Gerrard tells Richard Hughes who Reds ‘have to buy’ to replace Salah as ‘box office’ trio preferred

Steven Gerrard has told Liverpool they must replace Mohamed Salah with a “box office” winger this summer after the Reds legend announced his departure from Anfield at the end of the season. Salah has scored 255 goals and claimed 122 assists in nine seasons for Liverpool and will leave as a club legend after winning … Read more

Arsenal face first final step towards Quad God status on huge day for Spurs

A proper big weekend, this one. We’re very excited. Arsenal can either take a big step towards the quadruple, or see the whole thing go up in smoke altogether should Pep Guardiola get his hands on another trophy after what has for him been an alarmingly long wait. But the Premier League won’t give up … Read more

Man Utd manager shortlist loses two ‘favourites’ as Arsenal title charge continues

Between the defeatist messaging of Unai Emery and the record-breaking misery of Oliver Glasner, the Man Utd manager race is thinning out. But the story of the weekend was Arsenal taking a gargantuan step towards the Premier League title after a Manchester City slip. And there was movement at the bottom too, even just in … Read more

Rosenior sack coming as Chelsea count cost of ‘obsession’ and winning Man Utd battle vs Newcastle

After Chelsea counted the cost of Liam Rosenior’s tactical “obsession” on Wednesday as Paris Saint-Germain tore through them at the Paris des Princes in the last 20 minutes, Eddie Howe and Newcastle relied on the same fixation at Stamford Bridge to strike a crushing blow in the Blues’ bid for Champions League qualification. “He can … Read more

Noma scandal punctures the myth of the enlightened restaurant

René Redzepi, the chef behind Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant once crowned the best in the world, is facing allegations of abuse, intimidation, and public humiliation. According to an investigation carried out by the New York Times, employees were punched in the face, slammed into a wall, and threatened with having their family deported. Anyone who … Read more

Ranking why modern football is sh*t: wrestling, conspiracies and VAR

Everyone knows and accepts that football has become sh*t. Especially and specifically Premier League football. Arne Slot has had a go at it, and is unlikely to have softened in his views after Tuesday night’s hilarity. Pep Guardiola says he doesn’t like it, but he has to go along with it. Mikel Arteta says…well, Legohead … Read more

Premier League ‘blasted’ as Virgil van Dijk ‘speaks volumes’

There are all manner of big stories knocking around in football land this morning, up to and including major international news forcing its way in. Yet in some corners of the football media the biggest stories to be found are some tish-and-fipsy social media ‘backlash’ and a long-retired footballer having some drinks. Sometimes it’s hard … Read more

Arsenal win Premier League but remain bottlers, Spurs relegated, Pereira sack

We’re heading for the finishing straight of the Premier League season and that means predictions, at least 70 per cent of which make us look damn fools in three months’ time. Those are the rules. But the real fun lies in which three turn out to be spot on. We’re supremely confident about the identity … Read more