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• How the Premier League killed Arsenal's set-piece threat - and the fightback against winning ugly being led by referees, rulemakers... and towels10 October 2026, 8:35 am
  JAMES SHARPE: For the last three seasons, Arsenal ranked top for set-piece goals. This season they have yet to score a single goal from a dead ball - bar a solitary penalty.
  
• Man United and Spurs combined XI according to the stats: Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo make the cut - but who is the surprise Tottenham star in the frontline?10 October 2026, 7:51 am
  Manchester United are winless in the Premier League since their 5-2 victory over Ipswich in late August and they take on a Tottenham side who are yet to pick up a single win in the league campaign.
  
• Man City 'held secret settlement talks with Premier League before guilty verdict - and club could have got let-off with a FINE before they collapsed after refusal to accept any charges'10 October 2026, 7:46 am
  Man City held 'secret settlement talks' with the Premier League before their guilty verdict. The club were unable to find common ground and those conversations then collapsed.
  
• Dan Friedkin is typical of a festering indifference from Premier League owners - he'd prefer a round of golf to a chat with David Moyes and did not care about the club, as he seeks sale - RIATH AL-SAMARRAI10 October 2026, 6:00 am
  I remember the relief around Everton when The Friedkin Group first rocked up. After the debacle and chaos and debts of the Moshiri era, they were hastily viewed as a saviour for a grand old club.
  
• Inside the £800m Everton sale: The moment the Friedkins knew they couldn't meet fans' demands, why absentee owners are confident of deal before end of season - and the signings they still want to make in January10 October 2026, 1:00 am
  Staff at the club's Liver Building offices and Finch Farm training complex say they had no inkling of the impending statement. Even CEO Angus Kinnear only found out two hours before the announcement.
  
• Andre Villas-Boas claims key reason he 'failed miserably' at Chelsea was because he couldn't handle dressing room of 'egos' and 'prima donnas'9 October 2026, 10:51 pm
  Andre Villas-Boas has spoken candidly about why he 'failed miserably' at Chelsea and admitted he could not handle the egos in the dressing room. 
  
• Heat is on for Michael Carrick and Roberto De Zerbi as Man United and Spurs meet in match neither side can afford to lose, writes CHRIS WHEELER9 October 2026, 9:59 pm
  So where were we? Before the roof caved in at Manchester City. Before the fury of the football world rained down on the Etihad. Before the Premier League landscape as we know it began to shift.
  
• O'Neill condemns tennis ball protest and fears growing Celtic divide9 October 2026, 9:53 pm
  Martin O'Neill feels the growing divide between many Celtic supporters and the club's hierarchy is 'sad' - as he condemned the tennis ball protest against Dermot Desmond at St Andrews.
  
• Mikel Arteta insists he has a clear conscience over Man City's guilty verdict - and remains tight-lipped over talks with Pep Guardiola9 October 2026, 9:32 pm
  Arteta spent three-and-a-half years as assistant coach at City from 2016 to 2019, the first two seasons of which fell inside the period under investigation by the Premier League.
  
• The glaring problems Roberto De Zerbi must fix ahead of Tottenham's crunch test at Man United, how his patience is starting to wear thin after dismal start - and why new signings are a concern after £340m rebuild9 October 2026, 9:30 pm
  Pressure is mounting and the team is rock bottom of the Premier League and badly misfiring, and recent evidence tells us Tottenham seldom react well to such scrutiny.
  
• Xabi Alonso REJECTS Thomas Tuchel's criticism of Cole Palmer's decision to withdraw from England squad as he insists Chelsea were right to take care of star themselves9 October 2026, 9:30 pm
  Alonso revealed how Palmer's injury concern was related to the groin problem which has previously plagued him as he confirmed he would be fit for the clash with Bournemouth.
  
• Jamie Carragher tears into Rio Ferdinand and Piers Morgan over their 'embarrassing' defence of Cristiano Ronaldo after his Portugal walk-out - as Gary Neville admits his former Man United team-mate is 'difficult to like'9 October 2026, 9:09 pm
  Jamie Carragher has hammered Rio Ferdinand and Piers Morgan for their 'embarrassing' defence of Cristiano Ronaldo after his Portugal walk-out. He pointed out both are close friends of the 41-year-old.
  
• Baur back at Celtic and bursting with confidence after 'unbelievable' first Germany cap under Jurgen Klopp9 October 2026, 9:07 pm
  The international break granted Mika Baur a little piece of history that no one will ever be able to take away from him.
  
• Celtic boss O'Neill to put all of his energy into the team... instead of acting as a mediator in club's civil war9 October 2026, 9:05 pm
  Upon returning to the place he once called home, Martin O'Neill would have immediately recognised that the united front he used to know at Parkhead was no more.
  
• THE CLUBHOUSE: Behind the scenes at Burren GAA, the small club with a big history - from the final where the winners didn't score, to installing Ireland's first floodlights, to the glory days of 'Shorty' and 'The Weatherman'...9 October 2026, 8:42 pm
  This weekend, St Mary's Burren, their full name, are back where they feel they belong. In Newry, they face neighbours Clonduff hoping to claim their 15th county title.