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Times
14 hours ago
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Chelsea reject Bayern Munich loan bid for Christopher Nkunku
Bayern Munich have failed with an approach to sign Christopher Nkunku on loan as Chelsea insist on a permanent sale. Further talks took place between Chelsea and Bayern over the weekend about the 27-year-old, who is at present not in the west London club's plans for the season. Chelsea remain clear in their stance that Nkunku can only leave on a permanent basis, while Bayern were seeking to find a formula whereby they could sign Nkunku on an initial loan. Chelsea need more sales if they are to progress with their interest in the RB Leipzig forward Xavi Simons, as well as the Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho. Inter Milan are also thought to be interested in Nkunku while RB Leipzig previously considered an approach, but it is understood that the France international had no interest in a return to his former club, who did not qualify for the Champions League this season. Inter would also need to offer a permanent deal. Bayern remain interested in Nkunku, as they are keen to reinforce their attack after selling Kingsley Coman to Al-Nassr on Friday. However at this stage, unless there is a change in position, a deal is not likely to progress. Nkunku and Chelsea will continue to explore their options during this transfer window, and it is now expected that any deal may go down to the wire. However, the prospect of Nkunku staying at Stamford Bridge has not been ruled out. Nkunku still has four years remaining on his contract, which he signed in the summer of 2023 after completing a £52million transfer from RB Leipzig. Nkunku's first season at Chelsea was hampered by injury and he struggled to nail down a permanent spot in the team under Enzo Maresca last season. He featured prominently at the Club World Cup, however, but delayed his return to pre-season last week due to a small injury issue. Jadon Sancho's proposed move to Roma has stalled after he rejected their contract offer, saying he wants to consider his options. The Italian club offered about £17million to Manchester United, who prefer to sell the winger. Sancho has a year left on his contract, worth at least £250,000 a week, although United have an option to extend it by a season until 2027. Roma have also made an approach about Leon Bailey of Aston Villa. Roma could turn to Fulham's Emile Smith Rowe as a potential alternative. The former Arsenal player, 25, lost his place in the Fulham team towards the end of last season and only came on in the 77th minute of their draw against Brighton & Hove Albion last weekend. Nottingham Forest have spent nearly £100million in the past three days after Arnaud Kalimuendo followed Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee in joining the club. Kalimuendo, 23, arrives in a deal worth about £25million from Rennes, for whom the striker scored 18 league goals last season. Hutchinson signed from Ipswich Town for a club-record £37.5million and McAtee signed from Manchester City for £30million. Forest are also in talks to sign Douglas Luiz on loan with the option to buy him for £26million. The midfielder scored nine goals to help Aston Villa qualify for the Champions League in 2024 before moving to Juventus for £42.5million. The Brazil midfielder was restricted to 19 league and six Champions League appearances last season in part due to injury.
The Sun
07-08-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
‘These are season tickets?' – Fans stunned to discover watching Bayern Munich is three times cheaper than SHREWSBURY
FANS were left stunned after discovering watching Bayern Munich is cheaper than EVERY EFL club - and three times less than Shrewsbury. German football is often hailed for its reasonable prices and passionate fan bases. 4 4 4 But season ticket prices for the 2025-26 season hammer home the stark difference in the price of football compared to England. Incredibly, of the 18 Bundesliga teams this season, only TWO can boast a season ticket cheaper than Bayern. The German champions charge just £149 for their lowest price season ticket available to adults. That works out as just £8.76 per Bundesliga match. Only Wolfsburg (£136) and Hoffenheim (£128) charge less. At the top end of the table, Borussia Dortmund charge the most for their cheapest season ticket at £221, followed by FC Koln (£214) and RB Leipzig (£208). The average lowest price season ticket across the German top flight this season is just £170. But those prices are a fraction of the cost charged by EFL clubs. In fact, Bayern Munich's £149 season ticket is £50 less than the CHEAPEST season ticket in League Two. Fleetwood's most affordable adult season ticket is £199 for their 2025-26 campaign. Viktor Gyokeres is announced at the Emirates for the first time ahead of Villarreal friendly The dearest cheapest season ticket in League Two costs a whopping £526 at Shrewsbury. In League One, Luton are top of the pile with £500 while Huddersfield are at the other end on £249. The figures in the Championship are similar, with Norwich charging £568 and QPR £262. And in the Premier League, the cheapest adult season ticket is at the London Stadium with West Ham setting fans back £345. But just across town in North London, Arsenal top the scales with a staggering £922 cheapest season ticket. Tottenham (£856), Liverpool (£713) and Chelsea (£700) complete the top four in the Premier League. Only West Ham, Burnley (£352), Newcastle (£362) and Bournemouth (£423) have a lower season ticket fee than Manchester City (£425). Even Harrow Borough in the Isthmian South Central Division are charging £160 for an adult season ticket - £11 more than Bayern Munich. And fans could barely believe the shocking disparity between English prices and the tiny amounts charged by the German champions. One moaned: "Bayern have a cheaper season ticket than my Luton season ticket in League One." Another said: "Nice to see one of best clubs in Europe like Bayern Münich have such cheap ticket prices." A third typed: "German clubs actually care about their fans. The whole country runs on the ethos of quality of life and it's amazing to see." A fourth joked: "Here I was going €150 for a match isn't so bad..." And a shocked final user asked: "These are season ticket prices...?" 4
BBC News
01-08-2025
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- BBC News
What Palhinha would offer Tottenham
Tottenham are closing in on the loan signing of Bayern Munich midfielder Joao Palhinha. The destructive number six joined the German giants in a £42.3m deal last summer and called it "the happiest day of my life" – although the move has since soured due to injury and a lack of playing has started just 10 games in all competitions for Bayern in the last year, prompting a potential move back to the Premier League where he excelled during his two seasons with Fulham between 2022 and 34-cap Portugal international proved to be a real bargain after swapping Sporting Lisbon for Craven Cottage for around £17m, comfortably topping the Premier League rankings for tackles with a total of 300 during his initial two-season stint – 109 more than any other player. He also ranked sixth for interceptions (92).His combative style of play, however, does carry risks. The 30-year-old received 27 yellow cards across 2022-23 and 2023-24 – at least five more than anyone up for news alerts on your club
New York Times
01-08-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Rio Ngumoha is still only 16. But this is why he is impossible to ignore at Liverpool
As several Liverpool senior players found their touch and technique deserting them on the cut-up surface of the Nissan Stadium, Rio Ngumoha showed them how it's done. Not for the first time during this pre-season, the 16-year-old was the player everybody was talking about following another brilliant cameo that included the goal that sealed Liverpool's 3-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos. Advertisement In just 26 minutes, the youngster lit up the game in Tokyo, bamboozling the hosts' tiring defence, just as he had in previous games against Preston North End, Stoke City and Milan. It is a testament to how he is viewed and the impact he has made this summer that Liverpool do not see left wing as an area of their squad that needs strengthening, even after the sale of Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich. Cody Gakpo is the established left-winger, while Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike could also play there. But Ngumoha's development has seen him force his way into Slot's thinking for a permanent place in his first-team squad and potentially save the club some money in the transfer market. There is no desire to block Ngumoha's pathway to senior football. So, how has he done it? When Ngumoha chose to leave Chelsea for Liverpool last year, the London club were furious that they were losing one of England's brightest young talents. Since his arrival, he has shown why there was such disappointment in west London, impressing Liverpool's senior and academy coaching staff in training sessions and matches for various age groups. His surprise start against Accrington Stanley in the third round of the FA Cup in January exposed him to Liverpool supporters at first-team level and rewarded him for the rapid progress he was making. His 72-minute showing at Anfield that day was full of quick feet and excitement. The League Two side quickly doubled up on him and the only missing piece to his performance was end product — quite normal for a 16-year-old making their debut. Still, as he returned to the under-21 setup for the rest of the campaign, improving his end product became a point of emphasis. If any indication was needed on how that is going, he has two goals and one assist in his four appearances so far in pre-season. Advertisement His goal at Yokohama illustrated how dangerous he can be with the ball at his feet and space to run into. With Liverpool on the counter-attack, Ngumoha advanced from near the halfway line and showed his confidence to keep hold of the ball rather than use any of his team-mates, skip past the challenge of Kosei Suwama, and fire a shot beyond Ryoya Kimura. The smile on Mohamed Salah's face in the moments after the goal further emphasised the impact he has made. Salah and other senior squad members, including Andy Robertson, have helped Ngumoha settle in at first-team level, offering advice when possible. There is a fearlessness to everything he does, but he couples that with quality. This isn't a youngster dribbling down blind alleys to try to impress; this is a winger tormenting defenders with trickery, pace and purpose. From the moment he was named in the starting XI against Preston, Ngumoha has had one aim: to get on the ball and drive at his opponent. He was a constant threat at Deepdale and the source of several key chances, including Conor Bradley's opening goal. He is not quite a chalk-on-boots winger, but Ngumoha stays high and wide to give him space to be found by team-mates. That allows him to build up speed and attack the defender, putting them on the back foot. As the example below shows, when he is around the opposition penalty box, he uses his close control, agility and acceleration to burst away from opponents. On this occasion, he shaped to come inside before darting to the byline. His cross was intercepted with Darwin Nunez ready to pounce. A similar move nearly led to a goal against Milan, when he used that speed to wrong-foot Fikayo Tomori and unleash an effort on goal that was parried away by Mike Maignan. The connection he has built with Trey Nyoni has been on display, too, and the pair complement each other on the pitch. When playing together, the pair frequently combine with one-twos around the opposition area, with Ngumoha capable of making dangerous runs into the box, and Nyoni has the quality to pick out the return pass. He nearly got on the scoresheet earlier against Yokohama by linking with Nyoni. Again, Ngumoha used his agility to work a shooting opportunity, breaking into a similar position to where he scored his goal against Stoke, but his effort was saved. That moment, however, was also a reminder that Ngumoha is a young man with plenty to learn, especially in regards to his decision-making. While he did manage to shoot, he could have laid the ball off to Alexis Mac Allister or Curtis Jones to create a better goalscoring opportunity. That was not lost on Slot when he addressed the media after the game. 'There was also a moment in the game where he should have squared it to Macca (Mac Allister) or Curtis (Jones),' he said. 'So, (there were) also learning parts for him. But if you are 16 and you can impact the game like he did, that's definitely worth a compliment. 'Rio again showed the quality he has and that's nice for us because we have a lot of very good players. But to get some very good players through the academy is always helpful and always gives energy to a team as well.' Ngumoha's most encouraging performance of the four so far was against Milan when he came up against Tomori, who is an experienced top-level defender that has strength and speed. The 27-year-old got the better of the early exchanges, but as the half wore on, Ngumoha's relentlessness allowed him to start getting the better of the defender, including for his assist for Dominik Szoboszlai. His quick feet forced Tomori to backpedal and created space for him to cross the ball. While the low delivery was blocked, Ngumoha didn't rush his next move, playing the sensible pass to Szoboszlai, who produced an excellent finish. Given this was a summer without a major international tournament, Slot has been able to work with the bulk of his first-team squad from the moment pre-season began. That meant fewer youngsters made up the tour squad than usual, so it was a statement to the impression Ngumoha and fellow youngster Nyoni had made that they were taken on the trip. Advertisement During the opening weeks and on tour, the pair have continued to impress the first-team coaching staff with their attitude and talent, and they have grasped their opportunity in matches. There is a sense that they could become permanent fixtures in the squad, which would allow other youngsters such as Tyler Morton and Ben Doak to move on without any concerns over the squad's depth in those areas. Ngumoha's potentially larger role this season is more than anyone could reasonably have expected even a month ago. He will still need to be managed carefully and expectations should remain realistic. But the problem is that Ngumoha is showing why he is one of the hottest prospects in European football. He may be impossible to ignore.
BBC News
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Send your pictures and stories of why you love United
On Monday, we asked you to tell us why you fell in love with Manchester United and some of your favourite moments supporting have already been getting in touch with your photos and stories and here is just a taste from Steve:"United isn't just a club in my family - it's practically a family member. My grandad started supporting after the Munich Air Disaster in 1958, moved by the courage of a club that had lost so much. Just three months later, a patched-up United team made it all the way to the FA Cup final and that spirit of resilience sealed his loyalty for life."My mum grew up in a City household but jumped ship thanks to Best, Law and Charlton - and casually bumping into Sir Bobby Charlton in Lymm like it was a normal Tuesday."My first game? February 1995, an FA Cup tie against Leeds. I was desperate for a Kanchelskis number 14 shirt, but back then you paid per letter, so I settled for a scarf instead. We won 3-1 but I vividly remember Tony Yeboah scoring their consolation and the Leeds fans chanting his name like he'd just won the cup. I could barely see the pitch but I was hooked."Top memory though? The 1999 Champions League final. I was hosting a German exchange student, Andreas - a diehard Bayern Munich fan. He'd spent the day sightseeing in London and returned at half-time with Bayern 1–0 up and a smug grin plastered across his face. I couldn't cope with the gloating so I stormed off upstairs and listened to the second half on Radio 5 Live, sulking in the dark."With time running out, I decided to go back downstairs - if only to show a bit of grace in defeat. Just as I re-entered the room, Sheringham equalised. A stunned silence. Before we could even breathe, Solskjaer scored the winner. I leapt into the air. Andreas sank into the sofa. My living room exploded."I did visit him in Germany later that year. The welcome? Let's just say it wasn't quite as warm as that May night in England."Join in the conversation and send your best photos about why you love first visit to the stadium? A special kit? An amazing away trip?Send us your pictures and stories
