Fulham

Tete was a key player as Fulham finished 10th last season but has since been frustrated by injuries and the arrival of Timothy Castagne

It's been a bad week for English clubs in Europe, but a fifth Champions League spot is not impossible – Aston Villa are the only hope

The Football Association (FA) has defended its decision to scrap FA Cup replays and insisted an increase in games being broadcast in the early rounds will help offset any loss of revenue for lower-league clubs. It was announced on Thursday replays from the first round proper were being scrapped from the 2024-25 season in a six-year agreement to restructure the competition.  The decision was called “frustrating and disappointing” by the English Football League (EFL) chief executive Trevor Birch, while a number of EFL clubs were also critical of the move due to the financial...

The FA Cup has scrapped replays from the first round proper from the 2024-25 season in a six-year agreement to restructure the competition. The 2025 FA Cup final will be played on the Saturday of the weekend of the Premier League’s matchday 37 — the penultimate round of fixtures — with league fixtures not played on the Friday night or Saturday to give exclusivity to the event, with the Football Association confirming the changes on Thursday. Additionally, there will be no further midweek rounds in the competition. This season’s FA Cup final will take place on May 25 at Wembley...

The Brazilian midfielder has been working on the art of timing his penalty-box entries - and it showed

Chelsea's lasting agent commitments, the other clubs who spent big, how Spurs kept theirs relatively low

Premier League clubs have unanimously agreed in principle to introduce new financial fair play regulations at a meeting in London on Thursday. The profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) that have capped how much money clubs can spend over the last decade are set to be scrapped from the start of the 2025-26 season and replaced with a similar “squad cost control” rule to the one UEFA adopted in 2022. The new system, which must still be fully ratified at the Premier League’s annual general meeting (AGM) in June, will work as a shadow to the existing PSR regime next season.

Premier League clubs have unanimously approved the use of semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) for the 2024-25 season. The English top fight will use the same cameras and software that UEFA uses in the men’s Champions League. That is slightly different from the technology which FIFA has used, where a match ball with a chip inside provides an array of data. The Premier League confirmed in a statement that it believes the SAOT will be ready to use following one of the autumn international breaks. The league is already in talks with several companies about providing the technology the...

Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Sergio Rico has received medical clearance to return to football 11 months on from his life-threatening accident. The 30-year-old completed tests with PSG doctors on Saturday and has been declared ready to train and play competitively again. He is not expected to wear protective headgear upon his return to competitive action as doctors have not recommended so. Rico has undergone satisfactory tests in Seville, at the French Football Federation (FFF) and finally at PSG in which his cardiovascular system, his neurological capacity and his cervical vertebrae were...

Ahead of his trip to Anfield this week, the Atalanta and Nigeria forward tells us how his time in Serie A has helped him develop tactically

The British Transport Police (BTP) will have an “enhanced policing presence” for Manchester United’s FA Cup semi-final match against Coventry City ahead of potential logistical overlaps with Liverpool’s Premier League visit to Fulham. United are due to play Coventry at Wembley in the second FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, April 21, with a kick-off time scheduled by the Football Association (FA) for 3.30pm BST following discussions with the Metropolitan Police, who deemed the fixture as ‘medium-risk’. However, Liverpool’s clash against Fulham at Craven Cottage is due...

Peter Rutzler analyses Fulham's latest accounts and considers what it means for the club's short-term plans

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Fulham intended to take legal action against former building contractor Buckingham Group over delays in the construction of the Riverside Stand development, their latest accounts show. The west London club calculated that the delays to the opening of the stand cost them £16.3million in costs and damages, which they intended to recoup in court. The new stand was originally slated to open in September 2021 however delays, primarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic, saw that date pushed back three times. The stand is now partially open, and they club confirmed last month that they will be able to...

Marco Silva made Premier League history by instigating three tactical substitutions after 32 minutes as his side wilted at the City Ground