It took until the final day of the Premier League season, but Chelsea secured UEFA Champions League football for 2025/2026. They followed that up with a UEFA Conference League trophy, coming from behind against Real Betis to win dominantly with a 4-1 scoreline. The Blues' path to the 2025 FIFA...
Chelsea have completed the signing of 23-year-old Brazilian João Pedro from Brighton & Hove Albion. Pedro arrives for a fee believed to be in the region of £60m, just two years after leaving Watford for a fee of around £35 million. The forward joins Liam Delap and Jamie Gittens as...
Liam Delap emerged from the Manchester City academy, earning minutes sporadically, but was unable to break through into the first team as expected. The competition in the striker role was also a hot topic at Man City. At first, it was Sergio Agüero. Once he left, Pep Guardiola began using a false 9 system,...
Many Arsenal fans will want to retain a sense of optimism as the 2024/25 Premier League season draws to a close. However, even the most ardent of them will know that the weekend’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United has severely dented and likely ended their hopes of lifting the top-flight...
Ipswich Town last played in the Premier League during the 2001/2002 season, finishing 18th and being relegated to the second tier. Now, under manager Kieran McKenna, they’re back in the Premier League for the 2024/2025 season, fighting to maintain their place in England’s top flight. Similar to when Nottingham Forest...
This 2023/24 season will mark the tenth anniversary of Hull City reaching the FA Cup final, which they eventually lost to Arsenal through an extra-time Aaron Ramsey strike. Hull enjoyed a brief venture into European football following on from that day at Wembley, but they have since endured some turbulent...
32 is a fine age – you’ve probably overcome your quarter-life crisis a while back (and are now looking forward to the good old mid-life crisis). However, if you’re a footballer, you’re probably approaching the latter stages of your career at the highest stage of the game (unless your name...
