Multi-objective thrillers are all very good if you're on the right side. Seven goals in a cup tie on Thursday and this bit of north London was bouncing. Nine goals on Sunday had exactly the opposite effect. The hall was almost empty when Ange Postecoglou dutifully trudged around at the end and expressed his festive […]
Postecoglou needs reinforcements to rescue patched-up Spurs, writes MATT BARLOW Read More »
Ten minutes before the end of their team’s last Premier League home game against Chelsea, two Tottenham fans scuffled at the back of the South Stand. The disagreement was not over manager Ange Postecoglou or a player or a member of the opposition. No, they were fighting about the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy. Football supporters
Tottenham is a club consumed by angst and identity confusion, writes IAN LADYMAN Read More »
Farhad Moshiri will not be remembered with great fondness by Evertonians. He promised a lot, laid the foundation for a new stadium, but overall his tenure will be considered nothing short of a disaster. He has overseen an investment of more than £750 million in Everton, but with it the purchase of many very average
Everton must pray the Friedkins make smarter calls, writes GRAEME SOUNESS Read More »
When he returned to the Premier League three years after his tumultuous spell at Arsenal, Unai Emery knew exactly who he wanted to emulate. Before Emery agreed to take charge of Aston Villa, he asked for a setup similar to Pep Guardiola's. Like the Manchester City boss, Emery wanted a say in the appointment of
Unai Emery is Aston Villa’s untouchable master, writes TOM COLLOMOSSE Read More »
The big intangible about Marcus Rashford and his stated desire to leave Manchester United is exactly how he thinks it will be elsewhere. After all, the requirements for professional football are the same everywhere. The demand to run and chase, commit and belong, work hard and be generous and selfless will follow Rashford wherever he
Rashford needs to change if he is to succeed away from Man Utd, writes LADYMAN Read More »
Pep Guardiola has been here before. Not as a manager, as we all know by now, but as a player he once stood in the greatest cathedrals of sports and it collapsed around him. When those walls fell, not even his idol, the architect of everything he believes in, could prevent it. We have to
Why I hope Pep Guardiola halts this current doom spiral, writes AL-SAMARRAI Read More »
Contrary to the feeling that every shadowy corner at West Ham is occupied by hitmen, there are still people at the club who have nice things to say about Julen Lopetegui. One spoke to me this week, and in flattering terms too. While feelings might clash among some members of the first team, he said
Why Lopetegui isn’t the only one who should be questioned, writes AL-SAMARRAI Read More »
Pep Guardiola smiled last week as he agreed Manchester City's Premier League rivals would laugh at their current demise. And so it was no surprise to see him enjoying the six-finger wave to signify his title win at a baying Liverpool crowd who were mock-suggesting the City boss was ready to collect his P45. City
Man City plot a transfer raid amid Kevin De Bruyne mystery, writes JACK GAUGHAN Read More »
On a bitterly cold night in the depths of Ukraine five years ago, after Manchester City's routine 3-0 Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk, Pep Guardiola was asked by a local journalist whether he would be averse to properly treating himself. to the test by leading one of the beleaguered teams. the country's teams. He
Whatever the future holds for Mohamed Salah after football, we can immediately dismiss the idea that he will pursue a career in negotiations. Outside St Mary's, as Liverpool's unexpected title challenge gained momentum with a come-from-behind thumping of Southampton, the hero of the hour did something he has never done in seven years at the
At the risk of reciting a nonsensical Craig David remake, Enzo Fernandez's run into the cold on Sunday was an exciting period worth telling given the grand result with Chelsea. It started at 12.01am UK time on Wednesday at La Bombonera, home of Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, when Fernandez started for Argentina in their
Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes, like most of us at St Mary's, had lost his battle against the weather. His usually immaculate combover took on a life of its own and the Reds' transfer chief looked frozen as he chatted with friends in the posh seats. But on the pitch, his star man Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah is still the main man at Liverpool, writes LEWIS STEELE Read More »