Everton have begun talks with debt-restructuring experts in a move that has raised further questions about the protracted takeover of the club by 777 Partners.
The competitiveness of the women’s leagues is being badly hindered by inadequate compensation fees when academy products are snapped up by other clubs, according to Bristol City’s chief executive Gavin Marshall.
Billy Vunipola’s move to Montpellier next season has not been jeopardised by his arrest in a Spanish bar during the early hours of Sunday morning.