Aston Villa

Aston Villa have had a bright start to their pre-season campaign, recording 3-0 victories over Walsall and Spartak Trnava.

The Midlands club have a three-game tour of the United States, before returning to Europe for matches against Athletic Bilbao and Borussia Dortmund.

They play their opening game of the Premier League season at West Ham on Saturday, 18 August.

Here are Aston Villa's remaining pre-season games:

28 July: Columbus Crew v Aston Villa, Lower.com Field, Columbus (01:00)

1 August: RB Leipzig v Aston Villa, Red Bull Arena, New Jersey (01:00)

3 August: Club America v Aston Villa, Soldier Field, Chicago (22:30)

7 August: Aston Villa v Athletic Bilbao, Bescot Stadium (19:30)

10 August: Borussia Dortmund v Aston Villa, Signal Iduna Park (16:00)

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Aston Villa's squad continues to take shape as manager Unai Emery bids to prepare a side capable of competing in both the Premier League and Champions League.

Villa finished fourth in the Premier League last term to qualify for Europe's elite competition for the first time since the 1982-83 season, the campaign after they won the European Cup.

The arrival of Amadou Onana in a £50m move from Everton has taken Villa's summer spending to about £140m.

They have also spent £35m on signing Ian Maatsen from Chelsea, £18.6m on the double signing of Samuel Iling-Junior and Enzo Barrenechea from Juventus, £18m on Jaden Philogene’s return from Hull, £5m on Ross Barkley's move from Luton and £9m on Lewis Dobbin's transfer from Everton.

Emery has had to balance those incomings with the departure of Douglas Luiz, who completed a £42.35m move to Italian side Juventus on a five year deal. Tim Iroegbunam, Omari Kellyman and Morgan Sanson have also left Villa Park and Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho has joined Vasco da Gama on a season-long loan.

The club's record signing Moussa Diaby has also been linked with a move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad.

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Amadou Onana made clear his ambition to play in Europe and work under Unai Emery were key to his £50m switch from Everton to Aston Villa.

“I’ll be playing in the Champions League again and that’s very exciting," said the 22-year-old Belgium midfielder, who played in Europe's top cup competition with previous club Lille.

"We also have a manager that’s one of the best in the business and I think he can take my game to the next level.”

Onana added that Villa midfielder and Belgium team-mate Youri Tielemans helped convince him to join the Midlands club.

“Youri played a big part in me being here because he told me lots of good stuff about the club,” said Onana.

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Everton striker Beto says he needs to "have haters" and "people criticising me" in order to prove them wrong - and admits he struggled to adjust during his first season in England.

The 26-year-old joined the club from Udinese for £25m last summer, having scored 10 goals for the Serie A side the previous season.

The Portuguese frontman enjoyed a dream Toffees debut by scoring against Doncaster in the Carabao Cup in August but netted only four further goals.

"We need to understand one thing: football is simple," Beto told BBC Sport when asked whether criticism of him on social media is a motivation.

"We play football in our lives and they are working like eight- or 12-hour shifts and they come.

"Not everybody in this life is going to love you and not everybody in this life is going to hate you. In this sports life, for me, it's OK.

"Sometimes I like to read my comments when I played badly or missed chances. They will say 'Beto is [expletive] with missing chances'. But I like it because I say 'OK, I will make this guy shut his mouth.'

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Tottenham Hotspur

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Sticking with Tottenham, where women's manager Robert Vilahamn has signed a new contract that will run until 2027.

Vilahamn, 41, initially joined Spurs last summer from BK Hacken on a two-year deal after spending his whole career in his native Sweden.

He was offered a new contract as a reward for his impressive first season after guiding the club to a maiden Women's FA Cup final, which they lost to Manchester United, and sixth place in the Women's Super League.

Tottenham begin their WSL campaign against newly promoted Crystal Palace on the weekend of 21-22 September.

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Another long-running transfer was finally completed on Monday when Marseille signed Denmark midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Tottenham on an initial loan deal for the 2024-25 season.

The transfer includes what Spurs say, external is an "obligation that would see the move become permanent" for a fee believed to be about £17m.

Hojbjerg joined Tottenham in 2020 in a £15m deal from Southampton, when Jose Mourinho was in charge of the north London club.

He made 39 appearances last season but only 10 of those were starts as manager Ange Postecoglou favoured Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr in central midfield.

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In case you missed it, Aston Villa completed the signing of midfielder Amadou Onana from Everton on Monday in a £50m deal.

The 22-year-old played every minute of Belgium's Euro 2024 campaign and now has the opportunity to represent Villa in the new season's Champions League.

Onana joined Everton from Lille for £33m in 2022 and made 72 appearances for the Toffees, scoring four goals.

He was linked with a move to Arsenal in 2023, and a host of top clubs were reportedly keen this summer.

Villa boss Unai Emery had been in the market for a new defensive midfielder after the club sold Douglas Luiz to Juventus for £42.35m in June.

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Scotland forward Che Adams has joined Serie A side Torino on a free transfer.

The 28-year-old left Southampton at the end of last season after his contract expired.

He has signed a three-year deal with his new club.

Adams, who joined Southampton in 2019, helped Russell Martin's side to Premier League promotion last season by scoring 16 goals in the Championship.

The striker, who featured in all three of Scotland's Euro 2024 matches in Germany in June, turned down interest from clubs in the Premier League to join Torino.

The Italian club finished ninth in Serie A last season.

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Arsenal

We expect to hear from Arsenal's fit-again Netherlands defender Jurrien Timber later today on his injury-wrecked debut season at Emirates Stadium.

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Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu is a major doubt for the start of the season.

The 25-year-old Japan international was due to be part of the Gunners squad that travelled to the United States for their three-match tour.

Sadly, he suffered a knee injury just before departure.

Arsenal are still waiting to discover the full extent of the problem but sources have indicated Tomiyasu will not be fit for the opening Premier League game at home to Wolves on 17 August.

"It's unbelievable," said Arteta. "It happened this week.

"The kid works so hard but he had an incident in training.

"We don't know the extent yet but we kept him there for precaution and we'll see what happens."

While Riccardo Calafiori could solve one problem for Mikel Arteta on the left of his defence, the Arsenal manager now has another issue to contend with on the right, following news of a potentially serious knee injury for stand-in right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu...

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Riccardo Calafiori is a 22-year-old Italy defender who plays for Serie A side Bologna.

Calafiori, who can play at centre-half or left-back, made his debut for the national team earlier this year and was one of Italy's standout players at Euro 2024, before they were knocked out in the last 16.

He made 30 Serie A appearances for Bologna last season and helped his side finish fifth in the Italian top flight, which was enough to earn qualification for the Champions League.

Arsenal had the best defence in the Premier League last season, conceding just 29 goals in 38 games.

Ben White, Gabriel and William Saliba were the most regular starters, with a number of different options tried at left-back, including Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakub Kiwior and Kieran Tierney.

Calafiori would add further options in the centre of defence, as well as on the left side, alongside fit-again Jurrien Timber.

What do you think Arsenal fans? Click thumbs up if you would be happy with the addition of Calafiori to your squad, or thumbs down if you don't.

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Arsenal have a picturesque training base during their week-long stay in Los Angeles.

They are using the LA Rams' facility at Thousand Oaks, which is 35 miles from Beverly Hills.

However, the NFL side, owned by Stan Kroenke, who also owns the Gunners, moved training bases themselves this summer, to Woodland Hills, which is 15 miles away.

So Arsenal will be the last team to train at Thousand Oaks.

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Those Arsenal players who made it out to Los Angeles for the first leg of their pre-season tour are enjoying some pretty plush surroundings...

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta understandably had mixed feelings when it came to the Euros final.

As a proud Spaniard, he was naturally delighted at the outcome of the game in Berlin. But he also felt sad for Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Aaron Ramsdale, who were part of the defeated England squad.

"It was a great moment for us to win it again with this generation," he said.

"They really had to earn it in the last few years, to get that belief.

"But at the same time I was also sad, because you love your players. You want the best for them and it was a tough moment."

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