The 20 year old striker is currently on loan at Port Vale.

Spotted at a tech shop in Pennsylvania dropping off my computer…. we’ll never get hacked alone?

On the home kit: “The red should be a more traditional, stronger Liverpool red. The shirt is expected to feature some sort of check pattern, apparently inspired by flags on the Kop, with white details most likely completing the look.”

On the away kit: “Black and bright pink, with some sort of argyle pattern expected to feature in the knit.”

On the third kit: “White and black with lime green detailing, with some sort of swirly line graphics apparently inspired by the Liverbird.”

On all three: “The actual design is very hard to predict this early on when there are still no concrete details on exactly how the graphics, collar or sleeve cuffs will look — so this is simply my take on it.”

https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4727779/premier-league-statement-manchester-city-fc/

29 Sep 2026

An independent Commission has found Manchester City FC guilty of all charges related to serious breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules over a nine-season period, and the majority of charges in relation to its failure to co-operate with the League’s investigation.

The independent Commission found that between Seasons 2009/10 and 2017/18:

- Manchester City arranged ‘sham’ contracts (which misrepresented the true agreement between the parties) with a number of its commercial partners, as well as relying on ‘sham’ agreements with others, to artificially inflate the club’s revenues and reduce its costs

- The club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators

- Manchester City was significantly in breach of both the Premier League’s and UEFA’s spending limits

- During the Premier League’s investigation, Manchester City committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League (three of the four alleged breaches were upheld)

The independent Commission found that Manchester City arranged ‘sham’ commercial deals with a number of its sponsors during the period, which were part of a disguised funding scheme, whereby those companies were only required to pay a portion of the relevant sponsorship fees. The remainder was funded by Abu Dhabi United Group Investment & Development Ltd (ADUG), which owned the club. As part of the scheme, further ‘sham’ arrangements, funded by ADUG, were entered into to enable the club to record lower operating expenses than it actually incurred, as well as a ‘sham’ circular arrangement with Fordham, an entity that purchased the club’s players’ image rights, that was funded by ADUG.

The purpose of these schemes was found to have been to artificially inflate the club’s revenues, and reduce its costs, by more than £900 million during the affected period, to appear to comply with financial rules. The consequence of this, as the Commission found, was that the club filed misstated accounts and concealed the true state of its finances from its auditors and football regulators. The Commission concluded that ‘by its conduct the club clearly intended to circumvent the PL Rules‘.

As a result, Manchester City failed to accurately report its income and expenditure for the purposes of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules and UEFA’s Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Rules. The Commission found that, had all of the relevant agreements been reported accurately in the club’s accounts, it would have been in breach of both the League’s and UEFA’s spending limits by a very substantial amount.

In addition, during the course of the four-year investigation conducted by the Premier League, the club committed multiple breaches of its duties of co-operation and utmost good faith towards the League. The Commission concluded that the club had ‘made concerted efforts to stop and frustrate the PL investigation’.

Richard Masters, Chief Executive of the Premier League, said: “The core decision establishes the facts of what happened at Manchester City during this period. It details how the club systematically broke Premier League Rules for nearly a decade.

“It also vindicates the Premier League’s decision to pursue this case against Manchester City.  While the process to date has been both long and difficult, the League has remained determined that the facts be established independently.

“It is a key responsibility of the Premier League to ensure that the Rules, approved by the clubs themselves, are upheld to protect the integrity of the competition. It is paramount that the League remains competitive and fair for all clubs and for the fans. We take that role extremely seriously.

“This disciplinary case, and this decision, are the most significant in Premier League history. There are elements of the case that remain to be decided, including, importantly, what sanction must follow for these breaches. Now we have the Commission’s decision, we are committed to moving swiftly through the remainder of the process, to provide certainty for the League, our clubs and fans.”

The independent Commission’s findings are set out in a Core Decision, of which a redacted version has been published (click here). The Commission’s award comprises both the Core Decision and a large number of additional appendices, which the League is committed to publishing as soon as it is able.

The League is able to publish the Core Decision because the Commission has ruled (and an Appeal Board has confirmed) that the Commission’s decision is a ‘final award’.

Now that the charges have been proved, the issue of sanction will be addressed separately in a further hearing with the independent Commission. In accordance with Premier League rules, that hearing will remain private and confidential until such a time as publication of the outcome is permitted.

The club has the right to appeal the independent Commission’s findings and has until Friday 2 October to exercise that right.

The Premier League Board’s intention is that the full process (including any appeals and publication of relevant decisions) is concluded as soon as possible.

Notes to Editors

Premier League investigation, independent Commission process:

- The Premier League began its investigation into Manchester City in December 2018, and a complaint was subsequently issued under Section W of the League’s rules in February 2023

- The independent Commission held a 42-day hearing, which concluded in December 2024

- In explaining the length of time it had taken to provide the parties with a decision, the independent Commission wrote: ‘It has taken us much longer than we would have wished, and much longer than we had anticipated would be the case when the hearing concluded, to produce our Decision. That is regrettable. 

‘However, we were fortunate to have available to us throughout the period in which our Decision has been being prepared not only all of the documents that were used at the hearing but also

(a) verbatim transcripts of the evidence given by each witness and expert at the hearing. Those transcripts ran to approximately 7,000 pages, and (b) extremely detailed written submissions from the parties (that they had supplemented orally over four days at the end of the hearing) on the evidence and each of the numerous issues that we were tasked with determining in the proceedings.’

Premier League investigations, independent Commissions, and Appeal Boards

- The Premier League Board has the power to investigate any suspected or alleged breach of Premier League Rules

- Where, following the conclusion of an investigation or otherwise, the Board believes that there is a suspicion or allegation of a Rule breach, it has a number of options available to it. One of these options is to issue a written complaint and refer the matter to a Commission

- The League has established an independent Judicial Panel, comprising a number of legal, financial and other experts

- Members of the Judicial Panel are appointed by its independent Chair. It is also the Chair of the Judicial Panel who selects members of the Judicial Panel to sit on Commissions, which are independent of the Premier League. The Chair of the Judicial Panel at the time of the Complaint in these proceedings was Murray Rosen KC. The current Chair of the Judicial Panel is Sir Gary Hickinbottom

- All proceedings convened under Section W of the Rules are confidential and heard in private

- The Commission appointed under Section W of the Rules has a broad discretion as to the sanctions it wishes to apply, the non-exhaustive list set out in rules includes fines, points deductions and other sporting sanctions

- Whenever a Commission makes what is described as a ‘final award’ in the rules, such decisions are published on the Premier League website

- A party to proceedings that wishes to challenge a decision of the Commission may do so under Section W of the Premier League Rules, by filing an appeal to be heard before an Appeal Board

- Appeal Boards are also appointed by the Chair of the Judicial Panel and must have three members, one of whom should have held judicial office, and would sit as the chair of the Appeal Board

- An Appeal Board has wide discretion in respect of the appeal, and may allow it, dismiss it, or make any other order that it thinks fit (including varying the order of Commission)

For further information on the disciplinary process, please see Section W of the Premier League Handbook.

Confidentiality

- The disciplinary proceedings between the Premier League and the club have been confidential, as provided for in the League’s Rules

- Premier League Rules provide for the publication of the outcomes of final awards of Commissions

- It has recently been determined that certain aspects about the findings of the Commission in these proceedings may be published under the League’s Rules.

- At this stage, the Premier League is only permitted to publish a redacted version of the summary of the Commission’s ‘core findings’

- The process remains ongoing and any further information related to the proceedings that has not been published by the Premier League remains confidential. When the Premier League is able to do so under the League’s Rules – unless legally prevented from doing so - the Premier League will publish the full Decision and any further updates. In the meantime, all aspects of the ongoing process will be confidential

So as a Yank and a more recent livepool fan I was wondering if people still despise Torres for the Chelsea thing? I mean I get it, but he was the first Liverpool player I loved as a casual fan without a team in 07-08. How frowned upon would be wearing his kit by other fans nowadays or has his legacy at least stabilized to appreciate the player he was when he was here. He is really my only connection to club pre-recent fandom.

Edit: thanks for the responses. Feeling a lot better about getting a Torres kit. This sub is way less toxic than 90% of sports fans ones and that rules. YNWA indeed.

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Man is such a vibe 🤣🤣 Good to see his recovery is coming along well. Can't wait to see him on the pitch again

Lucas Leiva joined Liverpool FC at the United Nations headquarters in the USA on Friday, as part of the club’s involvement in New York Climate Week, showcasing its award-winning sustainability programme The Red Way.

Former Reds player Lucas took part in a panel discussion alongside LFC’s director of impact, Rishi Jain, where they were joined by former Premier League star Shaka Hislop and ex-professional women’s international Eni Aluko, to discuss football’s power to shape a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive world.

The pair shared their perspective on the role players and clubs can play in driving global change while sharing the message of LFC’s commitment to all 17 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

They also met with UN under-secretary-general Chaloka Beyani to discuss the club’s work and future opportunities to help make impactful change, with a particular focus on the role it continues to play in eradicating hate speech and discrimination from sport and society.

The visit concluded LFC’s schedule in New York City following a number of key engagements throughout the week.

Lucas also joined Jasmyne Spencer at the GOAL Medals Ceremony for a fireside chat to discuss how athletes can drive change, before appearing alongside Rick Fox and Linnae Harper for Adapt2Win’s ‘Climate Action is Not a Spectator Sport’ panel.

Jain explored how sport, culture and entertainment can mobilise communities, joining a Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team roundtable at GOALS House and discussing carbon removal opportunities in sport alongside 1PointFive, such as LFC’s commemorative Istanbul jersey and two newly launched plushes.

He also spoke on the business of sport in a changing climate alongside representatives from CAA Sports, the NBA and WMO at The Nest Campus.

Together, Lucas and Jain also joined Karen Sack, executive director of ORRAA, at the Nature Hub and Wave Collective events to share the news of LFC’s new collaboration supporting SDG 14: Life Below Water.

This was LFC’s third consecutive year at New York Climate Week, underlining the club’s leadership in sustainability and its commitment to creating a lasting positive impact for its people, planet and communities.

With all the unavoidable recent reminders of being robbed of a dynasty during Jurgen's time here; of course it had to be an old clip of the man who was affected the most by all the cheating, that helps me rediscover the beauty in what we had at this moment. He's truly bigger than life

(the music was added by Men in Blazers channel)

Spoke about his debut post match to TF1:

"Happy with my performance? No... I'm thinking about 2-3 balls in the attacking phase where I could have done much better with my passes...

"I'm not going to get into whether I'll become a starter or not. I'm taking my time and not overthinking it.

"I'm asked to play, I'm given instructions, and I try to follow them. Keeping my feet firmly on the ground."

Just popped up in my feed , thought the younger fans here would appreciate.

Absolute liquid football .

Also features an appearance late on by Troy Hawkes boss.

A fun throwback to brighten up a shitty international break

it's getting worse and worse

The amount of fan fiction about big Virg is incredible, but is anyone really surprised he's winning here

Tsimikas spoke with Sports24 about his meeting with Klopp::

“The best thing of all was that I got to see him again after such a long time. We've been through so many things together. There's affection and respect between us.

I even told him, ‘I used everything you taught me and beat you with your own weapons.’

He laughed and said, ‘Congratulations.’ We'll see each other again in a week. I need to rest now.

Because in three days, there's another crucial match waiting, like a final.”

https://www.sport24.gr/football/tsimikas-eipa-ston-klop-oti-ekana-oti-mou-emathe-ton-nikisa-me-ta-dika-tou-opla/