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...
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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...
Apr 5, 2026
Arsenal are running out of chances and the Premier League title has to be enough
Two domestic cup exits in the space of two weeks have left Arsenal chasing the Premier League and Champions League alone, and the manner of Saturday’s...
Apr 4, 2026
Arsenal’s April schedule is the sternest test of an era. The next two weeks will tell us everything.
Arsenal travel to Lisbon for their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday with the Premier League title in touching distance, putting Mik...
Apr 4, 2026
Rosenior was right to drop Enzo Fernandez and Chelsea need more of this
Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior banned Enzo Fernandez for two matches after the midfielder publicly flirted with Real Madrid. It was the first sign t...
Apr 2, 2026
Chelsea’s 262m loss proves the Premier League’s financial rules are a work of fiction
A club posts the largest loss in English football history and still passes the financial health check. If the rules allow that, what exactly are the r...
Apr 1, 2026
De Zerbi has walked into the most thankless job in English football
Roberto De Zerbi’s appointment at Tottenham on a five-year deal sounds ambitious on paper, but the Italian inherits a squad in freefall, a club that h...
Apr 1, 2026
Three World Cups missed and no end in sight: what has gone wrong with Italian football?
Italy’s penalty shootout defeat to Bosnia in Zenica means the four-time world champions will miss a third consecutive World Cup. The 2006 triumph feel...
Mar 30, 2026
Real Madrid’s midfield surplus keeps feeding the Premier League and Camavinga could be next
Manchester United and Chelsea are circling Eduardo Camavinga with bids worth around 70 million euros, and the pattern of Real Madrid producing talent...
Mar 26, 2026
Arsenal are nine points clear and still nobody believes they have got it wrapped up
Arsenal sit top of the Premier League with 70 points from 31 games, nine clear of Manchester City. The gap should feel comfortable. It does not, and t...
Mar 25, 2026
Liverpool will miss Salah more than they think and replacing him might be impossible
Mohamed Salah’s departure leaves a hole that goes beyond goals and assists. Liverpool will spend years trying to fill it.