We are living in the age of the football prodigy. At Arsenal, Max Dowman is a regular in Premier League and Champions League squads at the age of 15, following on from Ethan Nwaneri who became the youngest player in English top flight history in 2022 aged 15 years 181 days. Rio Ngumoha became the…
Barcelona will play Sunday’s match against Real Sociedad at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on Montjuic as their Camp Nou return continues to be delayed. The city council confirmed on Tuesday that the Spanish side’s home ground will not be available for the weekend’s La Liga fixture. Instead, they will play at the 55-000 capacity…
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone after he was sent off following an altercation with Liverpool fans at Anfield during their Champions League clash last week. Liverpool have also been charged by European football’s governing body over their fans throwing objects during their 3-2 victory. Virgil van Dijk scored…
By the end of today, we’re going to know who has been crowned the winner of the 2024-25 men’s Ballon d’Or. Whether you consider that golden trophy to be the true marker of the greatest player in the world or a symbol of an individual popularity contest that has eaten modern football, tongues will be…
The Ballon d’Or ceremony is arguably the most glamorous and important event in the football calendar, when the European game’s best players and coaches are recognised in front of a global audience of millions. For many players, winning a Ballon d’Or is among their biggest career objectives, so it is hard to comprehend why Real…
Dean Huijsen was sent off for Real Madrid last Saturday, then everyone went home and got on quietly with the rest of their week. In case you are catching up on what’s happened since that red card, only half of the above sentence is true. Huijsen has since found himself at the centre of a…
Expectations around Marcus Rashford were not massively high when he landed at Barcelona this summer. Essentially, he was the third-choice option for a backup role in Hansi Flick’s side. Barca only turned to the 27-year-old England forward after missing out on Nico Williams and Luis Diaz, who the club wanted to sign to support Raphinha…
Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin spoke proudly in an open letter to his club’s fans on August 1. “We firmly believe that we have a squad to dream big,” wrote Gil Marin, who also owns around a third of Atletico’s shares. “We’re ambitious, we take risks, we’ve brought in new partners to…
This is an updated version of an article that was originally published in April. Arsenal have not faced a team like Athletic Club before. The side from the city of Bilbao are only able to pick players from the Basque Country — a region of northern Spain and southern France with a population of just…
Welcome to Inside Real Madrid, our weekly series to follow throughout La Liga’s 2025-26 season. Every week, we will bring you our latest information and analysis on the biggest talking points, cutting through the noisy world of all things Madridista with reporting you can trust. This week, Mario Cortegana digs into the fallout after Saturday’s…