Spain's 5-3 win over France to capture the Olympic gold medal has capped off what has already been an impressive summer for the country's sporting program.
Under-21s boss Lee Carsley has been appointed interim England manager for the upcoming Nations League games as the search for Gareth Southgate's successor continues.
He is confirmed for September’s Nations League gamesFA says under-21s coach could stay ‘throughout autumn’ Lee Carsley will take interim charge of England while the search for Gareth Southgate’s successor continues, the Football Association has said. The FA said in a statement that Carsley would step up from his role as the the Under-21 manager for next month’s Nations League games against the Republic of Ireland and Finland “with a view to remaining in the position throughout autumn while the FA’s recruitment process for a new permanent head coach continues”. Continue reading...
CEO Mark Bullingham goes to board to get backingFA has open mind over who should replace Southgate The Football Association board have given formal approval for the appointment of a foreign manager to replace Gareth Southgate. The Guardian has learned that the chief executive, Mark Bullingham, went to his nine fellow board members to gain their backing to approach foreign candidates before beginning the recruitment process. The board are understood to have endorsed Bullingham’s request without putting it to a vote, although there were some dissenting voices. Continue reading...
Michele Kang, the owner of three football clubs including the London City Lionesses, has announced a $50m (£39.2m) global investment in improving the health of elite female athletes.
German was linked with replacing Gareth Southgate‘It would be the biggest loss of face in football,’ he insists Jürgen Klopp has ruled himself out of the race to replace Gareth Southgate as England manager, claiming it would constitute the “biggest loss of face in the history of football” were he to take the job so soon after leaving Liverpool in order to have a break from the sport. Klopp has been linked with the national team post vacated by Southgate in the wake of England’s Euro 2024 final defeat by Spain, alongside the likes of Eddie Howe, Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino. But the German, who departed from Liverpool at the end of last season after a hugely successful nine-year spell at Anfield because he was “running out of energy”, has now moved to distance himself from such speculation. Continue reading...
Plus: who has taken part in the most shootouts; world, continental and Olympic champions and moreMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU “When he was CEO at Motherwell, Pat Nevin had three future Premier League managers in his team: Owen Coyle, Billy Davies and Roberto Martínez,” tweets Stephen Kelly. “What is the greatest number of future Premier League managers in one dressing-room?” Let’s start in an unlikely place: Genoa. The Sampdoria squad of 1985-86 had four future Premier League managers in Trevor Francis, Graeme Souness, Gianluca Vialli and Roberto Mancini. Crystal Palace had the same number at the start of the 1994-95 season: Gareth Southgate, Iain Dowie, Chris Coleman – and Ray Wilkins, who left the club to become QPR manager in November 1994. Continue reading...
USWNT to face Lionesses in friendly on 30 NovemberEngland also host Germany at Wembley on 25 October Emma Hayes will return to London in November for a mouthwatering showdown with Sarina Wiegman when the United States take on England in a friendly at Wembley. Hayes left her role as Chelsea manager after 12 years at the end of last season to take charge of the US women’s team. The 47-year-old will bring her new side to London on Saturday, 30 November, as part of the Lionesses’ preparations for their European title defence. Continue reading...
Leicester sign forward Noémie MouchonTop academies invited into cup for lower-tier clubs The England defender Jess Carter has signed for the NWSL club Gotham from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee. The 26-year-old has played 36 times for the Lionesses and been a key player for the champions since joining from Birmingham City in 2018. She is understood to have signed a deal until the end of the 2026 NWSL season. Carter’s fiancee, the Germany goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, signed for New Jersey-based Gotham from Chelsea in April. Continue reading...
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Jonathan Wilson as Football Weekly returns from it’s summer break Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; with Gareth Southgate announcing he is resigning as England manager, the panel debate who is best suited to replace him. Continue reading...
Manchester United goalkeeper was coach at Euro 2024‘He’s changed the feel of it. Changed the expectation’ Tom Heaton believes some fans may regret Gareth Southgate’s resignation, with the goalkeeper who was part of the coaching staff at Euro 2024 stating that people may come to regard the outgoing England manager as having done an “incredible job”. In eight years in charge, Southgate led England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and the quarter-finals four years later, and to the finals of Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Yet uneven form at the last of these caused a sizeable constituency of supporters to vent their ire, with Southgate drawing particularly fierce abuse. Two days after England’s 2-1 defeat by Spain, Southgate announced his resignation. The Manchester United keeper was asked if some fans may come to rue this. Continue reading...
Rangers sell Sam Lammers to Dutch club FC Twente for an undisclosed fee, with the forward signing a three-year deal.
Former Chelsea boss out of work since April 2023Ange Postecoglou focused on Spurs despite links Graham Potter avoided comment on links to the vacant England men’s manager’s job after Gareth Southgate’s resignation this week but admitted he is ready to return to work. The former Chelsea boss is among the potential candidates to take the reins after the national team’s Euros final defeat to Spain on Sunday. Ange Postecoglou is another thought to be under consideration but offered a cool response when asked about the vacancy. The Tottenham manager says he is fully focused on his club job despite the speculation. Continue reading...
Graham Potter feels "ready" to return to football management as speculation links him with the England job.
