expensive Arsenal signing, a few months before Arteta replaced Unai Emery in 2019. Most of the fans who packed out the Emirates Stadium for this pre-season friendly will not have…

*Ethics Over Player's Quality, They Insist News that the former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is poised to join Villarreal has roiled fans of the Spanish club, with hundreds signing a petition urging the club to halt what has been described as the “darkest day in the club’s history”. Partey appeared in a London court on Tuesday, charged with five counts of rape relating to two women, and a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences are said to have taken place in 2021 and 2022 when Partey was playing for Arsenal. Partey’s lawyer has said he…

We are in summer, the transfer period in most countries. However, not a few football fans have no wealth of information about how footballers are transferred from one club to the other, sometimes across geographical borders. Player transfer is an entirely technical aspect of club operations and very vital to any club's season success or failure. Get the transfer right and you could move several notches up in the success ladder; get it wrong and you may remain mired in the marshes of your corporate melancholy. Therefore, a lot of strategic planning and clinical execution go into this aspect of…

Ademola Lookman has gone on strike as he attempts to force through a move to Inter, but Atalanta have insisted he will not be sold to another Italian club. The Nigeria forward did not attend pre-season training for the second day in a row after handing in a transfer request last weekend, when Lookman also published a statement in which he accused Atalanta of “broken promises”. An improved Inter bid worth up to €45m (£32.1m) including add-ons was rejected last week after a €40m offer for the 27-year-old was turned down. Inter are expected to return with a bid that…

Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has appeared in court charged with six sexual offences. The 32-year-old was bailed to appear at the Old Bailey for trial later this year over allegations of rape and sexual assault. During today's brief hearing at Westminster magistrates court, he stood in the dock dressed all in black with his arms behind his back. Partey has been charged with five counts of rape against two women and a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences are said to have taken place in 2021 and 2022 when he was an Arsenal player.…

Brazilian defender David Luiz will continue his professional career until June 2028 with Pafos FC in Cyprus, the club confirmed in an official statement on social media. Rather than hang up his boots, he returns to European football with a team currently competing in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, aiming for a spot in the tournament's group stage. At 38 years old, the veteran center-back heads back to Europe after spending last season with Fortaleza in Brazil, following a four-year stint at Flamengo after leaving Arsenal. “From Brazil to Europe, from Champions League glory to the Copa Libertadores: now writing…

The death of Hulk Hogan, the wrestling legend, has sparked a series of legal speculations about his multimillion-dollar inheritance. One of the most surprising aspects is the decision made by his daughter, Brooke Hogan, to completely distance herself from the proceedings related to his will. Despite the relationship they shared in the past, Brooke decided in 2023, long before her father’s death, that she would not be part of the distribution of his estate. The main reason behind this decision was her distrust of the people who surrounded Hogan in his final years and her fear of living through an…

By Ben Fisher Prospects For Aston Villa supporters, the postcards from last season are worthy of repeated viewing. There were memorable trips to Berne, Bruges, Leipzig, Paris and Monaco as Unai Emery’s side enjoyed an absorbing ride to the Champions League quarter-finals, and nobody of a claret-and-blue persuasion will forget the home triumph over Bayern Munich anytime soon. Then there was the run to the FA Cup semi-finals, though a comprehensive defeat to Crystal Palace at Wembley delivered a sting. There were plenty of positives, chiefly the continued emergence of Morgan Rogers, now one of the Premier League’s most coveted…

On Friday, August 15, hostilities in the English Premier League (EPL) for 2025/26 season kick off. Below is a serialized look at the current capacities of top teams that will participate in the competition. By Ed Aarons Arsenal: Prospects Mikel Arteta vowed this would be a “big summer” after finishing as runners-up in the Premier League for a third season in succession and the new sporting director, Andrea Berta, has delivered on a number of signings in his first transfer window. The question now for Arsenal supporters is whether Martín Zubimendi, Christian Nørgaard, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyökeres, Cristhian Mosquera and…

Ghanaian footballer Thomas Partey is expected to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, after being charged with multiple counts of rape and one count of sexual assault involving three women. The charges were formally announced on July 4, 2025 by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), following a three-year investigation by the Metropolitan Police. According to the CPS, Partey, 32, faces five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, stemming from incidents reported to have occurred between 2021 and 2022. "Thomas Partey denies all the charges against him. He has fully cooperated with the police…