Premier League managers are judged by how their teams perform on the pitch, but the language they use off it can also play into how they are perceived by supporters, …
Something happened in Luxembourg on Friday that will either bring an end to football’s transfer system as we know it, make the stars even richer, jeopardise player development and ruin …
Although the Premier League’s summer transfer window has closed, many big-name players still have their futures unresolved. Other transfer windows remain open, including in Turkey, whose clubs can do business …
The transfer window has… closed. For Europe’s leading football clubs, the chance to revamp, reshape and — in certain cases — reduce their squads is over, until January at least. …
A new Premier League season is nearly here, which means only one thing: it’s time for footballers to stand moodily, staring straight ahead, possibly somewhere with artistic lighting and some …
When transfer windows go right, they can set a manager and a team up for a successful season or kick off a new era. When they go wrong, however, they …
Picture the scene: a team has been awarded a goal kick. The goalkeeper throws the ball to one of two central defenders standing nearby in the six-yard box. One of …
As the Premier League gets bigger and bigger, so – it seems – do the stadiums that play host to it. The vast majority of clubs in the top flight …
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season, The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the weekend when injuries began …
“I’ll see you in the tunnel.” There was a time when that was more than a throwaway line on the pitch, even if some players found a way to make …