Raheem Sterling

Bruno Fernandes' Cheshire home burgled while Man Utd captain in Italy for Como clash

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes had his Cheshire home burgled on Wednesday while he was in Italy for the Champions League defeat to Como. His family were not in the property and intruders fled before police arrived. United are supporting the 32-year-old.

Once a central figure for Manchester City and England, Raheem Sterling is now without a club and awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and possessing nitrous oxide. A Guardian profile traces the rise, public scrutiny and turbulent Chelsea years behind his abrupt decline.

City’s £1.2bn transfer spree sent fees across 46 clubs during rule-breaking era

Manchester City spent about £1.2bn on players between 2009 and 2018, with transfer fees reaching 46 clubs across 19 national league systems. The BBC’s analysis says Premier League sides received the largest share, while the benefits to several major selling clubs were mixed and difficult to separate from the wider effects of City’s spending.

Brentford arrive at Villa Park unbeaten after five Premier League games and riding a seven-match unbeaten run, while Aston Villa have lost both home league games this season. Opta gives Villa a 47.8% win probability.

Raheem Sterling is without a club and awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to dangerous driving and possession of nitrous oxide, capping a staggering fall from Manchester City treble winner and England star to football exile, the Guardian reports in a deep dive into his decline.

Ed Brand says 17-year Chelsea stint has prepared him for head coach role

Former Chelsea academy coach Ed Brand tells Sky Sports he left Stamford Bridge after 17 years as player and coach and is ready for a head coach job, reflecting on his Chelsea education, loan mentoring with senior players and a first-team spell at Swindon Town.

Arsenal and Manchester United track Porto defender as Haaland exit price rises

Arsenal and Manchester United are monitoring Porto right-back Alberto Costa, while Manchester City could demand a major fee for Erling Haaland if relegation follows financial-rule sanctions. Liverpool continue to follow Aurelien Tchouameni, and Joe Willock has been linked with a January move to Besiktas.

Todd Boehly and Mark Walter have sold their Chelsea stakes to Clearlake Capital at a valuation that has more than doubled since 2022, crystallising the financial logic of an ownership model that has delivered instability, huge spending and limited sporting progress.

Todd Boehly and minority co-owner Mark Walter have sold their 12.8% stakes in Chelsea to Clearlake Capital, ending Boehly’s four-year chairmanship after a period of heavy spending, managerial churn and on-pitch underperformance. The sale values the club at $6.7bn, up from $3.3bn when the American consortium took over in 2022, generating a modest profit for the exiting owners.

Todd Boehly and minority owner Mark Walter have sold their 12.8% stakes in Chelsea to Clearlake Capital, doubling the club’s valuation from $3.3bn to $6.7bn in four chaotic years. The move caps a period of heavy spending, managerial churn and on-pitch underperformance since the May 2022 takeover from Roman Abramovich.

From Sheikh Mansour's 2008 takeover to historic domestic trebles and extensive financial rule breaches, a look back at Manchester City's transformative and contentious Abu Dhabi era.

Todd Boehly and Mark Walter have sold their combined minority shares in Chelsea to Clearlake Capital at a £5bn ($6.7bn) valuation, securing a profit despite a chaotic four-year period marked by heavy spending and mixed on-pitch fortunes.

In a letter to The Guardian, reader Phil Murray calls for a ban on agents recruiting or negotiating for players under 18, arguing the tiny number of youngsters signed young who make it in the Premier League face immense pressures from coaches, fans, sponsors and social media — and that a trusted safeguarding mentor, not club assurances, is what they need.

The reported demand by 15-year-old JJ Gabriel to leave Manchester United's academy, amid a wider trend of ever-younger debutants such as Lamine Yamal and Cavan Sullivan, underscores a self-perpetuating market in teenage talent, the Guardian argues.

Raheem Sterling admitted a serious offence after being found in a wrecked Lamborghini on a Hampshire road with canisters of nitrous oxide, the Guardian reports, in a case that lays bare the strange and abrupt arc of his football career.