Premier League club Aston Villa are planning a big offer’ for Brazilian winger Raphinha on deadline day with Barcelona seeking large offers for the player.

Speaking on the latest edition of the , senior correspondent Peter O Rourke revealed that the current financial predicament at Barcelona could open the door for a shock move for Raphinha to .

The 27-year-old has been linked all summer to the Midlands club after finishing in the top four last season, earning a Champions League place for the 2024/25 season.

Villa are looking for a like-for-like replacement for Moussa Diaby, who joined Saudi Arabian team Al-Ittihad earlier in the transfer window and Raphinha can play on the left or the right, giving Emery options.

Football Insider sources state that the…

Ralf Rangnick has reflected on his claim that Manchester United needed open-heart surgery two years on from his bombshell statement.

The Austria head coach made the claim in one of his final press conferences as interim manager of the Red Devils, in April 2022, having taken over from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in December.

You don t even need glasses to see and analyse where the problems are, . Now, it s about how do we solve them? It s not enough to do some minor amendments, cosmetic things.

In medicine, you would say that this is an operation of the open heart. If this happens and everyone has realised that this has to happen and if people want to work together. I believe it doesn t take two or three years to change those things, this can happen within one year.

Fabrizio Romano says Mykhaylo Mudryk has no plans to leave Chelsea in January amidst reports he is desperate for more playing time .

beat Arsenal in the race for the Ukrainian s signature in January 2023, signing him from Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported £61million.

He sold Blues fans a dream on his debut, showing incredible skill and pace off the bench away to Liverpool.

That is quite literally as good as it has got for Mudryk at Stamford Bridge.

Mudryk has been unable to live up to his transfer fee and is currently out favour under Enzo Maresca, his third permanent manager in less than two years in London.

He started in both of Chelsea s Europa Conference League qualifiers against Swiss outfit Servette but has only started once in the Premier …

This weekend s MLS odds list LAFC as heavy home favorites over the San Jose Earthquakes at odds of -225, with the Quakes big +550 road underdogs. DC United are also given -188 home odds over Miami who are +500. Oddsmakers are expecting Chicago vs Nashville (+240) and Colorado vs Dallas (+240) to be close matches, with those having the shortest draw odds.

Colorado and Dallas are also two of the highest Under teams at 13-8 and 12-9 respectively. The Under 2.5 is juiced to -154 in the MLS odds. Colorado has failed to score in four straight and in six of eight, while Dallas has failed to scored in three of four recent games. The Rapids are unbeaten in nine straight at home versus FCD, including winning each of the past five. However, Colorado is still yet to win at home in nine game…

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As has been the case for the last several years, a Georgia Senator has introduced a bill to legalize retail and online sports betting in the Peach State. This piece of legislation, sponsored by Sen. Bill Cowsert (R-46), calls for a constitutional amendment to legalize sports betting in the state.

Cowsert introduced a similar piece of legislation last year. It was voted down by the Senate.

Sports Betting Bill Details

calls for the creation of the Georgia Sports Betting Commission to regulate and enforce sports betting in the state. The commission will issue sports betting licenses to qualified applicants that are able to meet the duties of a license holder under this chapter and that the commission determines will be best able to maximize…