04/01/2025 Football

04/01/2025 Football – Plenty of football action today. In the Premier League, there are games, including Tottenham vs Newcastle on TNT.

UK viewers can start their Saturday football on Sky Sports, which features a host of Championship, League One, and League Two fixtures at 12:30—highlighted by Blackburn Rovers hosting Burnley in a hotly contested Championship derby. Later in the evening, TNT Sports delivers Premier League action with Tottenham Hotspur facing Newcastle United at 12:30, and Sky Sports rounds off the day at 17:30 with Brighton & Hove Albion taking on Arsenal.

04/01/2025 Football – Other Football

OTHER FOOTBALL – SATURDAY 4 JANUARY

3:00am UK SAT / 10:00pm ET FRI
A-LEAGUE WOMEN – Wellington v Perth
UK – TNT Sports 4
Australia – 10play
International – A-Leagues YouTube
New Zealand – Sky Sport 3

6:00am UK / 1:00am ET
A-LEAGUE WOMEN – Central Coast v Adelaide
UK – TNT Sports 4
Australia – 10play
International – A-Leagues YouTube
New Zealand – Sky Sport 4

7:00am UK / 2:00am ET
A-LEAGUE WOMEN – Brisbane v Canberra
UK – TNT Sports 3
Australia – 10play
International – A-Leagues YouTube
New Zealand – Sky Sport 6

11:30am UK / 6:30am ET
INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE – Odisha v Goa
India – Sports18
International – OneFootball

2:00pm UK / 9:00am ET
INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE – Jamshedpur v Bengaluru
India – Sports18
International – OneFootball

4:00pm UK / 11:00am ET
TURKISH SUPER LIG – Galatasaray v Goztepe
Canada – beIN Sports 3
South Africa – ESPN 2 Africa
USA – beIN Sports 3

5:00pm UK / 12:00pm ET
TURKISH SUPER LIG – Samsunspor v Trabzonspor
Canada – beIN Sports 6
South Africa – ESPN Africa
USA – beIN Sports 6

6:00pm UK / 1:00pm ET
LIGA PORTUGAL – Benfica v Braga
UK – TrillerTV+
Australia – TrillerTV+
New Zealand – TrillerTV+

04/01/2025 Football Gossip & News

• Manchester City have joined the hunt for Abdukodir Khusanov, Lens’ 20-year-old Uzbekistan centre-back. (Telegraph – subscription required, external)
• Liverpool have turned down a £15m offer from Crystal Palace for 19-year-old Scotland midfielder Ben Doak, who is currently on loan at Middlesbrough. (Times – subscription required, external)
• The Reds have also snubbed a £16m proposal from Ipswich for Doak, opting for him to remain at Middlesbrough until the season’s end. (Athletic – subscription required, external)
• Liverpool insist that any sale of teenage talent Doak would command a £30m transfer fee. (Independent, external)
• Arsenal are assessing a January move for Wolves’ 25-year-old Brazil striker Matheus Cunha. (Football Insider, external)
• Wolves are looking to tie down Cunha to a new deal in an effort to keep him at Molineux. (Mail, external)
• Crystal Palace have seen their £12.4m bid rejected for 20-year-old Senegal full-back El Hadji Malick Diouf, who plays for Slavia Prague. (Foot Mercato, external)
• Napoli have shown an interest in Chelsea’s 18-year-old English winger Carney Chukwuemeka, valued at around £30m. (Teamtalk, external)
• Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Shabab are confident of securing a deal for Wolves’ 31-year-old Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina. (Rudy Galetti, external)
• Newcastle expect to record a profit for the first time in five years, yet they may need to sell before making new signings to stay within Premier League financial guidelines. (The i – subscription required, external)
• Wolves aim to finalize the £15m acquisition of 27-year-old Ivory Coast centre-back Emmanuel Agbadou from Reims early next week. (Telegraph, external)
• Brentford winger Keane Lewis-Potter (23) is on the verge of agreeing a fresh contract with the Premier League club. (Athletic – subscription required, external)
• Turkish side Trabzonspor want Southampton’s Nigeria striker Paul Onuachu (30), but will only pay £4.2m, whereas the Saints are holding out for £8.3m. (Gunebakis – in Turkish, external)
• St Johnstone are keen to take Liverpool and Scotland right-back Calvin Ramsay (21) on loan after his Wigan spell ended prematurely. (Courier, external)
• Leeds United are ready to lodge a bid for 26-year-old English midfielder Ben Sheaf from Coventry City, who might accept offers exceeding £8m. (Leeds United News, external)

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