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• Inside Chelsea's summer clear-out: The price tags slapped on Enzo Fernandez, Nicolas Jackson and Liam Delap, latest on Pedro Neto, why Blues aren't panicking about 46-man squad and the two stars set to sign new deals8 August 2026, 1:00 am
  Chelsea's website has 46 player profiles listed for their senior squad and soon there should be another addition. That is Pep Chavarria, a 28-year-old Spaniard whom you may not be familiar with.
  
• Liverpool agree surprise loan move for Barcelona captain Ronald Araujo as Andoni Iraola looks to bolster injury-hit defence7 August 2026, 11:08 pm
  SIMON JONES: Primarily a central defender, Araujo would also also provide cover at right back for Jeremie Frimpong and Conor Bradley, whose knee injury is set to continue sidelining him.
  
• Rodri tells Real Madrid he wishes to join Barcelona while Aston Villa strike agreement with Atletico Madrid star in move that could help push Cristian Romero closer to Spain move: WINDOW WATCH7 August 2026, 10:53 pm
  The transfer window is now open until September 1 and it's sure to be a busy period with clubs looking to make big signings ahead of next season. Here are today's latest developments.
  
• Some of the elites criticising Gianni Infantino are sheer hypocrites. How can the money-obsessed leeches behind the Super League expect us to listen to their confected moral outrage as they bleed our beloved game dry, writes IAN HERBERT7 August 2026, 10:37 pm
  The most preposterous man in football is staggering on, so perhaps that's why the biggest hypocrites of another dark week for football appear to have got away with it.
  
• Gianni Infantino's 'alleged mistress received six-figure pay-off from UEFA following affair while he was in senior position' - as FIFA president faces mounting calls to quit7 August 2026, 10:14 pm
  The pressure on Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA president has grown after it emerged UEFA paid off his alleged mistress during his time with the European governing body.
  
• Celtic's forgotten man Jota back in training after injury hell... as assistant boss Shaun Maloney outlines plan for winger's return to first-team fold7 August 2026, 9:51 pm
  While Martin O'Neill's absence from Celtic training yesterday was entirely expected, the presence of a familiar face on the Lennoxtown grass was not.
  
• Named: The seven Premier League youngsters who have shone in pre-season and could stake a claim to feature in the first-team7 August 2026, 9:18 pm
  Daily Mail Sport runs the rule over the youngsters who have staked the greatest claim to earn Premier League minutes and who they would have to leapfrog to claim these opportunities.
  
• SFA call for summit with all 42 Scottish clubs to discuss worrying lack of home-based players in matchday squads7 August 2026, 9:16 pm
  All 42 SPFL clubs have been summoned to attend a crisis meeting by the SFA around the future of Scottish football.
  
• Former Tottenham star Andros Townsend joins 17th club of his career - after his bizarre diet made him a viral sensation during the World Cup7 August 2026, 8:00 pm
  Townsend, 34, has previously played for Spurs, Newcastle, Palace and Everton, and moved to Thailand after a short spell with Turkish side Antalyaspor.
  
• Newcastle identify former Tottenham midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg as the man to replace Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali7 August 2026, 7:37 pm
  SIMON JONES AND CRAIG HOPE: The experienced Danish international has been identified as someone who could help smooth the transition from losing Guimaraes and Tonali.
  
• The Preview: Premiership new boys St Johnstone can be this year's great entertainers under Simo Valakari7 August 2026, 6:38 pm
  Ahead of St Johnstone's opening-day meeting with Kilmarnock last weekend, manager Simo Valakari warned of his side's need to be 'solid' and 'streetwise' to have a chance of staying up.
  
• Lucy Bronze becomes the first England footballer to back FIFA boycott as pressure mounts on Gianni Infantino: 'It is for the good of the game'7 August 2026, 6:19 pm
  UEFA previously said that Infantino's proposal would have to be withdrawn and that it would need assurances that such 'attempts to disfigure the game this way will never be made again'.
  
• Former Man United star Nicky Butt reveals he is BANNED from his local tip after blazing row with staff7 August 2026, 5:53 pm
  Butt, 51, says he got into a blazing confrontation with a worker at the tip who prevented him from entering the site.
  
• With £60m spent in a year, little sign of 'pro-Scottish bias' and a team still full of last term's losers, what is Andrew Cavenagh's strategy for Rangers?7 August 2026, 5:21 pm
  As recently as mid-May, chairman Andrew Cavenagh mapped out the latest direction of travel - or, perhaps, the latest left turn - for Rangers in the wake of another campaign of collapse and chaos.
  
• Newcastle did NOT want to sell £75m Bruno Guimaraes - but 'very emotional' captain asked to leave for Arsenal, reveals transfer chief7 August 2026, 4:49 pm
  The 28-year-old midfielder is set to leave the Magpies and join Arsenal for a fee of £75m, although confirmation of the move has not been officially announced yet.