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• Liverpool sack Arne Slot a year on from winning the Premier League with Andoni Iraola in running to take up Anfield reins30 May 2026, 11:18 am
  Liverpool are set to sack Arne Slot just a year after he led them to their second Premier League title.
  
• Bayern Munich enter race for Liverpool, Man City and Man United target after missing out on Barcelona's £70m signing Anthony Gordon30 May 2026, 9:01 am
  Bayern are said to be keen after Barcelona beat them to the acquisition of Anthony Gordon for £69.3million from Newcastle.
  
• An eight-hour delay, speaking fluent Spanish, qualities that impressed new boss and club's cunning plan to bag Marcus Rashford on the cheap: How Barcelona granted Anthony Gordon's childhood wish30 May 2026, 7:58 am
  After spending most of the day in a hotel waiting for bureaucratic snags to be ironed out, Anthony Gordon became Barcelona's sixth most-expensive signing ever on Friday night.
  
• Barcelona's new £70m signing Anthony Gordon stuns by speaking fluent Spanish at unveiling30 May 2026, 7:47 am
  The 25-year-old, who is also in England's World Cup squad for the summer, passed his medical and was set to be revealed as a Barca player, but had been made to wait a few more hours.
  
• Arsenal's last Champions League final was 20 YEARS ago - so here's where their stars of 2006 are now... including a midfielder worth £10BILLION30 May 2026, 7:04 am
  Arsenal's run to the 2006 Champions League final remains one of the most memorable campaigns in the club's history. Two decades on, the starting XI have taken very different paths since departing.
  
• Curacao clash is crucial to get much-needed minutes into the legs of undercooked Scotland trio Aaron Hickey, Billy Gilmour and Ben Gannon-Doak30 May 2026, 6:04 am
  There's an entire generation of Scotland supporters who have never experienced this kind of thing before.
  
• Revealed: The unseen Arsenal dark arts and why they're far more widespread than you realise - and why they go unpunished30 May 2026, 1:00 am
  One reason - alongside their superb defenders - why Arsenal have such a phenomenal backline is that they are better than anyone at stopping attacks at source, by means fair or foul. Certainly the latter.
  
• Ryan Christie insists Scotland have a point to prove at 2026 World Cup as midfielder opens up on Euros regrets29 May 2026, 11:35 pm
  Scotland midfielder Ryan Christie insists the squad will have a 'chip on their shoulder' during the World Cup after failing to fire a shot in the last two Euro campaigns.
  
• Manager Steve Clarke backs Scotland to kick on and become World Cup regulars as long-term vision revealed29 May 2026, 11:34 pm
  Steve Clarke is confident he can oversee an evolution of Scotland's squad after signing a new contract to remain as manager until 2030.
  
• Cristian Volpato drops World Cup stunner, choosing to represent Australia over Italy on the eve of the tournament29 May 2026, 10:35 pm
  In a sensational turn of events, Cristian Volpato will head to the United States to link up with the Socceroos just two weeks out from the World Cup
  
• Raheem Sterling arrested on suspicion of drug driving after ex-England star, 31, crashed Lamborghini into motorway barriers as police issue statement29 May 2026, 10:09 pm
  Sterling, who last played for his country in December 2022, allegedly crashed his Lamborghini on the M3 on Thursday, and was pulled over by police at 9am. He was bailed pending enquiries.
  
• This is Arsenal's chance to become immortal: The key battles Mikel Arteta's men MUST win, how PSG can be beaten and why Gunners are a dangerous opponent for the best club side in the world, writes OLIVER HOLT29 May 2026, 9:26 pm
  OLIVER HOLT IN BUDAPEST: Arsenal were 11th in the league when Mikel Arteta took over as manager in December 2019 and had fallen even further from the summit of the European game.
  
• Barcelona DELAY unveiling of £70m signing Anthony Gordon after the winger completes his medical ahead of mega-move from Newcastle29 May 2026, 7:13 pm
  The 25-year-old has passed his medical and was set to be revealed as a Barca player at 12:30 BST on Friday, but has been made to wait a number of hours for the news to be announced.
  
• Atletico Madrid brutally mock Barcelona over pursuit of Julian Alvarez as public spat escalates: Angry Spanish club attack LaLiga giants in series of bizarre social media posts29 May 2026, 7:02 pm
  Reports in Spain said that Atletico had issued a furious hands-off warning to both Arsenal and Barca as they monitored Alvarez, though it was reported that £130million would be enough to get a deal done.
  
• Only THREE Arsenal stars make the cut and Bukayo Saka misses out: Stats boffins reveal combined PSG vs Arsenal XI ahead of the Champions League final29 May 2026, 5:43 pm
  On Saturday, Mikel Arteta's men look to become the first Arsenal team to ever win the Champions League , as they take on holders Paris Saint-Germain in Budapest's Puskas Arena.