Two years after his controversial move from Liverpool to Saudi Arabia’s Al Ettifaq, Jordan Henderson is back in the Premier League. On Tuesday, Brentford announced the 35-year-old England international midfielder had joined them as a free agent, signing a two-year contract after Dutch side Ajax let him out early from a deal that ran until…
Barcelona have finally confirmed that Lamine Yamal will take up the club’s iconic No 10 shirt — another landmark moment in his brilliant, burgeoning career. Yamal, who turned 18 on Sunday, inherits the number from his good friend Ansu Fati, who had it for the last three years but left it behind on July 1 when…
Pure nostalgia ©TM/IMAGO The term ‘Barclaysman’ or ‘Proper Barclays’ has gathered online notoriety in recent years. It’s usually used to refer to players that shone in the Premier League between the years of 2004 and 2016, when the division was known as the ‘Barclays Premiership’ or ‘Barclays Premier League’ due to its sponsors. Whether it’s…
The summer can be a strange time for football fans. Showing my age here but, except in a major tournament year, summers used to be largely football-free from late May until the second half of August. You would pick up a newspaper in the UK and struggle to find much football coverage as sports such…
Champions of the world, champions of Europe if you want to get all West Ham about it, there is only one logical next step for Chelsea. But could Enzo Maresca’s side really become the first to simultaneously hold the Conference League, Club World Cup and Premier League title belts (there aren’t belts but there should…
Published 18:11 15 Jul 2025 GMT+1 Steven Gerrard is one of the best midfielders in Premier League history. Steven Gerrard has named his pick for the greatest midfielder in Premier League history. Gerrard, 45, will forever be remembered as one of the finest midfielders to ever play in the Premier League and is arguably Liverpool’s…
Jordan Henderson has officially made the move to Brentford as the English midfielder signed a two-year deal with the Premier League club following his year-long stint at Ajax. Brentford announced their transfer on Tuesday, July 15. The 35-year-old comes in as a replacement for the former captain, Christian Norgaard, who made the move to Arsenal…
Top 20 revealed ©TM/IMAGO Premier League clubs have rarely shied away from opening their wallets in pursuit of their goals since the league’s inception in the 1992/93 campaign, but in recent years the spending has snowballed well beyond any other division in the world. And over the years, some of the game’s most lethal finishers have…
Liverpool are reportedly interested in a shock option as their search for a new striker continues. So far this summer, the Reds have been busy in the transfer market, having signed Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez. Meanwhile, the likes of Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko have all been linked…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The winners walked onstage past a trophy designed to represent “the pinnacle of global club football.” They shook hands with the most powerful man in sports, then the most powerful man in the world. They partied beneath fireworks and flames, amid golden sparks and blue smoke. They, Chelsea, were “winners of…