“Can Liam play for the biggest clubs in the country, the biggest clubs in the world? He certainly can. I fully believe that.” The words of McKenna when Delap began to be linked with a raft of top-flight teams towards the end of 2024-25. The son of former Derby County defender Rory ultimately opted for … Read more
Liverpool are closing in on a £120m deal for Bradley Barcola after a breakthrough in talks with Paris Saint-Germain. Barcola has been Liverpool’s main transfer target all summer only for PSG’s £145m valuation to prove a significant hurdle. However, further negotiations on Thursday night ended in an outline agreement being reached over a compromise fee. … Read more
How much can you remember about the Premier League one decade ago? This FourFourTwo quiz will put you through your trivia paces on all things top-flight in 2016-17. In the summer of 2016, English football was reeling from Leicester City’s shock Premier League title win. The Foxes couldn’t quite match that achievement and 2016-17 was … Read more
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 3rd (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wrack’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 3rd Prospects After a decade of domestic domination and the high of a domestic treble in 2024-25, last season’s one trophy – the League Cup – was not up to Chelsea’s usual … Read more
Gonzalez had a close relationship with Rodri and long humbly recognised that only a select number of players can start in his position at clubs bidding to challenge for the biggest honours. Rodri was that man at Manchester City under Guardiola and, following the midfielder’s move to Barcelona, new manager Enzo Maresca has signed Ayyoub … Read more
The Bucs and Jaguars had their second joint practice of the week ahead of Friday’s preseason game. After a sluggish start yesterday, how did Tampa Bay look today? They certainly were more up tempo during it. Pewter Report breaks it down with the biggest moments from practice. The Pewter Report Podcast is presented by PrizePicks. … Read more
Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-1 at the Bernabéu on Wednesday in their first home match since the return of José Mourinho as head coach. Mbappé put Madrid ahead in the 40th minute before Luka Sucic levelled four minutes later, but the France forward restored the hosts’ lead on … Read more
Al-Hilal close in on a £50m deal for Ollie Watkins, Chelsea line up Bournemouth‘s Alex Scott, and Sunderland make an offer for Manchester City‘s Jack Grealish. Al-Hilal have agreed a deal of about £50m with Aston Villa to sign England forward Ollie Watkins, 30. (Fabrizio Romano), external Chelsea have lined up Bournemouth‘s English midfielder Alex … Read more
Uefa will press on with its attempt to remove Gianni Infantino as Fifa president despite withdrawing the threat to boycott competitions. The 55 member associations, plus Europe’s members on the Fifa Council, will on Thursday be presented with a letter which guarantees the Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) plan will not be revived. The official removal … Read more
A new season at the snazziest modern stadium in England and something extremely welcome for Tottenham. A home win over domestic opposition. There were only four of them last time out; three in the Premier League with the final one – over Everton on the last day – helping them to avoid relegation. Had they … Read more