It's a new dawn, and a new day and the football transfer window rages on ahead of the start of the Premier League this weekend. In the top stories today, Brighton wing-back Marc Cucurella is set for a move to Chelsea, Diogo Jota is set to be rewarded with a new contract by Liverpool and Aaron Ramsay is confirming his move to Nice. Stick with us throughout the day as we bring you the latest news from the football world!
Very harsh penalty call.
USG 2-0 Rangers | #UCL
After a VAR review, a penalty is awarded against Connor Goldson for hand ball and Union double their lead ๐๏ธ
Rangers need to step it up if they're going to get anything from this tie.
๐ฒ Follow the second-half live in our Match Hub.
USG 1-0 Rangers | #UCL
For Carney Chukwuemeka. The youngster turned down a new deal at Aston Villa.
The 18-year-old has been given permission to travel to London to discuss both personal terms and undergo a medical.
Should they qualify from this round.
Rangers or Union Saint-Gilloise ๐ AS Monaco FC or PSV Eindhoven
๐ Ties take place on 16/17 and 23/24 August.
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The Sportsman's Premier League predictions are in.
It's not quite worked out for the Brazilian at Old Trafford.
It's matter of final details discussed between clubs. Work in progress.
Eight of the 12 most abused players in the Premier League have turned out to be Man Utd players after research was conducted by the Alan Turing Institute.
Good luck, Kev.
This is Transfermarkt's most valuable XI from the EFL Championship, featuring some of the stars of England's second division.
Our calculations for the 'Slept On' XI was to look at the least picked players who scored over 100 players last season. If you want to see the individual stats of the players, they're listed below and the total team points too!
GK: Fabianski (1.3%) - 136 points
DF: Emerson Royal (0.7%) - 102 points
DF: Max Kilman (0.8%) - 106 points
DF: Rico Henry (0.7%) - 108 points
DF: Ben Davies (0.7%) - 105 points
MF: Christian Norgaard (0.3%) - 101 points
MF: Emi Buendia (0.6%) - 107 points
MF: P-E Hojbjerg (0.9%) - 109 points
FW: Raul Jimenez (0.9%) - 101 points
FW: Che Adams (0.8%) - 103 points
FW: Richarlison (0.3%) - 125 points
Total Points: 1,203
Liverpool have confirmed the contract extension of Portuguese forward Diogo Jota. The striker joined from Wolves back in September 2020, and has committed his future at Anfield, however the number of years has yet to be officially confirmed.
Conversations between referees and VAR officials are going to be publicised post-game, allowing fans to listen in on conversations between the two. It's unsure whether this will only be available via post-game footage and highlights, or whether clips will be played minutes after conversations, a la Formula 1's team radio transmissions.
Source: @TimesSport ๐
Chelsea are working hard to offload flop striker Timo Werner back to RB Leipzig, with a potential swap deal for Josko Gvardiol being ruled out.
Sergio Aguero is using his Twitch live streams to commentate over Manchester City's recent games, with his most recent comments about Erling Haaland raising a few eyebrows.
"He was too used to Germany, [Erling] Haaland thought he was alone, then [Virgil] Van Dijk arrived and said 'welcome to the #PL'."
[@Twitch via @MirrorFootball]
Despite reports of a move to Man City, Marc Cucurella's final destination this summer seems to be West London, with Chelsea willing to pay Brighton's £50 million asking price.
Chelsea and Brighton in direct talks again today in order to complete the deal.
Watch Ivan Periลกiฤ's first interview as a Spurs player! ๐
The first week of the Scottish Premiership has delivered the following player ratings:
