Another set of interviews for Newcastle United‘s director of football vacancy took place last week. It is a big job with some big contenders. Crystal Palace’s Dougie Freedman is now among the front runners, and the Eagles are taking the threat seriously enough to be making overtures to possible replacements. With a final round of … Read more
This is an extract of The Score. Click the sign-up box below to receive the newsletter every Monday morning this season for Daniel Storey’s verdict on all 20 Premier League clubs All Arsenal can do is put the last week behind them. They cannot change their own reality on their own, now out of the … Read more
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis stormed onto the pitch in the wake of Liverpool’s last-minute win at the City Ground. Darwin Nunez left it until the 99th minute to score the only goal of the game, before carnage broke out after the final whistle, leading to Forest first-team coach Steven Reid being sent off. And … Read more
The news that Everton’s initial 10-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR) was reduced to six on appeal will probably have pleased and petrified Nottingham Forest fans in equal measure. On one hand, Forest, who face charges for a PSR breach of their own, will be pleased to know the … Read more
By George Simms and Flo Clifford | It’s easy to fall in love with Savio. There’s more than a touch of young Eden Hazard in the directness and destruction, obvious links to the great lineage of Brazilian wingers and their “Joga Bonito” philosophy, a fresh joie de vivre and tricky freedom often missing from the … Read more
It sounds so simple in theory. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the size: this is the 11th largest country in the world by area. DR Congo has the capacity: this is the 16th largest country in the world by population, roughly the size of western Europe. DR Congo has the heritage: this was … Read more
Nottingham Forest have been charged with breaking financial regulations (Photo: Getty) Towards the end of last season, when Steve Cooper and his players had extricated themselves from trouble with surprising dexterity and gave themselves a final-day party at the Palace, the song was repeated ad infinitum by Nottingham Forest supporters: “Thirty signings, who gives a … Read more
