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Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola personally made sure Raheem Sterling would not be allowed to join Arsenal in a swap deal for Alexis Sanchez, he revealed on Friday. The two clubs spent transfer deadline day locked in talks over City’s desire to sign Sanchez, only …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | English Premier League clubs voted on Thursday to shut the 2018 close-season transfer window before the start of the 2018-19 campaign. Following complaints by managers that transfer activity disturbs their preparations, clubs will not be able to register new players after 1600 GMT on the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Everton forward Wayne Rooney will be punished “internally” after being charged with drink-driving, manager Ronald Koeman said on Thursday. Rooney, England’s all-time record goalscorer and former captain, was pulled over by police near his home in Cheshire, northwest England in the early hours of Friday …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | England’s Dele Alli said he was having “a joke” with team-mate Kyle Walker after he was caught on camera raising his middle finger during Monday’s 2-1 win over Slovakia. “Just to clarify, the gesture tonight was a joke between me and my good friend Kyle …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Arsenal great Ian Wright has branded Mesut Ozil’s complaints about the criticism he receives from former players “laughable” in view of his failure to sign a new contract. In a long Facebook post on Saturday, Ozil hit out at his critics in the media and …

Barcelona, Spain | AFP | A leading Barcelona board member claimed Liverpool set an asking price of 200 million euros ($238 million) for midfielder Philippe Coutinho as the Catalan giants criticised the rampant inflation in the football transfer market on Saturday. Albert Soler, Barca’s director of institutional relations, said the club’s …

Valletta, Malta | AFP | Harry Kane scored a brace to help Gareth Southgate’s lacklustre England to a 4-0 win over minnows Malta in their 2018 World Cup qualifier on Friday. Kane opened the score early in the second-half but three goals inside the last 10 minutes put a brighter …

Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Barcelona have finally abandoned their quest to land Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho, 25, after having a series of bids for the Brazilian rejected, Spanish media reported on Friday. The transfer deadline for Spanish clubs doesn’t close until midnight local time (2200GMT) on Friday, 24 hours after …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Premier League champions Chelsea completed a challenging transfer window on Friday by bringing in England midfielder Danny Drinkwater from Leicester City and Italy right-back Davide Zappacosta from Torino. Chelsea manager Antonio Conte saw moves for several targets fail to come off over the course of …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Liverpool have agreed a £35 million ($46 million, 38 million euros) deal with Arsenal to sign England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, according to reports on Wednesday. Oxlade-Chamberlain appeared set to join Chelsea earlier this week after the Premier League champions had a bid accepted …