Sam Cunningham
@samcunningham
Chief football correspondent @theipaper Email: [email protected]
Exclusive: Man United cut stewards’ £100 bonus and the £50 cash prize for steward of the week as Ineos continue slashing costs. "You’re pinching off people at the bottom of the ladder.” Full story @TheiPaperSport ⤵️ inews.co.uk/sport/football…
🚨 'Grey areas', keeping players out of transfer jail... and a way to keep Alexander Isak at #nufc. Inside the secretive world of the release clause - and why they now rule the transfer market. 🤝 Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Newcastle are having a stinker of a transfer window. (Kudos to the headline writer for including "stinker" in the headline.) @TheiPaperSport inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Four hours later and this already needs to be updated to include James Trafford agreeing to join Manchester City
Newcastle are having a stinker of a transfer window. (Kudos to the headline writer for including "stinker" in the headline.) @TheiPaperSport inews.co.uk/sport/football…
🚨 How #nufc will respond after Alexander Isak bombshell. ⚫️ Not-for-sale stance from #nufc remains but Isak clearly unsettled ⚪️ Contingency planning - with Sesko claims considered ⚫️ #lfc 'have PSR room' ⚪️ Has Isak made strategic error? Read 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Manchester United have treated Marcus Rashford abysmally Comment @TheiPaperSport inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Piano, church and a move that saved a career The formula behind England’s magic Agyemang-Kelly partnership #Lionesses #WEURO2025 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
"The English are never done". Whistle piece from Geneva. #Lionesses #WEURO2025 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Last Thursday, @PenybontFC_ gave me full behind-the-scenes access across the entire matchday to help tell the story of the European Conference League qualifiers, where players get to live out their dreams. A great day. ⬇️ inews.co.uk/sport/football…
🚨 It's not about Alexander Isak for #nufc owners. Not really. Bigger picture is uncertainty at the top & recruitment struggles. PIF need to get a hold of it - fast. 😳 My analysis of summer so far - and what comes next 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
It's up to Palace lawyers to convince CAS they have a more compelling argument 🧑⚖️ ✍️ @samcunningham reports #CPFC inews.co.uk/sport/football…
A young non-league groundsman recently went viral for his pitch designs. I wanted to go and see him because this stuff is art and because I think it makes for a great story. inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Crystal Palace are running out of options 🕑 ✍️ @samcunningham reports #CPFC inews.co.uk/sport/football…
The making of a 'deep thinker' and Lionesses super-sub 🦁 Big read on Michelle Agyemang, speaking to her former colleagues and teammates ⤵️ inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Tonight's pre-match reading ⚽️ 1/3 🧵 Mary Earps: I'm proud of my England legacy - I can't control how others see it #WEURO2025 #SWEENG #Lionesses inews.co.uk/sport/football…
The court case that spells bad news for Crystal Palace @TheiPaperSport inews.co.uk/sport/football…
🚨 If you truly want to be number one, you don't sell the best striker on the planet from a position of strength. 💪 Inside #nufc Isak stance as #lfc circle & why it'll tell us so much about PIF ambition. (Plus latest on Ekitike 2nd bid in here too) 👇 inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Steve Parish confirms @TheiPaperSport's story. “We are still fighting,” Parish told the The Rest is Football podcast. “There’s an appeal process, so we go to CAS."
Crystal Palace will appeal Uefa’s decision to kick them out of the Europa League 🧑⚖️ ✍️ @samcunningham & @OMyles90 report #CPFC inews.co.uk/sport/football…
Infantino declared the CWC "the most successful club competition in the world". The final had 2.3m peak viewers on Channel 5. Arsenal v Man Utd in the FA Cup Third Round had a peak of 7.4m & another 4.3m watched on BBC iPlayer. Comment @TheiPaperSport inews.co.uk/sport/football…