Stevenson leaves Newcastle for French club Vannes
Since the start of 2025, Newcastle have lost Adam Radwan (Leicester Tigers), Max Pepper (Bristol Bears), Ben Redshaw (Gloucester) and captain Callum Chick (Northampton Saints).They finished bottom for a third successive season, but owner Semore Kurdi is actively looking for fresh investment into the Kingston Park club.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
BBC News
38 minutes ago
- BBC News
Arsenal set to beat Spurs to Eze - Wednesday's gossip
Arsenal are favourites to sign Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze, Manchester United will have to pay £65m for Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo and Jadon Sancho tries to facilitate a move to Juventus. Arsenal are prepared to offer a player swap for Crystal Palace midfielder Eberechi Eze, 27, and look set to beat Tottenham Hotspur to the Englishman's signature. (Sun), externalBrentford are likely to demand £65m for their striker Bryan Mbeumo, 25, having already rejected bids of £55m and £62.5m from Manchester United for the Cameroon international. (Mirror), externalSporting and Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 27, is prepared to wait until the end of the summer window to get a loan deal to another European club if his move to Arsenal does not materialise. (Sun), externalEngland winger Jadon Sancho, 25, is prepared to take a significant pay cut in order to move from Manchester United to Juventus, but the Serie A club are still unwilling to meet the terms. (Il Corriere dello Sport - via The Mail), externalNottingham Forest are targeting a move for PSV Eindhoven and Belgium winger Johan Bakayoko, 22, as they line up a replacement for 23-year-old Sweden international Anthony Elanga, who looks set to move to Newcastle United. (Telegraph - subscription required), externalManchester United are set to get £8m as part of a sell-on clause they negotiated when they sold Elanga to Forest in 2023. (Talksport), externalForest are also considering Bakayoko's Belgium team-mate Malick Fofana, 20, with the Lyon winger also linked with Chelsea and Bayern Munich this summer. (Sky Sports, external)Unai Emery is keen to bring Barcelona striker Ferran Torres, 25, to Aston Villa and is prepared to offer £43m for the Spaniard. (Fichajes - in Spanish), externalArsenal's attempts to sign Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera, 21, have stalled as the La Liga club are asking for more than £20m for the Spanish international. (Mirror), externalBayern Munich have held talks with Christopher Nkunku's agent as they consider a move for Chelsea's 27-year-old France striker. (Bild - in German), externalNapoli have made a £42m bid for Liverpool's 26-year-old Uruguay striker Darwin Nunez. (Gianluca di Marzo), externalSunderland are close to completing a deal to sign 20-year-old Morocco forward Chemsdine Talbi from Belgian side Club Brugge. (Fabrizio Romano), external Atalanta have rejected a £45.7m offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Qadsiah for Italy striker Mateo Retegui, with the Serie A side wanting £51.8m for the 26-year-old. (Football Italia), external Everton are interested in signing 26-year-old goalkeeper Mark Travers, who impressed on loan at Middlesbrough from Bournemouth last season. (Sky Sports, external)
BBC News
43 minutes ago
- BBC News
Palace European fate at stake as Lyon hearing starts
Crystal Palace will move a step closer towards discovering whether they can play in next season's Europa League with Lyon's appeal against their relegation from Ligue 1 set to start on French club's hearing, which will be crucial towards Uefa's decision as to whether Palace can compete in the Europa League, has been brought forward after initially being due to take place at the end of this week, multiple sources have told BBC Sport. French football authorities have demoted Lyon into Ligue 2 due to their poor financial the club have appealed against the decision, with French football's watchdog now set to rule over whether to uphold the relegation or hand Lyon a Lyon maintain their Ligue 1 status, the French side would likely keep their place in the Europa League, potentially at Palace's their relegation is upheld, Lyon have agreed with Uefa to be excluded from the competition - clearing the way for Palace to play in the uncertainty over Palace's European spot next season stems from a perceived breach of Uefa's multi-club ownership Football Holdings - owned by American businessman John Textor - is at the centre of the case. The company currently owns stakes in Palace and Lyon, with Uefa rules stating that clubs owned, to a certain threshold of influence, by the same person or entity cannot compete in the same European argue that Textor does not hold any decisive influence, but Uefa are yet to rule over whether they accept the Premier League side's football's governing body delayed its ruling on the case until the French authorities has made a decision on Lyon's league status.
Leader Live
an hour ago
- Leader Live
Sarina Wiegman: England are not thinking about consequences of Netherlands clash
The Lionesses' 2-1 opening loss to France has left their title defence hanging by a thread and it does not get any easier with the 2017 champions up next in Zurich. England will become the first holders to crash out at the group stage if they lose and France avoid defeat to Wales. 'We don't talk about consequences,' Wiegman said. 'We talk about our game plan again, about what we have to do to be at our best and how we can exploit spaces that the Netherlands leave behind.' Full squad out on the pitch today ahead of the Netherlands 👊 — Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 8, 2025 Saturday's defeat was also a first for Wiegman in the group stage of a major tournament, having led the Netherlands to the trophy in a flawless campaign, then doing the same with England four years later. This is a different kind of jeopardy but not one that has changed Wiegman's perspective. She said: 'It's a game. It's a football game and the outcome, of course, has consequences, but that was the same in the final in the Euros and the final in the World Cup. 'So we bring it back to 'what do we have to do?' And the focus is what actions do we have to take to play our best. That's the conversation we have with the players. That's what we train and how we can stick together? 'In good moments that's easier. When it's harder moments, how do we come together and get back to what we have to do.' Arsenal striker Alessia Russo, who had a would-be opening goal chalked off against France, agreed England can rely on their good track record of responding to unfavourable results. She said: 'Ultimately we don't like losing but when a result like that happens you have to reflect, you have to come together as a team. 'We have bounced back before, which will give us confidence. But also we know we weren't up to it against France. Looking ahead 👊 — Lionesses (@Lionesses) July 7, 2025 'Obviously they were a great team as well but we know within our standards that we want to be better. 'So I think that sets the bar for us in training and tomorrow night. We're our own biggest critics as players, so we're all ready to get back out and have another game.' In the weeks leading up to this tournament, Wiegman and the Lionesses have branded themselves a 'new England', but on Monday midfielder Georgia Stanway said the side were determined to play a 'traditional style' of football. However traditional and new ultimately intersect on Wednesday night, the match cannot come soon enough for Russo and her team-mates. She added: 'When you have a disappointing result in football, all you want to do is get back out on the pitch and play again. 'Luckily with tournaments it comes around a bit quicker than normal. Four days is plenty for us to want to be back out on that pitch. I think everyone is ready and looking forward to tomorrow.'
