At a recent Rangers shareholder meeting a fan took to his feet and delivered an eloquent but ominous warning to the new US owners of the club. “Be very careful – as much as we’re loyal, if this rot continues, the atmosphere in the crowd will lead to people not turning up and buying what … Read more
Kyle Walker to Burnley. Rio Ferdinand to Queens Park Rangers. We don’t need to give you any more examples. We know you know the meme: slideshows of Euro 2020’s biggest stars in big old 2026, donning their new club’s Castore kits, smiles on their faces but the glint all but extinguished from their eyes. Mohamed … Read more
Manchester City begin their season in the Community Shield this weekend – with uncertainty about what their midfield is going to look like for the 2026-27 campaign. City have recruited Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest this summer but look highly likely to lose linchpin Rodri. The Spaniard is wanted by Barcelona, who have made bids … Read more
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 10th (NB: this is not necessarily Andy Hunter’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 13th Prospects A season stripped of the fear of relegation, featuring more proactive, front-footed football and the return of some hope: had Everton been offered that package before their relocation to Hill … Read more
Derek McInnes’s fledgling tenure as Rangers manager is in disarray after his side exited the Europa League qualifiers with a 3-2 aggregate defeat to Jagiellonia Bialystok after drawing 1-1 at Ibrox. Rangers had lost 2-1 in the first leg in Poland last week but there was optimism when the captain, Lawrence Shankland, levelled the tie … Read more
Poland’s champions Lech Poznan will have to play their Europa League second leg against the Faroese champions KÍ Klaksvík on Thursday night within hours of landing in the Faroe Islands after their travel was disrupted for two days in a row by heavy fog. Lech won 1-0 in the first leg in Poznan thanks to … Read more
When the question inevitably comes, Kieran Trippier is happy to set the record straight. Fresh from training, head to toe in Wolves kit – vest, shorts and club-branded sliders – he walks into a suite at their Compton Park base, conversation soon shifting to an episode that rocked supporters and stopped outsiders in their tracks: … Read more
Guardian writers’ predicted position: 18th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 1st (Championship) Prospects “We are back”, as the banners proudly state. It is 25 years since, after relegation was confirmed, Match of the Day cameras lingered on a message held aloft by … Read more
The Premier League’s reputation as a magnet for Europe’s finest talent remains as strong as ever. Increasingly, though, the division’s middle class are becoming renowned for finding and developing the raw, high-upside talent before the world’s elite clubs can poach them. FourFourTwo has selected three young attackers who have arrived on English shores with the … Read more
These extra amounts certainly add up. Let’s take Manchester United as an example. In their third-quarter financial results for 2024-25 – announced on 6 June – deep down on page 45 of 47, United confirmed that “under the terms of certain contracts with other football clubs and agents in respect of player transfers, additional amounts, … Read more