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• Cost of policing Old Firm games has TRIPLED inside three seasons as clubs are urged to contribute more after 'unsustainable' figures are revealed7 September 2026, 8:36 pm
  The cost of policing Old Firm games has been described as 'unsustainable' after it emerged that it had more than tripled across the past three seasons.
  
• Graeme Souness rips into Declan Rice again - insisting he 'plays too deep' and 'might be a centre-half' - as legend claims Arsenal midfielder wouldn't get into any of Real Madrid, Barcelona or Man City's teams7 September 2026, 8:23 pm
  Graeme Souness has delivered another scathing assessment of Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice, suggesting he might be better suited to playing in defence because he operates 'too deep'.
  
• Aston Villa handed major blow with new star Leon Goretzka out until after the international break7 September 2026, 8:22 pm
  TOM COLLOMOSSE IN BRUGES: The former Bayern Munich star, who joined Villa on a free, posted on his social media channels that his Villa debut will be delayed for at least a month.
  
• Inside Man City's summer of streamlining: Enzo Maresca's new strategy for squad depth, where Elliot Anderson and Enzo Fernandez fit in and how Hugo Viana quickly fixed the mistakes of 20257 September 2026, 7:51 pm
  JACK GAUGHAN IN PORTO: Midfield was clearly the area identified as the one requiring most surgery. Anderson's early displays suggest he is picking up from where he left off with England.
  
• Scottish football clubs need to get over their irrational fear of trusting in youth if they are to embrace the change the game so badly needs7 September 2026, 6:58 pm
  Given the blizzard of statistics which came out of Friday's meeting in St Andrews, further evidence of the dysfunctional nature of Scottish football was probably superfluous to requirements.
  
• Edu leaves Nottingham Forest: Transfer chief departs just over a year into the job after being told to 'stay away' from the club six months ago7 September 2026, 6:16 pm
  The Brazilian has not been seen at a match since February and reports emerged the following month that he had been told by Forest to stay away from the stadium and training ground.
  
• Joey Barton to stay in jail for the rest of the year as he is denied bail over golf club 'assault' that could leave victim blind in one eye7 September 2026, 5:17 pm
  Former footballer Joey Barton will remain in custody until his trial next year after a bail application was refused.
  
• Red Star Belgrade fans unveil tifo of war criminal Ratko Mladic before Serbian derby7 September 2026, 4:35 pm
  Known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia', Mladic was the Bosnian Serb commander who orchestrated the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995.
  
• Aston Villa's tricky start to the season unpacked: The Brian Madjo mystery, a transfer window scramble, the peculiar decision on Taylor Harwood-Bellis... and the one shining light7 September 2026, 4:10 pm
  TOM COLLOMOSSE: If there is one thing Unai Emery really cannot stand, it is when he calls for a substitute only to find the player is still putting on his shirt or adjusting his boots.
  
• Revealed: Why the Premier League and EFL will NOT mark 25th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks this weekend7 September 2026, 3:59 pm
  A total of 67 Britons were killed 25 years ago on Friday following a series of atrocities in the United States. Daily Mail Sport understands there are no plans to organise competition-wide tributes.
  
• 'We're just getting started,' vows Hearts boss Wouter Vrancken after comeback win at Tynecastle7 September 2026, 2:17 pm
  Wouter Vrancken predicted that there's more to come from his Hearts side as they won their fourth straight league game.
  
• St Johnstone 2-1 Hibs: Josh Fowler at the double to pile more pressure on under-fire David Gray7 September 2026, 2:15 pm
  One of St Johnstone's more unusual claims to fame down the years is that they have got a catalogue of managers the sack.
  
• Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis visits Olympiacos star in hospital after horror leg break7 September 2026, 2:04 pm
  Evangelos Marinakis has paid a visit to his star striker, Ayoub El Kaabi, in hospital after the Olympiacos player suffered a brutal leg break during his side's Greek Super League match.
  
• OLIVER HOLT: Why Arsenal can dominate the Premier League for the rest of the decade - and the three very good reasons why they didn't need a top-class forward this summer7 September 2026, 1:51 pm
  OLIVER HOLT: It is very early in the campaign but Mikel Arteta's team already looks like an upgrade on the side that just held off Manchester City to win the title for the first time in 22 years last season.
  
• Michael Carrick's boring act is an art, combustible Roberto De Zerbi may not stay long at Spurs - and the TNT pundit who is never insightful enough: IAN LADYMAN on My Football Weekend7 September 2026, 1:07 pm
  IAN LADYMAN: If Manchester United had a defence as reliable and immovable as the one their manager presents to the world, then they would be higher up the Premier League table.