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Premier League leaders Arsenal will travel to Championship Portsmouth, and Chelsea will visit Charlton Athletic. Ali Rampling64 'Until I started coaching, I was paralysed' - David Flitcroft on football and grief Rob Tanner7 Business of Football: The future is release clauses, the Bank of FIFA, and Leaders takeaways Matt Slater27 Why are U. S. forwards spying opportunity in the Championship? Greg O'Keeffe49 Business of Football: John Textor's new grand plan, and Premier League made to fork out for lawyers Matt Slater72 Advertisement Paul Conway once owned as many as seven clubs around Europe, including League One side Barnsley. Matt Slater Now in charge of his seventh club, the Lommel head coach says fellow English managers should consider working overseas Colin Millar17 POWERED BY USED Barnsley FC Men's Medium Zip Up Hoodie Football Club EFL League One Soccer 1 available $20. 63 View Listing NO CONDITION LISTED Barnsley League One runners-up 2019 - framed print 1 available $26. 74 View Listing NO CONDITION LISTED Barnsley League One runners-up 2019 - souvenir print 1 available $13. 36 View Listing NO CONDITION LISTED Barnsley 3 Millwall 1 - 2016 League One play-off final - framed print 1 available $26. 74 View Listing Chelsea goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina has joined League One side Barnsley on a season-long loan.
The 20-year-old joined Chelsea from MLS side Chicago Fire in the summer of 2022, signing a deal that will keep him at the club until 2028.
However, the USMNT international is yet to make a senior appearance for Chelsea and will join Barnsley to gain some first-team experience.
Despite some tentative interest from Spanish side Real Madrid in 2022, Chelsea was always the preferred destination for Slonina, who has represented the United States at Under-15, Under-16, Under-17 and Under-20 level.
He. .. Nnamdi Onyeagwara36 The Athletic pays tribute to the clubs that made the squad and speaks to players from their old academies who are inspired by them The Athletic UK Staff45 Advertisement The English-born midfielder's social media appeal for international recognition has been answered in spectacular fashion Oliver Kay48 Conor Hourihane is coming towards the end of his playing career – but he's already planning for a long career in management Jacob Tanswell17 Barnsley are also pushing for promotion from League One, have been kicked out of the FA Cup and are facing a fresh EFL investigation Matt Slater A health check on the large number of EFL teams that have been invested in by Americans Nancy Froston25 Nile Ranger is 32 but playing offers have dried up. He still thinks he can play professionally but accepts his dark past is not helping Tom Burrows272 Minnesota United has hired Barnsley chief executive Khaled El-Ahmad as its new sporting director.
El-Ahmad, 42, has been a candidate for multiple recent MLS openings, but is now set to head the front office in Minnesota, multiple sources briefed on the decision said.
El-Ahmad was previously the lead CONCACAF scout for City Football Group, playing a role in Manchester City’s signings of goalkeeper Zack Steffen from Columbus Crew and Sporting Kansas City homegrown Erik Palmer-Brown. El-Ahmad also has experience in MLS as he served as a lead in recruitment for NYCFC as part of the City. .. Paul Tenorio and Tom Bogert30 Advertisement The Championship might be the second tier, but there is still plenty of money flowing through the division Joey D'Urso18 A report on club finances in English men’s football has provided a frank assessment of the state of play, finding that most clubs are “heavily reliant” on their owners to provide cash injections on a regular basis.
It adds that many sides owe other teams “significant amounts — resulting in a risk of a ‘house of cards’ systemic failure”.
The report comes from LCP, a leading business consultancy based in London which developed Transfer Lab — the player scouting tool used by clubs and agencies — in partnership with football data company Analytics FC.
It found that the. .. Luke Bosher240 The former Barnsley centre-back is jumping two divisions but is in line with Luton's transfer policy as they make their Premier League debut Nancy Froston5 Wrexham have been drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the first round of the Carabao Cup.
Wrexham, promoted from the National League last season, will welcome a Wigan side who suffered relegation to League One last term at the Racecourse Ground in their first League Cup fixture since 2007.
Leeds United have been drawn at home to Shrewsbury Town, while Leicester City travel to Burton Albion.
In the southern side of the draw, Southampton will travel to Gillingham and there is an all-Championship tie between Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City.
The Carabao Cup first-round fixtures will be played. .. Ali Rampling7 Swansea City are set to appoint Michael Duff as the club’s new head coach.
The 45-year-old is close to reaching an agreement on a three-year deal with the club.
Duff is expected to be in his new role in time to be present for Swansea’s first day of pre-season on Friday.
He will succeed Russell Martin, who was named Southampton manager on Wednesday. The south coast side made a move for Martin ahead of their return to the Championship after an 11-year stay in the Premier League. Martin had been at Swansea since August 2021.
Duff has been in charge of Barnsley since the summer of 2022. .. Stuart James6 They have helped fund AFC Wimbledon’s home and Norwich City’s academy - but are football club bond schemes worth the risk for supporters? Philip Buckingham and Michael Bailey15 Advertisement Sheffield Wednesday are back in the Championship after Josh Windass scored the winner at Wembley, just as his dad once did Nancy Froston22 Julie Anne Quay joined the board after last season's relegation back to League One, and now they are in Monday's play-off final. .. Sarah Shephard9 The play-offs have become the EFL's greatest asset since first being introduced for the 1986-87 season - they never fail to disappoint Philip Buckingham60 Barnsley will play south Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday in the League One playoff final after recording a 2-1 aggregate victory over Bolton Wanderers.
After the semi-final first leg at the University of Bolton Stadium finished 1-1, Liam Kitching’s first-half goal proved decisive at Oakwell on Friday evening.
The victory sees Barnsley reach their first Wembley final in seven years as they attempt to return to the Championship at the first time of asking following last season’s relegation.
“I thought the energy that we showed, the pressing was brilliant, ” Barnsley. .. The Athletic Staff1 See More