The loyalty of supporters should see clubs through these difficult financial times. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian
Ever since the Premier League boomed into life in 1992, fuelled by Sky’s millions, stubborn prophets of doom have warned it is a bubble that is bound to burst. More measured observers wondered if clubs would be particularly vulnerable to a [...]

Xisco is understood to be on the verge of a deal at Newcastle. Photograph: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images
Deportivo de La Coruña claim they have agreed to sell striker Xisco to Newcastle and that he will now hold talks with the Premier League club, while Valencia also say that the Magpies have signed their midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez [...]