The two clubs are yet to agree a deal. Liverpool have agreed a four-year contract with Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who has announced his departure to teammates, according to RMC Sport journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi. The Reds have been linked with the Spain midfielder all summer, as they seek to strengthen their squad after they […]

6 years ago

Insult to injury for the Catalan giants. Barcelona made a holy show of themselves on Friday night, when they were ruthlessly sliced apart by Bayern Munich in their one-off Champions League quarter-final in Lisbon. Philippe Coutinho helped deliver the final blow(s). On the bench from the start sat Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele – two […]

6 years ago

The Champions League is back, baby After months and months, the Champions League is back. Yes, there are no fans in the stadiums, but over the course of the next 16 days we will be treated to a veritable smorgasbord of red, hot football action. Straight into our eyeballs. We know you’re as excited as […]

6 years ago

From Maurizio to Mauricio? Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is the favourite to replace Maurizio Sarri as Juventus manager, after the Italian was sacked by the Serie A champions less than 24 hours after their elimination from the Champions League. The Old Lady were beaten on aggregate by Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais on […]

6 years ago

A level of shithousery to which we can all aspire. Alexis Sanchez has departed Manchester United for Inter Milan after a turbulent two year spell at Old Trafford, the Chilean striker leaving behind a legacy like none the club has seen before. Once one of the world’s most lethal forward players, Sanchez was already something […]

6 years ago

Who doesn’t love a football kit? There was a time in life when football kits were worn by teams for longer than a season. Before the Premier League’s TV rights truly blew up and the front of a shirt and the shirt itself became prime real estate and a walking advertisement, sides would often go […]

6 years ago

A lot can change in over a century In the space of a hundred years, the world can become recognisable. Moustaches can go from being fashionable to only being worn one month a year. Cars can go from one model and one colour to a lot more than that, and yes – even football clubs […]

6 years ago

Beauty comes in many forms… As Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, aged 32 and 34 respectively, reach the twilight of their careers, talk among football fans has understandably turned to what happens next. Two of the greatest players to ever take to a football field are, whilst still phenomenal, arguably beyond their prime, and so […]

6 years ago

‘You can’t win anything with kids’ On Sunday evening, Liverpool hosted their rivals Everton at Anfield. Fielding a team well below strength and containing three teenagers, many saw this as Jurgen Klopp throwing in the FA Cup towel to strengthen the Reds’ league pursuit. Instead, it was a declaration of the level of quality and […]

6 years ago

“Bunch of absolute wasters!” If you, like me, are a Manchester United supporter, you’ll have found the football club destroying your weekends for quite a few years now. They used to be times of celebration, but since Alex Ferguson left the club they have been something to dread. Saturday or Sunday brings disappointment, and Monday […]

7 years ago

After more than five years, Dejan Lovren’s Liverpool journey is coming to an end. Dejan Lovren moved to Southampton in the summer of 2013 from Olympique Lyonnais, and it took just one season in the Premier League to convince Liverpool to part with £20 million for his services. The Croatian was the third Saints player […]

7 years ago

Bad signings. Farcical peaks and troughs. That is Everton. Everton aren’t supposed to get things right. When their rivals Liverpool were at their lowest ebb, somewhere between 1992 and the Roy Hodgson years of 2010/11, Everton were flailing. Never knowing quite how to keep a good thing going, the Toffees were always perpetually somewhere between […]

7 years ago

A swap deal with Romelu Lukaku appears to be happening. If Paulo Dybala completes a shock swap move to Manchester United, the fan base will be sent into raptures at the prospect of a European superstar coming to Old Trafford. If that move sees Romelu Lukaku – a player who clearly wants out of a […]

7 years ago

KITS, KITS, KITS We all love football kits, and if you don’t then you’ve clearly clicked on the wrong link. Most of the Premier League kits for the 2019/20 season have now been released or at least unveiled, and it is a mixed bag. The football kit Gods have graced us with some absolute beauties, […]

7 years ago

Keeping Paul Pogba should be Manchester United’s number one priority Since the end of the 2018/19 league season there have been growing calls for Manchester United to sell Paul Pogba, or allow him to depart the club, if you want to phrase it a little differently. Pogba’s relationship with supporters has deteriorated over the course […]

7 years ago

The human brain is a spectacular thing. Signals inside the human brain travel at speeds of more than 430 kilometres per hour. A cup falls, we move to catch it. We slip, our arms stretch out to break our fall – these decisions are being made for us instinctively. We are guided by our subconscious […]

7 years ago

Redemption for Sanchez is not impossible. There are few certainties for Manchester United fans currently. The club is off the back of a pathetic season which has left even the most optimistic supporters stuck between exasperation and figuring out whether to simply emotionally detach themselves from their team, and the summer has been one of […]

7 years ago

The change comes after a number of controversial incidents regarding penalties at the World Cup World Cup penalties always come under extra scrutiny. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has announced a change to rules surrounding penalties halfway through the Women’s World Cup after a number of high-profile and controversial incidents. A statement published on […]

7 years ago

Nothing was ever the same The day was 14 March 2009 when Liverpool’s sultry Spaniard ripped the heart and soul from Manchester United’s Serbian terminator. Liverpool needed a win at Old Trafford to keep pace with Sir Alex Ferguson’s team in the title race. They got it, and in doing so they also broke Nemanja […]

7 years ago

What a nice bunch they are at the Allianz Arena Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga once again last season despite taking a big long nap for the first half of the season. Rivals Borussia Dortmund looked to have run away with the league title at the halfway point, only to remember that Bayern are Bayern […]

7 years ago

Something that a lot of football fans would like to see. Norwich City have announced that they will freeze the price of tickets at £30 for their first season back in the Premier League since 2016, although some fans have been left annoyed over a revamp to the club’s membership system. The club confirmed on […]

7 years ago

McRae’s latest book looks at how boxing helped ease tensions during the Troubles On Round 18 of TKO, Chris Lloyd and Carl Frampton were joined by journalist and sportswriter Donald McRae, author of some of the best boxing books of all time, including A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith and Dark Trade: Lost In Boxing. […]

7 years ago

The world’s best player will be absent from the World Cup in France Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg is 23 years old. She has played professional football for close to a decade. In that time she has scored 259 goals in 253 club career games. She has won the Champions League on four occasions, the most recent […]

7 years ago

Back to white Liverpool’s away shirt for the 2019/20 season has been leaked online. The kit is set to be released to the public tomorrow, but a photograph of it has emerged online. Last season’s grey and purple kits meant that there was no white away kit for the 2018/19 season, but there will be […]

7 years ago

He told Danish press that he is seeking a new challenge Christian Eriksen has told Danish media that he will seek a move away from Tottenham Hotspur this summer after six seasons and more than 200 games with the club. Eriksen has one year left on his Spurs contract and the club had been hoping […]

7 years ago

Money can’t buy you Lo… Celso Real Betis and Argentina midfielder Giovani Lo Celso has become a hot commodity as we enter the transfer window – with his performances for the LaLiga side alerting some of Europe’s bigger clubs who were sleeping on him during his time at Paris Saint-Germain. According to Sky Sports, the […]

7 years ago

Look at what it means to them. Jordan Henderson – captain of a Champions League winning team. Yes, you read that correctly. The kid with the Bebo account is now holding the Champions League above his head. It seemed unlikely – even up until quite recently – but now it is so. Henderson has in […]

7 years ago

He enjoyed that one Before Saturday night’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, Jurgen Klopp had never won a European trophy. He had lost a Champions League final as Borussia Dortmund manager against bitter rivals Bayern Munich, and shortly after joining Liverpool he lost a Europa League final against permanent owners of the […]

7 years ago

It was certainly a Champions League final. You can say a lot of things about the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur: it certainly existed. The game took place, and it ended, and no one on earth can ever deny that fact. Unfortunately, for the vast majority of the 90 minutes in between […]

7 years ago

He is best known for appearing as an opera singer on GoCompare adverts Radio Wales presenter Wynne Evans has claimed that he paid thousands of pounds for tickets for Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur but never received them. Evans, a lifelong Spurs fan who is best known for appearing as opera […]

7 years ago

The American businessman relaxed with fans ahead of the Champions League final in Madrid. Liverpool owner John W. Henry took some time out from the executive box to relax with Liverpool supporters at the club’s fan park in Madrid ahead of the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday evening. Henry is in the Spanish capital […]

7 years ago

The rule change will seek to avoid empty stadiums for countries and teams found guilty of racism UEFA have updated their disciplinary rules so that matches played behind closed doors due to punishments over racial abuse will not result in empty stadiums for the nations and clubs affected. In the event that clubs or countries […]

7 years ago

All football shirts should be available without a sponsor. Football is driven by finance and sponsors are an enormous part of that, we are all aware of this reality. But we are all also acutely aware that football shirts, for the most part, are much nicer without the sponsors strapped across the front of them. […]

7 years ago

Chelsea fans should be exceptionally happy with this one The Chelsea third kit for the 2019/20 season has been leaked online and if it is an accurate depiction of the shirt which they will actually wear next season then fans should be very happy indeed. Manufactured by Nike, the kit is a black number with […]

7 years ago

Unfortunately for Souness, they did qualify for it. Graeme Souness doesn’t believe that Champions League finalists Tottenham Hotspur deserve to be playing in the Champions League final. Mauricio Pochettino’s side qualified for the final in Madrid after defeating Ajax in the semi-finals, Manchester City in the quarter-finals and Borussia Dortmund in the second round. This […]

7 years ago

Go on, Maurizio, you deserve it mate. Maurizio Sarri fucking loves nicotine. He’s a football manager and as such likes the sport – at least a bit – but his true love is obviously sweet, sweet cigarettes. Or in some cases cigars. For 90 minutes at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan he would’ve been […]

7 years ago

Well done, Darrell Currie. Eden Hazard as good as confirmed his exit from Chelsea after the club’s 4-2 Europa League final victory over Arsenal on Wednesday night in Baku’s Olympic Stadium. The Belgian forward scored twice as Maurizio Sarri’s side demolished Arsenal after a goalless first half, and was allowed to bask in the adoration […]

7 years ago

They are properly worn out Jack Grealish has explained why he has played a large portion of the Championship in the mankiest pair of boots you’ve ever seen while speaking to Sky Sports after Aston Villa’s play-off final victory over Derby County. Dean Smith’s side defeated Frank Lampard’s young Derby team 2-1 at Wembley, with […]

7 years ago

Smith has spoken in the past about his father’s illness On Monday afternoon Dean Smith guided his Aston Villa side back to the Premier League after three seasons in the Championship after a 2-1 victory over Derby County in the play-off final at Wembley. A lifelong Villa fan, Smith was beaming with pride after taking […]

7 years ago

Mike Ashley’s £350 million sale of Premier League club Newcastle United is reportedly completed, according to reports emerging from the Middle East. A report by The Sun this weekend claimed that Ashley had found a buyer for the North East club in the form of Dubai-based billionaire Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan, with the newspaper […]

7 years ago

Hazard’s exit from Chelsea draws closer Chelsea have named their asking price for Eden Hazard’s expected move to Real Madrid, with the Premier League club willing to let Hazard leave if Madrid meet their £130 million valuation for the Belgian star. According to Sky Sports News, Chelsea will allow the former Lille man his dream […]

7 years ago

Guardiola has been linked with a move to Juventus in the Italian media Manchester City have commented on speculation linking their manager Pep Guardiola with a move to Juventus after several Italian media outlets claimed that the Catalan coach had agreed a four-year deal at the Turin club. Guardiola has just come off the back […]

7 years ago

The Dutch winger left Bayern Munich at the end of the season. Leicester City have been installed as favourites to sign veteran Netherlands winger Arjen Robben after he left Bayern Munich at the end of the season. Robben spent 10 seasons at the Allianz Arena after signing from Real Madrid for a fee of €25 […]

7 years ago

Alfredo Morelos is an interesting fella Rangers’ Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos is no stranger to controversy. He enjoys putting himself, scoring goals and generally being the most annoying person imaginable on the football pitch. Being this sort of person means that Morelos is often involved in arguments with other players on the pitch. It led […]

7 years ago

Is this the the last we’ll see of Bale at Madrid? It is customary for football players to cap their final home game of the season by thanking the fans and saying goodbye to them for another season. We’ve all seen it, players walking around with the kids and their families, waving and bidding supporters […]

7 years ago

Anderlecht announced the news on Sunday morning Vincent Kompany has been named as the new player/manager of Belgian giants Anderlecht, after announcing that he would leave current club Manchester City following their FA Cup final win on Saturday. Kompany revealed early on Sunday morning that this season would be his last at City, the club […]

7 years ago

What a man Phil Jones is a Premier League footballer mocked, on balance, probably more than any Premier League footballer that has ever gone before him and perhaps any that will come in the future. He is mocked because of his facial expressions; the gurn that we have all come to know and love. And […]

7 years ago

Kompany leaves the club having made 360 appearances Vincent Kompany will leave Manchester City this summer after 11 years at the Etihad Stadium, the club confirmed on Sunday. Kompany joined the club from Hamburg at the age of 22 in August 2008, having spent three years at the German side. He immediately impressed at City […]

7 years ago

Guardiola was asked the question after his side’s FA Cup final victory Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacted furiously after a journalist questioned him about his side’s alleged Financial Fair Play breaches after their 6-0 victory over Watford in Saturday’s FA Cup final. City dominated the FA Cup final at Wembley to become the first […]

7 years ago

Celebrations worthy of a play-off win. When Derby County defeated Leeds United 4-2 at Elland Road on Wednesday evening to seal their place in the play-off final, you could tell that big celebrations were coming. After the two sides’ rather interesting relationship over the 2018/19 season – involving spygate and all that went with it […]

7 years ago