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• 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.
  
• 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, 4:56 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.
  
• '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.
  
• The 'miracle doctor' and the Covid jab fraud Arsenal star: New questions are raised over Granit Xhaka's second vaccination as he faces a grilling and up to FIVE YEARS in jail22 September 2026, 11:23 am
  Fresh questions have emerged over the legitimacy of Granit Xhaka's Covid-19 vaccination certificate with a rapid turnaround before a Premier League match.
  
• Inside Andoni Iraola's Liverpool: Everything he's changed from the Arne Slot era behind the scenes, how he clamped down on team leaks, his private challenge to Alexander Isak and where he feels Reds can still improve22 September 2026, 11:00 am
  LEWIS STEELE: After most games, Andoni Iraola chooses not to speak to his players. The Basque boss may appear calm but his mind is usually whirring.
  
• Lewis Hall reveals decision to snub Man United was a 'no-brainer' as Newcastle star opens up on transfer saga - with Michael Carrick in the hunt for a new left-back22 September 2026, 10:39 am
  Hall, 22, was of strong interest to United in the summer as they searched for a left back, but United opted to hold fire on any approach after Newcastle made it clear they didn't want to lose him.
  
• Football legend Lothar Matthaus, 65, parties at Oktoberfest with his 27-year-old girlfriend - who is younger than his two daughters, but who he insists will not become his SIXTH wife22 September 2026, 10:34 am
  The former midfielder and Theresa Sommer enjoyed the 191st annual celebrations at Kafer Wiesn Schanke on the Theresienwiese in Munich, and posed for the cameras.
  
• Chelsea among top European clubs eyeing Gambian 15-year-old midfielder - and are weighing up stealing a march on the competition as he stars in U17 tournament22 September 2026, 10:03 am
  The 6ft 2in midfielder, still only 15, has been impressing for Gambia's Under-17 national team at the WAFU Zone A U-17 tournament in Senegal.