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Man City guilty: Premier League club knew of independent commission’s verdict in the summer – Paper Talk | Football News
The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers…
MANCHESTER CITY
Manchester City were first informed that they had been found guilty of more than 100 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules in the summer before spending heavily in the transfer market – ESPN
Manchester City’s deal this summer for Elliot Anderson was agreed before City had knowledge that the independent panel had reached its verdict – ESPN
Manchester City could be expelled from the Premier League after their near-£1billion cheating scandal was laid bare – The Telegraph
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PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United are set to raid Kilmarnock for their goalkeeping coach Fraser Stewart – Daily Record
EFL
Robbie Savage is primed to leave his role as Forest Green Rovers manager after accepting an offer to become Peterborough United’s boss – talkSPORT
EUROPEAN FOOTBALL
Injured stars Kylian Mbappe, Ibrahima Konate and Federico Valverde are all expected to be available when Real Madrid face LaLiga title rivals Barcelona in El Clasico on October 25 – ESPN
WORLD FOOTBALL
Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, has launched a blistering attack on his counterpart at FIFA, Gianni Infantino, over his World Cup sell-off plan, the peace prize he awarded to Donald Trump and the Folarin Balogun scandal – The Times
RUGBY UNION
Jack Willis is open to switching allegiances and playing for Ireland amid his ongoing England exile – The Telegraph
Brendan Venter’s job title at Saracens has been changed to “head of rugby culture and wine consultant” in an attempt to help him avoid media duties on his return to the Prem – The Times
The French clubs have publicly backed plans to reduce the Champions Cup to 16 teams to make the competition more “elitist” – The Times
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While Europe’s bigger nations have their own in-house resources, countries like Northern Ireland share staff with clubs, which can bring its own challenges in an extended window.
“We don’t carry full-time doctors, full-time physios and full-time sports scientists,” O’Neill added.
“Other countries are the same, but all our staff work at clubs and we need agreement from the clubs.
“That’s a challenge to be able to staff it properly and keep the level of professionalism.
“The big countries don’t have that, they have full-time staff and an army of staff to be able to do these things.”
O’Neill also has to consider how much to rotate this squad. It’s a fine balance between keeping key players fresh, but also how much exposure to give his young squad.
Of the 26-man squad, 17 of the players are aged 25 or under and only three – Josh Magennis (36), Paddy McNair (31) and Dion Charles (30) – are over the age of 30.
Arsenal’s Ceadach O’Neill, Everton’s Braiden Graham and Kieran Morrison, who is on loan at Sheffield Wednesday from Liverpool, are the three teenagers in the squad.
“I don’t want to put too many young players on the pitch in a game like that where they’re untried and untested at that level,” O’Neill said.
“We want to bring the younger players in to give them the best chance to be able to do well and to build their confidence and to build their reputation. That’s the challenge for us.”
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