Category: Football
Reds bedevilled: Manchester United’s miserable 2024, month-by-month
January 8 Jan, Wigan (a), FA Cup, 2-0 win; 14 Jan, Tottenham (h) 2-2 draw; 28 Jan, Newport County (a), FA Cup, 4-2 win A [more…]
Liverpool reject Real Madrid approach to buy Alexander-Arnold in January
Liverpool have rejected Real Madrid’s attempt to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold in the January window. The 26-year-old defender will be out of contract in the summer, [more…]
Trossard on a mission to show Arteta he can fill Saka’s boots at Arsenal
In the manager-praises-own-player stakes, it is not perhaps what might be expected. “Yeah, Leo naturally is a bit of a moaner,” Mikel Arteta says, as [more…]
Which Thomas Tuchel will turn up on his first day as England manager?
Volker Kersting, Mainz academy director, sighed. Thomas Tuchel, as of Wednesday England’s new manager, had that look in his eyes. “He just said, ‘Volker’ and [more…]
Promotion to the Premier League is tough. But is survival effectively impossible? | Jonathan Wilson
And so the year ends, as always seemed likely, with the bottom three places in the Premier League occupied by the three promoted sides. With [more…]
Undermined and under duress, Fonseca leaves Milan with ‘calm conscience’ | Nicky Bandini
It was Paulo Fonseca who announced his own sacking shortly after midnight. Driving out of the parking lot at San Siro, he stopped briefly to [more…]
‘I’ll keep going’: Postecoglou insists Tottenham’s league season is not over
Ange Postecoglou is not ready to write off Tottenham’s Premier League campaign just yet despite more dropped points on Sunday. Spurs were held to a [more…]
‘Bad behaviour trickles down’: exposing football’s integrity problem
What do the following have in common? Falling to the ground and clutching your head without having been touched. Shouting abuse at a teenage referee. [more…]
Slot brushes off Liverpool transfer talk but Salah says contract solution ‘far away’
Arne Slot has said the January transfer window will not become a distraction from Liverpool’s fine run of form or cause a loss of control [more…]
Mikel Oyarzabal: ‘Not going to the World Cup made me win the Euros’
After breakfast on the morning of the Euro 2024 final, a small group of players stayed in the dining room on the first floor of [more…]
