Lionel Messi ended his tenure at Barcelona as the club’s top scorer, top assist provider, and most decorated player with 35 trophies won with the team. He was also ended as the highest scorer in several fixtures, including the most-watched tie in football history, El Clasico. Leo loved playing against Madrid, and it was evident given his mammoth 26 goals …

French football expert Jonathan Johnson has attempted to explain the significance of Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique hitting out at Kylian Mbappe despite scoring a hat-trick for the club in their win over Reims at the weekend. The Spanish tactician notably stated that he still wanted more from Mbappe, despite the France international putting in a superb display in front …

November 15 – The London Stadium yet again passed the 99% capacity mark as West Ham United were victorious over Nottingham Forest in a five-goal thriller on Sunday afternoon. The Hammers are the % capacity champions of the league so far this season, with the East London club yet to fill the 62,000-seater London stadium below 99.92% of its maximum …

November 15 – After capturing their first treble last season, Manchester City’s success on the field has been matched off it with record profits and the highest ever revenue and wage bill for a Premier League club. Majority owned by Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour since August 2008, City earned revenues of £712.8 million in the financial year to June 2023 …

Over the last few gameweeks, Xavi has played around with the starting lineup a fair bit, experimenting with three centre-backs, a false 9, an inverted left-back, and even twin strikers up-top, like against Real Madrid. Alongside this, Xavi has also shuffled the personal around. Oriol Romeu has been dropped after starting several games in a row to make way for …

Nicolo Fagioli has expressed his joy after receiving a new contract offer from Juventus. The midfielder, who has been with Juve since his early teens, faced a ban until the following year due to betting-related offences. Despite the potential for other clubs to terminate his contract, Juventus chose to stand by Fagioli, continuing to fully pay his wages. In a …

Newcastle United are keen on signing the Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips. A report from the Northern Echo claims that Newcastle United will press ahead with a move for the 27-year-old midfielder in January, especially after Sandro Tonali was handed a suspension for his involvement in an illegal batting scandal. Phillips has struggled for regular game time at Manchester City …

A concerning report has emerged on the fitness front today, with Fabian Schar the latest Newcastle star at risk of injury. According to Swiss outlet Blick, the centre-back has been forced to withdraw from tonight’s Euro qualifier against Israel due to ‘muscular problems.’ It’s worth noting that the 31-year-old went down holding his hamstring during Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth, …

November 15 – Players union Fifpro and World Football Summit (WFS) have entered into a content partnership agreement, marking a collaborative effort to integrate Fifpro Player IQ’s research and insights into WFS events across Europe, Asia, and the Americas over the next three years.  Fifpro Player IQ will become the inaugural Player Performance & Industry Partner for WFS. This strategic …

Crystal Palace chairman, Steve Parish, and manager, Roy Hodgson, are unlikely to be too enamoured by learning that one of their strikers is looking at moving on from the club in the not too distant future. The Eagles haven’t been soaring as high as they’d like of late, however, having secured the longer-term futures of both Eberechi Eze and Michael …