The inevitable sacking of Steve Bruce has a certain poignancy to it in the context of modern Premier League football. Steve Bruce was a sitting duck for two weeks after the Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United was completed. Under fire from the start, he was always going to be axed once the new era began.

Matchday 3 of the Champions League got underway last night, with some drama-filled games and standout performances. Below we look at three things we learned from the first half of Champions League matchday 3 fixtures.   Manchester City are evolving Manchester City eased to a routine 5 – 1 route away against Club Brugge in

Tomorrow, Manchester United host Atalanta at Old Trafford in a Champions League group stage encounter after a disappointing weekend result. The most unsurprising result in the world will be a confidence-boosting win that brings Ole Gunnar Solskjaer back from the brink. We’ve been here before with the Manchester United manager. His uncanny knack for winning

Rome wasn’t built in a day but once it was, it rippled over land, sea and until the present day. The Newcastle empire got off to a disappointing start against Tottenham on Sunday, but it won’t always be like this. The Saudi takeover of Newcastle United has thrown football into an introspection not seen since

Tottenham fullback Emerson Royal has come out with a bit of positive PR at a time when Spurs sorely need it. “Here is a more box-to-box game, back and forth and a lot of shock. It changes a bit, Spanish football is a bit more technical. There are teams that play like the Premier, like

Liverpool are the 4/1 third favourites to win the Premier League behind Manchester City and Chelsea. It’s time to ask how much their disappointing year last season plays into the perception of them as outsiders. This season Liverpool have very quietly been excellent. They’re right up there in second place, on point behind Chelsea and

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says he doesn’t understand objections to the Covid-19 vaccine, saying it’s not  a limit on freedom. His comments come in the wake of troubling figures from the Premier League. In an email to top-flight clubs last week, the Premier League said: “Only seven clubs’ squads are more than 50% fully vaccinated,

It looks like Real Madrid will get away with attempting to form a European Super League. However, they’re not getting away with running the club so poorly. On Monday it was reported that UEFA lost its case to fine Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus for their part in the attempted break away. A Spanish court

Lionel Messi scored his first goal for PSG in a 1 -0 Champions League win over Manchester City in Paris. PSG ran out 2 – 0 winners on the night in spite of not having the best of the play. City came into the game on the back of an accomplished 1 – 0 win

It’s easy to forget that Mikel Arteta won the F.A Cup within his first six months as Arsenal manager. That was a lifetime ago, a world-shaking pandemic ago, a disenchanting 2020/2021 season ago. When Arsenal won the Charity Shield against Liverpool in August 2020, everybody could see that they were a team heading in the