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• Premier League LIVE: All the reaction as toothless Spurs hold Nottingham Forest to goalless draw, Erling Haaland strikes again for Man City - and unbeaten Hull prepare to face Aston Villa5 September 2026, 4:12 pm
  Follow Daily Mail Sport's live coverage for the latest updates of Newcastle's clash with Bournemouth at St James' Park in the Premier League, before five 3pm.
  
• Pierre Sage's supersubs prove the difference as unlikely heroes Tyrick Mitchell and Ben Chilwell pile pressure on Alvaro Arbeloa: Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace5 September 2026, 4:08 pm
  Sage and Arbeloa began their Saturday in much the same place. Winless, pointless, and starting to wonder if they had made a mistake in taking a long-term lease on a London flat.
  
• Ragged in attack, messy in defence - chaotic Newcastle were bettered by Bournemouth for most of their 2-2 draw... but Eden Hazard-like £51m Matias Fernandez-Pardo brings excitement, writes CRAIG HOPE5 September 2026, 3:17 pm
  CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: There remains more chaos than cohesion with Newcastle 2.0, but spirit has survived the reboot.
  
• Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in line to play TOGETHER for the first time ever as their former team-mate plots star-studded farewell match5 September 2026, 1:30 pm
  Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will line up for the same team for the first time ever later this year... if Carlos Tevez gets his way.
  
• Richard Hughes, mastermind of Liverpool's £700m transfer rebuild, QUITS to move to Saudi Arabia5 September 2026, 12:23 pm
  Big-spending Richard Hughes has officially left his post as Liverpool sporting director. 
  
• Andy Gray is handed return to UK broadcasting - covering Liverpool in his first game back - over a decade after leaving the country with Richard Keys in wake of Sky Sports sexism row5 September 2026, 11:29 am
  Scottish pundit Gray, 70, has been absent from UK television and radio for 12 years. He was sacked by Sky Sports in 2011 after being caught making sexist comments about a female assistant referee.
  
• Virgil van Dijk suggests Cody Gakpo is suffering after cancelled £80m Man City transfer and loss of his unborn son - despite his remarkable return to help Liverpool win5 September 2026, 11:15 am
  Virgil Van Dijk insists no-one knows what Cody Gakpo has been through and hailed the Dutchman after his two assists helped Liverpool to their first win of the season.
  
• Four PSG superstars are called out for 'truly concerning' form in France as they suffer worst start to a season in NINETEEN YEARS after flopping to four games without a win already5 September 2026, 11:14 am
  Paris Saint-Germain's nightmare start to the new season continued on Friday night as Luis Enrique's side were beaten 2-1 by Monaco. 
  
• Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso are the king of the Premier League and the pretender to the throne. This is the story of how their remarkable shared history led them to the same touchline - as very different managers5 September 2026, 10:55 am
  If their backgrounds unite them, the different paths Arteta and Alonso's careers have taken exposed them to contrasting influences that have shaped the football their teams play.
  
• 'I didn't watch Villa when I was injured... it was too difficult': BOUBACAR KAMARA opens up on his 'tough' comeback from injury, what life is like under Unai Emery and why he's optimistic Aston Villa's best days are ahead of them5 September 2026, 10:55 am
  Kamara puffs out his cheeks and grimaces ever so slightly. He is one of the best midfielders in the business but still the crash-bang-wallop of the modern Premier League takes his breath away.
  
• 'The most competitive league in the world? Don't be ridiculous. It's rigged': Angry insiders doubt whether Aston Villa, Newcastle, Everton and Co can ever break the Premier League's glass ceiling and challenge the 'arrogant', free-spending 'Big Six'5 September 2026, 10:54 am
  After a summer that has seen our big Premier League clubs spend with all the dignity of the Wolf of Wall Street trading floor, the mood among many of our rank and file top flight clubs is unanimous.
  
• Sarcastic Jose Mourinho hits out after Real Madrid's controversial defeat: Kylian Mbappe has 94TH-MINUTE penalty saved - which should have been retaken - as ex-Spurs star scores the winner for Real Betis5 September 2026, 8:00 am
  Jose Mourinho suffered the first setback of his second spell as Real Madrid manager as his side were beaten 1-0 by Real Betis, with Kylian Mbappe missing a last minute penalty. 
  
• Alexander Isak and Liverpool's Red Arrows give the Andoni Iraola era a true lift off - they were not perfect but the manner of the win over Ipswich sends a warning to their rivals, writes LEWIS STEELE5 September 2026, 8:00 am
  LEWIS STEELE AT PORTMAN ROAD: Barcola, all £123million of him, was limited to a watching brief for the first hour and may have been pondering just how he gets in this team.
  
• Unused in the Premier League and almost replaced in the transfer market, Viktor Gyokeres' Arsenal career is at a crossroads. But this is why you'd be foolish to write him off5 September 2026, 1:26 am
  Gyokeres is in uncharted territory. The Swede has not played a single minute in either of Arsenal's two league matches thus far, against Coventry and Aston Villa .
  
• Football's most eye-catching new kit unveiling: Couples kiss to launch top European team's shirt 'inspired by a sense of connection'4 September 2026, 10:45 pm
  A two-minute video, which has caught the eye of fans, begins with the words: 'Love takes many forms' on the screen, as a couple take a seat in what appears to be the club changing room.