EXCLUSIVE BY KATHRYN BATTE: Blackburn Rovers are planning to pay their women's team players salaries of just £9,000-a-year for the upcoming season. Mail Sport can reveal the Women's Championship club has a player budget of just £100,000 and will pay their squad the UK minimum wage, which is £11.44 for those aged 21 and over. It is understood players will operate on contracts of 16 hours per week, with training taking place from Wednesday-Saturday, with games on Sunday's....read
The Jamaica international is set to enter the final year of his contract and could be part of a massive clearout at West Ham under Julen Lopetegui.
As reported by The Guardian , Reading made the request after a late bid to take over the women' arm of the club fell through.
Glen Tweneboah, who is a registered intermediary, entered into an agreement that would see him eligible for a 10% cut of Olise's future transfer fee in 2019.
Fran Kirby has announced she will leave Chelsea when her contract expires at the end of the season. The forward, who is the club's all-time leading goalscorer,.
Plenty of these stars have written themselves into folklore and become national legends, such as Peter Shilton, Paul Gascoigne and the late great Sir Bobby Charlton .
The organisation boasts some illustrious names from the world of sport including the likes of Vinicius Jr and Kevin De Bruyne.
Reading have had six points deducted this season. The English Football League has previously urged Dai to 'fund the club adequately' or make 'immediate arrangements' to sell.
Reading fans sent a hidden X-rated message in response to the EFL's decision to hand the club a further two-point deduction for late payments.
Their latest penalty, which comes amid the continued ruinous ownership of Chinese businessman Dai Yongge, takes Reading's total number of deducted points to six for this campaign.
Ethan Roots will be hopeful of keeping the No 6 jersey for Saturday's Six Nations clash with Wales. In a team lacking tackle-breaking carriers, he stepped up as England's best runner.
The 2024 January transfer window may have been the quietest one in recent memory - but that's not to say that Premier League clubs don't splash out in the winter months.
Welcome back to the Soul of Sport. For the latest episode of the series, ANDY HOOPER travelled to the Dripping Pan to watch Reading Women's dramatic draw with Lewes Women.
The EFL has announced that the club have now come to an agreement over the suspended points penalty, which is line with a sanction handed to Blackpool in similar circumstances in 2015.
CHRIS FOY: From Reading to the world, in two different sports. Ben Loader saw his brother Danny's move abroad to play football for Porto and raised it - with a sudden relocation to Cape Town.
Crisis-club Reading's woes have continued after it emerged a number of women's players suffered chronic food poisoning following a recent match.
WONDERS OF THE PYRAMID: it is no overstatement to suggest this 152-year-old institution of English football will soon die if the owner is not removed. It is why many fans are so angered.
Concerned Reading fans plan to focus future protests towards the English Football League amid genuine fears the club could go out of business.
The pitch invasion took place in the 16th minute of the match with the score goalless - with the time highlighting the 16 points the Royals have been deducted under Dai's ownership.
After a tough adjustment period at the start of the season, Rob Edwards' side look to be dealing with the pressures of the Premier League much better.
Born in London, the 22-year-old winger spent his youth days at Chelsea before notching seven goals in three seasons at Reading.
SAMI MOKBEL: Savage comes from a rich footballing background with his father Robbie enjoying an extensive Premier League and international career.
WILL PICKWORTH AT KING POWER STADIUM: The Championship is known for the differences between the top and the bottom and that was clearly on display at the King Power.
WILL PICKWORTH AT THE KING POWER: Quite where Leicester rank among the greatest Championship teams is a debate that will rage on for the rest of the season and beyond.
The pair both arrived at the London outfit in 2004 , with Mourinho reportedly coaxing the Northern Irishman to Stamford Bridge after he had been working as an assistant manager at Reading.
Ian Wright's attempts to keep warm during ITV's FA Cup second round coverage on Sunday afternoon led many viewers to poke fun at the Arsenal great.
Reading boss Ruben Selles and head of football operations Mark Bowen have forfeited their wages until staff at the club receive their November pay in full.
A series of points deductions and unpaid wages have left the club in turmoil, with the former Premier League side destined for relegation to League Two amid their on-field struggles.
Pep Guardiola 's Manchester City are the current holders of the competition after they defeated rivals Manchester United 2-1 at Wembley back in June.
The 38-year-old joined Sunderland from Reading in 2007, making just nine appearances, before he was loaned out and then sold to Wolves in 2009.
The Royals - who are managed by former Southampton boss Ruben Selles - are enduring a dismal campaign and currently sit bottom of League One with just seven points.
Heavyweight star Joshua had a troubled upbringing before his rise to becoming a world boxing champion and was made to wear an electronic tag during his amateur career.
Former England international Andy Carroll scored a stunning 40-yard effort for French side Amiens SC in their 1-1 draw with Annecy.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON IN AMIENS: Quite how Carroll ended up wearing number 99 and playing in the French second division, needs some explaining.
William Storey has reportedly agreed to clear Reading's debts of £50m and has pledged to invest in the League One side's playing squad when a transfer embargo is lifted from them.
Storey has reportedly agreed to clear the club's debts of £50m and has pledged to invest in the playing squad when a transfer embargo is lifted, should his takeover be approved.
LEWIS STEELE: They are just three phrases to sum up the monumental mess at Reading, who have total losses north of £191million and have been docked 16 points by the EFL in the last two years.
Andy Carroll has revealed he hoped that he would fail his medical ahead of his £35m move from Newcastle to Liverpool .
Fans had taken to the field in order to draw attention to the fact that a fan in the stands was in need of medical attention, and the game was at last suspended after around an hour.
Reading were docked three points on September 13 over the failure to comply with the order, which had been imposed after the club did not pay player wages on time and in full on three occasions.
Andy Carroll has completed a move to French Ligue 2 side Amiens following his release from Reading.
Andy Carroll re-joined Reading in September last year having previously played for the Royals between November 2021 and January 2022, but is now set for a surprise move to France.,
Barnsley put last season's Play-off Final disappointment behind them with a 7-0 thrashing of Port Vales on the opening day in League One.
Forshaw has been in discussions over a new contract with Leeds, who have tabled an offer, but he has also had proposals from European sides and is now considering his options.
The Royals, who have been relegated to League One, are managed by Ruben Selles, who managed Walcott at Southampton last season.
The 34-year-old has spent 18 seasons plying his trade in the Premier League but is now having to rebuild his fitness with a squad lower down the Football League.
Club owner Yongge Dai has also been charged with causing the club to be in breach of EFL regulations. The charges stem from wage bills in October 2022, November 2022 and April 2023.
SIMON JONES: It's understood the fee could be around £750,000 plus add-ons for the 24-year-old who joined Leeds from West Bromwich Albion in 2018 for an initial £2.5m.
Seemingly trying to learn the identity of the alleged suspect, the former Democratic Republic of the Congo international posted several Instagram stories appealing for public aid.
The Royals dropped down to the second tier for the first time since 2015 after finishing bottom of the 2022/23 Women's Super League table, amassing just 11 points from their 22 games.
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