January 26 – The Premier League season, already punctuated by the Qatar 2022 winter World Cup, runs in to another weekend break at the season’s half-way point with the fourth round of the FA Cup taking precedence. It is providing a break and the chance of a rethink for some clubs and an important opportunity for others, and for sports betting too.
January 25 – Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has denied reports that the club is up for sale but that he has been meeting investors to complete financing of the club’s new stadium at Bramley Moor Dock.
January 24 – Premier League Everton, one of England’s best supported but most under-achieving clubs, are looking for yet another manager after sacking Frank Lampard in their latest fight against relegation amid increasingly vociferous protests from fans directed at the board.
January 24 – England captain Harry Kane’s sublime winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur against Fulham on Monday equalled the club’s all-time scoring record of 266 goals held by the late Jimmy Greaves.
January 24 – Manchester United is to return the Stretford End of Old Trafford to all-general admission seating. Gone will be premium executive seats that had been criticised by fans.
January 23 – With a sensational, last-gasp 3-2 victory over Manchester United, league leaders Arsenal backed up their title credentials, completing the first half of the Premier League season by reaching 50 points.
January 18 – Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire owner of petrochemicals firm Ineos and one of Britain’s richest men, has entered the bidding process to buy Manchester United, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed.
January 16 – Big-spending Chelsea have splashed out their biggest fee so far in the January transfer window by acquiring 22-year-old Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk for an eye-watering €100 million + on an eight-and-half-year contract.
January 16 – In an unprecedented move, the entire board of struggling English top-flight club Everton stayed away from last Saturday’s home game against Southampton due to a “real and credible threat to their safety and security”.
January 16 – Tottenham Hotspur say they will ban for life a spectator who climbed on to an advertising hoarding and appeared to kick Arsenal and England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale after the visitors won 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday to strengthen their grip on the title race.
January 16 – Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of seven of the nine rape and sexual assault charges against him at Chester Crown Court last Friday.
January 13 – João Félix was sent off on his Chelsea debut as his new team lost 2-1 at Fulham in the Premier League on Thursday, heaping even more pressure on manager Graham Potter.
January 12 – Chelsea manager Graham Potter has described his current job as “probably the hardest in football” as he tries to salvage their season.
January 12 – The expected replacement of Aston Villa’s shirt sponsorship by online bookmaker BK8 has provoked an immediate backlash.
January 10 – English Premier League clubs Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur or Liverpool are the latest clubs being targeted by Qatar Sports Investments over a potential acquisition, according to a report by Bloomberg News that has been picked up across the footballing world.