Browsing: Premiership

West Ham centre back Kurt Zouma, 27, has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service after he was found guilty and charged for animal abuse after he was filmed kicking his pet cat.

Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel has admitted nobody at the club likes defender Antonio Rudiger’s decision to leave the club at the end of the season with reports suggesting the 29-year-old is close to agreeing a deal to join Real Madrid on free transfer.

Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has suffered personal tragedy with news of the death of one of his newborn twins.

Premier League giants Manchester United are reportedly closing in on appointing Ajax FC manager Erik ten Hag as their new substantive head coach.

Barcelona have an agreement in place to sign Arsenal striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang (32) on loan until the end of the season but the Spanish giants face the task of needing to move at least one player out before the deal can be official.

Everton finally have a new manager in place after they appointed former Chelsea player and manager Frank Lampard to take over from the sacked Rafael Benitez.

Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers has distanced himself from what he branded ‘disrespectful’ speculation linking him with the Manchester United job given that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is still manager of the Red Devils.

Eddie Howe dodged tricky questions about Newcastle United’s recent Saudi Arabian-led takeover given its appalling human rights record, telling a packed media room that “for me it was a football decision. I’m absolutely delighted to be here. My focus is football – that’s all I’m going to concern myself with.”

It’s looking more and more likely that Aston Villa will appoint Steven Gerrard as their new manager on a long-term deal by the end of this week if compensation of around £3m is agreed with Scottish champions Rangers.

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has described Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski (33) as currently the world’s best player, who deserves to scoop this year’s Ballon d’Or award.