News will be posted here of any major stories from across England, Italy and Spain as part of the mid-season update. This update is one of the times in the season where there can be delays with full updates being completed on Monday sometimes, so hopefully this will keep people watching.
The main news expected during this Update period is on youth contracts, however managerial changes often happen at this time as well.
Rumour: Any rumours could be posted during the update about possible news.
Confirmed News: Any news that is guarenteed true could show up here under Breaking News.
This will be instead of an issue of the weekender this week.
Managers are free to respond to stories here if they wish.
The Roma manager Jonathan Petty has emerged as a candidate for the Real Madrid vacancy with his team sat in 4th in Serie A, although his ownership of Real Betis may prolong discussions.
Real Madrids shortlist of managers include Jonny Sinclair (Parma), Simon Jenkins (Real Valladolid), Paul Harrington (Atletico Madrid), Jonnie Adams (Athletic Bilbao), Steve Jenkins (Juventus), Jonathan Petty (Roma), Luke Coakley (Cardiff), Liam Riste (Sevilla) and Amilcar Vasquez (Catania)
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