Chief football writer for The Daily and Sunday Telegraph newspapers (formerly @SamWallaceIndy)

London, England
Joined August 2011
20 yrs since the Glazer takeover in May. So much since then, but this is about the weirdness & conflict of that 2004/05 period. The secretive family who came from nowhere to control #MUFC. And what the club was like before. Speaking to those who were there telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Lisandro Martinez column! 🔴 his outburst was because he’s not been offered a contract & wants out 👍 🔴If MU fans agree with him, is it ok for DOF to publicly question his performances 🤔 🔴No back up at ST & LB, who is City’s back up for Haaland & RB 🤷‍♂️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Difficult days at Fulham, where the pressure is building on Alvaro Arbeloa. There have been significant concerns among many players since pre-season. Piece with @SamWallaceTel and @JPercyTelegraph #FFC telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Exclusive: Arsenal have told staff they plan to cut 60 jobs as part of cost-cutting measures. Staff were informed on a call this morning. telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Whither Everton? There is a way forward under a new owner at a club that - unlike others - has solved its stadium problem. That said, one wonders why the club voted for SCR telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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In the event of Manchester City being heavily punished for breaching Premier League rules, could the club afford to keep Erling Haaland? Could he afford to stay? The Premier League's biggest star may have to make some hard decisions in the very near future, writes @SamWallaceTel ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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The Emirates Stadium conundrum. Arsenal spent years exploring different ways of expanding. Looked at filling in corners, changing the seats and more. But they ultimately chose to largely leave it alone - for now, at least. Why? Piece with @SamWallaceTel telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Telegraph Sport understands Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs were notified of the Man City guilty verdict before the rest of the league. They are the 4 clubs who gave City legal notice of their right to seek compensation @SamWallaceTel has more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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'History probably will not remember how either wound down in their final years on the pitch. 'Yet there is something fitting about their conduct and the image each has projected in the past few days. Messi as beatific, largely contained, but holding great emotional weight. Ronaldo pouting, furious and unashamedly putting himself first.' @thomgibbs has more ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Look, we'd all like to score from a Harry Kane cross on the occasion of his record-equalling 125th cap
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Leave aside the prospect of a points deduction, a fine, or compensation claims, onerous though they may be. What is really at stake is the future of Manchester City and the entity that holds the club’s fate in its hands is the Independent Football Regulator, writes @SamWallaceTel ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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#MCFC’s key defence in its appeal over the Premier League guilty verdict was denied by its own title sponsor Etihad Airways in an extensive submission to the US government in 2015 With @SamWallaceTel ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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"Any notion the Prime Minister is trying to influence an independent body is not just bad for the governance of football – it is bad governance full stop." @SamWallaceTel believes Andy Burnham must leave his Manchester allegiances in the North West in the case of City versus the Premier League. Read his comment in full here ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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'Constructing a whole alternative universe was what Man City did, in which sponsorship deals were topped up to whatever they needed to be for the purposes of conquering English football' @SamWallaceTel argues 'this is cheating on a scale unprecedented in the history of British football' 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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Premier League statement on #MCFC. Commission found that over 9 seasons "sham" contracts with sponsors inflated revenues by more than £900m. 'Had all agreements been reported accurately [MCFC] would have been in breach of both the PL & UEFA spending limits by a very substantial amount'
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Finding p12 of commission report into #MCFC v PL charges a little hard to read
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Spain: the greatest football nation of the 21st century. How this transformation came about, and what England might learn, with contributions from Pako Ayesterán telegraph.co.uk/football/202…
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