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• Roy Keane refuses to apologise to Andy Robertson after calling him a big BABY when he was elbowed by an assistant referee22 September 2026, 9:14 pm
  The Sky Sports pundit famously infantilised Robertson when he was at Liverpool after he complained about being elbowed in the face by a linesman during a match against Arsenal.
  
• Spanish clubs eye swoop for Alejandro Garnacho as ex-Man United star's Aston Villa spell unravels - with £43m attacker playing just 31 MINUTES under Unai Emery22 September 2026, 8:14 pm
  The Argentine moved to Villa from Chelsea in the summer on a season's loan deal, which will become a permanent £43million move if Garnacho hits certain targets.
  
• Celtic chief offers full backing to under-pressure boss Martin O'Neill22 September 2026, 7:55 pm
  Celtic chief executive Michael Nicholson insists the club remain fully supportive of Martin O'Neill despite the veteran manager being under mounting pressure.
  
• Alan Shearer accuses Tottenham of overspending on £330m summer makeover and claims splurging an 'absolute fortune' has only piled on pressure - as he questions the 'ability' of Sandro Tonali, Savio and Co22 September 2026, 7:44 pm
  Spurs splashed huge money on Sandro Tonali (£100m), Mateus Fernandes (£85m), Savio (£85m), Jan Paul van Hecke (£52m), and Tosin Adarabioyo (£7m).
  
• Andy Robertson claims Tottenham stars are 'guilty of carrying the weight of last season' as relegation alarm bells are sounded again after disastrous start to new Premier League campaign22 September 2026, 7:43 pm
  After successive 17th place finishes, Spurs are rock bottom at the international break and winless with only two points and two goals from five games.
  
• Andros Townsend claims his bizarre diet including olive oil, raw cacao and chicken feet slow cooked for eight hours prevented him needing ANY medication after he was run over by a pitch rolling machine22 September 2026, 6:17 pm
  The former England international has described how he couldn't walk out of sheer 'agony' after almost being crushed by a pitch roller at half-time during a match in Thailand.
  
• Paul Gascoigne reveals why he knew Tottenham 'were going to struggle'... as his old club slump to bottom of the Premier League before the international break22 September 2026, 5:12 pm
  The north London side have endured a nightmare start to their first full season under Roberto De Zerbi as they sit at the foot of the table without a win in five Premier League games.
  
• Morgan Gibbs-White ditches Dubai just TWO hours into family holiday to answer England's SOS call - as fiancee Britney De Villiers shares bizarre video of him leaving22 September 2026, 4:58 pm
  The Nottingham Forest star had gone away with his fiancee Britney De Villiers - with whom he has two children - after missing out on Thomas Tuchel's squad.
  
• 'We lost the edge, what's the point?': Liverpool's £241m signings Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz couldn't settle because team-mates 'didn't care' after Diogo Jota's death, says Andy Robertson22 September 2026, 4:37 pm
  Jota was tragically killed in a car accident alongside his brother Andre Silva in northern Spain in July 2025. The 28-year-old had been on his way to report to Merseyside for pre-season training.
  
• Mikel Arteta rewarded for title triumph with bumper new Arsenal deal that could take him beyond 10 years at club22 September 2026, 4:14 pm
  The Gunners boss, who led his side to their first Premier League title in 22 years last season, is already the longest-serving manager in the division by nearly three years.
  
• Man United Confidential: Latest in JJ Gabriel saga as key deadline looms and super agents fight over wonderkid, tug-of-war over academy star and 'very positive' milestone for new stadium22 September 2026, 4:04 pm
  The Old Trafford hierarchy are refusing to bow to Gabriel's demand to rip up his registration and leave as a free agent - a move that could earn the club just £300,000 in compensation.
  
• 'His brain works at 100 miles an hour': Inside Brighton owner Tony Bloom's top-secret Starlizard HQ - as sources reveal the cloak-and-dagger meetings, maths geniuses, intense working hours and 'paranoia' fuelling Seagulls' remarkable success22 September 2026, 4:03 pm
  It's lunchtime at London's Camden Lock and only the young professionals who emerge from a canal-side edifice called The Iceworks know that a business of huge Premier League significance lies within.
  
• 'You don't get away with it... you get found out': Paul Scholes delivers chastening verdict on 36-year-old Jordan Henderson after Chelsea's defeat at Brentford22 September 2026, 3:17 pm
  Scholes, 51, took to his podcast, The Good The Bad and The Football, to express his surprise at Xabi Alonso's decision to start the ex - Liverpool captain in Chelsea's 3-0 loss away at Brentford
  
• Ex-Premier League star Jay Bothroyd links Covid vaccine with 'frightening' heart surgery he needed for an irregular heartbeat just six months after taking the jab22 September 2026, 1:53 pm
  Bothroyd, who is now a popular pundit on Sky Sports, finished his career in Japan with Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, which is who he was playing for when the Covid pandemic broke out.
  
• Why Kylian Mbappe turned down Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp - even though they charmed his mum! Real Madrid superstar reveals details of how close he came to Anfield move22 September 2026, 1:35 pm
  The Real Madrid star came close to signing for the Reds as a teenager, with Klopp previously revealing secret meetings and Mbappe's mother pushing for him to Merseyside.