Daily Star - Football

Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes 'quits club for Saudi' after £670m transfer splurge

staronline@reachplc.com (Neil Docking) — Sat, 5 Sep 2026 11:34:43 +0000

Liverpool have confirmed Richard Hughes has left his role as sporting director after less than three years with the controversial figure strongly linked with a move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal

Liverpool news: £70m 'dream' transfer still on as signing for Andoni Iraola confirmed

staronline@reachplc.com (Neil Docking, Fasika Zelealem) — Sat, 5 Sep 2026 10:37:44 +0000

Andoni Iraola oversaw Liverpool's first win of the season away against Ipswich Town and he has seen a new arrival at Anfield with the possibility of more to come in the January transfer window

Man Utd news: 'Real deal' £75m transfer target on agenda in January as star seals signing

staronline@reachplc.com (Neil Docking, Jake Bayliss) — Sat, 5 Sep 2026 09:54:19 +0000

Manchester United missed out on a crucial signing in the summer transfer window but are still getting deals completed ahead of their clash with Everton

Premier League icon 'bonked mistress on sofa' when wife and children walked in

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Sat, 5 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

A Premier League icon was allegedly bonking his mistress on the sofa when his traumatised wife and children walked in and caught him red-handed

Andoni Iraola's inspired change prevails as Alexander Isak finally makes Liverpool mark

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 20:53:27 +0000

Liverpool picked up their first win of the Premier League season as Alexander Isak’s early double set the Reds on track to a comfortable night against Ipswich

Champions League is back — get your Road to Madrid special now

staronline@reachplc.com (Padma Murughappun) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 15:19:47 +0000

All 36 teams profiled, the stars to watch, iconic finals revisited and a full fixture list — your essential guide to Europe’s biggest club competition

Mike Dean responds to backlash over referee comments as calls for probe grow

staronline@reachplc.com (Patrick Austen-Hardy) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:28:35 +0000

After his staggering comments about playing secret games during matches while still a referee, former Premier League official Mike Dean has responded on social media

Ex-Liverpool star spared jail after 'pulling braid from ex's head' says 'it was a mistake'

staronline@reachplc.com (Abigail Hunt) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:06:34 +0000

Jordon Ibe, a former Liverpool winger, has been spared jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend Amie Mayson outside her home in Lambeth, south London

Martial arts fighter shot twice in bum by 'coward' ultra at football match

staronline@reachplc.com (Neil Docking) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 13:34:48 +0000

A former MMA and Muay Thai champion was shot twice at a football match by a suspected football ultra labelled a "coward" over the vicious attack

Modern football has lost its soul to risk-averse tactics more boring than Michael Owen

staronline@reachplc.com (Harry Brent) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 12:09:00 +0000

BRENT A GOB: This week, Harry Brent's blasting modern football tactics and the supporters who can't stop booing their club's former players

I left Man Utd in shock transfer to prove me right – not Sir Alex Ferguson wrong

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 11:12:21 +0000

EXCLUSIVE: A former Manchester United star insisted he didn’t go out to prove Sir Alex Ferguson wrong when he won the league after the legendary Scot sold him to their bitter rivals

Darts girl who dated snooker icon is now with England football star going through divorce

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 11:03:51 +0000

A jaw-dropping darts walk-on girl who dated a snooker icon 22 years her senior is now with a former England star who is going through a divorce

Bruno Fernandes and Dominik Szoboszlai in cringe Man Utd-Liverpool love-in – 'games gone'

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 10:20:23 +0000

Bruno Fernandes and Dominik Szoboszlai’s cringe Manchester United and Liverpool love-in on social media has left fans slamming ‘the game has gone’

Chloe Kelly branded 'absolute superstar' as England Lioness wows in new advert

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 09:39:02 +0000

Chloe Kelly has been branded an ‘absolute superstar’ after the England Lioness hero wowed in a new advert as she continues to increase her global reach

Man Utd news: £75m transfer update issued as summer blunder laid bare for Michael Carrick

staronline@reachplc.com (Neil Docking, Tom Sunderland) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 07:36:17 +0000

Manchester United are hoping to record back-to-back wins in the Premier League when they face Everton this weekend with Michael Carrick's revamped squad

I spent three years in Premier League then got sent to horrid cockroach-infested prison

staronline@reachplc.com (Tom Victor) — Fri, 4 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

A football bad boy has opened up on his harrowing prison stint when he found himself locked up behind bars and sharing a jail cell with cockroaches

Hollywood star Hugh Jackman in talks to buy stake in Championship club to rival Ryan Reynolds

staronline@reachplc.com (Ian Parker) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 15:10:14 +0000

Hollywood star Hugh Jackson could be set to follow in Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's footsteps after speaking about his interest in buying a stake in a Championship club

Alan Shearer hands out award for five worst footballing views in 'walk of shame’

staronline@reachplc.com (Matthew Abbott, Patrick Austen-Hardy) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 14:59:35 +0000

Alan Shearer is now paid for his opinions on all things football, but the ex-Newcastle United ace was given the role of award distributor in a recent stunt

Man Utd complete transfer hours after deadline as Michael Carrick makes decision

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley, Ross Jackson) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 12:05:43 +0000

Manchester United have confirmed they have completed a transfer despite the summer window closing two days ago after Michael Carrick's decision

Mason Greenwood under investigation as UEFA launch probe into ex-Man Utd star's actions

staronline@reachplc.com (Bruna Reis, Cameron Winstanley) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 11:32:58 +0000

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against former Manchester United and now Fenerbahce forward Mason Greenwood after events in the Champions League

Everton fan banned from games for three years after pushing supporter in stadium row

staronline@reachplc.com (Jessica Hughes) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:09:42 +0000

The man pleaded guilty to assault after the scuffle left the victim, a man in his 60s, with swelling and soreness to the top of his head.

Mike Dean sparks fury as ex-Prem ref admits playing secret games in matches 'for a laugh'

staronline@reachplc.com (Scott Trotter, Cameron Winstanley) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:56:13 +0000

Former Premier League referee Mike Dean has admitted to playing secret games during matches for a "laugh", sparking outrage from fans who branded his antics "disgusting" and "unprofessional"

Seven countries with transfer windows still open Premier League clubs can sell players to

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:43:17 +0000

While the Premier League transfer window and most of western Europe’s transfer window slammed shut on Tuesday there are still leagues around the world that can still sign stars from these shores

Football club's youngest ever star dies aged 38 as 'heartbreaking' death mourned

staronline@reachplc.com (Cameron Winstanley) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 08:08:11 +0000

A football club has been left in mourning after their youngest ever player tragically died at the age of just 38 with former teams paying emotional tributes

Arsenal news: Late signing jets in for medical as £60m transfer set to be confirmed

staronline@reachplc.com (Neil Docking, Kasra Moradi) — Thu, 3 Sep 2026 07:51:30 +0000

Arsenal are still doing transfer business with Mikel Arteta overseeing incomings and outgoings even though the summer window has closed in England