Football

The Premier League champions have something to prove again as they chase a legacy. This Arsenal team, led by Arteta, wants to achieve a double: win the league and the Champions League.  Now that Pep is gone, Arteta feels this is the time to start a new era, and he believes this team can achieve…

Watching this team play this season has been painful, and no words can describe how the play. Fans can blame Carrick, the coaches, and even the hierarchy, but the fact is that these players need to be blamed for their performance on the pitch.  Last season, after Amorim was sacked, the team performed very well…

One thing about Italian football is that it comes around, and although Serie A has not hit the heights since the late 1990s, there are always Italian football teams that play good football.  The likes of Napoli and Roma are teams that have played good football, and global football fans have embraced these Italian football…

Bradley Barcola may be one of the more unpredictable choices to lead the Champions League assist charts. Liverpool completed the signing of the French winger from Paris Saint-Germain, bringing one of Europe’s most explosive wide attackers to Anfield.  Barcola left Paris having recorded 39 goals and 35 assists in 152 appearances, while collecting consecutive Champions…

Some Champions League legends are remembered for records; Samuel Eto’o is remembered for moments. The Cameroonian striker won the competition three times, twice with Barcelona and once with Inter Milan, but the detail that defines his European legacy is even more impressive: he scored in both the 2006 and 2009 Champions League finals.  2006, against…

Manchester City being found guilty is very refreshing; no football club is bigger than the organisations that implement rules to keep the flow of the game in a positive way. Manchester City being found guilty on 114 charges shows that football cannot be played with money, as the game is based on integrity and capital…

There is always the possibility of Coventry staying up, but the odds are against them.  Even though they won the Championship last season, the Premier League is a different playing field, and the level of opposition is very different, as they will be playing against some of the biggest clubs in Europe.  This is a…

Ronaldo has left the Portugal national team after a disagreement with the head coach, Jorge Jesus. Ronaldo has started throwing tantrums again, saying he feels left out. He did this when he was playing for Manchester United in the second spell at the club, where he felt that Erik ten Hag did not play him…

In the last decade, the rise of  Manchester City in the English football pyramid has been questionable. The rise of their market capitalisation has been significant – the amount of capital wasted on players shows how non-footballing people have misguided football clubs.   Billionaire influence and incompetent CEOs have ruined the structure of Premier League…

Football supporters still demand loyalty from players, as though the sport had never become a multibillion-pound business; perhaps that is the contradiction. This summer, Premier League clubs spent a record £3.198 billion. Players moved between rivals, captains departed, and deadline day resembled an international auction. Ollie Watkins provides an uncomfortable example: after six years at…