Neither Qatar or FIFA will get their wish for everybody to just focus on football during the World Cup 2022. If we were to speak only about football this morning, it would inevitably lead to politics. Hosts Qatar opened the tournament with a limp 0- 2 defeat to Ecuador that highlighted their lack of football

Dark horses are the single greatest joy of any World Cup, and Qatar 2022 has a host of potential darlings.  International tournaments enable underdogs in a way that domestic football simply cannot. This is because the competitive level is slightly lower.  International teams have much less time to train together, and aren’t as stuffed with

Marcelo Bielsa is in line for a return to the Premier League with two teams reportedly trying to recruit him. The former Leeds United manager is in talks with Bournemouth, according to the BBC. Ironically, after defeating Everton twice a week, they could face competition for Marcelo Bielsa from the Toffees. It’s something of a

Cristiano Ronaldo trashed his Manchester United legacy for good by giving a petulant interview to Piers Morgan which aired Sunday. Truthfully, his Old Trafford homecoming has been destined to end in tears since he returned to Manchester last season. New coach Erik ten Hag is cleaning house for United, and Cristiano Ronaldo is making it

Domestic football is officially finished until after Christmas, and with that our attention turns to the World Cup 2022. With a veritable feast of football awaiting us, we take a look at four contenders to win the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.   Brazil – 4/1 Brazil are many people’s picks for the tournament and

The paradox of Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton finally came to an end this week after one poor result too many.  Ralph Hasenhuttl leaves his post as Southampton manager following Sunday’s 4-1 home defeat by Newcastle.  There was an air of inevitability about his sacking, but not because he was catastrophically bad. In fact, it’s difficult

A day after their first away win of the season, reports emerge that Liverpool has been put up for sale by ownership group FSG. FSG (Fenway Sports Group) purchased Liverpool for £300 million in 2010. If they were to sell now, they could receive a sum of £3.5 billion. The American-based owners have, according to

It was a classic ‘1 – 0 to the Arsenal’, and in many ways a classic gunners victory at Stamford Bridge. Although, not many Arsenal fans will have experienced it that way. Only fans of a certain age will remember the days when Arsenal won regularly against Chelsea away. Once Roman Abramovic took over, Chelsea

Antonio Conte is leading Spurs through a rather paradoxical season in that nobody is certain how good they are. In many ways, Tottenham are having a fantastic season. In fact, Antonio Conte has led the team to their best ever start in the Premier League. They currently sit third in the table and only Manchester

Ahead of the unprecedented midseason World Cup break, Arsenal find themselves the surprise challengers to Manchester City’s title.  Everybody expected Arsenal to be better this season, but not this much better. It’s a team truly finding itself. Additionally, some instability at rival clubs has allowed them to take advantage and top the league by two