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However, United will not entertain any offers for their talisman, who was named Premier League Player of the Year last season after breaking the competition's assist record.

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The £57m release clause for foreign clubs in his contract has now expired.

In December, Fernandes revealed he had been "hurt" when United told him last summer he was free to accept a big-money offer to join Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, who were ready to pay £100m as a transfer fee.

Despite Fernandes feeling as though the club were open to selling him last summer, the message from the hierarchy since has been clear: he is not for sale.

The ambiguity of last summer has been put to bed with United viewing Fernandes as crucial to the future of their project.

Could Man Utd really sell Fernandes?

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Sky Sports' James Savundra on The Transfer Show:

"It doesn't seem likely in this window but go back 12 months, it felt 50:50. It felt like Manchester United would be willing to sell him if they could recoup £100m to spend on other areas.

"He spoke quite openly about the fact he spoke to the Saudi Pro League and the projects there - before deciding he wanted to commit his future to Manchester United.

"You would think the club would be working on a contract extension because he has one year left - plus that option to extend by a further year, which you'd expect them to do so, otherwise he'd be in a position in January where he could speak to foreign clubs over a free transfer.

"Last season he was just incredible with the assist record - he was the best player in the Premier League last season. He's a massive part of Michael Carrick's plans this season.

"There will come a time when Manchester United think about life after Bruno Fernandes but that won't be this summer. He's so important to their plans in Europe and the Premier League."

Could Zirkzee act as Fernandes cover this season?

Sky Sports' News' Danyal Khan:

"The good news for Michael Carrick and United is that two players, in particular, have stood out in pre-season.

"Having perhaps looked a bit tired towards the end of last season, Carrick will be purring to see Bryan Mbeumo and Amad Diallo back to their electric selves in pre-season.

"Mbeumo has looked sharp in front of goal with Amad also appearing full of confidence after an impressive World Cup with Cote d'Ivoire in the summer.

"One player who may have a new chapter at the club is Joshua Zirkzee. Although there is still a possibility his future could be away from Old Trafford, he's looked like a different Zirkzee to the one we've seen in previous seasons.

"Albeit it is pre-season, could Zirkzee provide cover for Fernandes in the No 10 position?

"He was particularly impressive in Dublin against Leeds at a sold-out Croke Park, and in his third season at the club it will be intriguing to see how Carrick uses the Dutchman - if his future is at United." %!s()

Hunt held up four fingers to the camera after winning gold in the mixed 4x100m relay, completing her historic haul.

When Sky Sports spoke to the sprinter in February, the World and Olympic silver medallist was looking ahead to Birmingham and the chance to impress on home soil.

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Dressed in a shimmering gold outfit, her aspirations were clear: "The goal is definitely three golds. [At the] Europeans, that would be an absolute dream."

Speaking to Sky Sports again after exceeding even that lofty ambition, she allowed herself to enjoy this moment of success.

"I think it is definitely important to celebrate the wins when they happen because life is short and you don't win four golds very often," she said.

"I think I have almost run out of words - it has been euphoric, I have been living in such a dreamland."

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Her celebrations, though, were relatively modest.

"I had a little glass of champagne with my coach last night, and that was a nice little wholesome celebration for me because it's straight back to work at the end of this week!"

This feels Amy Hunt-esque: four gold medals, a piece of European championship history and then straight back to work.

Winning at home

This year's European Championships were hosted in Britain for the first time, giving many athletes the chance to add medals to their collections on home soil.

Hunt, born in Nottinghamshire, emphasised what it would mean to win at home.

"It is so special to me because it's probably the closest they're ever going to be to my actual home," she said in February.

"It would be really, really special for me to be able to step up and rise to the challenge and take on my home track."

Step up, she certainly did, history made having prevailed in the 100m, 200m, women's 4x100m relay and mixed 4x100m relay.

The journey from silver to gold

Hunt's path to gold has not been straightforward. While impressing in her junior career, her transition to senior athletics was disrupted by Covid-19 and injury.

"I ruptured my quad tendon when I was in the middle of studying. So, we had some challenging times. But we came back."

She's also spoken about the struggles in balancing her studies at Cambridge University with her athletic career.

Overcoming these challenges, 2025 was widely seen as her breakout year internationally as she had an impressive Diamond League season, setting personal best after personal best.

In August last year, Hunt won the 100m final at the UK Championships and claimed her first British senior outdoor title before going on to win 200m silver at the World Championships in Tokyo a month later, achieving her first global individual medal.

This year, Hunt has regularly broken 11 seconds for 100m, and a month prior to the Europeans she won 100m silver at the Commonwealth Games, emphasising her form ahead of the home championships.

"You can have everything you ever dreamed of," she said. "There is no world in which you need to put limits on yourself."

That confidence becomes essential when the margins are so small.

"Any time you line up in a race you have to believe you can win, no matter what.

"Sprinting is a very mental sport, it is a dog-eat-dog world out there, so you have to have confidence on the start line."

British sprinting in fine shape

Hunt's success comes during an exciting period in British athletics, with Dina Asher-Smith also making European Championship history in Birmingham - her gold in the mixed relay making her the European Championships' most-decorated athlete with eight golds and 11 in total.

Despite the rivalry on track between the two Brits, Hunt has nothing but praise for her competitor.

"Creating history together as two young women on a global stage is incredible - who gets to do that?"

Hunt has taken inspiration from Asher-Smith throughout her career, and not just because of what the senior sprinter has achieved on the track: Asher-Smith completed a history degree in 2017 while competing at elite level.

And Hunt said: "Dina is someone I have looked up to my whole career not just for the way she is amazingly quick and a world champion, but the way she handles herself.

"She was one of the first athletes and women to show that you can do a very academic degree and chase that life off the track and still be fabulous on the track."

That resonates particularly strongly with Hunt after her own experience at Cambridge.

"She is very much a role model for myself and so many people out there."

There has also been significant success in the middle-distance events, with Keely Hodgkinson earning 800m silver after an epic battle with Swiss rival Audrey Werro, and Georgia Hunter Bell taking 1500m gold with a dominant performance.

Hunt has spoken about what it means to be a part of this golden generation of female British athletes.

"I have been helped on my way by so many successful and amazing women so now to be in the same conversations is amazing.

"To be part of such a strong generation of young British athletes - and especially young British female athletes - there are so many of us coming out. We're all inspiring each other and helping each other out".

What comes next?

The next Olympic Games are less than two years away, and Hunt will now be approaching them from a very different position to the one she occupied before Paris.

She is no longer simply an exciting British prospect but a four-time European champion.

Now, as Hunt reflects on her history-making Championships, the question is no longer whether she belongs among Britain's leading sprinters but just how far she can take her success. %!s()

In a special Sky Sports podcast - A big summer for... Chelsea - Peter Smith is joined by Sky Sports News reporter James Savundra and Sky Sports football journalist David Richardson to discuss the key talking points at the club, including Enzo Fernandez's future amid interest from Manchester City and a £120m price tag.

The arrival of £117m Morgan Rogers and his partnership with Cole Palmer was also on the agenda, along with Alonso's new tactical set-up and the surprise signings of experienced pair Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck, which signalled a shift in the club's transfer policy.

Listen to the podcast below, watch it on the Sky Sports News YouTube channel or read on for the key points from the episode...

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James Savundra: When I spoke to Xabi Alonso in his second week at work, he was glowing in his praise when it came to players like Reece James and Cole Palmer. But he gave very little away when it came to Enzo Fernandez. He only gave short sentences. The only thing he confirmed was that he was looking forward to working with him, and that he's a great player, but he didn't say much more than that, which made you think that, at that point, the saga [over Fernandez's future] hadn't been resolved.

I know that Fernandez has got a contract for another six years, but I think he wants to be better remunerated for what he offers to the side. As we know with the Chelsea contracts, some of them are very long, but they're more incentivised in terms of performance or if Chelsea go on and win things. I think he wants a higher base salary. That's our understanding.

But when the deadline eventually passed on Friday with no £120m bid from Man City, Chelsea sources said they expected Fernandez to stay until the end of the season. But that's no clear guarantee. They don't want the start of the season, the start of this new era dominated by conversations and questions for Xabi Alonso to answer every press conference. But one thing I will say, if Enzo Fernandez does stay he will be a massive part of Alonso's plans.

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Will Chelsea play a back three?

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David Richardson: The big question around Xabi Alonso at Chelsea is whether he would replicate the 3-4-3 formation that he had such great success with at Bayer Leverkusen. Chelsea have played six pre-season games. In their first three, they played a back four, which was similar to what Alonso did at Real Madrid - and, as we know, it didn't go too well there. But since then, in the final three matches, he's played a back three and that has been when more of his senior players have been available to him.

In the first half against Real Sociedad, Chelsea sat too deep in the back three. It became almost a back five, with Marco Palestra and Pedro Neto as their wingbacks. They couldn't get out. They couldn't press. They became sloppy on the ball - and that was despite Morgan Rogers scoring after 10 minutes. They were much improved in the second half. They played higher up the pitch, dominated possession and because they were higher up the pitch, they were able to press.

Can Rogers and Palmer play together?

David Richardson: Rogers was on the left of the front three against Real Sociedad, with Joao Pedro through the middle and Palmer off the right. Rogers and Palmer didn't play as wingers; they were tucked in as inside forwards, which suits their game.

That is some front three. If you compare that to any other team in the league, it's got to be right up there - possibly the best front three in the division. Particularly with the way Joao Pedro is playing - he's scored seven goals in five games in pre-season. Rogers linked up well with Joao Pedro on Saturday, and it was probably him and Joao Pedro that showed more signs of connecting than Rogers and Palmer.

It's all about getting those front three firing. Palmer had that incredible first season at Chelsea and hasn't quite lived up to those standards. But having not been at the World Cup, he's had some rest, a full pre-season now and hopefully he'll be over those injuries that he's had in recent seasons and should be firing. It's a big, big season for him.

Who's the No 1?

David Richardson: It's a reflection on how well Robert Sanchez has started to do that he is still No 1. He had a much improved season last year. He played 51 times, a full season in goal and he looked more confident, more comfortable.

There were big question marks over his playing out from the back - I remember him being heckled by some Chelsea supporters to get the ball forward and just get it away from his own goal. But he's settled down now. Against Real Sociedad on Saturday, he made several saves in the first half, and he seems to be growing into that role.

As for Mike Penders, he came on as a substitute in that game but I think he'll have to wait for his opportunity. For now, it looks like Sanchez is Chelsea's No 1.

Why did Chelsea sign Henderson and Welbeck?

James Savundra: There have been so many silly yellow cards and that really did hamper Chelsea and a number of different managers couldn't solve it. Under Alonso and this new leadership group he's forming, when you consider the age of the players brought in, there's clearly been a lot of learning from the ownership group over the last four years.

Sometimes the approach was a bit scattergun when it came to transfers. But now I think Alonso has looked at the squad and realised 'we definitely need more experienced players that know how to win things'. That's players like Henderson and Welbeck, who can help these young players become players who can perform consistently in the Premier League and accept all that comes with being a Chelsea player.

These young players will need to deliver success - but now they've got real role models in the form of those more mature players. And actually even in the signings of Maxence Lacroix, who's 26, and Pep Chavarria, 28, I think it's clear that there's an admission that there have been mistakes made and everybody is seeing this as a new chapter.

What's success for Alonso and Chelsea this season?

James Savundra: It would be fascinating to be in those conversations and whether or not they've laid out clear defined targets for this season. I think they are really seeing this as a long-term project over two, three or four years and as long as they are seeing that progress on the pitch, whether or not they get Champions League football this season, I don't think that will define whether or not Xabi Alonso gets a second year.

It will be whether you can actually see with your eyes that this team is getting there, this culture is being built behind the scenes, because Alonso is going to be involved in a number of different areas at the club. But signing a player like Morgan Rogers for £117m? You're not spending this sort of money in the transfer window to finish in the top 10 or just to get Europa League football.

This season things have really opened up with a number of managerial changes. Liverpool a lot of upheaval there and that squad doesn't quite look ready for the start of the Premier League season. Manchester United, it's their first full season under Michael Carrick and how are they going to cope with playing in the Champions League as well?

So getting into the Champions League and having a really strong cup run in the FA Cup or the Carabao Cup will probably be the aim. %!s()

The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos. It’s worth noting that rivals TikTok and Instagram also count views as soon as a video starts playing.

“Historically, we’ve used multiple view counting systems across different formats,” the company wrote in a YouTube Community post. “However, we’ve heard that creators want to eliminate this metric confusion and accurately understand their true exposure, which is why we’re making this update.”

The shift could lead to significantly increased YouTube view counts, especially for videos that only briefly capture viewers’ attention. That means public view counts may no longer be a useful tool for creators and advertisers to determine how popular a video may be.

YouTube says it will keep the original view metric, now called “Engaged views,” accessible to creators through its Analytics tools to allow them to see how many viewers chose to continue watching their videos.

The company notes that the change won’t impact creators’ earnings or how they become eligible for monetization through the YouTube Partner Program.

The update, which goes into effect on August 24, comes a week after YouTube made another creator-focused change, announcing that new creators will have to meet higher thresholds to begin earning money from ads and subscriptions starting next year.

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Currently, creators need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the past year or 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over the past 90 days. Additionally, creators need to maintain 10 million Shorts views over a 90-day period to earn money.

The decision has drawn backlash from users, as it will make it harder for creators to enter and remain in YouTube’s monetization program.

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Aisha is a consumer news reporter at TechCrunch. Prior to joining the publication in 2021, she was a telecom reporter at MobileSyrup. Aisha holds an honours bachelor’s degree from University of Toronto and a master’s degree in journalism from Western University.

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In his opening statement on the first day of Davis’ murder trial, Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Binu Palal told jurors they would not have to take the state’s word for it. Davis, he said, had described his own role in a “secret 2008 interview” with authorities.

He played snippets of the interview as Davis, dressed in a blue suit and tie, looked at a screen in the courtroom. In the recording, Davis described his vehicle making a U-turn and pulling up alongside a black BMW carrying Shakur and Suge Knight near the Las Vegas Strip and handing a gun to a person in the back seat before shots rang out, according to a livestream of the trial from CourtTV.

“Duane Davis says if they were on his side of the vehicle, he would have shot them himself,” Palal tells the jury. Instead, it was Davis’ “beloved nephew” Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson in the backseat who fired the gun. He said the motive was Davis’ “visceral anger” over Shakur getting in a fistfight with Anderson inside the MGM Grand after a Mike Tyson boxing match hours earlier.

“Duane Davis did not pull the trigger. But what he did do was plan the retaliation for the beating of his nephew. You will learn that Duane Davis got the gun. You will learn that he got into a white Cadillac. You will learn when the opportunity presented itself for retribution, Duane Davis made sure that the shooters are armed and ready to execute their revenge. And remarkably, you will learn that from Duane Davis himself,” Palal said.

In his dueling opening statement, Davis’ defense lawyer Michael Sanft asked jurors why his client was never charged after his alleged confession to authorities in 2008. “It’s because they knew he was full of crap, otherwise they would have. Why wouldn’t they?” Sanft said.

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The lawyer also questioned why investigators failed to conduct follow-up interviews to try to corroborate what Davis said. “Is it because they just didn’t care about Tupac Shakur or his life? Or is it because they looked into it and realized, we can’t verify this information, we don’t believe this is even true,” he said.

Sanft suggested Davis wasn’t even in Vegas the night of the shooting. He said investigators never recovered any receipts, credit card transactions, or even a picture of Davis at the MGM Grand that night, though he claimed in his book he was near the front of the Tyson bout, seated near celebrities. “When you look at this relevant timeline again, and you see the length of time, ask yourself what facts do they have to even put Keffe D in a car in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996.”

Davis, 63, has pleaded not guilty to a single murder count and has been held without bail since his arrest in September 2023. He and his lawyers claim he left gang life and the drug trade in 2008 and moved on to lawful employment as an oil refinery inspector before becoming a retired grandfather and cancer survivor living a quiet life with his wife in a Vegas suburb.

Prosecutors allege Davis orchestrated Shakur’s drive-by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996 by supplying the .40-caliber Glock pistol that also wounded Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records. Shakur was rushed to a hospital but died from his wounds six days later at age 25. His slaying became one of the biggest unsolved murders in Las Vegas history, with investigators, fans, and even Davis linking it to the violent East Coast-West Coast rap industry war that pitted Knight’s label in California against Bad Boy Records and its CEO Sean Combs in New York.

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Police never found the Glock or the rented white Cadillac that allegedly ferried Davis and the shooter that night. Rival hip-hop star Christopher Wallace, known as The Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls, was killed in a subsequent drive-by shooting in Los Angeles in 1997.

In a 2019 memoir, Davis detailed his rise in the South Side Crips and acknowledged signing a federal cooperation agreement tied to a drug case in Los Angeles. During his 2008 interview with law enforcement played in court on Monday, he claimed Combs had offered $1 million to have Knight and Shakur killed amid a feud. (Combs has vehemently denied the allegation.) Davis said an associate named Eric “Zip” Martin supplied the gun that he passed into the back seat of the Cadillac, where Anderson allegedly used it to open fire. Davis said he was never paid any money.

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While prosecutors allege Davis’ tell-all memoir and interviews are confessions in the case, the defense insists they were pure showmanship. His lawyers say they were “entertainment” meant to generate profit. In filings, they compared the public’s cultural fixation on Shakur’s death to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, arguing it was easy to see why someone might falsely place himself at the center for personal gain.

Before his shooting death in Compton in 1998, Anderson denied any role in Shakur’s death. %!s()