#contract-negotiations

#contract-negotiations

Palace still want Mateta to extend his contract. It's going to take some judgement on Palace's end to assess how they think the discussions are going, and then to plan accordingly. If it starts becoming clear that he's not going to sign, they want to maximise the fee they're going to get. I don't think they'll let it get to the same situation with Guehi where if they don't take the offer he's going to leave on a free, they'll sell him before that.

Liverpool suffered defeat against Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night. It was another setback for manager Arne Slot and his team who are struggling to perform this season and going through their worst form for a long time. The Reds have fallen down to seventh position in the league after four defeats in a row. Now, they have been eliminated from the EFL Cup at the hands of their bogey team Crystal Palace and that too at Anfield.

He is a tremendous prospect with a bright future, and he is certainly one of the finest young players in the Premier League right now. He has the quality to develop into a top-class player with the right guidance, and Aston Villa needs players like him if they want to do well. They are looking to build a formidable squad capable of competing in Europe regularly.

I'm sure there will be talks held between Robertson and Liverpool to see if they can try and sort out a new contract, but the longer it drags on, there's no new deal agreed. It obviously opens up to the possibility that he could potentially sign a pre-contract in January or leave on a free transfer next summer, bit like his close mate Trent Alexander-Arnold did when he got the opportunity to move to Real Madrid.

"I wouldn't mind [staying in Dallas]," Pickens said Wednesday, via Tommy Yarrish of the team website. "The guys in the locker room are super cool; the energy's great. But like I said, I always want to showcase my talents."

Barcelona are admirers of Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi, says Sky Switzerland. Adeyemi, 23, could emerge as a concrete target next summer, as he will be entering the final year of his current deal, and Barca are keeping tabs on his development in the Bundesliga. The Germany international has had a solid start to the new season, with three goal involvements from his first six league games and could replace 37-year-old Robert Lewandowski long term.

One after another, educators, counselors, students and concerned parents spoke last week of classrooms that have reached nearly 90 degrees for days in a row, high-needs students going without vital support like speech services, a lack of elective courses, crowded classrooms, high teacher turnover and routine pressure for educators to double as substitutes during prep periods. This is not just bad management; this is a betrayal of our trust.

Morgan Rogers has reportedly opened talks with Aston Villa over a new contract amid transfer interest from Chelsea. The England international won the PFA Young Player of the Year award for his superb performances in the Premier League last season, and he makes sense as someone all the top clubs would be looking at. As reported here, Chelsea are keen on Rogers as they eye more top young attacking players for 2026, but perhaps the 23-year-old could end up staying at Villa Park.

McTavish is one of many, if not the best young prospect in the Ducks long line of up-and-coming talent, and with how the Ducks seem to be dealing with the McTavish contract situation, they are underappreciating him massively. Coming out of his entry level deal, McTavish is a player who Ducks fans would probably have expected to have signed by now, but whether it is term or just salary, the deal is nowhere near being done.

The 49-year-old Forst has been with the A's organization since 2000. He told the San Francisco Chronicle's John Shea in 2024 that there was "not a thought that I wouldn't be in this for the long run," referencing the team's pending move to Las Vegas, which they hope will come to fruition in 2028. Two more years playing their home games in West Sacramento's Sutter Health Park - home of the Giants' Triple-A affiliate - remain before that possibility can come to pass.