As is usually the case this time of year, the Premier League’s clubs are already casting an eye on next season. There are the announcements of preseason, summer trips abroad. There are the splash signings (hello, Erling Haaland!) and the forthcoming manager changes (welcome, Erik ten Hag). But there’s also still business to be handled […]
Real Madrid got back to winning ways in style on Thursday night, thrashing Levante 6-0 thanks to a Vinícius hat-trick, a Ferland Mendy strike, another from Rodrygo and a historic goal from Karim Benzema. It was a game that relegated Levante and that saw Real Madrid keep up their match sharpness. So, here we take […]
When Antonio Conte talked last week about possibly being Tottenham’s Jurgen Klopp it all sounded vaguely fantastical. Conte said he would happily “sign” for something like the seven-year reign Klopp has enjoyed at Liverpool; he sketched out how the long rebuild might work, talking up the “patience” Liverpool showed at the start, and then the […]
The only thing saltier than Mikel Arteta right now is the Dead Sea, and Antonio Conte is here to twist the knife. Following Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-0 thrashing of Arsenal on Thursday night, Mikel Arteta chose to deflect blame by insinuating that everything is awful and we may as well stop watching because the beautiful game […]
So Erling Haaland has reached an agreement to join Manchester City, which to most of his new club’s opponents is like being told that the local tyrannosaurus has grown another molar. The beast was always going to eat you in the end; it doesn’t really matter that it has one more sharp tooth. Manchester City […]
1) Fabinho absence a key blow Liverpool’s hopes of an unprecedented quadruple have taken several knocks in the past week, but they can significantly reduce the odds against them notching up a pretty decent treble with a win against Chelsea in the FA Cup final. Their chances would have been greatly increased had Fabinho been […]
LEEDS, ENGLAND – MAY 11: Romelu Lukaku of Chelsea celebrates after scoring their side’s third goal with Hakim Ziyech during the Premier League match between Leeds United and Chelsea at Elland Road on May 11, 2022 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) It’s a bit hard to take much away from a match […]
Rafael Leao’s exploits in recent weeks have helped Milan into a position where they need four points from their final two games to win the Scudetto, but now the aim is to secure him long-term. La Gazzetta dello Sport recalls how Leao took the game into his own hands away against Hellas Verona as he […]
Something miraculous happened Tuesday night at NYU’s Skirball Center in lower Manhattan, and no, it was not seth meyers killing with David Moyes jokes. the Men in Blazers podcast returned to a live recording format after several very challenging years off. Thanks to the cultish devotion of football fans (or “soccer” fans, for most of […]
Aguero’s dramatic stoppage-time winner gave City their first top-flight title since 1968 Sergio Aguero’s title-winning goal for Manchester City a decade ago “changed everything” for the club, says chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak. Aguero’s deft control and finish in the fourth minute of injury time of the final game of the season against QPR at Etihad Stadium […]