Sam Wallace

20 yrs since the Glazer takeover in May. So much since then, but this is about the weirdness & conflict of that 2004/05 period. The secretive family who came from nowhere to control #MUFC. And what the club was like before. Speaking to those who were there telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

Legal battle over the Arsenal fan podcast that went from a group of online friendships and acquaintances to a lucrative business telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Members of staff at Arsenal have been left disappointed after being charged £859 for travel to the Champions League final. Big contrast with PSG, who are paying for all of their employees to go (and yes, the two clubs operate very differently financially) telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

🚨 José Mourinho is on the verge of making a return to Real Madrid with the details of his appointment set to be finalised after the end of the Spanish league season @SamWallaceTel has the latest ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

French Ligue 1 club Lyon facing UEFA expulsion from European competitions next season. Concerns club has not met covenants set last summer telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

José Mourinho would return to a very different Real Madrid. Super League, PLC conversion, stadium refurb - still searching for a way back to financial pre-eminence telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Some players saving themselves for the World Cup. When you look at the intensity of the game schedule - and the big names already ruled out or struggling to be fit - it’s hardly surprising telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

EXCL Patrick Dorgu interview. Nigerian heritage, Copenhagen-raised; Amorim criticism; that Sociedad penalty - and ‘Dorgi Best’ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

@JPercyTelegraph speaks to some of the heroes of Leicester's Premier League triumph, 10 years on from the 5,000/1 upset #LCFC 💨 'We'd play three in midfield... Drinkwater and Kanté either side' 🇮🇹 'I've been back to see Bocelli live twice since' 🏅 'My medal is in my house and somewhere I can see it' 🔽 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Chelsea apply to have the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup winners’ badge on the front of their shirt for next season telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

EXCL Arsenal bring in Spanish physio to review injury problems that have plagued squad - with @SamJDean telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

A joy to watch that in Paris. (Aaron) Danks for the memories

A sensational game in Paris: it's been played like the last few minutes of a World Cup final from the start. It's being dominated by the attackers in a way that makes it feel like it belongs to another era (a good era)

'If Pep Guardiola’s City do win the Premier League next month and he decides to leave, then he becomes only the third Premier League manager to step down as reigning champion. Some act to follow' @SamWallaceTel explains why following legends like Guardiola is the toughest gig of all 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

David Webb, the matchwinner in Chelsea’s 1970 FA Cup final win over Leeds. How growing a beard got him dropped - and memories of a lost era, when a Chelsea star made more selling second-hand cars than in wages telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

BlueCo fails fourth time around – why should we believe fifth time will be any different? @SamWallaceTel dives into Stamford Bridge ownership's 'grand disruption' after Rosenior becomes their fourth managerial casualty: telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Liam Rosenior’s sacking makes it four managerial appointments down for the BlueCo era, at a total cost of £1.4bn for the whole show. It’s not looking good telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Chelsea have sacked Liam Rosenior with Calum McFarlane to take charge until the end of the season #cfc

🚨 Telegraph Sport understands that Chelsea are ready to permanently replace Liam Rosenior with a head coach who has experience at the highest level, should the 41-year-old leave his post @Matt_Law_DT has the latest ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

'One might say that the London Stadium has left its mark on all concerned. Certainly a generation of West Ham fans lamenting the loss of their east London identity' @SamWallaceTel explains how the conflict over West Ham’s move from Upton Park has been at the heart of Karren Brady’s 16-year tenure ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Andoni Iraola, a manager in demand - and the lessons he might take from those who have made the jump from the mid-ranks of the Premier League to the top telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…