Given the massive investment and the resulting, considerable, rise in media coverage of the Saudi Pro League, there's one side of the debate that has had little to no attention given its due. The potential effect on the Saudi Arabian national side…
Now that he's finally completed his move from Spurs, might Harry Kane be forgiven, at least in private, for wondering whether he's actually swapped being the figurehead of possibly England's most fractious club (in terms of behind the scenes chaos) for their German equivalents? Given what's gone on at Bayern Munich immediately prior to his much- heralded arrival.
September 29th brings with it the previously unthinkable- at least if you grew up playing FIFA on the console of your choice. While the basic gameplay, by all accounts, won't have changed much from the last few seasons, the often lucrative FIFA branding itself will be absent- EA FC 24 the first fruits of EA Sports breaking away from world football's governing body after an initial extension to cover the release of FIFA 23 last season.
The past twelve months have been very difficult for Forest Green Rovers. After finally securing promotion to League One in the 2021-22 season, as champions of League Two, last season saw the club completely out of their depth as they finished bottom of the table, nineteen points away from safety, and were immediately relegated.
The bold appointment of Duncan Ferguson to his first permanent manager role, in late January, did not herald the bounce that was hoped for, with the team winning one and losing fourteen of his eighteen games in charge. However, despite this poor record, Big Dunc looked set to be given the opportunity to mount a promotion challenge in 2023-24, until all this changed on July 4th.
With the Women's World Cup less than a fortnight away from kicking off across Australia and New Zealand, it would surely seem unthinkable, given the rise in popularity of the ladies' game, that any national team's FA would want to enter into a dispute with those representing their country? But that 's exactly the position in which the Reggae Girlz of Jamaica find themselves- and not for the first time.