Editorials

Hot team The winners this week were Birmingham, Bolton, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United.I’m dismissing Birmingham, Bolton, Tottenham and Liverpool vecause none of them were terribly impressive in their victories. That leaves Pompey, Arsenal and the two Manchester clubs.United deserve huge credit for picking up yet another trophy. Pompey’s players responded […]

The shape of a World Cup is never defined solely by its established icons. Beneath the glare that follows familiar superstars, a new generation always emerges—players who arrive with raw momentum, ambition, and the sense that the tournament could mark the beginning of something much larger.The 2026 World Cup, expanded in scale and global reach, […]

With all of Europe’s elite domestic leagues officially drawing a line under the 2025/26 campaign last weekend, attention now falls on North America.With just a matter of days until the 2026 World Cup gets underway on June 11th when Mexico welcome South Africa to the Estadio Banorte, we are treated to an expanded competition of […]

When Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City in 2016, he brought with him not just a reputation, but a philosophy. English football had long admired tactical sophistication, but it had rarely been reshaped so decisively by a single figure.Over the next decade, Guardiola would not only deliver unprecedented success but alter the very fabric of […]

With all eyes falling on the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday night, the 2026 Europa Conference League crown hangs in the balance when Crystal Palace meet Rayo Vallecano in Leipzig. While the Eagles might be on the cusp of shattering even more records in what will be Oliver Glasner’s final appearance in their dugout, Palace […]

While Liverpool might have eventually dragged themselves over the finishing line as they clung to an essential Champions League ticket, the Anfield hierarchy are under a tremendous amount of pressure this summer.Failing to win any of their final four Premier League appearances, the now-former English champions broke a string of unwanted records during the 2025/26 […]

Paris Saint-Germain’s journey to the 2026 Champions League final did not begin with dominance, but with development.The league phase of the expanded competition demanded both consistency and resilience, and PSG’s campaign reflected exactly that: a balance between dazzling attacking displays and occasional setbacks that ultimately shaped a more complete side. A League Phase of Momentum […]

The 2025–26 Serie A season belonged, ultimately and convincingly, to Inter Milan.Their 21st league title was not a triumph snatched in drama, but one asserted with calm authority, secured with games to spare and underpinned by consistency across the campaign. Inter Milan: A Relentless and Restored Power Inter’s success felt like the culmination of a […]

On Sunday at Anfield, Liverpool’s 1–1 draw with Brentford felt secondary to the moment unfolding around it. The final whistle of the 2025/26 Premier League season brought with it not just another underwhelming result for Arne Slot’s side, but the closing chapter of two defining careers.Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson—pillars of Liverpool’s modern era—walked out […]

Watching the 2025/26 Premier League campaign draw to a rollercoaster end on Sunday afternoon, we have been treated to another blockbuster season from across England’s elite.With Arsenal getting their hands on a first domestic crown in over two decades and a Champions League final fast approaching on the horizon, Spurs’ dramatic charge for survival also […]