Why Chelsea have hardest and Arsenal easiest Champions League trips August 30, 2025 The exotic away trips offered by the Champions League are part of its appeal for supporters but they can come at a price for players, and in that respect Arsenal and Chelsea have been dealt wildly differing hands by this year’s competition. Thursday’s draw for the league phase gave Arsenal trips to Inter Milan (for [...]
Premier League fans prepare to rack up air miles in Champions League August 27, 2025 Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur fans could be racking up the air miles this season in the Champions League after far-flung Kairat Almaty and Bodo/Glimt booked their spots in the league phase. The same applies to supporters of Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle United as the Premier League will have an unprecedented six clubs in [...]
Exclusive: Arsenal star joins athlete investors in UK fitness brand Hytro July 30, 2025 Arsenal star Jurrien Timber has joined a growing group of athletes investing in Hytro, the UK-based blood flow restriction brand used by leading sports teams and space missions. Timber, his twin brother Quinten, who is also a Netherlands international, and NFL player Benjamin St-Juste, a cornerback for the LA Chargers have all made investments via [...]
Mikel Arteta defends Arsenal over Thomas Partey handling July 21, 2025 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is “100 per cent” confident that the club followed the right process around Thomas Partey, following the player’s arrest on suspicion of rape and sexual assault. Speaking on the club’s pre-season tour to Asia, Arteta addressed the situation for the first time since Partey was charged this month, days after his [...]
Premier League on track to smash £2.4bn summer spending record July 16, 2025 Premier League clubs are on course to smash all previous spending records this summer after exceeding £1bn in gross outlay on transfers quicker than ever before. Club World Cup winners Chelsea and domestic champions Liverpool have been the biggest spenders, with the Blues shelling out more than £200m and the Reds breaking the British transfer [...]
Vinai Venkatesham: Former Arsenal chief to join rivals Tottenam as CEO April 11, 2025 Former Arsenal chief executive Vinai Venkatesham is joining the handful of footballers and staff to cross the north London divide by becoming CEO of Tottenham Hotspur. Venkatesham has agreed to take up the post at Spurs in the summer, a year after he ended his 14-year stint at their fierce local rivals “to pursue another [...]
Arsenal cash in on Champions League return with record revenue February 19, 2025 Arsenal’s return to the Champions League and lucrative new sponsorship deals boosted the club’s revenue by 32 per cent to a record £616.6m last year. The £150m increase came from improved matchday, broadcast and commercial revenues and puts Arsenal behind only Manchester City and Manchester United for income in the Premier League. But £256m of [...]
Fifa risks legal battle by including Mexican teams in Club World Cup draw December 3, 2024 Fifa will include two Mexican teams with the same owners, Club de Futbol Pachuca and Club Leon, in the draw for the Club World Cup tomorrow despite facing potential legal action over their involvement in next summer’s competition. Costa Rican club Liga Deportiva Alajuelense have sent a formal complaint to Fifa on the basis that [...]
Manchester United and Premier League top net spend tables for last decade November 22, 2024 United are one of four Premier League teams in the top six.
Arteta claims Arsenal deserved all three points after Liverpool draw October 27, 2024 Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta insisted his team had deserved all three points after a 2-2 draw with Liverpool that denied the visitors a return to the top of the Premier League. Twice the hosts went in front, through Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino, but twice Liverpool fought back, with goals from Virgil van Dijk and [...]