Jun 5, 2026
The World Cup warm-ups are sending the favourites a warning
France, Spain and the Netherlands all stumbled within 24 hours of each other against supposedly lesser opponents. In a 48-team tournament built for up...
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Jun 2, 2026
At 41, Ronaldo is still the question Portugal cannot bring themselves to answer
Portugal are taking a 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo to a sixth World Cup, and not everyone thinks they should. The real test is whether Roberto Martin...
Jun 1, 2026
Spain lead the World Cup market, but Yamal’s hamstring keeps the door open
The favourites look clear on paper, yet with Lamine Yamal’s fitness in doubt and France, England and Argentina lurking, the 2026 World Cup feels like...
May 31, 2026
Liverpool’s Iraola call is ruthless, logical and nowhere near safe
Liverpool sacked Arne Slot a year after he won the title and turned to Andoni Iraola. The stylistic logic is sound, but swapping a proven champion for...
May 29, 2026
City hand Maresca the Guardiola inheritance, a job that is equal parts gift and trap
Manchester City have moved quickly to make former Guardiola assistant Enzo Maresca their next manager. Replacing a club great with one of his own stud...
May 28, 2026
From 15th to third: Michael Carrick has earned the Manchester United job, but the real test starts now
Michael Carrick has dragged Manchester United from 15th to third and a Champions League return, and won the job permanently. The hard part of the rebu...
May 24, 2026
The release clause died in January and Kane scored 36 more: Barcelona’s pursuit is now flattery, not a transfer
Harry Kane’s €65 million Bayern release clause expired at the end of January 2026, and Bayern want him to 2029. Barcelona can keep dreaming, but they...
May 23, 2026
Saturday in Budapest changes Arsenal’s summer ceiling, win or lose
Arsenal walk into the Puskas Arena chasing a first European Cup and, less publicly, a different bargaining position for the window. A win on Saturday...
May 19, 2026
Forest’s 120 million price tag has already chased Manchester United out of the Anderson race
Vitor Pereira’s number for Elliot Anderson is high enough that BBC and ESPN both say United will walk before they bid, leaving Manchester City alone i...
May 4, 2026
Six clear and still nervous: why Arsenal’s title math has a Manchester City catch
Arsenal lead the Premier League by six points with three to play. Manchester City have two games in hand and the head-to-head tiebreaker. The maths is...
May 4, 2026
Carrick has earned the Manchester United job, and the club have never made these decisions cleanly
Michael Carrick took over a Manchester United team in free fall in January and has driven them back into the Champions League. The case for handing hi...
May 3, 2026
Manchester United should let Jadon Sancho leave Old Trafford for free this summer
The ‘secret’ extension clause is tempting, but triggering it would only delay the inevitable and cost United another year of wages they don’t need.
May 1, 2026
PSG, Arsenal, Atletico, Bayern: ranking their chances of reaching Budapest after the Champions League first legs
After PSG and Bayern combined for a 5-4 nine-goal classic in Paris, and Atletico held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw at the Metropolitano, four teams go to the...
Apr 29, 2026
Manchester United’s Champions League race after Brentford: close enough to dare?
Two more points from four games is what stands between Manchester United and Champions League qualification. After Casemiro and Benjamin Sesko’s goals...
Apr 24, 2026
Level on points, level on goal difference, and a head-to-head tiebreaker: Arsenal’s title window narrows to five games
Manchester City and Arsenal sit level on 70 points and +37 goal difference going into the weekend of 25 April. City are top by three goals scored. A N...
Apr 21, 2026
PSG vs Bayern is the real Champions League final, and it leaves Arsenal with the kinder path to Budapest
Bayern Munich face PSG in a semi-final that feels like the title decider after the quarter-final round, while Arsenal take on Atletico Madrid in the m...
Apr 21, 2026
Nine points, seven games and Alonso already gone: Real Madrid’s title race is really a job audition for Arbeloa
Real Madrid host Alaves at the Bernabeu on Tuesday night knowing the title is almost certainly Barcelona’s. What is still being decided is whether Alv...
Apr 20, 2026
Four in a row? Arsenal’s title race is starting to feel very familiar
Arsenal still lead the Premier League with five games to play, but Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at the Etihad has left them facing the real possibility of a fo...
Apr 17, 2026
Six points, one trip to the Etihad and a title race that Arsenal can still blow
Arsenal lead Manchester City by six points with Sunday’s trip to the Etihad looming, and everything about the next 90 minutes screams that Mikel Artet...
Apr 15, 2026
Carrick or Nagelsmann? Manchester United’s two-man shortlist is really a one-man race
Manchester United have narrowed their permanent manager search to Michael Carrick and Julian Nagelsmann, but the case for keeping the interim boss who...
Apr 13, 2026
City’s Chelsea demolition has blown the Premier League title race wide open
Manchester City’s 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge, combined with Arsenal’s home defeat to Bournemouth, has cut the gap to six points with City holding a ga...
Apr 11, 2026
April 19 at the Etihad is Manchester City’s last real chance to save the title race
Arsenal are nine points clear with seven matches left. Manchester City have a game in hand and a trip from the leaders still to come. If Pep Guardiola...
Apr 9, 2026
Barcelona and Real Madrid both trail after first legs and the Champions League is wide open
All four Champions League quarter-final first legs are done, and both Real Madrid and Barcelona lost at home. If results hold, neither of Spain’s two...
Apr 9, 2026
Liverpool’s meek night in Paris has left Slot with nowhere to hide
Arne Slot’s Liverpool were out-classed by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League quarter-final first leg, and the next week at Anfield could defi...