Big Midweek: Juve v Man City, Postecoglou, Real Madrid, Jamie Gittens
A falling giant meets an already fallen one while Postecoglou heads to Rangers, Real Madrid could be in for a harrowing evening and a future England star takes on Barcelona.
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Liverpool, Chelsea battle for South American who would ‘like’ PL move but club ‘prefer’ summer deal
Liverpool and Chelsea are both reportedly in the market for a new centre-back as they aim to build on their strong starts to the Premier League season.
Where are they now? The 10 players Roy Keane urged Man Utd to sell in 2023
Back in December 2023, Roy Keane named 10 Manchester United stars that he wanted to be sold, but where are all of those players today?
The fastest players to 50 Premier League goals+assists: Cole Palmer 4th…
Palmer has hit the milestone of 50 Premier League goals and assists in fewer games than Premier League legends including Thierry Henry, Sergio Aguero and Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
Man Utd have ‘barely five above-average players’ but only one wanted by Villa
Man Utd have spent a whole lot of money to have barely any players who are even above average, if they have any at all…
Gary O’Neil readily excused for the inexcusable as Lopetegui sack merely delayed
We can’t accept Gary O’Neil’s a good coach if Wolves are letting Soucek score like that. Lopetegui has merely delayed his sacking.
West Ham line up former Chelsea boss for interim role before Max Allegri appointment
West Ham have reportedly held talks with Max Allegri to replace Julen Lopetegui but also have an interim manager lined up to take charge after Wolves.
David Coote sacked by PGMOL with position ‘untenable’ as FA continue ‘betting probe’
Premier League referee David Coote has been sacked by the PGMOL after the refereeing body found his position to be “untenable” after a “thorough investigation”.
The 5 highest scoring African players in the history of Europe’s big five leagues: Salah third…
Former Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea stars are among the five highest-scoring African players in the history of Europe’s big five leagues.
One of the Premier League managers of the season leads the way for bookings too
Andoni Iraola has Bournemouth dreaming of Europe but he might spend some of those journeys in the stands if he carries on with all these bookings.
Incredible Salah makes late push to be crowned best assist provider of 2024
Mo Salah is making a late push but there is a runaway leader in terms of Europe’s premier assist providers in 2024, with Kevin de Bruyne finally off the top.
Chelsea top scorers against the Big Six: Phenomenal Palmer already joint-second
Cole Palmer is one team away from completing the full Big Six set, and will catch Eden Hazard for Chelsea goals against such teams by the end of the season.
Spurs top scorers against the Big Six: Kulusevski surpasses Van der Vaart
Dejan Kulusevski is the second-highest scorer in Premier League games against the Big Six of all current Spurs players. Heung-min Son has a decent lead.
Premier League winners and losers: Frank, Spurs, Nuno, Man Utd, Van Nistelrooy, Martin and more
Thomas Frank, Andoni Iraola, Marco Silva and Nuno Espirito Santo must be looking awfully attractive to Spurs and Newcastle. Russell Martin, less so.
Mads Hermansen is Premier League goalkeeper of the season so far
Along with Southampton, Leicester have conceded the most PSxG of any Premier League team this season. Mads Hermansen is key.
Robbie Savage’s Winners & Losers: Spurs ‘so open’ but Chelsea can challenge
Robbie Savage can’t believe how open Tottenham left themselves, while Cole Palmer and Jadon Sancho helped make Chelsea the big Winners…
Spurs are mid-table side only good for ‘belly laughs’ and fun
Spurs are not a Big Six club; they are a mid-table mess. Plus, we were all wrong on Chelsea and Arsenal have issues.
‘Where’s the beef?’ Questions asked after Dan Ashworth ‘frogmarched’ out (perhaps)
Dan Ashworth was ‘frogmarched’ out of Man Utd (in retrospect, perhaps) while the Arsenal past is rewritten to suit the 2024 narrative.
Who will be the new West Ham manager after Lopetegui sack?
There are three former Chelsea managers on the top 10 West Ham candidates as Julen Lopetegui hangs on by a thread.
F36Skive: Ashworth out at Man Utd – how many other Prem sporting directors can you identify?
Manchester United have binned their sporting director – but would you recognise the other 18 currently holding sway in the Premier League?
Former Chelsea boss inevitably favourite to be next Spurs boss after inevitable Postecoglou sack
Starting to look like Angeball might only be capable of making Spurs more Spurs than ever before. So who might be next for the impossible managerial job?
Greedy Man Utd among those who MUST stop exploiting loyalty
As one Man Utd banner put it: ‘Local lad Sir Jim charges £66 for OAPs and juniors. Stop exploiting loyalty.’
Mo Salah on course for third PFA Footballer of the Year award
Mo Salah might mark his last season in the Premier League with his third PFA Player of the Year award.
Only four players spared ‘sack of potato’ status at Man Utd
We will come to Spurs v Chelsea later but let’s take a minute to study the absolute sh*t-show at Man Utd. Oh dear.
Postecoglou jumps to second in Premier League sack race as Lopetegui leads the way
Ten Hag and Cooper have gone, but the Sack Race moves on regardless. Julen Lopetegui is favourite, but here comes Big Ange…
No Salah in Premier League team of the season so far in 2024/25
Liverpool are top of the Premier League and have two players in the Premier League XI of the season so far. But one of them isn’t Mo Salah.
Four of five most creative footballers in Premier League are Man City
Kevin de Bruyne and Jack Grealish are the two most creative players in the 2024/25 Premier League. Are Man City back?
16 Conclusions on Spurs 3-4 Chelsea: Postecoglou sack, Sancho, Bissouma, Cucurella and the title
Spurs showed their best and worst sides under Ange Postecoglou as Chelsea displayed why Enzo Maresca should be ignored when it comes to this title race.
The 10 worst finishers of the 24/25 Premier League season
There was a rotter of a 0.94 xG miss from the fella at the top of this list as Anthony Gordon and Savinho also feature highly.
How Premier League teams qualify for Champions League and Europa competitions for 25/26
The 24/25 Premier League season is underway but which positions will see teams qualify for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League?
6 Champions League winners who could join Lionel Messi in MLS in 2025
A number of top-level European greats could be set to join Messi, Giroud and co. stateside next year.
Cole Palmer has ‘done more than Gianfranco Zola’ at Chelsea but won’t help them win title
Jamie Carragher is a massive admirer of Chelsea’s young prodigy Cole Palmer and believes he will go down as one of the club’s all-time greats
Haaland, Mbappe and Kane no match for 50-goal Gyokeres in 2024 top scorers chart
Erling Haaland was the top goalscorer of 2023, clear from Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe. But he’s nowhere near Viktor Gyokeres now.