FA switch on £6m deal

THE FA have agreed a three-year partnership with LG Electronics for England, Wembley and the FA Cup, understood to be worth £2million a year. This has come at a good time, with the FA reeling from their inept handling of the Mark Sampson-Eni Aluko controversy. But the introduction of their new grassroots website, FA Full Time, has not gone smoothly — the home page is dominated by a link to the old site. A spokesman said the link was mainly for club administrators

EVERTON’S search for a manager will be completed during the international break, but it is believed the board still have an open mind about who to appoint.

FULHAM, who this week axed main data analyst Craig Kline after a series of internal rows, were the English club most keen on using Moneyball analytics to decide transfers. So it is ironic they are dismantling that strategy just when Mr Moneyball himself, Billy Beane, is due to join the Championship as part of the proposed Barnsley takeover consortium.

KUWAIT’S Sheik Ahmad Al-Sabah’s return to Switzerland for Olympic meetings this week is significant. It was his first visit since he was named in April as a co-conspirator in the US Justice Department’s FIFA corruption indictment of Guam’s Richard Lai, who admitted accepting £770,000 in bribes. There was speculation that the Sheik risked arrest if he set foot in Switzerland.