Big Rom, Ronnie & Ramos – Five headline grabbing summer transfers not going to plan
Last summer proved one of the most memorable transfer windows in memory as a whole host of leading names made marquee moves. English football…
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Five of the Best
Ranking the five players to score the most Premier League goals after their 30th birthday
Jamie Vardy emphasised his ongoing importance to Leicester with a match-winning performance off the bench against Burnley this week, the veteran forward marking his…
Five of the best Manchester Derbies
All eyes will be on the Etihad this weekend, as Manchester City meet Manchester United in one of the Premier League’s most anticipated fixtures…
Player Analysis: Why is Romelu Lukaku underperforming at Chelsea?
At the start of the Premier League season, Chelsea were the favourites to break the Manchester City-Liverpool duopoly and challenge for the title throughout…
Ranking the five best midfield partnerships in the Premier League
Tactical trends in the early part of the century saw midfield threes become common in the Premier League, as teams sought numerical advantage and…
Premier League Team of the Week – Gameweek 27
Each week we delve through the Premier League’s weekend action and compile our divisional Team of the Week, with the latest round of fixtures…
Rating every striker signed by Chelsea after Didier Drogba
Chelsea have endured a mixed history when it comes to signing centre-forwards, with the arrival of Romelu Lukaku this season having so far failed…
Champions League Team of the Week
The UEFA Champions League’s first knockout round continued this week, with holders Chelsea returning to action with a win against Lille. Anthony Elanga came…
Premier League preview: Eight talking points ahead of the weekend’s action
Each week we preview the Premier League’s weekend action and discuss some of the division’s major talking points. The Premier League football begins with…
Chelsea v Liverpool – Combined XI
Chelsea face Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final this weekend, the two rivals set to go head-to-head for the first major trophy of the…
Ranking the top ten players outside the Premier League’s ‘big six’
The Premier League is European football’s strongest domestic league at present, last season’s all-English Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City demonstrating the…
Champions League talking points: Chelsea’s Lukaku problem, Ronaldo’s record v Atletico
The UEFA Champions League’s knockout stages continue this week, with the latest last-16 fixtures including the return of the holders to action. Chelsea’s defence…
Five times Kylian Mbappe has lit up the Champions League
Kylian Mbappe reemphasised his status as one of the world’s finest footballers again this week, stepping up in a crucial moment to hand Paris…
Five of the most underrated Premier League players right now
The concept of being underrated is an overused terminology within football, with enough claims to the label making it almost contradictory. That said, even…
Ranking the five Premier League partnerships with the most goal combinations
Tottenham forwards Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane have been one of the Premier League’s most dangerous double-acts in recent seasons, with the dovetailing duo…
Assessing the race to secure Champions League qualification
The race to secure a top four finish and Champions League qualification looks set to be one of the defining narratives of the season’s…
Why Manchester United have no divine right to be successful or be considered a ‘big club’
In March of 2014, Manchester United were flailing under new boss David Moyes, struggling to keep pace with the top six and generally looking…
90s Hitmen: A Brazilian finisher supreme, Sonny Anderson
The greatest era in the history of Olympique Lyonnais came in the first decade of the new millennium, a period of unprecedented domestic dominance…