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What happened to the neutral's favourites?

    The 1995/96 Premier League season had a lot going for it. Three years into its new form, English football had started to resemble th...

Examining Ashley Young's re-invention at Man Utd - and why he still has a big role to play

Manchester United supporters are desperate for Luke Shaw to become the player they think he is capable of being. When he signed from Southampton as a ...

Fran Escriba’s early-season departure leaves Villarreal under pressure to hire with the long-term in mind

Fran Escriba was never Villarreal’s man. The 52-year-old coach was appointed after former boss Marcelino walked out on the eve of the 2016/2017 ...

Premier League stat round-up: Man City dominant & low-event Huddersfield's tricky predicament

Manchester City continue to impress. While their 5-0 demolition of Crystal Palace at the Etihad wasn’t unexpected, it did mean that they took th...

Who is the best player in South American club football?

There are always plenty of promising youngsters working their way through the production line of South American club football – an example of th...

Harry Redknapp provided a contrast that will be missed

Tony D’Amato probably left at the right time. As Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday rolls to its credits, D’Amato, the head coach playe...

Bologna draw serves as a reality check for Scudetto hopefuls Inter

After making the best start a new Inter manager has made since the days of Gigi Simoni in 1998, Luciano Spalletti wisely cautioned against getting too...

Premier League stat round-up: Man Utd's late show, Lukaku's shot volume & Leicester's struggles

Week five arrived and the positive early impressions made by the two Manchester clubs were reinforced as they scored 10 goals between them and concede...

Borja Mayoral has his first taste of the limelight as Madrid and Bale silence doubters

They ride again, said the front page of Marca, in the aftermath of Real Madrid’s 3-1 away win against Real Sociedad on Sunday evening. Except&nb...

Christian Pulisic profiled: Why the young American can fill Dembélé's shoes at Dortmund

Buying young players cheaply, developing them and then selling high to one of Europe’s traditional powers has been Borussia Dortmund’s mod...

Arthur could be the man to solve Brazil's long-term problem in central midfield

A leading contender for the outstanding footballing moment of last week was Lionel Messi’s second goal for Barcelona in the 3-0 win over Juventu...

Ancelotti on borrowed time as Bayern Munich continue to labour

Despite beating Belgian minnows Anderlecht 3-0 in their opening Champions League clash on Tuesday night, Bayern Munich were left wondering what might ...