Tag Archives: football

Inside Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool: Everything he’s changed from the Arne Slot era behind the scenes, how he clamped down on team leaks, his private challenge to Alexander Isak and where he feels Reds can still improve

LEWIS STEELE: After most games, Andoni Iraola chooses not to speak to his players. The Basque boss may appear calm but his mind is usually whirring.

September 22, 2026

OLIVER HOLT: Thomas Tuchel is indulging in some elite-level gaslighting by blaming Argentina defeat on his players. No, it was the England manager’s first big test – and he blew it spectacularly

OLIVER HOLT: Thomas Tuchel wants to forget about the recent past. Argentina in the semi-finals of the World Cup? Our best chance to get to the final for 60 [...]

September 21, 2026

Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka confesses to faking Covid vaccine while playing for Arsenal – and could face JAIL as he is thrown out of Switzerland’s squad

Sunderland captain Granit Xhaka has been axed from the Switzerland squad after admitting to receiving a fake certificate to show he had been vaccinated [...]

September 21, 2026

Tottenham outcast Richarlison takes to social media to send pointed message to club just hours after Spurs’ latest Premier League defeat

Exiled striker Richarlison has been making his presence known amid Tottenham’s poor start to the new Premier League season, posting on Instagram [...]

September 20, 2026

West Ham stars receive hostile welcome from Millwall as police brace for London derby CHAOS – with English football’s nastiest rivalry reignited today

One fan could be heard yelling: ‘You f***ing n**heads’ as the team bus pulled in.

September 19, 2026

Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in the UK and is not surprised the super-rich are fleeing a country ‘on the slide’

Outspoken Sir Jim, the co-owner of Manchester United and one of Britain’s richest people, warned the decline was down to Labour’s failure to [...]

September 19, 2026

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: It’s all very well Howard Webb sending his VAR bunglers to the naughty step – but those that know him tell me ‘back-stabbing’ referee supremo must look in the mirror

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Matt Donohue and Blake Antrobus will have a sharper grasp of what it means to interfere with play this weekend as they sit on the [...]

September 19, 2026

‘I went up for a corner at the Old Den and got hit with half a house brick!’: West Ham legend JULIAN DICKS on ‘horrible’ trips to rivals Millwall, the vile (and hilarious) abuse he received and what the Hammers MUST do to win Saturday’s clash

Given his status as a West Ham legend, it feels appropriate that Julian Dicks is talking about getting hammered. Not on the pitch or in the boozer, but in [...]

September 18, 2026

The secrets of West Brom’s rise revealed: A new recruitment strategy, James Morrison’s extraordinary dedication behind the scenes, the academy conveyor belt and the boardroom rebuild

Joint top of the Championship with a club legend at the helm and chasing a seventh win this century at the home of their greatest rivals. West Bromwich [...]

September 18, 2026

Snubbed Premier League star’s WAG hits out at Thomas Tuchel after her in-form partner’s omission from England squad with Instagram post

Britney De Villiers shared a statistic on Instagram that Gibbs-White is the only player to have created over five chances in a single Premier League game [...]

September 18, 2026

Liverpool and Leeds legend Gary McAllister, 61, ‘faces financial ruin’ after being hit with bankruptcy petition – with Scot involved in tax-avoidance scheme alongside fellow ex-players

The Liverpool and Leeds legend, 61, has been taken to court by HMRC over an unpaid tax bill, with the amount owed yet to be disclosed.

September 18, 2026

Ineos are failing miserably at Man United. They don’t live up to the buzzwords they believe in – and United’s utterly nonsensical transfer policy is the proof. No wonder all the clubs they touch are struggling, writes NATHAN SALT

Every now and then it’s important you refer to the Ineos compass of buzzwords to remind yourself just how much the decision-makers at United are [...]

September 17, 2026

Jamie Carragher insists youngsters with ‘nightmare’ parents ‘do not fulfil their potential’ in warning shot to JJ Gabriel with Man United wonderkid’s father pushing for exit

Young stars do not reach their potential if they have a nightmare parent behind the scenes, Jamie Carragher has warned.

September 17, 2026

Liverpool star Dominik Szoboszlai hits back at critics – and claims pointed celebration of his Tottenham wondergoal was ‘just for myself’

The Liverpool vice-captain came in for criticism on Saturday after a sub-par performance against Fulham but hit back in style with a goal-of-the-season [...]

September 17, 2026