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Having left Arsenal last winter, Rachel Yankey is adamant that her playing career is not over, but she is doing much to prepare herself for a future in coaching. Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer

Rachel Yankey: ‘There Aren’t Enough Female Managers. Barriers Need to be Broken Down’

by Paul MacInnes | Jul 11, 2017 | Sports

London- Would Rachel Yankey like to become the first female manager in the Premier League? “Look, it’s not an ambition of mine. It’s not as if I sit there and think ‘that’s what I want to do’. If I was good enough to go in there and get a job … but right now, I’m...

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Everton’s Romelu Lukaku shows his outstanding strength in holding off the Chelsea centre-back Gary Cahill. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images

Romelu Lukaku: £75m is Never a Bargain but Everton Striker is Worth It

by Paul Wilson | Jul 11, 2017 | Sports

London- Romelu Lukaku has been an obvious transfer target ever since he turned down the lucrative contract Everton offered him in March, doggies in shop windows have been less conspicuously for sale, yet when reports began to emerge that Manchester United were...

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Arsenal presented Alexandre Lacazette, their new signing for a club record £52.7m, earlier this week. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images

No Sign of Austerity in Premier League’s Never-ending Transfer Spree

by Paul Wilson | Jul 10, 2017 | Sports

London- Liverpool and Everton were first, Arsenal have just joined them, and Huddersfield Town managed it twice in the same week. The transfer window still has the best part of two months to run and the real horse-trading is yet to start, but this looks like it could...

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Antonio Conte hoped the bulk of Chelsea’s buying would be done early but so far Willy Caballero is the only signing. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

Chelsea Winded by Romelu Lukaku Blow, Antonio Conte Will Demand Answers

by Dominic Fifield | Jul 10, 2017 | Sports

London- The first thing to acknowledge is that there is time for Chelsea to make a success of this transfer window. It is the first week in July, not the last in August. Those within the club’s recruitment department can justifiably point to the late arrivals of David...

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Clockwise from top left: Alexis Sánchez, Kylian Mbappé, James Rodríguez, Marco Verratti, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Douglas Costa could be on the move this summer. Composite: Getty Images

Europe’s Top Transfer Targets: From Mbappé to Aubameyang via Verratti

by Jacob Steinberg | Jul 5, 2017 | Sports

London- Andrea Belotti, Torino After Manchester United’s pursuit of Antoine Griezmann ran into a brick wall, their search for a replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic took them to Real Madrid’s Álvaro Morata. The Spanish striker remains top of their list but United have...