Leicester will have to pay part of the £80million fee they receive for Harry Maguire to Hull. talkSPORT revealed on Friday morning a world record deal had been agreed between Leicester and Manchester United for the defender. The Tigers will only receive 15 per cent of the profit made by Leicester, equating to around £10.2m, after a clause was put in his contract. Maguire spent three seasons at Hull between 2014 and 2017, with one of those campaigns a loan spell at Wigan, before he moved to Leicester for a fee of £17m. United have been chasing Maguire’s signature for more than 12 months, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer desperate to strengthen…

Urban Meyer told his former Ohio State colleagues last year that he was not aware of a 2015 domestic incident involving former football assistant Zach Smith, according to documents the university made public Friday afternoon. Meyer made the claim in a text July 23, 2018, the day Ohio State fired Smith and one day before Big Ten Media Days in Chicago. OSU dismissed Smith hours after college football writer Brett McMurphy published on Facebook allegations of domestic violence against Smith by Smith’s ex-wife, Courtney. Click Here: cheap true religion jeans “I received text asking about Zach issues (I knew about-it was dropped),” Meyer wrote in a text, per documents obtained…

The gold jackets have been fitted and the bronze busts polished. That can only mean one thing: it’s time for football. Two days after the first 2019 NFL preseason game of the year between the Broncos and Falcons, eight legends of the NFL will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, Aug. 3, in Canton, Ohio. Champ Bailey, Ed Reed and Tony Gonzalez lead the list of all-time-greats to make the Hall on their first ballot of eligibility. Both Gil Brandt and Pat Bowlen are being inducted for their contributions to the game off the field. Ty Law, Johnny Robinson and Kevin Mawae round out the…

The Championship returned with a bang at Kenilworth Road as Luton Town and Middlesbrough played out a 3-3 draw. Britt Assombalonga had the chance to wrap up all three points for Jonathon Woodgate’s side, but blazed his penalty way over the bar and it proved costly. Ashley Fletcher scored the first goal of the Football League season as Boro took an early lead at Luton. The forward headed in Marvin Johnson’s cross from six yards in the seventh minute as the visitors made a flying start in Woodgate’s first game as manager. Sonny Bradley hammered home a superb long-range equaliser 10 minutes later and fellow defender Martin Cranie headed Luton…

The new football season is finally here! talkSPORT and talkSPORT 2 will be bringing you more live commentaries than ever before with more than 100 games on the airwaves over the coming weeks and months. Luton and Boro got things under way on Friday night and now there is a bumper day of EFL action with the Championship, League One and League Two to look forward to. The English Football League enjoyed another memorable campaign last term and there’s sure to be all sorts of thrills and spills in the 2019/20 season, too. talkSPORT has three live games for you today, plus our around the grounds Matchday Live show to…

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects to complete ‘one or two deals’ before next week’s transfer deadline, having agreed a fee for Leicester centre-back Harry Maguire. United are set to sign the England international in a £80million deal after a summer-long chase. Solskjaer declined to comment on the Maguire move during an interview ahead of the International Champions Cup game with Milan in Cardiff on Saturday. But the United boss told Press Association Sport: “We still hope one or two deals can be done. We’ve been working on cases for a long time and suddenly the deal can be done when it’s dragging on. “As a club we’ve had…

Newcastle have boosted their squad with the double signing of Allan Saint-Maximin and Jetro Willems ahead of the Premier League season. Striker Saint-Maximin moves from Nice on a six-year deal with the fee reportedly as high as £20milliom for the 22-year-old. He made his professional debut for St Etienne at the age of 16 and has gone on to make more than 100 Ligue 1 appearances, taking in stints with Monaco, Bastia and Nice, while also going on loan to Hannover. “I’m delighted to bring Allan to St James’ Park. He is a very talented young player with a big future ahead of him,” new United boss Steve Bruce told…

The return of the Premier League is only a week away but this weekend we’ll see two giants of the division go toe-to-toe with each other. That’s because it’s the Community Shield on Sunday where Liverpool face Manchester City at Wembley Stadium – a game you can listen to LIVE on talkSPORT – kick-off 3pm. The annual curtain-raiser for the Premier League season sees the winners of the league and FA Cup face each other. But because City won both competitions last season, their opponents are whoever finished second in the league, which was Liverpool. City and the Reds played out a pulsating title race with Pep Guardiola’s men edging…

New Arsenal signing Nicolas Pepe once revealed he would join only ONE Premier League side… and it was not the Gunners. The 24-year-old became Arsenal’s club-record signing in a £72million deal from Lille on Thursday. Arsenal was not the club he ‘dreamed’ of joining just two years ago, however. Quotes from a 2017 interview, when he was playing for Angers, surfaced on the eve of Pepe’s transfer revealing which English club he wanted to sign for. He said: “Chelsea is a club that would be a dream for me. “It’s the only club in England that I would sign for.” The forward would soon join Lille in 2017 when he…

Aston Villa have been very busy in the transfer market this summer as they prepare for life back in the Premier League. The club’s board have made TWELVE signings in the current window – one of their latest the acquisitions being goalkeeper Tom Heaton from Burnley. They’ve also completed a deal for Marvelous Nakamba, who impressed the Villans enough while on Africa Cup of Nations duty with Zimbabwe. Given manager Dean Smith has signed an entire starting XIs worth of players this summer – and one extra. It’s understandable if fans may not be fully aware of their new signings. Below you can see a comprehensive list of Aston Villa’s…