Manchester City has agreed a record £116m deal with Nottingham Forest for England midfielder Elliot Anderson, a British player record. Anderson, on World Cup duty, will have a medical in the US. The transfer was influenced by Premier League financial regulations, impacting Forest and Newcastle.
Manchester City has agreed a British record £130m deal to sign midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest. The 23-year-old England international, currently at the World Cup, will undergo a medical in the US, having previously preferred City over Manchester United.
Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis was filmed in a heated altercation at the Euroleague Basketball final in Athens. Marinakis, who also owns Olympiakos, was seen arguing with security separating him from another individual, reportedly a former advisor to the Greek PM.
In the end, it was a rout, Aston Villa sailing into their first major European final since 1982. There were fist pumps from Prince William high in the Trinity Road Stand after Emiliano Buendía’s penalty approaching the hour put Villa in command of the tie and then pure delirium as John McGinn buried two near-identical first-time finishes inside five minutes to kill the game. In between serenading Unai Emery, who is hunting a record fifth Europa League title, and drinking in the celebrations, Villa supporters could think about booking flights to Istanbul, where Villa will face Freiburg in search of their first trophy since lifting the League Cup in 1996.For Nottingham Forest, probably safe in the Premier League, defeat extinguished Evangelos Marinakis’s hopes of silverware and represented a hard stop to their 10-game unbeaten run. Continue reading...
