The transfer window closed earlier this week. The passing of the deadline brought to an end an extended summer in which Premier League clubs spent £3.11billion ($4.2bn) to improve their squads. There were strikes, big moves and, fundamentally, hundreds of millions of pounds splashed by clubs across the English top flight. It was a window…
Ange Postecoglou has reportedly rejected a significant offer to return to management three months after being sacked by Spurs. Postecoglou was relieved of his duties in June, under two weeks after leading Spurs to the Europa League title. Success in that competition earned qualification for the Champions League, but that wasn’t enough for the popular…
The Premier League’s big clubs have bulked up. Driven in this direction by five substitutions, the expansion of European competition, the increasing intensity of modern football and the strain on individual players. They have arrived at the conclusion, it would appear, that the schedule is not about to relent. Let’s face it, the owners don’t…
The transfer window is over. Over 150 senior players have been signed by Premier League clubs. Others have moved on to the continent. Much like every year, a club’s transfer window will likely be judged a success or a failure based on the season that follows — that big-money striker who fires his new side…
It’s been a long summer of activity in the transfer market, and now we come to the final 24 hours, deadline day. The window remains open for Premier League clubs to sign players until 7pm BST today, and many clubs and players are still looking to finalise deals. Here, The Athletic rounds up where we…
Scratch out your Tuesday and Wednesday nights, Champions League football is nearly upon us once more. Paris Saint-Germain are set to defend their European crown after winning last season’s competition for the first time in their history, as they clinched the trophy with a record 5-0 win over Inter in the Munich final. Six Premier…
Newcastle United suffered a frustrating 3-2 stoppage time loss against Liverpool last Monday when 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha kicked in the game-winning goal for Liverpool in the 96th minute. That game was filled with drama on and off the pitch, thanks to a red card that saw Magpie Anthony Gordon sent off in the first half,…
Only five Premier League clubs have refused to litter the opposition box with a single long throw-in this season. The kicker? Rory Delap’s son, Liam, plays for one of them. That is Chelsea, joined by Fulham, Manchester City, Sunderland and West Ham United as the quintet of clubs who must have missed the memo circulated…
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Joao Palhinha has been voted the Premier League Player of the Matchweek for Matchweek 2. The summer loan signing from Bayern Munich follows in the footsteps of his new Spurs team-mate Richarlison who won the honour for Matchweek 1. Palhinha secured 33 per cent of the vote in the official Premier League…
Leading promoters are already plotting to bring more marquee football to Hong Kong after visits from English, Italian and Saudi clubs this summer. Nearly 100,000 fans watched Football Festival matches involving Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan at Kai Tak Stadium last month, before last week’s three Saudi Super Cup games drew a combined…