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England midfielder Jordan Henderson has defended the Saudi Pro League after quitting Al-Ettifaq to join Dutch giants Ajax this week - just six months after moving to Saudi Arabia

Daniel Farke is refusing to panic about Leeds' situation in the transfer window as he eyes a permanent switch for Tottenham's Joe Rodon who is currently on loan at Elland Road

Lionel Messi is just like every other football fan, he too would have liked to line up alongside long-time Ballon d'Or rival Cristiano Ronaldo at some stage of his career

Zlatan Ibrahimovic became one of MLS' marque signings when joining LA Galaxy in 2018, but the Swede's iconic arrogant persona did not go down well with Nedum Onuoha

Chelsea and Burnley have struck deals with aiScout, a phone app which expects to have data from a million young footballers by the end of this year, as clubs begin to embrace artificial intelligence

Jordan Abdull will spend the next campaign at least as a Catalans Dragons player after he completed a season-long loan switch from Hull KR a fortnight ago

EFL Transfer Notebook as Middlesbrough's Morgan Rogers is of interest to Aston Villa and Leeds target a permanent move for defender Joe Rodon

Williams finished seventh in the 2023 F1 constructors' championship with 28 points - Alex Albon scored 27 of them and his heroics have captured the attention of top teams

Forest rejected a £30m bid for Brennan Johnson last June, holding out for £47.5m from Tottenham on deadline day, fuelling a belief that if they had agreed the sale earlier they would have escaped Premier League charges

Business is starting to pick up in the January transfer window as Karim Benzema could follow Jordan Henderson in exiting the Saudi Pro League with Arsenal and Chelsea lurking

The Blues beat local rivals Fulham 1-0 at Stamford Bridge last weekend, but they won't be in action on the weekend of January 20-21 as they enjoy their winter break

Wales international Louis Rees-Zammit is set for a major career change, with the 22-year-old poised to try his luck in the NFL after leaving his club side Gloucester

Chelsea head coach Mauricio Pochettino has already overseen plenty of transfer business since taking the reins at Stamford Bridge in the summer, but more deals could be coming

Arsene Wenger's perception of Philippe Coutinho's Liverpool exit seems to be far removed from the reality of what happened as explained by Jurgen Klopp years after the transfer

Max Verstappen is dominating the Formula 1 world while Lewis Hamilton has not won a race for more than two years, with Red Bull well ahead of all their main rivals

Arsenal cruised to a 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace in their Premier League title charge last season, when Granit Xhaka finished off a move which typified Mikel Arteta's side

Erik ten Hag has chosen against taking his squad on a warm weather camp during their fortnight between games as Premier League's second January break reaches final weekend

Nine Liverpool players are set to miss their trip to Bournemouth this weekend, with injury problems and international duty leaving Jurgen Klopp without some of his top stars

Brentford striker Ivan Toney is set to captain the side on his return from an eight month ban, and a lot has happened during the England international's time away

Louis Rees-Zammit has now flown to Florida to begin his ten-week NFL camp, after agreeing to participate in the league's International Player Pathway Programme (IPP)

Arsenal have 11 days left in which to complete any late deals in the January transfer window - and reports linking the club to veteran striker Karim Benzema have fans excited

Liverpool have not made any additions so far this month, but manager Jurgen Klopp could be tempted into a move for Atalanta midfielder Ederson either now or in the summer

Manchester United are prepared to offload four of their defenders, Harry Maguire among them, as they eye new faces with Erik ten Hag prepping for his summer recruitment

It was an unhappy reunion for the ex-Barcelona legends now playing for Inter Miami, as Luis Suarez struggled on his debut after joining Lionel Messi at the American club

West Ham manager says club must sell before they can buy in January and will not be drawn on interest in loan deal for Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips