Football is all about winning, losing, or drawing. But which Premier League teams are spending most time in those game states in 2025-26? We look at the numbers. Game state is a stat few talk about, but it impacts football significantly. Whether a team is winning, losing or drawing obviously usually plays a huge part…
2 The RFEF have on Tuesday released a statement, taking aim at reigning La Liga champions Barcelona. This comes amid ‘surprise and discomfort’ with the latest actions of the Blaugrana regarding winger Lamine Yamal. Youngster Lamine was forced to withdraw from national team duty with Spain earlier today, after word was forthcoming that the 18-year-old…
Get the Adam Clery Football Column. A newsletter that unpacks the absurdities and oddities of the beautiful game The ACFC newsletter: unpacking football’s absurdities Unpack football’s oddities with the ACFC newsletter The Spanish FA (Rfef) expressed their “surprise and concern” after Lamine Yamal was released by the Spain squad following a groin procedure that it…
BERGAMO, Italy — Former Monza and Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino was named Atalanta’s new manager on Tuesday. Palladino replaces Ivan Jurić, who was fired on Monday amid a seven-match winless streak in Serie A that has left Atalanta in 13th place. The sacking came two days after a 3-0 loss at home to promoted Sassuolo….
Riccardo Orsolini is confident that Gennaro Gattuso will create a solid Italy group, like Vincenzo Italiano has done in Bologna and insists the Azzurri will ‘use all our tools’ to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The Italy international held a press conference at Coverciano on Tuesday. Football Italia was among the accredited media….
By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff Lukas Podolski has revealed that he expects to retire from football at the end of the season. Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images At the age of 40, former Germany international Lukas Podolski is planning to hang up his boots at the end of the season. “Basically, yes, this is supposed to be…
It may be news to some, but there is a new competition kicking off in Europe this week. With qualifying complete, the business end of the Women’s Europa Cup gets under way on Wednesday. It will mark another milestone in women’s football, a side of the sport that is constantly evolving and developing. Starting with…
Back with the squad. This Tuesday, the Spanish Football Federation announced, to everyone’s surprise, that Lamine Yamal would miss the matches against Georgia and Turkey. The RFEF didn’t miss the opportunity to take a jab at FC Barcelona, who had Lamine Yamal undergo surgery on Monday morning to treat his pubalgia, without informing the Roja’s…
1 As Stuttgart look to strengthen their squad in the January transfer window, the Bundesliga club have added Nottingham Forest forward Arnaud Kalimuendo to their shortlist. Florian Plettenberg reports that there has already been contact between VfB and the Frenchman’s entourage, while the under-performing Premier League club are also open to discussions, but despite Kalimuendo…
(Reuters) -Argentina will be without Atletico Madrid trio Julian Alvarez, Nahuel Molina and Giuliano Simeone for Friday’s friendly in Angola after they failed to complete procedures linked to the yellow fever vaccine, Argentina’s FA said on Monday. Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease found in some parts of Africa and South America, and travellers…