Ivan Toney has been left out of the Brentford squad for Sunday s clash with Crystal Palace as manager Thomas Frank confirmed his absence is due to a lot of transfer interest .
Toney has made clear his desire to leave the Bees, who want £60m for their talisman as he entered the final year of his contract.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have all been , but have been put off both by the transfer fee, which they deem extortionate as they could wait and sign him for nothing next summer, and his £13m salary demand, which works out to around £250,000 per week.
Despite the speculation surround his future, Frank revealed in his pre-match press conference that Toney was ready to play his part on Sunday.
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Keith Wyness feels there is still something there in regards to Saudi interest in Mohamed Salah, and the blockbuster move could stun Liverpool after being kept secret .
The Reds have seen Salah start the 2024/25 Premier League season in fine form. The Egyptian superstar has two goals and an assist in the first two games.
It s now the eighth season in which Salah has scored for Liverpool, and after 213 goals and 90 assists so far, the good start suggests those big tallies should be added to.
But according to former Everton CEO Wyness, the Saudi Pro League, who have previously made huge attempts to land the Reds star, could still be lingering, and with their window closing after the Premier League s, they could stun Liverpool with a move.
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Todd Boehly and Behdad Egbhali s relationship has soured with the Chelsea owners exploring their ownership of the club, according to reports.
After two decades under the ownership of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Chelsea were purchased by a Clearlake, Boehly-led consortium for £4.25 billion in 2022.
The club s new owners have spent over £1 billion on new players since then but success on the pitch has not come as hoped.
Their transfer philosophy has been signing young players, mainly from abroad, on lengthy contracts and incentivised wages.
With such a huge expenditure, the Blues have sold homegrown stars for pure profit to help balance the books and comply with financial rules.
The exits of Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher, to name a coupl…
Arsenal are willing to spend around €50m (£42m) to bring Barcelona defender Jules Kounde to the Emirates Stadium, according to reports.
The Gunners made David Raya s loan move into a permanent transfer for £27m over the summer transfer window, while Riccardo Calafiori, Mikel Merino and Raheem Sterling also arrived to add more quality and depth to Mikel Arteta s squad.
have started this season in similar form to where they left off last term with three wins and one draw from their opening four Premier League matches.
But the Gunners and Arteta are still plotting future transfers as they look to continue to close the gap on champions Manchester City, who have made a perfect start to the new campaign, winning four out of four.
Arteta already has a wate…
Pep Guardiola felt Manchester City made bad decisions in failing to score a second goal against Newcastle, but felt Nick Pope was brilliant so his side is happy to take the point .
City drew their second game in a row, following up a fiery 2-2 draw with title rivals Arsenal with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle. City remained top for the time being.
But Guardiola feels his side could have opened up a bit of a gap at the top, suggesting his side had chances to win the game when at 1-0, following Josko Gvardiol s 35-minute strike, but they failed to do so.
They had moments in first ten minutes and after their goal, but in general we played really good, Guardiola told TNT Sports.
We made bad decisions at the last minute to make it 2-0. It is always difficult …
The 2024 NFL season ends in the Caesars Superdome for Super Bowl LIX. The stadium starts the season by hosting the Week 1 matchup between the New Orleans Saints (9-8, 6-10-1 ATS last season) and NFL South division rival the Carolina Panthers (2-15, 5-11-1 ATS) on Sunday afternoon (1 pm ET).
New Orleans tried to move on from the Drew Brees Era last season and paid big money for quarterback Derek Carr to take over under center. Results were mixed. Carr was beat up behind a porous offensive line, but the Saints did play well down the stretch and were in the playoff hunt until the end.
New Orleans is listed as four-point favorites in most sportsbooks in the Week 1 NFL odds, while the game total ranges from 41.5 to 42.
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Kyle Walker reportedly had nothing to do with the 'Daddy' shirts that Lauryn Goodman's children wore to watch England play at Euro 2024.
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Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag has lost his third straight match as manager after taking charge of former side Utrecht for a testimonial.
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- Ten Hag manages Utrecht in testimonial
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- Ten Hag winless in his last three games
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