On this, the final matchday of the 2017/18 Premier League season, Mo Salah broke the record for the most goals scored in one campaign with a deft finish against Brighton. What a season it has been for Mohamed Salah and what a way to end it. Alan Shearer, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez make up the elite company that had …
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Mark Clattenburg officiated in the Premier League for almost 14 years before heading for Saudi Arabia last year. In that time, he has had personal dealings with the likes of Sir Alex Ferguson, and numerous characters from across the managerial world. While he lists the departing Arsene Wenger as his favourite manager to deal with in his time in England’s …
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Arsenal have suspended two youth academy coaches and launched an investigation amid allegations of bullying. British media reports on Friday said that the North London club’s Under-23 coaches Steve Gatting and Carl Laraman were the subjects of the allegations from youth players. The Premier League club have so far refused to name the people involved. An Arsenal spokesperson said: “We have …
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It's been an overall satisfactory season for Pochettino and Tottenham, but are the recent comments from the manager and captain a worrying glimpse into what awaits?
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Swansea City's 1-0 defeat to Southampton on Tuesday evening, along with losing manager Carlos Carvalhal at the end of the season, is a double sucker-punch.
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Mohamed Salah has reassured Liverpool fans his stunning first season is "just the beginning" of his time at the club.
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Manchester United secured second place in the Premier League with a 0-0 draw at West Ham on Thursday, but there was precious little else to please manager Jose Mourinho as the visitors again struggled for inspiration in attacking areas. In a game of precious few clear-cut chances, Luke Shaw hit the post and Paul Pogba headed wide with United’s best …
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Liverpool FC’s long and mutually beneficial relationship with Ireland will be renewed this summer when Jurgen Klopp’s side come to Dublin. The Reds will be in action at the Aviva Stadium in August when they do battle with Serie A giants Napoli as part of their pre-season preparation, following the success of a similar friendly against Athletic Bilbao last year. …
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The Fantasy Football Fairy is back with his final Fantasy Premier League article of the 2017/2018 season.
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Chelsea’s bid to qualify for the Champions League suffered a hammer blow as Huddersfield secured their Premier League survival with a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Antonio Conte’s side fell behind to Laurent Depoitre’s second half strike and although Marcos Alonso bagged a fortuitous equaliser, the Blues couldn’t find a priceless winner. Fifth placed Chelsea’s attempt to salvage …
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The red side of Manchester have been left with a lot to work on to shorten the gap between themselves and their noisy neighbours.
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It’s almost that time of year again where clubs enter the transfer market in order to steal a march on their rivals. That rivalry theme is prevalent in a report today from The Guardian, concerning a 19-year-old who has impressed in his debut season for Porto’s B team. The outlet report that Liverpool are well placed to sign Diogo Leite …
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Yaya Toure ranks deposing bitter rivals Manchester United as one of the greatest achievements during his time at Manchester City as he prepares to leave the Premier
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West Brom are now confirmed for football in the Championship next year after Southampton edged closer to safety with a win over Swansea. West Brom’s supporters would have no doubt been watching intently as today’s Premier League clash between Southampton and Swansea got underway at the Liberty Stadium. A draw would have been enough for their Premier League survival to …
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Reports from across the pond are linking Everton’s Wayne Rooney with a move to the MLS side, DC United, after this season’s conclusion. Wayne Rooney’s return to his boyhood club Everton has seen him find the net 10 times but it really was a season of two halves for the former Manchester United man, with him now having gone goalless …
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Jurgen Klopp is confident Liverpool will recover from a disappointing Premier League run to seal qualification for next season’s Champions League in their final game against Brighton. Defeat to Chelsea on Sunday, following damaging draws against Stoke and West Brom, has taken the race for Champions League football next season into the final week of the season. Unless Huddersfield can …
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Martin Keown had his name in the headlines last week for a rant he made about Mesut Ozil and now, one prediction he made in said rant has come true. Last week we reported on a rather pointed rant from the former Arsenal man Martin Keown that concerned the Gunners’, Mesut Ozil, following his side’s defeat to Atletico Madrid over …
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Chelsea intensified the race for a place in next season’s Champions League, whilst Manchester City finally got their hands on the Premier League trophy and Arsenal bid farewell to manager Arsene Wenger in style on a busy Sunday. Olivier Giroud scored the only goal at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Liverpool saw them also capitalise on Tottenham’s defeat …
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