Relegation is always devastating for football clubs, and the aim is always to bounce straight back up, but sometimes long-term planning and patience can be key to ensuring long-term success. Leeds United may find it useful to look beyond an instant bounce-back and use the summer window to find long-term solutions to problems that have persisted … [Read more…]
Leicester City and Leeds United have been relegated from the Premier League after a dramatic final day that saw Everton stay up. Abdoulaye Doucoure’s second-half strike saw Sean Dyche’s side beat Bournemouth 1-0, while Leeds were thrashed 4-1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Leicester beat West Ham United 2-1, but it wasn’t enough given Everton’s … [Read more…]
Ryan Mason has trust in the key decision-makers at Tottenham to get the big calls right this summer. Spurs’ acting head coach Mason will take his squad to relegation-threatened Leeds on the final day in what is set to be his last fixture in charge. Eighth-placed Tottenham remain without a permanent manager or managing director … [Read more…]
Southampton are gone already. Leicester City and Leeds United are on the cusp of following them, while Everton need a final-game win to be sure of staying up. With only the season’s final round of action to come tomorrow (Sunday), we are about to learn which three clubs will experience the sharp drop down from … [Read more…]
sale according to AS. Getty Images FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has blocked the potential sale of Raphinha this summer, making it clear he counts on the winger “100%”, according to AS. The Brazilian arrived at Camp Nou ahead of last season, and famously told his agent Deco to wait for Barca to come in … [Read more…]
For Dean Henderson, Sepp van den Berg, Djed Spence, it wasn’t supposed to go like this. Here are 20 loan players almost certain to be returned to sender. We’ve gone through the best loanees, now here’s one from every Premier League club who have struggled away from their parent club… Arsenal: Albert Sambi-LokongaIt’s been … [Read more…]
Free transfers are becoming more common in football and some Premier League stars have now entered the final weeks of their contracts. While some players have a contract offer on the table and are weighing up their options, others have been deemed surplus to requirements. We’ve taken a look at every Premier League player whose contract … [Read more…]