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Arsenal and Liverpool given hope of signing Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has given Arsenal and Liverpool hope of signing Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi before the transfer deadline. Eze and Guehi both helped Crystal Palace win the Community Shield for the first time on Sunday with a penalty shootout victory over Liverpool. The traditional Premier League curtain-raiser finished 2-2 after Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr cancelled out goals from Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong. Dean Henderson was Palace's hero in the shootout, as he was in May's FA Cup final against Manchester City, saving strikes from Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott, while Mohamed Salah skied his effort. Amid the scenes of jubilation at Wembley, Crystal Palace fans may have been wondering whether they had seen the last of two of their most important players, England internationals Eze and Guehi. In The Mixer: Exclusive analysis, FPL tips and transfer talk sent straight to your inbox every week – sign up, it's an open goal. Arsenal have expressed interest in signing Eze, who is available for around £65m, while Liverpool are expected to bid for Guehi. Crystal Palace co-owner Parish faced the media following the Community Shield and was asked whether beating the Premier League champions showed how important it is to keep Eze and Guehi at the club. Parish replied: 'Yeah of course, but listen, players come and go in football clubs. I mean it's a life cycle isn't it? 'Hopefully they'll still be here, that's what I'd like. But we'll see.' More Trending Asked about Crystal Palace's own transfer business, which has frustrated Oliver Glasner, Parish added: 'It's difficult. 'We have an outstanding 15 or 16 players, trying to get that level of quality in is hard. The prices – at the end of day we're Crystal Palace. 'The money at every football club is finite at some point. We will do what we can, try and help where we can. We all want to be better at football as we will try and do what we can.' More to follow… MORE: Manchester United star agrees to leave but Ruben Amorim told to block transfer MORE: Chelsea offer two players in deal to sign £60m star Xavi Simons MORE: Liverpool's £40m new signing called out for error after Community Shield defeat
Scottish Sun
18 minutes ago
- Scottish Sun
Chelsea earn 50 times more than Morecambe's wage bill for Club World Cup win with National League side on brink
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) I WAS at Wembley four years ago as Morecambe enjoyed the proudest moment in their history — promotion to League One. And they spent two seasons competing in the third tier, which was their highest level. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Morecambe are on the brink of going bust Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 But their wage bill is 50 times lower than what Chelsea earned for winning the Club World Cup Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 A football regulator can't come soon enough Credit: Shutterstock Editorial But, unbeknownst to everyone, it set off a ticking timebomb that has led to their 105-year existence being under threat. Competing in a division with huge clubs like Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday, they had to stretch their finances. But they still had one of the lowest budgets and, ultimately, did not stand a chance. Until two years ago, the Shrimps had NEVER suffered relegation in their history. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL BLUE FEELING Maresca gives Chalobah update after star went off for unusual reason vs Milan They spent the first 48 years in the Lancashire Combination, then 27 years in the Northern League Premier before 12 more in the Conference. Morecambe won promotion to the EFL in 2007 and spent 14 years in League Two before that historic day at Wembley. Now this proud club have not only suffered TWO relegations but could cease to exist in just over a fortnight. National League chiefs have already suspended them from the competition — just like the EFL did to Bury in League One before expelling them in 2019. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK I've been told by a well-placed Shrimps insider that if they are not sold by this FRIDAY, the death knell will shortly be sounded on this historic club. Most probably on August 20 when the National League meet to decide the club's fate. Chelsea legend Eden Hazard reveals he was huge fan of Blues' rivals before becoming their tormentor As things stand, the club only have FOUR senior players. Whoever takes over will have just five days to sign another 12 to meet the minimum National League requirement of 16. Jason Whittingham's Bond Group Investments — their owners — have had two offers to buy the club from Panjab Warriors and a consortium led by businessman Jonny Cato. It would be a disgrace if he failed to agree a sale, given he says he no longer has the cash to fund the Shrimps. The club belongs to the town, community and fans — not him. All this brings into sharp focus how a football club can implode when owners try to break through their glass ceiling and show ambition. The pyramid system is wonderful when you see clubs like Brentford and Luton reach the Premier League. But then you see what happened to the likes of Bury, Macclesfield and now — possibly — Morecambe. Last season, the Shrimps travelled to Chelsea in the FA Cup. The Blues went on to win the Conference League, secure Champions League football and lift the Club World Cup. And Chelsea made around £85MILLION from the summer tournament in the States. That is 50 TIMES Morecambe's wage bill last season. It seems outrageous while the Prem elites keep coining it in, small lower-league clubs are in danger of going bust. Top-flight toffs have looked down their noses at EFL paupers for years. The money they filter into the lower leagues is chicken feed compared to the huge amounts relegated teams get in parachute payments — creating a ridiculously unlevel playing field. They argue fewer top-flight clubs will be able to try to compete with giants Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea if the parachute payments are not in place. And this is why the football regulator cannot come soon enough — although I fear that it will not be in time for Morecambe. Surely one of the first things the regulator should do is to help pave the way for clubs in League One and Two to be able to install 4G pitches — enabling them to raise much-needed revenue. Morecambe would almost certainly not be in trouble if they had one at their stadium. It was ridiculous that Sutton United had to rip up their highly successful 4G pitch at Gander Green Lane to enable them to get promoted in 2021. How absurd that when lower-league clubs are struggling enough, there is this stupid rule to cut off a money-maker. It is not like these pitches are those awful plastic ones they had at Oldham's Boundary Park and Luton's Kenilworth Road back in the 1980s and early 1990s. Let's hope that the current owners, Jason Whittingham's Bond Investment Group, regain control of their senses and sell up to one of the two interested buyers this week. Or the town's most famous resident, former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, weighs in and saves the club. As the town's most famous son Eric Morecambe famously sang: 'Bring me Sunshine.' It is time for that big ball of fire in the sky to start shining brightly on great little football clubs like this. 5 Morecambe's most famous resident, Tyson Fury, could make a move to save the historic club Credit: Getty
BBC News
18 minutes ago
- BBC News
The Hundred tables, top run-scorers & wicket-takers
The 2025 men's and women's Hundred competitions are well and truly under which teams have started in the best form, and which players are topping the run-scoring and wicket-taking charts?BBC Sport digs out the numbers which matter, and scroll down to the bottom to see a combined table. * Winners qualify directly for final; second and third-placed team play each other in Eliminator Men's Hundred 2025: Batting stats Most runsJonny Bairstow (Welsh Fire) 128Phil Salt (Manchester Originals) 101Will Jacks (Oval Invincibles) 85 Tom Banton (Trent Rockets) 80David Warner (London Spirit) 79Highest strike-rateJonny Bairstow (Welsh Fire) 175.3Will Jacks (Oval Invincibles) 170Zak Crawley (Northern Superchargers) 164.3Mark Chapman (Manchester Originals) 161.3Tawanda Muyeye (Oval Invincibles) 160.4Most sixesJonny Bairstow (Welsh Fire) 6Phil Salt (Manchester Originals) 5Zak Crawley, Harry Brook (Northern Superchargers) 4Tom Banton (Trent Rockets), Liam Livingstone (Birmingham Phoenix), Mark Chapman (Manchester Originals) 3 Women's Hundred 2025: Batting stats Most runsMeg Lanning (Oval Invincibles) 141 Grace Harris (London Spirit) 107 Davina Perrin (Northern Superchargers) 93 Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Southern Brave) 91 Nat Sciver-Brunt (Trent Rockets) 79 Highest strike-rateGrace Harris (London Spirit) 191.1Ash Gardner (Trent Rockets) 175.0Emma Lamb (Birmingham Phoenix) 168.4Cordelia Griffith (London Spirit) 159.4Meg Lanning (Oval Invincibles) 151.6Most sixesGrace Harris (London Spirit) 7Meg Lanning (Oval Invincibles) 6Tammy Beaumont (Welsh Fire) 3Nat Sciver-Brunt (Trent Rockets) 2Eight players have one six Men's Hundred 2025: Bowling stats Most wicketsRashid Khan (Oval Invincibles) 6Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles), Imad Wasim (Northern Superchargers) 5Lockie Ferguson (Trent Rockets), Adil Rashid (Northern Superchargers) 4Bowling strike-rate (average balls bowled per wicket)Rashid Khan (Oval Invincibles) 7Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles), Imad Wasim (Northern Superchargers) 8Lockie Ferguson (Trent Rockets) 10Jason Behrendorff (Oval Invincibles), Dan Worrall (London Spirit) 12Bowling economy (average runs conceded per six balls)Rashid Khan (Oval Invincibles) 4.5Jordan Clark (Oval Invincibles), Jofra Archer (Southern Brave) 4.8Liam Dawson (London Spirit), James Coles (Southern Brave) 5.1Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles), Michael Bracewell (Southern Brave) 5.4 Women's Hundred 2025: Bowling stats Most wicketsLauren Bell (Southern Brave) six wicketsHayley Matthews, Freya Davies (both Welsh Fire), Marizanne Kapp (Oval Invincibles), Kate Cross (Northern Superchargers) & Em Arlott (Birmingham Phoenix) four wicketsBowling strike-rate (average balls bowled per wicket)Lauren Bell (Southern Brave) 6.5Freya Davies (Welsh Fire) 8.5Marizanne Kapp (Oval Invincible), Hayley Matthews (Welsh Fire), Kate Cross (Northern Superchargers) 10Bowling economy (average runs conceded per six balls)Tara Norris (London Spirit) 3.3Tilly Corteen-Coleman (Southern Brave) 4.2Grace Harris (London Spirit) 4.8Hayley Matthews (Welsh Fire) 5.0Danielle Gregory (Manchester Originals) 5.1
