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Discussions are ongoing about the proposal to show support for the movement in a meeting between all 20 Premier League clubs held on Thursday ahead of Project Restart Premier League clubs are in talks to replace all players' names on their shirts in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.   Top-flight sides are discussing the possibility of displaying a Black Lives Matter badge on their kit, which will be placed next to one honouring the NHS, as well as carrying the slogan across each players back. As reported by The Athletic”s David Ornstein player names will be replaced for the first Premier League game for each club only, if the proposal gets the go ahead.   The Premier League are yet to confirm the decision, but the subject is believed to have been broached on Thursday as clubs unanimously approved return to play protocols and a matchday operations plan. Protocols for the third stage of Project Restart - following socially-distanced training and full conta...

Adidas has been sponsoring Mesut Ozil since his days as a Real Madrid player from 2013 but his lucrative contract is now coming to an end.  And Bild report Adidas have no plans of offering the 31-year-old an extension, with the decision thought to centre around concerns over his public image. His relationship with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has caused controversy in the past, leading to criticism from human rights groups. Ozil was pictured alongside Erdogan prior to the 2018 World Cup, after which he retired from international football, claiming he had been made a scapegoat for Germany's failure. Last summer he also made Erdogan best man at his wedding. Since then Ozil has been embroiled in a fresh row in China after criticising the nation's treatment of Uighur Muslims. As a result China cancelled the proposed broadcast of Arsenal vs Man City, and Ozil was also removed from the Chinese version of video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2020. His position at Arsenal has also...

Amazon Prime will stream the four Premier League games it has the rights to free of charge when football returns.  It means no membership will be required in order to watch the matches via the website. The news means there will be a total of 33 matches on free-to-air TV, including four to be shown on the BBC and 25 on Pick TV. All 92 of the remaining matches in the Premier League will be broadcast. In total Sky have the rights to 64 of them, BT has 20, and Amazon and the BBC four each. The final fixture list is yet to be decided, with exact timings and dates set to be published at some point this week. One thing that does appear set in stone is the return of the division on June 17, with Manchester City taking on Arsenal and Aston Villa hosting Sheffield United as all four teams fulfill their games in hand. It will be intriguing to see the viewing figures of each match from now until the end of the season, with every game played behind closed doors as a result of the...

Tottenham have completed the £18.5million signing of striker AZ Alkmaar Vincent Janssen. JANSSEN The 22-year-old passed his medical on Monday night and was confirmed as a Spurs player on Tuesday morning. The White Hart Lane club have paid an initial £16.8million for the Holland international with Tottenham required to fork out a further £1.7million should Janssen meet certain targets.

Arsenal   target   Henrikh Mkhitaryan   won't be signing a new deal at Dortmund and is keen to sign for   Manchester United   . (Bild) Victor Valdes   could return to Manchester with   Man City   after being released on a free by Manchester United. (The Guardian) Former Manchester United winger   Nani   has agreed to join   Inter Milan   on a three-year deal from Fenerbahce. (Record) VfL   Wolfsburg   are one of three teams interested in signing   Liverpool   defender   MartinSkrtel . (The Express)

Deeney Leicester have offered £15million plus add-ons for Deeney, who performed impressively for Watford last season with 15 goals in all competitions. Troy Deeney  wants to join  Leicester  after seeing a £20million bid rejected from the champions. But the Watford striker is caught in the middle of a transfer battle with the Hornets insisting he is not for sale.