Explaining the lost generation of footballers who came after Messi and Ronaldo
On October 28, at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, there will be a new winner of the Ballon d’Or, the highest individual accolade in men’s football. By common consent,…
Manchester City 2 Brentford 1: The visitors score after 22 seconds but Erling Haaland is unstoppable – The Briefing
Manchester City managed to survive an early scare against Brentford to win 2-1 at the Etihad on Saturday afternoon. Yoane Wissa scored for Brentford after just 22 seconds, the fastest…
How do Premier League teams kick off games in 2024-25?
Plenty of attention has been paid to the new ‘Dynamic Kick-off’ regulations in American football’s NFL in the early days of its 2024 season but even in the fluid realm…
Mbappé’s $60M Salary Dispute, Arteta’s New Deal, Which Players Will Pochettino Favor?
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Kevin De Bruyne Has Lost His Patience With Belgium. Here’s Why
Manchester City fans will be familiar with Kevin De Bruyne’s temperament quite well. “It’s not the first time, you don’t see how many times he shouts at me on the…
Footballer Inc: come l’élite dello sport costruisce i propri marchi
Forse non l’avete notato, ma Ruben Dias è in viaggio. Poco dopo essere diventato un vincitore del triplete, il difensore centrale del Manchester City ha intrapreso una nuova missione per…
Under-the-radar transfers: 10 intriguing deals from this summer’s window
The summer of 2024; the one when Brighton broke the bank, Mbappe moved to Madrid, and one of the world’s most coveted strikers joined Galatasaray on loan. Yes, it was…
The goals that prove Erling Haaland is an artist and not a robot
Erling Haaland is often described as a lethal Scandinavian footballing machine whose sole purpose is to calculate the most efficient way to score goals. It’s a tempting way to describe…
Liverpool’s contracts timebomb: The risk of losing Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk for nothing
It has been the perfect start for Arne Slot at Liverpool: three games, three clean sheets, three wins, the most recent of them an impressive dismantling of Manchester United at…
How Mohamed Salah evolved into one of the best creators the Premier League has ever seen
Three games into the new Premier League campaign, Mohamed Salah has already registered three goals and three assists. Since joining Liverpool in 2017, Salah has consistently been one of the…