Young Guns: Five PL players enjoying breakthrough seasons in 21/22
The 2021/22 season has seen several bright prospects make their mark in the Premier League, a number of names enjoying seasons of real breakthrough.…
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MVPs: Every PL clubs key man as we enter the business end of the season
We’re approaching the business end of the Premier League season with plenty to play for at both ends of the table as we reach…
Rating every Manchester United captain of the Premier League era
Harry Maguire’s status as Manchester United captain has again been called into question, the centre-back’s poor performances having led to calls for change at…
How Liverpool successfully navigated through AFCON and emerged stronger than ever
With every competition well underway, it seems inconceivable to think that Liverpool were being written off by many pundits and fans at the start…
Five of the worst value for money Man United signings of the post-Fergie era
Manchester United’s search for success in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era has been a struggle, with the club having failed to win the Premier…
90s Hitmen: Hristo Stoichkov – Barcelona’s Balkan bull
The art of unpredictability can be a potent weapon for forwards. Hristo Stoichkov had it in abundance. Stoichkov was so utterly unpredictable that those…
Appreciating the nine Premier League goalkeepers to win the Player of the Month award
David de Gea has been named as the Premier League’s Player of the Month for January, with the Manchester United goalkeeper having become the…
Player Analysis: Why Bruno Guimarães is the signing of the January window
Unsurprisingly, Newcastle United were one of the major spenders in the January transfer window. Rather than splurging recklessly, they targeted players with Premier League…
Premier League preview: Eight talking points ahead of the midweek action
Each week we preview the Premier League action and discuss some of the division’s major talking points. The midweek fixtures include some fascinating clashes…
FA Cup fourth round awards: Boreham Wood’s big win, Bruno’s blunder and Diop’s disasterclass
Our FA Cup awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week There’s nothing…
FA Cup fourth round Team of the Week
The FA Cup’s magic was prominent once again during the competition’s fourth round, with the weekend’s fixtures including some classic contests and huge upsets.…
Lampard’s appointment at Everton is yet another pathetic example of jobs for the boys
The jury remains out on Frank Lampard as a manager. At Derby County he inherited one of the most expensively assembled squads in the…
Ranking the five best out-and-out number nines in world football right now
The traditional centre-forward remains arguably the most illustrious position on the team sheet and there’s good reason why the world’s very best often command…
Five of the best players to play for Arsenal and Barcelona
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been officially unveiled as a Barcelona player, the forward having completed a free transfer move from Arsenal. Aubameyang’s exit came in…
Clutch! – The six players to have netted the most last-minute winners in Premier League history
There’s nothing quite like a last-minute winner in the Premier League, a late goal to seal all three points and send the crowd into…
Winners and Losers: January transfer window
The January transfer window reached its conclusion on Monday evening with the deadline for deals having now passed. It was an unusually active end…
Eight of the most intriguing January deals across Europe
Premier League clubs once again dominated the spending during the January transfer window, though there were a number of fascinating deals completed across Europe’s…
January transfer window: Every major done deal in the Premier League
The January transfer window is now closed with deadline day having been a frenzy of activity across the Premier League, as top-flight sides desperately…