This Leicester City team could be even better than the title winning side October 1, 2019 Brendan Rodgers made a bold decision when he walked away from a third successive domestic treble at Celtic in February and return to the Premier League with Leicester. The former Liverpool and Swansea boss took a lot of flak and the switch could have gone either way – he had lots to lose and not [...]
Manchester United 1-1 Arsenal: McTominay and Aubameyang trade blows as both sides underperform September 30, 2019 Received wisdom in football states that a draw leaves both teams happy – a point apiece, something to take from your efforts, at least you didn’t lose. Manchester United and Arsenal drew tonight, and yet such are the weaknesses of both sides that both managers should be displeased with a single point. United faced a [...]
Interview: City Football Group marketing chief Nuria Tarre on innovating at Manchester City and the future of the sports industry September 29, 2019 “My ultimate objective – day-to-day, the reason I wake up and enjoy doing the work that I do – is because I truly think we want to be there for the fans in an authentic way,” says Nuria Tarre, chief marketing officer of City Football Group. Since joining CFG in 2015 from her role running [...]
Did Manchester United and Arsenal break each other last season? September 29, 2019 It was Arsenal who broke Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United towards the end of last season, or so the theory goes. United arrived at Emirates Stadium on 10 March at the height of Solskjaer’s reign, just days after their improbable Champions League comeback at Paris Saint-Germain – their 14th win from 17 games under the [...]
Chelsea must start turning good performances into points and improve record at the Bridge September 26, 2019 There was a peculiar feel at Stamford Bridge last weekend as the Chelsea fans applauded Frank Lampard and his team for a promising performance, despite losing 2-1 to Liverpool. The Blues had come out for the second-half already two goals down but played without fear, created chances, and made Premier League pace-setters Liverpool look vulnerable. [...]
United West Ham are showing the consistency to gatecrash the top six places September 24, 2019 When you get stuffed 5-0 on the opening day of the season with a load of new recruits in the team, people tend to react by heading straight to the bookies to back you to get relegated. Since their humbling by Manchester City, though, West Ham are unbeaten in five Premier League games, have conceded [...]
Premier League round-up: Heady Hammers; United striker light; Aubameyang saves Emery’s skin – again; and Howe’s Fab Four September 22, 2019 After an inauspicious start to the season, these are heady times at West Ham. Unbeaten in six games, no goals conceded in their last four and yesterday a win over Manchester United, thanks to goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Aaron Cresswell. The fixture list has not been the most daunting – United were the first [...]
Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool: Reds show title credentials in game of two halves at Stamford Bridge September 22, 2019 Liverpool showed their Premier League title credentials in a game of two halves at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The Reds bounced back from a midweek defeat to Napoli by making it six wins from six in the top flight with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Chelsea. If the first half was all about the array [...]
BT lines up Champions League bid as it looks to retain lucrative rights September 22, 2019 BT is gearing up to defend its control of Champions League TV rights as the telecoms giant cashes in on price rises in its broadcast division. BT Sport paid £1.2bn in 2017 to secure exclusive rights to Champions League and Europa League matches for three seasons, cementing its control of European football coverage. Read more: [...]
Tottenham Hotspur refinance more than £600m of stadium debt to secure financial future September 20, 2019 Tottenham Hotspur have refinanced £637m of loans taken out to help build its new £1.2bn stadium. The club borrowed the lump sum from Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and HSBC to support the arena’s construction and were due to pay it back in full by April 2022. Read more: Olympiacos 2-2 Tottenham: Spurs stuck in [...]