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One of Louis Saha’s objectives through his Axis Stars network is to take some of the power back from agents. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Louis Saha: ‘I Really Liked Playing Football but This Is a Real Challenge’

by Arthur Renard | Aug 10, 2017 | Sports

It is inevitable, yet so many footballers seem unprepared for it. The end of a player’s career is a key moment – a huge change – and how he deals with it will shape the rest of his life. Many players struggle. Gone are the routines of daily training, the adrenaline of...

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From left: Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon, Leeds United’s Charlie Taylor, Joe Worrall of Nottingham Forest and Brentford’s Jota. Composite: BPI/REX/Shutterstock, Getty, PA

Bubbling Under: Football League Players Who Should Be on Premier League Radars

by Nick Miller | Jun 25, 2017 | Sports

Ryan Sessegnon, Fulham Fulham’s manager, Slavisa Jokanovic, might want to have a word with Ragnar Sigurdsson. Jokanovic has spoken on a number of occasions about his desire to keep his star players after their hugely impressive run to the play-offs, so when Sigurdsson...

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New Everton majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, left, purchased 49.9% of the club in March but Bill Kenwright remains on the board.
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Philip Green, Vibrac and Riverdance: The Mystery of Everton’s ‘Shadow Investor’

by Ed Aarons | Jan 2, 2017 | Sports

After almost two hours being interrogated on everything from the details of Sam Allardyce’s contract to homophobia at October’s culture, media and sport select committee inquiry, question 90 was the curveball the Football Association chairman Greg Clarke certainly...