Read the room, mate. Mesut Ozil has officially left Arsenal after roughly seven-and-a-half years which began beautifully, before stagnating and eventually becoming so insufferable for both parties that a departure was mutually agreed just to bring an end to it all. Ozil is one of the most divisive figures in the club’s recent history, with […]

5 years ago

A back-handed compliment if ever we heard one. Liverpool hosted Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday afternoon in a top of the table clash and, as has become something of a tradition in this rivalry, it lived up to the billing. By that we mean it was not a great game, a common trend in […]

5 years ago

“Why the government want to intervene is an absolute nonsense with the mess they’re making of it” Sam Allardyce has hit out at the government for interfering in football, as footballers were told to stop hugging during celebrations or risk the game being stopped in the United Kingdom. Recent weeks has seen under-fire government ministers […]

5 years ago

Sometimes football clubs do good tweets. Celtic have been at the centre of some controversy of their own creation this past week, due to a mid-season trip to Dubai which left 13 members of their squad, as well as their manager Neil Lennon, self isolating upon their return. The trip was criticised by the Scottish […]

5 years ago

When you’re on a roll, you’re on a roll Marcus Rashford has had an extremely impressive past 12 months. He has performed on the pitch – scoring important goals for a Manchester United side which sits closer to the top of the table than anyone expected – and done crucial work off it in the […]

5 years ago

It’s 9pm on a cold night late in December Your side has just defeated West Bromwich Albion by five goals – a demolition if ever there was one – and social media is awash with praise for your team and their exploits You should be celebrating it, soaking up the fact that your side will […]

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Christmas is a time of rest and relaxation If you’re reading those words, you may have let out a bit of a chuckle just now. Not because it is funny, but because even the vague idea of any of us truly relaxing this Christmas, as the world feels like it is both falling apart and […]

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The injury was sustained in Liverpool’s Champions League draw against Midtjylland Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that forward Diogo Jota could miss up to eight weeks with an injury ahead of the champions’ Premier League match with Fulham. Jota, who has been ridiculously good for Klopp’s side since joining from Wolverhampton Wanderers during the summer transfer […]

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The match was suspended before the 20th minute. Istanbul Basaksehir’s match with PSG was suspended after their coach Pierre Webo was allegedly racially abused by one of UEFA’s fourth officials. The game is expected to be finished on Wednesday starting at 17.55 GMT. Webo, a former Cameroon international who has been assistant coach at Basaksehir […]

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The earlier you pay, the cheaper it is. The Floyd Mayweather Logan Paul bout, slated for next February, should be all types of wrong, but expect millions to sneak a glimpse or two. Money makes the world go around. We know this. We work so we can get paid money, to then pay rent or […]

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Caoimhin Kelleher is having fun at the moment With Brazilian number one Alisson on the sidelines, and the usual deputy Adrian out of favour, Caoimhin Kelleher has stepped into the Liverpool net with a ridiculous level of assuredness. The Cork-native claimed a clean sheet in his debut last week against Ajax in the Champions League, […]

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PSG’s Champions League hopes hang in the balance ahead of Wednesday’s fixture. Thomas Tuchel has admitted that Marcus Rashford is on Parisian minds ahead of Paris Saint-Germain’s crucial Champions League match against Manchester United on Wednesday. PSG’s side go into the game at Old Trafford requiring a win to keep their Champions League hopes in […]

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One of the best to ever play the game, taken too soon. Diego Armando Maradona passed away today at the age of 60. A player and man for which there could never be enough superlatives has been taken far too soon. From playing on the streets in the outskirts of Buenos Aires and his world […]

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Keys vs Keane – the feud we never knew we needed. Richard Keys has criticised Roy Keane, saying that the former Manchester United captain has “become what he despised” in his role as a pundit on Sky Sports. In a blog on his official website, Keys took issue with Keane’s description of Manchester City defender […]

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Clarke resigned just hours after making the remarks during a call with MPs. Chairman Greg Clarke has resigned from the Football Association after using the racial slur “coloured” during a meeting with the Digital, Culture, Media, Sport committee on Tuesday. Clarke, who has been in the job since September 2016, apologised after making the remarks […]

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Ronaldo vs Messi in the Manchester derby, anyone? Juventus are planning to end the Cristiano Ronaldo project and will look to put the Portuguese forward up for sale next summer, according to reports in Spain. AS reports that the ‘Old Lady’ will try and sell Ronaldo a year before his contract expires, with the financial […]

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The Argentine is available and has expressed a desire to return to management Manchester United have approached Mauricio Pochettino over the possibility of replacing under-fire manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, according to a report in the Manchester Evening News. The report claims that United have made contact with Pochettino’s representatives, despite the club being reluctant to […]

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The midfielder accused the publication of fake news on Monday morning. Paul Pogba has released a statement on his Instagram account in response to a story by The Sun which the France midfielder has rejected as “fake news”. The story in question claimed that Pogba had quit the France national team over comments made by […]

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Liverpool’s game against the Blades was only available to watch for £14.95 on PPV, so fans made a statement Liverpool defeated Sheffield United on Saturday, with a 2-1 comeback win at Anfield. There were no fans in the stadium, as has become normality during the pandemic, and the number of fans watching at home on […]

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Tories voted against feeding hungry kids earlier this week. Despite that blow, the Marcus Rashford Twitter activity on Friday morning was one of the most inspiring and uplifting places to be in 2020. Businesses around the United Kingdom are volunteering to help the Manchester United star in his cause to ensure that hungry children are […]

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Talk of a super league is never far away Liverpool and Manchester United are reportedly two of a number of elite European clubs currently in discussions to join a new FIFA-backed European super league. According to a report by Sky News, the new tournament – which will be known as the European Premier League – […]

5 years ago

So you’re telling me a 33-year-old free agent wasn’t top of the wish list?! Manchester United failed to secure a single primary target identified by manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during the ‘summer’ transfer window, according to a report in ESPN. The report quotes sources who claim that United’s main targets going into the window were […]

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In what has been a fallow number of years for the club, that night in Paris lives long in the memory for Manchester United The UEFA Champions League group stage draw was held on Thursday evening and – after all the pomp and ceremony – we eventually got our Champions League groups for the 2020/21 […]

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All hail Michael Edwards. Some clubs are great at signing players for reasonable amounts of money. Some clubs excel at getting the maximum return for their own players. Liverpool, since Michael Edwards joined the club, have been both. When you think of Dominic Solanke, you probably think of a non-scoring striker, but might fail to […]

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“You’re ruining the game.” Jamie Carragher was one of a chorus of figures within football who criticised football’s rule makers after Newcastle United were awarded a controversial late penalty away to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon. Steve Bruce’s side, who barely created a chance the entire game, were awarded a penalty well into injury time […]

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His comments follow a joke made by Solskjaer on Saturday. Jose Mourinho is rarely one to let things lie when he has the opportunity to get a little dig in, and he did just that on Sunday afternoon, returning a dig at Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who himself had taken the piss out […]

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“He’s like a pressing monster.” Liverpool’s assistant manager Pep Lijnders has praised the impact of the club’s new signing, Diogo Jota, who joined last week from Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Portuguese international joined the Reds on a deal worth £41 million that could rise to £45m, and he may be in line for his debut on […]

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Ozil has been left out of the last four matchday squads. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that he doesn’t foresee Mesut Ozil breaking back into the Arsenal team anytime soon, after the German midfielder was left out of yet another matchday squad. The Gunners defeated Leicester City 2-0 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday […]

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Somehow, they’ve bettered their 2018 effort. When Nike dropped their Nigeria kits for the 2018 World Cup, football fans and hipsters the world over lost their collective minds. The home kit, which featured white sleeves and a bright lime base with black and white zig-zags was the football shirt to be seen in two years ago, even […]

5 years ago

Four goals is a lot. Plenty of footballers go whole seasons – hell, even their entire careers – without scoring a total of four goals. Professional football is hard, and goals are actually quite hard to come by. Sometimes, though, footballers decide to do away with convention and just score a shit load of goals. […]

5 years ago

Dele Alli has been left out of Spurs’ last two squads. Paris Saint-Germain have begun talks to sign Tottenham Hotspur attacker Dele Alli, who was reportedly offered to Real Madrid as part of the loan deal which took Gareth Bale back to London. According to a report in The Telegraph, PSG believe they have a […]

5 years ago

Manchester United need more footballers. Good to see Luke Shaw stepping up here, even if it means some competition arriving for his place in the Manchester United XI. Football matches are won on the field of play. They are not won in conference calls, in shareholder meetings, during sponsorship discussions or in emerging markets – […]

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Ripdorf fielded only seven players, the minimum needed for a game. A German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals on Sunday after the team they named socially distanced throughout the entire match. SG Ripdorf, based in Uelzen in Lower Saxony, decided to play the minimum amount of players required for the match after […]

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“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” The greatest trick Liverpool pulled, during the off-season, was convincing their rivals they were not splashing the cash. All the while, they were quietly finalising up deals for Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota in the space of 24 hours. Liverpool have […]

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“I have made the most difficult decision” Thiago Alcantara has bid a heartfelt farewell to Bayern Munich and the club’s fans ahead of his proposed move to Liverpool. On Thursday it was revealed that the Reds had agreed a deal worth around £25 million for the Spain international, who is expected to sign a four-year […]

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The arrest is understood to have happened in Corsica Conor McGregor has been arrested for alleged indecent exposure on the French island of Corsica, according to the AFP news agency. McGregor had reportedly been in the area for several weeks while training for a 180 kilometre voyage to raise awareness of water safety. The Dubliner […]

5 years ago

After a very brief hiatus, they’re back at it. We are marking the return of top flight English football with our ultimate Premier League quiz. This juicy quiz features a question on every single Premier League season to date. Best of luck.

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At a time of division, Rashford is an example to all of us. On Monday morning, Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford announced the launch of a task force with the aim of ending child food poverty in the United Kingdom. It is just the latest example of an exemplary young man going above and beyond […]

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The footballer has partnered with a number of supermarkets. Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has announced the formation of a Child Food Poverty Task Force, which aims to end food poverty for children across Britain. While Boris Johnson is busy giving his thoughts on whether BBC Proms should play certain songs or not, Rashford has […]

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The club legend failed to appear for planned pre-season testing. Lionel Messi’s ongoing battle with Barcelona took another turn, this weekend, as the Argentine failed to turn up for planned pre-season testing after telling the club that he is no longer contracted to them. According to journalist Marcelo Bechler, Messi sent an official statement to […]

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The response was to an article by BTP Media. Manchester United have responded to criticism over its running and lack of transfer activity during the summer window with a series of rebukes over its position on recruitment during the Covid-19 pandemic. The article in question, published on August 19, was entitled ‘Manchester United are being […]

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Could Messi and Pep be about to reunite? Lionel Messi has chosen Manchester City as the club he wants to play for next, after telling Barcelona that he intends to leave the club after almost 20 years. According to Marcelo Bechler, the journalist who first broke the news of Messi’s desire to leave this summer, […]

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The decision was made after Maguire’s guilty verdict on Tuesday. England manager Gareth Southgate has decided to drop Harry Maguire from his England squad for the upcoming Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark, following the defender’s guilty assault verdict in a Greek court earlier on Tuesday. Maguire was found guilty of all charges in […]

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The statement follows a guilty verdict against Maguire. Manchester United have released a statement following captain Harry Maguire’s guilty verdict at the hands of a Greek court today. Maguire was found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery towards police officers on the Greek island of Mykonos. In their statement, only […]

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It appears Manchester United’s centre-backs have different ideas about how to spend their time off. Just when you thought that we had got our fill of stories about the antics of Man United’s defenders while on holiday, another spectacular, if a little more wholesome one, appears. Manchester United centre-back Victor Lindelof has reportedly helped rescue […]

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Harry Maguire was reportedly arrested on the Greek island Mykonos in the early hours of the morning. And Manchester United have released a statement on the captain, following an reported altercation. According to reports, Maguire was arrested on Thursday night after allegedly attacking police following an incident involving other British tourists. Three men, one believed […]

5 years ago

Maybe take your own advice, mate. On Sunday, Manchester City winger Bernardo Silva found himself trending on Twitter after sending a message to Liverpool fans. Calling them “pathetic”, Silva hit out at Reds supporters who had presumably mocked him on social media following City’s 3-1 Champions League quarter-final defeat to Lyon. And to all Liverpool […]

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Pep Guardiola did the same after the end of his Barcelona contract. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is planning to take a year-long sabbatical away from football after honouring his contract with the Reds. Klopp’s current deal at Anfield runs until 2024, by which time he’ll have been Liverpool manager for close to 10 years, and […]

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Could the Messi era be over at Camp Nou? Lionel Messi has experienced some incredible moments during his long career at Barcelona, winning multiple Champions League titles, numerous Ballon d’Or trophies and myriad other honours along the way. The past three or four years though have not been good. The past season, in particular, has […]

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The Italian looked visibly shaken after the incident Italian MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi somehow emerged unscathed after a horror crash during the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday. The 41-year-old was pictured looking dazed and shaken after he narrowly avoided being struck by two flying bikes in the aftermath of a collision involving Johann Zarco and […]

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