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• £20.7m Chelsea flop demands to leave - kicking off the club's fire sale as Xabi Alonso prepares to swing the axe27 May 2026, 2:13 pm
  Jorgensen, who is 24 years old and keen to become a regular starter at a club, will now be clear to explore his options.
  
• Sixty 'known troublemaker' Crystal Palace fans are BANISHED from city centre, hours before their Conference League final, after hooligan clashes27 May 2026, 1:43 pm
  Police in Germany have ordered 60 Crystal Palace fans described as 'known troublemakers' to leave Leipzig city centre after clashes before the Conference League final.
  
• Nuno Espirito Santo survives as West Ham boss - with co-chairmen David Sullivan and Daniel Kretinsky 'divided' over whether to sack him27 May 2026, 1:42 pm
  Nuno Espirito Santo is set to remain as West Ham manager despite being unable to prevent the club's relegation from the Premier League.
  
• Liverpool defender Jeremie Frimpong is AXED by Netherlands in World Cup shock after injury-hit season - but there is a place for former Man United flop now playing in Brazil27 May 2026, 1:42 pm
  The 25-year-old joined the Reds almost exactly a year ago from Bayer Leverkusen but has struggled for fitness in his first year with a number of muscular injuries.
  
• LSU soccer player reveals how she got terrifying cancer diagnosis after thinking she was just 'unfit'27 May 2026, 1:32 pm
  A 19-year-old Louisiana State soccer player has opened up about her battle with Stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma after mistaking chronic fatigue for poor conditioning.
  
• Man United agree record-breaking £20m-a-year training kit deal - but most of year one will go on newly-revealed staggering cost of sacking Ruben Amorim!27 May 2026, 1:32 pm
  The Premier League giants had been without a partner for a season but have now shaken hands on a multi-year deal which is thought to be the most lucrative training kit-only sponsorship in football.
  
• Is William England's lucky mascot? Prince meets Three Lions manager Thomas Tuchel and tells him he's 'closing in' on winning World Cup - after witnessing Aston Villa Euro glory27 May 2026, 1:07 pm
  William, patron of the Football Association, made a private visit earlier this month to St George's Park in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.
  
• Tottenham looked 'more like a five-star hotel than a performance environment when I joined' and needs a 'complete reset', says the club's under-fire CEO Vinai Venkatesham27 May 2026, 12:58 pm
  Tottenham's under-fire CEO Vinai Venkatesham has claimed the club's training facilities more closely resembled a five-star hotel than an elite performance environment when he joined last June.
  
• Manchester United in final stages of making Ederson their first summer signing as Red Devils look to seal £38m fee with Atalanta for star27 May 2026, 12:37 pm
  Manchester United and Atalanta are in the final stages over a deal for midfielder Ederson.
  
• Wembley is down to the last two in bid to host ANOTHER Champions League final - a fourth in 19 years27 May 2026, 11:57 am
  UEFA are preparing to choose between England's national stadium and Barcelona's revamped Nou Camp as the venue for the 2029 showpiece.
  
• Doctors force Premier League title-winner Kasper Schmeichel to retire at 39 with serious injury27 May 2026, 11:12 am
  Kasper Schmeichel has announced his retirement from professional football after failing to overcome a longstanding shoulder injury.
  
• USA's World Cup off to nightmare start over 'diabolical' email... as Mauricio Pochettino blasts critics in foul-mouthed rant: 'It's bulls***'27 May 2026, 11:09 am
  It was quite the show to kick off a summer that could transform soccer on these shores. 'That is America' midfielder Tyler Adams said. Someone ought to have told Pochettino.
  
• Rio Ferdinand reveals he's now earning MORE than his £120,000-a-week peak wages at Man United after moving to Dubai and with his investments and podcast portfolio27 May 2026, 10:46 am
  Rio Ferdinand has revealed that he is now earning nearly twice what he did at Manchester United, following his evolution from star athlete to media mogul.
  
• Barcelona take the lead in £80m fight to sign Anthony Gordon from Newcastle - as two other options Liverpool are focusing on are named27 May 2026, 10:08 am
  Barca sporting director Deco was in London for a series of meetings with potential targets in the days prior to the FA Cup final and is understood to have met Gordon's camp.
  
• Man City outline summer transfer plans and make stance clear on England midfielder Elliot Anderson as they look to kickstart the Enzo Maresca era27 May 2026, 8:53 am
  The England international has long been City's primary target in that area, with captain Bernardo Silva having said his goodbyes after nine years at the club earlier this week.