Regardless of what he does or doesn’t achieve at Tottenham Hotspur, Jose Mourinho will forever be enshrined as an icon at a different London club: Chelsea. From 2004 to 2006, Mourinho shattered the hegemony of Arsenal and Manchester United, catapulting the Blues to the highest echelons of the English game, …

Liverpool’s imperious form took a few notable hits in the last few weeks. A loss to Chelsea in the FA Cup – albeit with a weakened starting eleven – was an uncharacteristic display, muddled with individual errors and a lack of the collective drive and relentlessness that have characterized Jurgen …

In the modern English game, elite teams have multiple creative fulcrums who work in tandem with one another. Youri Tielemans and James Maddison for Leicester City. Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva, Bernardo Silva, or Phil Foden for Manchester City. Andrew Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold from wide and Roberto Firmino …

For all the media coverage and social media hype they generate, the impact of transfers is often overrated. In acquiring new players, most fans and pundits presume that a team is automatically improving, failing to consider how a signing complements the existing squad both on and off the pitch. Perhaps …

If Liverpool remains unbeaten in the Premier League this season they will be the first team to do so since Arsenal in 2003/04. That the Gunners could ever achieve such a feat is a fact that – in the context of the club’s recent history – is astonishing. The resilience …

When Eden Hazard moved to Real Madrid last summer, it marked the end of an era for Chelsea. The Belgian playmaker was a prime protagonist of the Premier League, capturing the imagination of English football with his elegance and endearing swagger. Chief among his wide array of attributes was his …

More than a year since his arrival as caretaker manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done little at Manchester United but perpetuate their descent into an abyss of mediocrity. His nostalgic aura and iconic status have done little to spur improvement on the pitch, with the Red Devils making their worst …

While Spurs remain in pursuit of a striker, they have already moved to sign 21-year-old Gedson Fernandes from Benfica on an eighteen-month loan with an option to buy. The Portuguese midfielder is considered a prodigious talent and will be an intriguing player to monitor throughout the next couple of seasons. …

The Bundesliga has produced some of the most prodigious talents in European football and Kai Havertz has become the next youth sensation from the German talent machine. At 20-years of age, Havertz has already established himself as one of the best players in the Bundesliga and commanded interest from the …

Regardless of their ambition and activity in the transfer window, Everton’s appointment of Carlo Ancelotti was surprising. The Italian is among the most well-recognized names in management, and for him to accept a job for a traditionally smaller English club is somewhat perplexing given the current state of the club. …