🚨 Whatever happened to West Ham prospect Grady Diangana? - Diangana shone for West Ham's academy, 7 goals, 6 assists - Made just 21 first-team appearances, scoring twice - Loaned to West Brom in 2019/20, excelled under Bilic - Helped Baggies earn promotion, finishing second that season - Sold permanently that summer, angering Hammers fans - Noble, Rice and Wilshere all publicly expressed frustration - Struggled in his lone Prem season, hit by hamstring injury - Played 202 times for West Brom, scoring 26 with 22 assists - Joined Elche on free transfer after contract expired - Barely featured this season, contracted only until June

🚨 Punter wins £997k from £4 corners accumulator - Villa fan bet £4 on 12 EFL matches all exceeding 11.5 corners - Bet won him a staggering £997,385 in total - Started as a casual weekend accumulator with friends - At half-time, several games showed worryingly low corner counts - Reading-Barnsley had just one corner at the break - Corners flooded in across all 12 games in the second half - Oxford-Bradford had zero goals but 14 corners combined - Didn't realise he'd won until half an hour after games ended - Needed wife to confirm the amount, called it "emotional" - Plans to pay off mortgage, buy a car, take a family holiday

🚨 McTominay nets twice as Napoli draw 3-3 with Roma - McTominay's first goal needed three attempts to beat Gollini - Two headers blocked before he finally forced it home - Anguissa had opened scoring earlier with a bicycle kick - McTominay had just returned from a heart procedure - Struggled on return, Napoli lost to Villarreal and Venezia - Also scored twice in midweek win over Bodo/Glimt - Soule equalised for Roma with a stunning long-range strike - Gasperini compared the goal's quality to peak Messi - McTominay's second goal came from almost 30 yards out - Balerdi's late header completed the 3-3 scoreline

🚨 Toulouse open talks to extend keeper Restes' contract - Restes, 21, nearly left Toulouse over the summer - Entourage said he was "focused" on a departure - No interested club made the necessary move to sign him - Marseille among sides touted but made no signings - Villa, Napoli, Ipswich also reportedly interested parties - Stayed, held positive talks with new boss Berthel Askou - Remains Toulouse's undisputed first-choice goalkeeper - Made France debut under Zidane in October break - Aware debut could spark fresh interest from big clubs - Current deal runs to 2028, talks now open on extension

🚨 Lawlor wants Fleetwood "excited, not overawed" by Arsenal - Fleetwood host champions Arsenal in Carabao Cup fourth round - Sold-out Highbury hosts first such crowd in over a decade - Reached round after beating Sheffield United previously - Lawlor wants energy and togetherness repeated vs Arsenal - Calls tie huge financially, praises owners' long-term backing - Admits recent form has dipped since Sheffield United win - Cannon returns to training, available but managed carefully - Potter available despite a cut above his eye - Thompson-Sommers targeting end of November return - Lawlor praises Arteta, expects "world class" opposition

🚨 Newcastle wages: 1992/93 to 2024/25 - 2024/25: record £243.48m wage bill - 1992/93: just £4.66m, in the second tier - Growth: 52x higher than in 1992/93 - Cumulative: £2.38b paid in wages over 33 seasons - Running average: £72.03m per season - 1995/96: wages doubled to £14.31m (+101%) - 2009/10: down 33% to £47.46m after relegation - 2016/17: first season over £100m (£112.19m), in the Championship - 2021/22: biggest rise in money terms, up £63.38m (+59%) after the takeover - Last 4 seasons: £817.52m, 34% of all wages paid since 1992/93 - Endured some challenging years under Mike Ashley

🚨 Liverpool not targeting Alexander-Arnold despite Madrid struggles - Liverpool don't view Alexander-Arnold as concrete target - He's fallen behind Valverde and Dumfries at right-back - Started just three of Madrid's nine La Liga games - Played 345 minutes across seven games all competitions - Provided just one assist in that limited game time - Araujo impressing on loan, seen as Liverpool's preferred option - Frimpong hasn't fully convinced, Bradley hit by injuries - Reports suggest Madrid could sell for the right offer - Piece cites wages, fan relationship, fit as complicating factors - Says pursuing other right-backs looks the sensible path

🚨 Alonso confirms Penders keeps gloves for Liverpool clash - Penders made two big saves before Spurs win at Stamford Bridge - Own goal from a corner turned the game, lost 2-0 - Alonso confirms he'll start Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie - Says dealing with mistakes is "part of the business" - Stresses responsibility is shared across the whole squad - Also backed fellow debutant Quenda after tough start - Lacroix says squad will support Penders through it - Calls him talented, says mistakes happen in football - Frames Liverpool and Utd games as chance to respond - Early team news seen as removing pressure before Anfield

🚨 Cowan slams officials after Shrewsbury's 3-3 draw at Rotherham - Salop led after fighting back from Mullin's quickfire double - Bradshaw's late equaliser secured a 3-3 draw at Rotherham - Cowan disputes free-kick awarded for Rotherham's leveller - Claims opponents moved the free-kick forward illegally - Says side are "getting points despite the referees" now - McMahon-Brown sent off for pushing Rafferty in the box - Cowan argues it was a defensive, protective reaction - Says he urged referee to stay strong against home pressure

🚨 Sutton mocks Johnstone's "sloppy" weather excuse vs Hibs - Celtic beat Hibs with Duran scoring winner before half-time - Chaotic opening saw both sides score inside five minutes - Johnstone cited tough conditions affecting his distribution - Said wind made it hard to judge where aerial balls would go - Sutton dismissed the excuse as "a stretch" on social media - Praised Celtic's domestic form despite a flat performance - Flagged concerns over midfield and second balls late on - Called Duran's finish classy but noted he looked unhappy

🚨 Burnley confirm Diego Lopez as new chief football officer - Burnley confirm Lopez's appointment as chief football officer - Move follows his departure from Genoa in early October - Club call it "the first chapter of a new era" - Will oversee recruitment, operations and sporting structure - No mention yet of role in finding a new head coach - Pace cites his recruitment experience and European knowledge - Lopez previously head scout at Monaco, Lille, Bordeaux - Also held director of sport role at RC Lens - Lopez says he's eager to explore the club's potential - Burnley had sought a sporting director since April

🚨 Dasilva: Fulham loss "a tough one to take" for Coventry - Coventry lost to Fulham on Saturday - Dasilva says there wasn't much in the game - Admits neither side created many chances - Says the key moment simply went Fulham's way - Confirms squad returns to training Monday to refocus

🚨 Bournemouth beating giants has "become the norm" - Bournemouth beat both AC Milan and Man Utd this week - Fans should "stop being surprised" now - Big results the new normality for the club - How many Bournemouth players Utd would pick - Says every Bournemouth starter outperformed their opposite - Makes same point about their win over AC Milan Thursday - Club's history as a small side, small fanbase - Fns now expect Bournemouth to deliver in big games

🚨 Gakpo: First Anfield league win of season "important" - Liverpool beat Brighton for their first home league win - Gakpo says it's not good it took so long for the club - Praised clean sheet and quality of goals scored - Called Brighton "a very good opponent" in a good game - Stressed getting the win was important for the team

🚨 O'Nien: "Belief will never leave" bottom-placed Sunderland - Sunderland drew 0-0 at home with Leeds - Result leaves them bottom of the Premier League - O'Nien says the table "fairly" reflects where they are - Calls their current position "really humbling" - Insists belief in the squad will never disappear - Says they won't stay bottom if they repeat today's display - Believes return to last year's form is within their control - Calls the draw "a step in the right direction"

🚨 Fati forced off again with injury in Monaco's draw vs Lille - Fati missed start of season through injury already - Scored off bench in 3-0 win over Freiburg midweek - Made first Ligue 1 start of season days later - Started in number 10 role against Lille at Louis II - Forced off after just 15 minutes, replaced by Detourbet - Article cites both thigh and hamstring issue, unclear which - Severity of the injury not yet determined - Filipe Luis says club must be "careful" with him

🚨 O'Neill hails "best win of the season" despite shaky Hibs display - Celtic beat Hibs away, kept four-point league lead - O'Neill calls it his side's "best win of the season" - Says that despite below-par overall performance - Hibs scored inside three minutes through Elding - O'Neill joked team was "still in the bus" for that goal - Celtic came from behind to win at Easter Road - Hogh among those who spurned first-half chances - Praised side's resilience and in-game adaptation - Notes win could prove significant for a sixth straight title - That would mark 15 titles in 16 seasons if achieved

🚨 Sage defiant on future, Laurens says he's "too nice" - Sage addressed future for 20 minutes in press conference - Says job decision rests with chairman and owners, not him - Calls noise around club and team "only noise" - Palace have just seven points from first eight league games - Lost to Everton and City before beating Fulham early on - Beat Forest on 11 October, their last league win since - Lost at Lyon, Brighton, drew with Besiktas in Europe - Have league's worst defence, conceded 19 in eight games - Laurens says Sage felt sorry for Fulham after beating them - Calls him "too nice" for the ruthlessness of the Premier League

🚨 Abdallah dropped to Marseille reserves after Le Havre defeat - Abdallah, 20, had broken into Marseille's first team - Benefited from club's financial crisis limiting signings - Came on alongside Maupay after Le Havre's fourth goal - Le Havre scored two more, won amid controversial penalty calls - Referee Turpin reviewed one shout, stuck with his decision - Genesio furious, says he'll restore "humility" to young players - Reports say Abdallah relegated to reserve side afterward - Will stay there "until further notice" per La Provence

🚨 Anderson: Newcastle win over Palace a "confidence boost" - Newcastle beat Crystal Palace 2-0, called a huge three points - Anderson says first half was largely forgettable - Two early second-half goals proved enough to win - Says first goal visibly deflated Palace, heads dropped - Win eases growing questions around the manager - Clean sheet seen as a welcome added bonus - Admits performance itself "wasn't great" or fluent - Warns it's too early to say they've turned a corner - Says there's still plenty of work left to do - Osula scored on his return to the starting lineup