Miguel Delaney

My book, ‘States of Play’, is out now. It is really a modern history of football, and how it has been transformed by three main forces: geopolitics, especially autocratic states; a very western capitalism; the game’s own greed and failures of authority geni.us/StatesOfPlay

England, somehow, do it again independent.co.uk/sport/football…

If you count the Dutch game, this is the fourth of five where England have needed a rescue job. They have one of the most talented squads in the tournament but have consistently looked less than the sum of their parts.

The last (and only) time I was here was Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic

Some setting for a stadium (the motorway helpfully obscured)

Concur

Gyokeres add-ons agreed, as reported by @David_Ornstein - plan is he flies to Singapore for medical independent.co.uk/sport/football…

What's going on with Isak and what happens next? Frankfurt have been frustrated with slowness of Ekitike talks Arteta loves Isak, but he's already pushed Arsenal to extend the budget Newcastle are hardline on not selling but big Q is does Isak agitate? independent.co.uk/sport/football…

The England players want to do more than just say the same old things with the Jess Carter story - and that includes from the authorities and the FA independent.co.uk/sport/football…

Brighton have agreed basic terms of a loan for Evan Ferguson with Roma, but final details not yet sorted - and likely to be overnight independent.co.uk/sport/football…

Every national kit in the world at the Fifa museum - which, fair is fair, is excellent

Spain are made work, but the problem is the process of that ensures they make you work even harder independent.co.uk/sport/football…

Everton looking for a right-back, number-six, number-eight and right-winger as part of newly emboldened summer plans McAtee tops a lost that includes Douglas Luiz, Kubo... independent.co.uk/sport/football…

"One of a kind," Wiegman says. She was rightly talking about Bronze, but it could have applied to an absurd shoot-out. It arguably fit the game: England get it wrong, then right, then wrong again and again and again... but resolve gets them through independent.co.uk/sport/football…

Infantino is coming to England-Sweden tonight - which would be the same amount of games as Ceferin, for a Uefa event

“Football clubs and football agents” named for first time as emerging risk of money laundering/terrorism funding in annual government report Most strikingly, many known football problems - ownership, inequality, agents double representing - cited independent.co.uk/sport/football…