Bezos knocked on Liverpool's door: a third of the club for the billionaire crowd

The consortium led by Amit Bhatia, which includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is close to a deal to buy one third of Liverpool. Negotiations with current owners Fenway Sports Group have run for three months and an announcement is expected any day. The numbers tell the whole story of what modern football has become: the Americans bought the club for around 400 million dollars in 2010, and today Liverpool is valued at 6 billion. Fifteen times more in fifteen years. Bezos, worth around 257 billion dollars, had previously eyed American football and did not go in. Now he is entering the Premier League - and not as a fan, but as a minority owner who will not be singing in the stands.

Liverpool took Araujo on loan - their defence fell apart before kick-off

Ronald Araujo is leaving Barcelona and heading to Anfield on loan for the 2026/27 season. The Uruguayan has 213 appearances for the Catalan club, three La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies and three Spanish Super Cups, and he captained the side. "I cannot wait to get started," he said at the signing. What the announcements do not say is why Liverpool had to hurry: Ibrahima Konate left, Giovanni Leoni and Jeremie Frimpong are injured, and Joe Gomez joined the list back in pre-season. When a club worth six billion goes shopping for a loan centre-back two weeks before the start, that is not strategy - that is putting out a fire. Araujo can also play right back, which for Arne Slot is relief rather than luxury.

PSG after Ferran Torres: 50 million for the man who won Spain the World Cup

PSG offered Barcelona 50 million euros for Ferran Torres and a deal between the clubs is close, Marca reports. The forward has already nodded to a four-year contract in Paris. The twenty-six-year-old Spaniard entered history last month with the decisive goal in the World Cup final against Argentina - and here he is, three weeks later, on the market. The reason is prosaic: his contract expires next June, and Barcelona would rather take money now than a free transfer later. Last season he scored 21 goals in 49 matches, but also went 14 games without one between late January and mid-April. The Parisians are spending the summer patching an attack that lost Goncalo Ramos, Lee Kang-in and Randal Kolo Muani.

Here the sackings come after two rounds: after Vardar, Bashkimi fired its coach too

Two rounds into the new First League season, two coaching heads. First Vardar sacked Kristijan Fabijani after losing the derby to Shkendija, then Bashkimi parted with Gjajur Rexhepi. Coming in is Shaban Sulejmani, until recently an assistant at Rabotnicki, with a past at Liria of Prizren, Besa Doberdol, Gostivar and Spark of Haracina. Kumanovo's side has a start to forget: two matches, two defeats, goal difference 0:11. Eleven goals conceded in 180 minutes is not a figure fixed by a new coach's signature but by a squad - though the signature is faster and cheaper. The question none of the clubs asks out loud: if the problem was solvable with a coach, why did they hire that same coach two months ago?

Tikves and Arsimi are building squads while others are sacking

While some change coaches, others sign players. Tikves presented Besar Gudzufi, a 22-year-old attacker who a few seasons ago was rated one of the biggest Macedonian talents - he passed through Vardar, Belasica, Shkupi, Partizani and Besiktas's youth setup. A talent with six addresses by the age of 22 usually means something did not click along the way, and Kavadarci know it; that is why the price is low and the potential return high. Arsimi brought in two: goalkeeper Riste Jankov (27), with a past at Shkendija, Rabotnicki, Tikves, Romania's Politehnica Iasi and Kazakhstan's Kaspiy, and left back Muharem Mislimi (26), who arrives from Bashkimi. Quiet work in Cegrane and Kavadarci will not gather headlines the way a sacking after two matches does - but in May it is the table that counts, not the press releases.