Pass the tissues – Luis Diaz has given us football’s most beautiful moment of 2023
Diaz scored twice against Brazil on a nights to leave goosebumps on your skin and your tear ducts looking like Niagara Falls.
Marcelo Bielsa & Darwin Nunez are football’s biggest box-office pairing & we’re grabbing the popcorn
Back to back wins over Argentina and Brazil? Congratulations Uruguay, you’ve got our attention.
7 transfer targets Barcelona missed out on in the summer & how they’ve fared this season
Xavi Hernandez once again missed out on acquiring top target Bernardo Silva. We’ve taken a look at their other summer targets.
Where are they now? Barcelona’s XI on Lionel Messi’s debut v Porto in 2003
Twenty years ago today, Lionel Messi made his Barcelona debut with a 15-minute cameo in a mid-season friendly with Porto.
The 10 highest-paid footballers in Europe in 2023-24: Kane, Casemiro, De Jong…
Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Karim Benzema now reportedly take home more than any player in Europe, but this lot aren’t doing too badly for themselves.
The 10 dirtiest players in Europe’s top leagues in 2023-24: Gavi, Gallagher…
Stars from Barcelona, Chelsea and Roma feature among the top 10 players in Europe who have committed the most fouls throughout 2023-24 so far.
Comparing Ten Hag’s Premier League record after 50 games to Solskjaer, Mourinho, Van Gaal & Ferguson
The Dutchman’s start compares very favourably to each and every one of his Man Utd predecessors in the Premier League era.
10 of Darwin Nunez’s funniest moments from fighting thin air to stealing mince pies…
What a gift to English football the Uruguayan striker has been. We’ve compiled his funniest moments.
7 transfer targets Tottenham missed out on in the summer & how they’ve fared this season
What became of the players Spurs missed out on in the summer? We’ve checked in on seven players that they reportedly targeted signing – and assessed how they’ve fared elsewhere.
The 10 Premier League stars who have lost the most market value in 2023: Sancho, Sterling…
Players from Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea all feature among the top 10 Premier League stars who have lost the most market value in 2023.
“Everyone is attacking, everyone is defending”: 11 quotes to explain Ten Hag’s philosophy
Ten Hag has come under increasing pressure at United this season, but it’s worth remembering why he was hired in the first place.
The 10 players with the most goal involvements in the Saudi Pro League: Ronaldo, Benzema…
There’s a mix of household names and names unfamiliar even to their own family members on this list.
An incredible XI of English ballers to make us (& Gareth Southgate) feel alive again
For all his success, Southgate’s squads are rather predictable. We’ve picked out an XI to put some lead back in his pencil.
The 10 Premier League stars who have gained the most value in 2023: Hojlund, Szoboszlai…
Using Transfermarkt market values, we have found the 10 Premier League stars who have gone stratospheric in the past year.
Celebrating Rustu Recber, a mad sweeper-keeper & the most goth player of his generation
With his long hair and anti-glare war paint, Rustu looked like he should’ve been in the Ministry of Darkness on WWF. You didn’t get this with Paul Robinson.
Man City have secured England’s answer to Iniesta & he’s already tormenting his elders for fun
What were you doing at 15? It definitely wasn’t being signed by Pep Guardiola for a seven figure fee.
7 transfer targets Chelsea missed out on in the summer & how they’ve fared this season
Chelsea spent the summer transfer window frenziedly buying and selling players, but they didn’t manage to sign this lot.
9 quotes about Real Madrid-bound Endrick: ‘He’s going to be better than Romario and Ronaldo!’
Endrick is fast becoming the hottest property in world football for his freakish exploits on the pitch – and he’s not even at Madrid yet.
Comparing every Premier League club’s points and goals tallies to the same stage last season
Unai Emery’s Aston Villa – just a bit better than Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa
Comparing Man Utd’s 2023-24 record to the same stage last season
Erik ten Hag pointed to last season of an example of turning things around – but how do they stack up at the same stage?
9 uncapped ballers set for international debuts this month ft. Chelsea, Man City & PSG…
A number of big countries have already secured their Euro 2024 slots, leaving room for some experimentation this month.
Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen are redefining total football one absurd tactic at a time
Your son’s favourite football team, Leverkusen have suddenly become the club for society’s cropped trousers and tote bag-wearing IPA drinkers.
7 transfer targets Liverpool missed out on in the summer & how they’ve fared this season
We wanted to know what’s become of the players that didn’t end up moving to Anfield over the summer.
9 incredible stats that show just how ridiculous Harry Kane has been in 2023
Kane’s decision to join Bayern Munich has already proven a masterstroke and put him on course for an all-timer 2023.
We’re delighted to announce that Dimitri Payet is still very, very good at free-kicks
David Cameron in government and Payet scoring otherworldy free-kicks – are we sure we haven’t gone back to 2016?
Bloody hell, Virgil van Dijk might actually be playing the best football of his career
Some critics thought Van Dijk was done during his struggles last season – but they’re being proved very, very wrong this year.
Marc Cucurella’s ridiculous Remembrance Sunday dive will send your dad into overdrive
Some dives can turn any normal football fan into Alan Brazil at peak redness with rage – but Cucurella’s effort just made us laugh.
17 football moments that sent the internet crazy this weekend: Matip, Mbappe, chinos…
The Barclays delivered again this weekend as Chelsea and Manc City thrashed out a 4-4 thriller, while Spurs reverted to type against Wolves.
9 absurd stats from Chelsea’s thrilling 4-4 draw with Manchester City
The spoils were shared and so were the goals at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea and Manchester City cancelled each other out in an endlessly breathtaking display of football.
9 of the best players to never win a cap: Arteta, Di Canio, Bruce
Former Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea heroes are among some of the best players never to win an international cap for their country.
Jonjo Shelvey is thriving in the Turkish sun one halfway line howitzer at a time
A transfer to Turkey is unfairly considered a step down for most Premier League footballers, but we bet most of them would swap places with Jonjo Shelvey in a heartbeat ...
Real Madrid’s R9 regen might just fire us into orbit with his turbocharged left foot
Sunday mornings are for breakfasts littered with calories, bad television and rotting in bed feeling sorry for yourself, unless your name is Endrick.
The most successful managers in football history by trophies won: Ferguson, Guardiola, Mourinho…
Manchester United icon Sir Alex Ferguson is considered by many to be the greatest manager in football history – but how does his trophy record stack up against other legendary ...