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• Arsenal were the biggest losers from the three-week international break as team with the most average minutes is revealed - but how did it affect YOUR club?8 October 2026, 9:31 pm
  There are several reasons why most football fans dislike international breaks - especially when they last three weeks - but chief among them is the fact they regularly leave their club's best players injured.
  
• Jose Mourinho aims playful dig at Man City over bombshell guilty verdict - and insists he 'would rather have a laugh' about club's cheating scandal8 October 2026, 9:25 pm
  Jose Mourinho says he 'would rather have a laugh' about Man City's cheating verdict than be drawn into a serious discussion of the financial cheating scandal. 
  
• Stephen Ireland opens up on 'life-changing' double-leg break while playing for ex-Premier League all-stars, why there's a target on their backs - and the 'f***ing mental' mistake by a Man United cult hero!8 October 2026, 9:20 pm
  CHRIS WHEELER: Stephen Ireland cries out in pain as the paramedics try to stabilise the fractured tibia and fibula bones in his right leg.
  
• Where it's all gone wrong for Arsenal Women: A coach in trouble, terrible finishing, letting tenacious duo leave, predictable substitutions and the Alessia Russo and Steph Catley dilemmas8 October 2026, 8:26 pm
  On October 4, 2025, Renee Slegers' Arsenal fell to a defeat to Manchester City after a frustrating start to their season. A year later, to the day, the Gunners once again fell to City. Same old story.
  
• ONE TEAM IN TALLINN: 30 years on, how Scotland 'won' the shortest international match in history8 October 2026, 8:20 pm
  Warming up alongside his Scotland teammates on the pitch at the Kadrioru Stadium in Tallinn, Craig Burley was consumed by one thought: Get me out of here!
  
• Defiant Enzo Maresca insists players and staff 'completely trust' Man City despite guilty verdict and insists there are NO concerns in dressing room after Erling Haaland became first star to speak out8 October 2026, 8:09 pm
  MIKE KEEGAN AND JACK GAUGHAN: Enzo Maresca says he is 'very calm' despite Manchester City's seismic guilty verdict and has claimed the club's players 'don't care too much about the noise'.
  
• Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal walk-out left mother in 'tears' as she reveals what she told star, 41, after he quit the team's camp 'through the back door'8 October 2026, 6:53 pm
  Cristiano Ronaldo's mother has revealed she 'cried' following the 'shock' of his walk-out from the Portugal squad last week.
  
• Ex-Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka's Covid fraud relief: Premier League star spared jail after confessing to faking vaccine8 October 2026, 6:45 pm
  Swiss authorities investigated the case, with the possible penalties including a major fine and a maximum of five years behind bars, and he did not take part in Switzerland's recent camp.
  
• Southampton's classless response to spying manager Tonda Eckert escaping an FA ban over Spygate scandal8 October 2026, 6:44 pm
  Eckert is free to continue managing Saints despite Daily Mail Sport's revelation last season that they had spied on Middlesbrough before their play-off semi-final clash.
  
• Chelsea Confidential: Latest on Moises Caicedo's fitness fight, Blues source reveals stars were 'not at it' in Pompey loss, Premier League's stance on John Terry's spygate slip and why Cobham upgrade is planned8 October 2026, 5:58 pm
  Moises Caicedo played in Chelsea's behind-closed-doors friendly with Portsmouth last Saturday, sources have revealed to Confidential, with the midfielder working his way back from a calf injury.
  
• Man City fans accuse Premier League of 'airbrushing' club from online content after guilty verdict, pointing out two key examples in recent videos8 October 2026, 5:37 pm
  JACK GAUGHAN: New Premier League videos posted online this week have provoked fury among Manchester City supporters with accusations that the club are being airbrushed.
  
• Mikel Arteta's bizarre management techniques started on DAY ONE at Arsenal: Boss reveals how he destroyed an office - and ordered staff to put it back together again in just two minutes8 October 2026, 5:07 pm
  Arteta was famed for his use of speakers in training (not just blasting 'You'll Never Walk Alone' before a 4-0 defeat at Anfield in 2021) and has even brought in team dog named Win.
  
• FERGIE TIME! Derek McInnes reveals visit from Sir Alex and says wise words from managerial legend helped him put slow start at Ibrox into perspective8 October 2026, 4:57 pm
  By the time he eventually stepped away from Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson left a trophy cabinet bursting at the seams and a legacy as one of the greatest managers of all time.
  
• Rangers boss Derek McInnes is no fan of elongated international break as he looks for Ibrox men to maintain their winning momentum8 October 2026, 4:49 pm
  Rangers boss Derek McInnes has hit out at the extended international break - insisting he is 'not a fan' of the new-look format.
  
• The fearsome paymasters, childhood tragedy and hunts for gold that made Khaldoon Al Mubarak the UAE's ruthless power-broker - and the seismic stakes back home that mean he cannot afford to lose Man City case8 October 2026, 4:27 pm
  When John W Henry first set foot inside Anfield, he said financial sustainability rules were necessary as 'I don't have "Sheikh" in front of my name.' He didn't count on his biggest rival having no such title at all.