After having lived in the US with their children, This Morning host Cat Deeley and her husband Patrick Kielty announced their separation today.
Presenter Cat Deeley admitted that she found moving back to the UK with her husband Patrick Kielty and their two children “really hard”. The former couple, who announced their separation this week, had lived in the US for years.
After living abroad for more than ten years, Cat, 48, and Patrick, 54, relocated from Los Angeles to London in 2020. Later, she made fun of the fact that she would return to the state for So You Think You Can Dance each summer.
The former couple, who have been married since 2012, were said to have made the decision in part due to concerns over gun violence. Cat, who took over as host of This Morning after returning to the UK, has also said that other factors included wanting to be closer to family and friends.
Cat Deeley once said that she found it ‘hard’ moving back to the UK in 2020 after years of living abroad(Image: Getty Images for the NTA’s)
Speaking to the Sunday Times last year, Cat recalled them relocating after an incident saw Patrick and one of their kids ordered to take cover at a shopping mall. The outlet reported that there rumours of a shooter in the area but it turned out to be over a suspect package. Cat said in the interview that she found the experience to be “really scary”.
She further claimed that due to the lack of sunshine, their subsequent return to the UK was “really hard.” However, Cat claimed to have told the news that the Los Angeles she currently resides in is distinct from where she was when she was a child.
She continued, “It doesn’t feel as safe as it once did. An edge emerges that was lacking previously. The health system is in terrible shape. Cat continued, “There are a lot of vulnerable people with severe mental health issues that have ended up falling “through the net” after the Covid pandemic.
Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine in 2020, Cat said that the mall incident was the “catalyst” for returning to the UK. She however shared that the couple had “always” planned to live close to their families for the sake of their kids at some point.
They have grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives who they adore dearly, she said. It was like having a special time in history and never getting those memories back. We therefore had always believed that we would bring them back to make sure everyone in the family and friends knew us.
The presenter moved back with her husband Patrick Kielty, whom she’s since split from, and their two children(Image: Getty Images)
Cat and Patrick are thought to have been living separate lives lately, years on from their relocation. It’s been speculated that their time apart due to conflicting schedules, with Patrick working in Ireland, for example, may have contributed to their break-up, which was announced today.
The former couple shared the news in a joint statement to the PA news agency. Cat and the Late Late Show host Patrick said that there is “no other party involved” and that they will now co-parent their children after having split up.
They stated in the statement that they are currently divorcing and are considering ending their union. No other party is involved, at all. We will continue to be one loving family, and we would ask that you respect our family’s privacy. There won’t be any more comments.
Cat and Patrick met while hosting the BBC’s Fame Academy in 2002. They are said to have been friends prior to developing a romance and went on to get married in 2012, after going public with their relationship the previous year.
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Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, claimed a gunman shot himself and killed five others before fleeing to the National Football League (NFL) headquarters, where he was attributed his brain injuries.
Adams claimed on Tuesday that Shane Tamura, the shooter’s 27-year-old name, suggests the NFL was his target.
Adams told CBS News, “The note mentioned that he believed he had CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy], a known brain injury for those who play contact sports.” He appeared to blame the NFL for his injury.
However, Tamura appears to have walked into a New York City office building on the wrong side of the building and instead opened fire on a real estate company’s offices, killing both inside the ground-floor lobby.
On July 28, a shooting occurred close to the shooting site in Manhattan. [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]
Concussions suffered by football players have previously been the subject of litigation for the NFL.
The organization, which regulates professional US football, has denied that there is a connection between CTE and its sport, but it has still paid out more than $1 billion to settle concussion-related lawsuits.
The shooting on Monday rekindled the debate over gun ownership and mass shootings in the US. Tamura reportedly had an AR-15-style rifle inside the building.
The NFL’s corporate headquarters are housed in a building that other companies share.
As he entered the skyscraper’s lobby, Tamara is thought to have started shooting. The 33rd floor, home to Rudin Management, a real estate company, is where police believe he climbed, where he may have taken the wrong elevator.
He then set himself up there and set the gun on fire once more.
Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old police officer from Bangladesh who had served in the US for three years, was one of the fatalities in the shooting.
Aland Etienne, a security guard, Julia Hyman of Rudin Management, and Wesley LePatner, a senior executive at BlackRock Investments, are other victims.
In a memo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated that the organization’s offices would have an “increased security presence” in the coming weeks.
Tamura has a history of mental health issues and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He didn’t play football in high school, but he did in high school.
Tamura’s note claims that a brain injury prevented his football career from being finished.
As Channel 4’s new documentary delves into Bonnie Blue’s real life behind the scenes, we look at the most horrifying moments from the show that the broadcaster insists it’s ‘proud’ of
Ellie Fry Deputy Features Editor and Mark Jefferies
The new show explores Bonnie Blue’s life behind the scenes(Image: Channel 4)
A new documentary delving into the world of Bonnie Blue has given a disturbing insight into the dark reality behind the scenes of her sex empire.
The adult star became one of the most controversial figures on the internet after encouraging “barely legal” teens to sleep with her in X-rated content she films and profits from. And her work has only become more extreme ever since.
Now, a new Channel 4 documentary, titled “1,000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story” has exposed the often lonely reality of earning millions of pounds while being ostracised. From a sex scene filmed in a school to gushing over Andrew Tate, here, The Mirror takes a look at the most disturbing moments in the show, that the broadcaster insists they are “proud of”.
Bonnie Blue, real name Tia Billinger, worked in recruitment for the NHS before her career on OnlyFans(Image: Channel 4)
School classroom stunt
One scene shows Bonnie filming a sex tape with young female OnlyFans creators and a male porn star in a school classroom. The director of the documentary, Victoria Silver, reveals the women aren’t being paid to take part.
One young woman called Codie, who sells both solo content and videos with her partner, tells the camera that she’s never done anything this “adventurous” and looks visibly nervous. At the shoot in Birmingham, she says of Bonnie: “She got quite big quite fast, so it will be nice to see how she does things.”
Another woman, Leah, timidly admits that this is the first time she has been with other people in a room having sex and she is “definitely” nervous.
Bonnie lives with her team (Image: Channel 4)
“I got a DM to see if I wanted to take part. As soon as I heard Bonnie Blue’s name I was intrigued because she’s everywhere at the minute,” she said. A third creator, a 21-year-old woman, admits her subscribers love her content because she looks so much younger than she is.
Rather than being concerned about their shyness and discomfort, Bonnie insists it is actually a positive thing. She says: “The fact they are so nervous works in my favour, because their reactions will be more realistic. Or if they feel intimidated, obviously, I want them to say, but sometimes sex is intimidating, so it’s going to be good.”
But experts have questioned the power dynamic in Bonnie’s work with young women. Charlotte Proudman, an award-winning barrister specialising in violence against women, told The Mirror that ‘power imbalances’ can give cause for concern as it can suggest ‘coercion or abuse’, especially in ‘sexual contexts’.
“Filming this in a classroom further blurs the line between fantasy and the normalisation of child sexual abuse tropes, something that’s already widespread in online pornography,” she said.
Bonnie says that every participant has to sign a consent form and show ID before taking part.
Ex-husband speaks out
In the show, we hear from Bonnie’s ex husband Oliver Davidson for the first time. She reveals that it was actually Oliver, or Ollie as he’s known to Tia, who encouraged her to move into sex work. “I met Ollie when I was like 14, 15,” she explains in the show. “We got married really young. Pretty, quite intimate wedding, nothing crazy, nothing over the top. Then we relocated to Australia shortly afterwards.
“Ollie was beyond supportive, he gave me the confidence to do OnlyFans. And it wasn’t because he wanted to pimp me out, he just wanted me to be happy and have control of my life. And obviously the money was good as well.”
Bonnie beams at her wedding with her husband Ollie
Her ex gushes about Bonnie’s sex stunts with the public and says he’s proud of her. “She really connects with the fans. Most people, if they do porn, they seem out of reach. You’re never going to meet them. You’re never going to be able to film with them.
“Whereas Bonnie puts a location online, and then obviously her fans can actually film with her. It’s like a defining moment in porn, where she’s completely changed the game.”
In a new interview today, Bonnie shared exactly why things didn’t work between her and Ollie. She told the Daily Mail that they broke up some time before she moved back to the UK from Australia in 2024, and that Ollie returned before her.
Ollie says he’s proud of Bonnie(Image: Channel 4)
“We loved each other, but we weren’t in love. So we separated, but we didn’t make it official,” she said. “Me doing what I’ve done recently had nothing to do with the relationship breakdown. But, of course, no one will believe me.”
Acid attack fears
“I was the most searched woman in the world this year. I’ve had headlines in just about every country. I get to travel to amazing places, I’ve got an amazing team behind me. My bank account has millions in,” Bonnie brags at the start of the film.
Yet a different story soon emerges as Bonnie’s mask slips as Tia’s real-life fears bubble to the surface. Her notoriety, and her boasts of sex with married men, who, she says, should not feel guilty about cheating on their wives, come at a price.
Despite her confidence on social media and in her sex videos, Bonnie lives in fear at home and has full time security.
She admits: “The last time I went out by myself was probably about six months ago. Now it is not that safe. I get 100s of death threats a day, so it is not that safe when I walk around.
“I say, ‘It is going to happen at some point, someone will come and give me stick’ and fair play to her, at least they are getting up off their sofa. My worst one is acid, if someone did acid, and I could see some spiteful girl doing that.”
Petting zoo stunt
Bonnie shares disturbing new details about her ‘petting zoo’ sex stunt that eventually got cancelled when OnlyFans permanently banned her from its platform just days before the ‘challenge’ was due to go ahead.
The stunt would have seen Bonnie “tied down” in a glass box in a house in London, where strangers would come and do “whatever they wanted”. She brags in the documentary: “I am going to be completely helpless, tied down, gagged, choked”.
The star faced outrage from critics who claim the ‘event’ glorifies rape culture and perpetuates dangerous myths around sex. Some of this fury is seen in the film.
OnlyFans has banned Bonnie from its platform(Image: air.hq/Instagram)
A recent government review found porn involving non-fatal strangulation (NFS) was “rife” and that its prevalence online was contributing to choking becoming commonplace in some people’s sex lives – particularly among young people.
Even more disturbingly, the UK courts have seen an alarming rise in women’s lives ending after what those accused of their deaths say were ‘sex games gone wrong’.
Dr Proudman says: “The language Bonnie uses around being ‘tied down, gagged and choked’ for public consumption directly mirrors some of the most violent forms of abuse I see survivors disclose in courtrooms.
“To portray this as titillating content, especially in an era where non-fatal strangulation has become alarmingly normalised in young women’s sex lives, often without consent, is reckless and dangerous.”
Critics have accused Bonnie of glorifying rape culture(Image: bonnie_blue_xox/Instagram)
Brushing off her critics, Bonnie argues in the film: “If I consent to something and it’s above board, who are you to say I can’t do that?”
OnlyFans cut ties with the star after facing months of fierce criticism for platforming extreme sex stunts – including Bonnie sleeping with 1,057 men in one day. The website ignored the backlash and continued to profit from the stunts until Bonnie’s petting zoo event finally caused them to take action.
The star claims that the only reason she was banned is because OnlyFans’ payment parties like Visa, expressed concerns. Bonnie has since moved onto a new smaller platform to promote her work.
Mum ‘on the payroll’
One scene in the documentary shows Bonnie back at home with her mum. She speaks with pride about how her daughter was a great dancer as a child.
Of Bonnie’s career, mum Sarah insists: “Would it be something that I chose for her to do, no. I was really really shocked, but now would I want her to do anything else? No, not at all.
Bonnie’s mum Sarah says she was ‘shocked’ by her daughter’s career at first(Image: ITV)
“All you want is for your kids to be happy, and she is happy. You know, she’s got no daddy issues. She’s not been abused and all these things that people insist that must have happened to her. It’s her choice.”
Sarah and some of Bonnie’s other family members have given up their jobs to be “on the payroll” of Bonnie after she started getting financially successful, and they started to get abused at work.
Sarah says: “People I know always liked us both but they think it is OK to make nasty comments.
Mum Sarah gets hate from trolls too(Image: ITV)
“Most of the time I just laugh, because I’m like ‘if you could earn a million pounds in a month, your morals would soon change, and you’d get your bits out’. I don’t care what people say.”
Bonnie adds: “My family started to put up with hate, I get that, but I also get the life I live and the money. So it’s like I also want them to receive some of the rewards.”
‘Barely legal’ brags
Bonnie prides herself in specialising in sleeping with “barely legal” teenagers. She claims in the new documentary that it “gives her purpose” – and even jokingly calls herself a “community worker” for sleeping with “normal people”.
Explaining her ‘USP’, which sees her earn millions of pounds, she says in the show: “I found my purpose in porn. I found the niche I want to focus on.
“And it’s not just because I’m obsessed with 18 year olds, like it was such a bigger picture in terms of teaching them how to have sex, like watching their face light up as they, you know, lost their virginity. I was like, Wow. I really love that.”
The star says she loves sleeping with ‘barely legal’ teens(Image: Jam Press/@bonnie_blue_xox)
Exploring the thinking behind Bonnie’s extreme ‘niche’, Sophie Rhone, a PR specialist from CupidPr, tells The Mirror: “There’s a phenomenon known as behavioural escalation, where the need to keep pushing boundaries stems from a diminishing psychological return.
“What was once shocking now feels standard, so the behaviour becomes more extreme – not just for audience reaction, but to maintain a personal sense of meaning or relevance.”
Rage-bait against women
The star admits she uses the widespread hate she gets as fuel for engagement, and often puts women down as part of her brand.
She says in the show: “A lot of the times when I’ll push into the hate, I know the more women that chat about me, the more husbands are going to search my name.
“The more they’re talking to me in their household, the more their sons are going to go to their bedroom and search for me. So I’m happy to p*** off the women because they’re not my target audience.”
Bonnie often posts rage-bait online
The documentary shows snippets of the promotional videos Bonnie posts on the likes of TikTok and Instagram – clips that anyone, including young girls and boys, can stumble across.
In one video, she entices married men by declaring: “The next time you’re in my queue, bring your wife’s underwear. I can put them on [and] make them smell so much better.”
PR expert Sophie notes: “Her use of rage-baiting and hostility toward other women may also point to internalised misogyny or a competitive survival strategy in a space where attention equals power.
“Publicly belittling others can offer a temporary illusion of control or superiority – especially when self-worth is closely tied to external validation, views, or notoriety.”
Painful aftermath of extreme sex challenges
Bonnie also shares the gruelling physical toll of her extreme sex challenges. In one scene, following an eight hour session with 100 men, she says it was the “hardest [one] to date”.
“I definitely underestimated it, because I’ve done 1,000 [sleeping with 1,057 men in 12 hours] I was like, OK, well, this is gonna be a walk in the park. Anything I do now is surely never going to be as hard as that… [But] it was a lot.”
Her videographer Josh then says: “She basically just got beat up for a few hours.” And Bonnie admits “Yeah, it was intense”.
The star slept with 1,057 men in 12 hours(Image: TikTok/ bonnie_bluexxo)
A photo of the star is then shown during the event where her eyes are bright red. “I liked being pushed. That’s what I want to do with sex,” she says.
In another part of the film, Bonnie insists that her work doesn’t impact her mentally. She reflects: “I’m just not emotional. I can very much control my emotions. If I don’t want to be upset, I won’t be upset. But no, I don’t think I’m gonna need therapy, or I’ve got PTSD, or that there’s any trauma. There’s no hidden reason of why I do what I do.”
In response to her comments, John Eastmen, a psychologist at Private Investigators UK, says: “Extreme sexual behaviour, especially in a public and performative context, can often be less about physical gratification and more about control, identity, and unresolved psychological dynamics.
She claims she ‘likes being pushed’ in her work(Image: air.hq/Instagram)
“While Bonnie insists there’s no trauma driving her choices, it’s not uncommon for individuals to reject or disassociate from the idea of trauma – particularly when their coping mechanism becomes intertwined with their public persona or livelihood.
“Statements like ‘I don’t need therapy, there’s no hidden reason’ can actually be indicators of deep-seated emotional suppression. This idea of being ‘in control’ of one’s emotions to the point of denying vulnerability altogether can be a psychological defence known as emotional detachment – often developed after early experiences where emotions were unsafe, invalidated, or ignored.”
Controversial ambitions
Bonnie makes it clear in the show that there’s no limit to her extreme sex work, despite being banned from OnlyFans. In one scene, she makes a shocking remark about her troubling ambitions, where she says: “I really want to do a disabled gangbang.”
Gushing words on Andrew Tate
The documentary ends as Bonnie is about to head to Romania to meet influencer Andrew Tate, who is facing rape and human trafficking charges, which he denies, and is a self proclaimed misogynist. Bonnie says: “He’s probably just as controversial as I am. Whether people love him or hate him, he’s a marketing genius.”
Director Victoria asks her: “You talk about female empowerment, but how do you square that with aligning yourself with the most misogynistic male on the internet?”
And Bonnie says: “Piers Morgan interviews serial killers all the time. It’s not messed up his brand. He [Tate] has been labelled multiple things by the media, and so have I. We’re probably the two most misunderstood people out there at the moment.”
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Bonnie calls Andrew Tate a ‘genius’(Image: bonnie_blue_xox/Instagram )
At the end of the show, she insists she would sleep with anyone for clicks. She says bluntly: “I would f*** Andrew Tate,” and when her videographer Josh adds “There isn’t anyone she wouldn’t f***,” she nods and says: “As long as they are 18.”
Liverpool’s summer window was already the most curious we’ve ever seen from a Premier League champion.
Signing Bundesliga stars en masse and swapping out both full-backs implies a major tactical shift that will emphatically end the Jurgen Klopp era and herald the dawn of a new one.
But bringing in Newcastle’s Alexander Isak would push Liverpool’s transfer business into unprecedented territory, having already also signed Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Not since the age of good old-fashioned 4-4-2s – when little-and-large strike partnerships were borderline mandatory – have we seen a top club sign two elite number nines in the same window.
What exactly is Arne Slot thinking?
An ultra-narrow 4-2-3-1 with Wirtz, Ekitike and Salah behind Isak
All of our theories here are going to require some square pegs in round holes – except this one.
Liverpool could deploy a squeezed 4-2-3-1, in which the nominal wingers Salah and Ekitike are so narrow they operate more as number 10s either side of Florian Wirtz, with the width then provided by two flying full-backs.
This system would allow for fluid movement among that trio of number 10s. For example, when one of Salah and Ekitike drifts wide the other would remain narrow alongside Wirtz, creating the box-shape (with Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch) that is so important in modern Premier League tactics.
At other moments, Ekitike or Salah may drive ahead into more of a centre-forward role next to Isak, in turn shuffling the box up a line, connecting with two number 10s behind them.
This is arguably the most dynamic formation Slot could use to get all four players into his starting XI – but it would be quite a departure from what went before.
Ekitike replacing Diaz as left-winger in Slot’s conventional 4-2-3-1
The simpler thing to do is fully convert Ekitike into a Luis Diaz replacement, assuming the Colombia forward completes his move to Bayern Munich.
More importantly, the way Slot has used Cody Gapko and Diaz – as one-on-one dribblers, using their acceleration to cut inside full-backs – corresponds with Ekitike’s best qualities.
Ekitike and Isak together, Frankfurt-style, in a 4-2-2-2
Ekitike’s best football at Frankfurt came as part of a proper strike partnership with Omar Marmoush before his January departure to Manchester City saw the end of Dino Toppmoller’s 3-5-2 formation.
Marmoush and Ekitike regularly swapped positions, dove-tailing instinctively as one dropped and the other went in behind. It was a swirling, rhythmic balance that confounded defenders and propelled Frankfurt into a title challenge until late December.
Liverpool are unlikely to move to a back three any time soon, not least because a 3-5-2 with Ekitike and Isak would mean benching Salah. But there is a way to put Isak and Ekitike together, albeit a pretty risky one.
Slot’s Liverpool regularly line up in a 4-2-4/4-4-2 when not in possession, but crucially that’s with a 10 (Dominik Szoboszlai) playing very much as a third midfielder when Liverpool have the ball.
What we’re suggesting here is notably more fragile through the middle, requiring a two-man midfield to cover all the space when a quick turnover triggers an opposition counter-attack.
There’s also the problem of playing Wirtz on the left, a position he has only very occasionally played for Bayer Leverkusen and Germany.
Ekitike and Wirtz as dual eights in the De Bruyne and Silva mould
If number three sounded a bit weird, then you won’t like this idea. But it really could work.
Wirtz is regularly compared favourably with Kevin de Bruyne, while Marmoush (Ekitike’s old strike partner and a player with similar characteristics to the new Liverpool forward) has been plonked into the De Bruyne role at Man City.
It’s plausible Ekitike could adapt into that hybrid eight/10 position, playing alongside Wirtz much in the way Pep Guardiola has historically used two aggressive eights in front of a number six.
Guardiola has always been a big influence on Slot, who once described the Catalan’s playing style as “the ultimate joy in football”. Maybe, just maybe, the Liverpool manager plans to take the Pep influence to a whole new level and regularly start with two eights/10s.
But Premier League football is increasingly transitional and end-to-end, with slower possession-hogging on its way out, which is why Guardiola is far more likely to play with two sixes – in a 4-2-3-1 – than the dual playmaker system we saw in his early title wins.
When elite teams start to see less of the ball, and when the opposition isn’t so pinned back, it becomes more important to have a solid midfield base that can block those quick-fire counters.
Ekitike as competition for four separate forward positions
We don’t necessarily need to come up with a wildcard formation that crams all the new signings into the same team.
If all goes well Liverpool will play over 60 games next season, meaning they will need a regularly rotating front line to keep legs fresh and opponents guessing.
Ekitike as a £69m cover option probably doesn’t sound very appealing, but he will arguably be the second-best player in four separate positions for Liverpool – although Szoboszlai, rivalling Wirtz, might say otherwise.
When you consider injuries, the need to rotate for twice-weekly football, and Slot’s tactical adaptations to the opposition, Ekitike could easily tot up over 30 starts in all competitions even if he wasn’t technically considered to be in the club’s best XI.
Not that managers of elite clubs tend to think in terms of ‘best XIs’ anymore – schedules are too busy and injuries too common for that.
In fact, what fans assume to be their team’s best XI rarely actually play together, as many Liverpool supporters know all too well.
The most mind-blowing example of this phenomenon was first highlighted by Duncan Alexander, who pointed out that the supposedly-iconic Liverpool XI under Klopp – the one that started the Champions League final – had never played together before that game and never played together after it.
The departure of manager Danny Rohl, the closure of the North Stand at Hillsborough, and the start of the new Championship season are the most recent developments in Sheffield Wednesday’s tumultuous summer.
Some fans are now worried the worst will happen to their club because wages have gone unpaid, and the owner has described the club as being “held hostage” by the owner.
How did this happen?
Owner Dejphon Chansiri’s side of Sheffield Wednesday has had a number of cashflow issues for some time.
Although Chansiri has not provided an official explanation for what caused the issue, things have gotten worse this summer.
Players, coaches, and staff members who were previously paid late in May and June have now been delayed receiving payments from His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in 2023 and 2024. The pay for July is thought to be due on Thursday.
They are subject to an unpaid transfer fee embargo in the English Football League (EFL). They had been subject to two more embargoes, one for unpaid player wages and the other for HMRC issues.
Wednesday are still subject to a registration ban, which forbids them from signing anyone, even for free transfers, and from applying for loans or transfers for the summer in 2026.
There is no clear solution to the issue under the current owner, and Chansiri has not provided an explanation for what caused the current crisis.
The Professional Footballers’ Association’s head, Maheta Molango, has described the situation at the club as “shocking” and “not tolerable.”
Meanwhile, Clive Betts, a Sheffield South East MP, has pleaded with Chansiri to sell the club and accused him of holding it hostage.
Dejphon Chansiri, who is he?
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The Thai businessman purchased Sheffield Wednesday from former chairman Milan Mandaric for a reported £37.5 million in 2015. His family owns the largest producer of canned tuna in the world.
The Owls, who haven’t played in the Premier League since 2000, have reached the Championship play-offs in each of their first two seasons in charge, but the 57-year-old has frequently clashed with supporters during a string of drawn-out fan forums and public statements.
In response to sales calls, he said to his supporters, “You have no right to ask me to leave.” In the same year, he asked fans to raise £2 million to pay HMRC’s outstanding debt and cover salaries in an interview with the Sheffield Star, before resolving the problem shortly after.
What’s the newest?
Less than two weeks before the new season begins, it was announced on Tuesday that Sheffield Wednesday boss Rohl had agreed to leave the organization.
When Rohl did not make his pre-season training, he had been planning for the Owls’ first game against Leicester, and he looked set to leave at the start of the summer.
However, the club’s continued unsustainable state and no takeover, which has resulted in their mutual dissolution.
The first team’s manager, Henrik Pedersen, is anticipated to take over.
Akin Famewo and Callum Paterson both left the club this week for Hull City and MK Dons, respectively, and the rest of the squad is drained.
Anthony Musaba left for Samsunspor after the Owls had already discounted Djeidi Gassama for Rangers.
Additionally, Josh Windass and Michael Smith both obtained mutual consent before signing contracts with Wrexham and Preston North End, respectively.
Between them, Paterson, Gassama, Musaba, Windass, and Smith combined for 55 goals and assists last year in the second tier. Only 22 goal contributions remain for the remaining contracted squad members.
Although he has been training with the squad, Captain Barry Bannan is still out of contract and uncertain about whether he will return.
In connection with the North Stand, Sheffield City Council made it known this week that Hillsborough Stadium had received a prohibition notice. Before the work to fix the problem has been completed, spectators are prevented from entering the stand.
Following two recent SAG (Safety Advisory Group) meetings, the club was informed that without work, the North Stand would not be issued a safety certificate.
The club claims that they are still working with SAG to resolve their issues, that additional information is being sought, and that they will provide additional information as soon as they can.
Non-playing staff who received late pay in May and June are not certain whether they will be paid on time for July. For the past two months, some employees have been receiving assistance from an emergency fund, but the BBC has spoken to information that has left people unsure of their ability to pay their bills on time.
What problems do potential club bidders face?
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What kind of offer would Chansiri be willing to accept for the club has not been made public.
He did state in a statement that he had rejected a consortium’s offer of £40 million plus “limited future Premier League promotion payments.”
The owner, who has spent ten and a half years at Hillsborough, appears determined to request a bid that is far above what many people believe is market value.
It’s difficult to imagine anyone purchasing the club unless his price demand decreases.
While Mandaric briefly expressed his interest in a return, he later decided against doing so, and John Flanagan, a consortium member in the US, reported to BBC Radio Sheffield that two of their offers for the club had been rejected with no counteroffer.
With the intention of completing a takeover, Sheffield Wednesday announced at the beginning of July that parties interested in purchasing the club would be directed to a professional team with a proven track record of selling football clubs.
Then, we learned that a deal had been struck with a key party. A growing belief that a takeover might be imminent has been confirmed by numerous sources.
Additionally, we learned that businessman Francesco Guardascione was a member of a group looking to purchase.
Within a few days, a potential takeover caused things to start to deteriorate, with no agreement being reached.
Sheffield Wednesday has interest from a number of different parties. However, it is thought that the process of negotiating a purchase agreement for the club is difficult. Negotiations are characterized by words like “unique” and “unorthodox.”
Some think a bidder should be able to offer a package that would be advantageous for Chansiri or to overpay.
What constitutes a reasonable asking price are likely to have an impact on recent key player asset departures. Potential buyers might argue that they are effectively buying a League One team if the club experiences difficulties when the season starts.
A decision will be made regarding the club’s and Chansiri’s EFL allegations. Although it’s impossible to predict the outcome, a points deduction may be possible based on the precedent established when the league dealt with Reading.
14 of the pairings will be competing for $1 million (£749, 077) in the contentious mixed doubles competition starting next month at the US Open.
After announcing that the mixed doubles competition would be a standalone event on August 19 and 20, before the hard court grand prix prix, which begins on August 24 and goes on forever, the organizers were harshly criticized.
Eight teams will be able to enter directly, with British No. 1 Emma Raducanu and five-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz.
A further two wildcard entries will be announced at a later time, according to the US Open.
Along with fellow American Reilly Opelka, Venus Williams occupies one of the wildcard spots.
Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner, the duo’s partners, Casper Ruud and Emma Navarro, are the only ones who have entered the Wimbledon singles.
Along the same path, British number one Paula Badosa and Spanish number one Jack Draper enter the draw.
Mixed doubles teams for the US Open have been confirmed.
