Football has a habit of giving its biggest individual prizes to players whose brilliance is impossible to ignore, yet some of the finest careers have ended without that golden trophy…
Scoring 100 goals for one club is a dream for most strikers, but reaching that landmark in barely more than 100 appearances is the kind of feat that separates the…
Luis Enrique transformed Paris Saint-Germain from a team built around superstar names into a side whose greatest strength is how its players work together, with the Spanish coach turning positional…
The Premier League has a habit of making even the wealthiest clubs look vulnerable, with expensive squads, ambitious newcomers and packed stadiums creating a weekly contest in which reputation offers…
Premier League clubs make money from matchdays long before the referee blows his whistle, with ticket sales, executive lounges, food, drinks, merchandise and premium experiences turning a few hours of…
Some of football’s most successful managers would have struggled to earn a living from the game as players, yet went on to outthink world champions, lift European trophies and build…
The most valuable football clubs have mastered a rather strange trick: convincing millions of people to spend money, emotion, and several perfectly good weekends following a team they may never…
Football fans have a strange relationship with the international break. Give them a World Cup or a European Championship, and they will rearrange their lives to watch it. Give them…
Rui Pinto spent the best part of the last 10 years as a name that football's powerful people muttered with a wince, a self-taught hacker from the Porto suburbs whose…
Which clubs get the title if Man City are stripped? It is a question that suddenly feels less like a pub argument and more like a problem for football's lawyers,…