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UEFA have named nine clubs that they have punished for breaking SCR (Squad Cost Ratio) rules. The official UEFA statement naming four Premier League clubs. The other five of the nine are from France, Turkey Greece and Italy. As well as Newcastle United, fellow Premier League clubs Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest have also been slapped with UEFA fines after breaching Squad Cost Ratio rules. The four Premier League clubs have also been warned about their future conduct by UEFA.

UEFA have fined Newcastle United £5.2m for breaching their financial rules. This comes after a settlement was reached between the club and UEFA. A further £6m penalty has been suspended “pending future compliance” and Newcastle United haven given a commitment to stay within their settlement agreement. An official announcement from the club on Tuesday 30 June 2026 revealing the details.

An excellent article in The Times has perfectly summed up the situation that Newcastle United have found themselves in, when trying to succeed in the Premier League. With a decade of Mike Ashley having left the club on its knees and no building blocks put in place for the future. Eddie Howe and the current Newcastle United owners facing so many obstacles in their path. Obstacles that in many ways look all but impossible to navigate through or around.

Welcome to day 20 of the 2026 World Cup finals. We are aiming to bring you a daily round up of the matches to come and recent results. There are 48 countries at these 2026 World Cup finals, the most there has ever been. The matches to take place across Mexico, Canada and the USA. We were left with 32 countries for the knockouts after 16 were eliminated in the group stage.

The Newcastle United transfer window officially opened on Monday 15 June. I make it that today is the 16th day of the summer 2026 window. The Newcastle United transfer window will close on Tuesday 1 September at 11pm. So by my reckoning, after today there will be ‘only’ 63 more days of it to go. Often, the most difficult thing is to swim against the tide of opinion.

All but one of the 20 Premier League clubs now has a manager. Just over seven weeks until the 2026/27 Premier League season kicks off and Fulham are now the only one without a team boss. Gary O’Neill filled the vacancy at Ipswich Town a week ago and now Enzo Maresca has at last been finally named as Manchester City manager.

On 16 June 2026 Newcastle United released an official statement regarding Tino Livramento. The club confirming that the England star had returned from the USA before the opening Three Lions match against Croatia: ‘Picked up a minor calf injury in training with the Three Lions on Sunday afternoon.

The 2026 World Cup is now into the knockout stages. We watched on as 72 group games produced 215 goals. The first four matches in the round of 32 have produced another eight goals. So that is 223 goals scored so far in 76 matches. There are now 28 games remaining, the 28th of those is the World Cup final on Sunday 19 July. So as things stand, who are the top contenders to carry off the golden boot? The players with the most goals so far.

We are deep in the maelstrom of Newcastle United star definitely set to leave St James’ Park…. As a reminder, this is what has been reported so far. Premier League club wants to buy Newcastle United star. Newcastle United star wants to leave. Premier League club has been in talks with Newcastle United star’s agents. Newcastle United star desperate to leave St James’ Park. Talksport say Newcastle United is definitely leaving as per their sauces.

Arabian Falcons FC manager Jonjo Shelvey has now announced the club’s first major signing of the season. Former Newcastle United star Danny Simpson reaching agreement with the club. A Premier League winner with Leicester City, 39-year-old Danny Simpson coming out of retirement to join Arabian Falcons FC as player-coach. Simpson will combine playing duties with a coaching role in Shelvey’s backroom team at the UAE Second Division side.