Guardiola’s success at Manchester City was underpinned by financial cheating. Now he can only double down on his adherence to the owners“Do you know the question that you are asking me? Today, do you honestly think it is my job...
Read MoreManchester City have come out fighting against the guilty verdict but the Premier League faces questions of its ownNothing is over, nothing is done. Or at least not judging by the bravura, balls-out confidence of Manchester...
Read MoreFriday’s verdict against Manchester City will change everything we understood about their Premier League title triumphsWelcome, then, to the age of asterisk. Whatever punishment Manchester City and their owners receive at the...
Read MoreThe British transfer record was equalled and one club signed no fewer than 18 players in another hectic summerBringing in Christos Tzolis, Bruno Guimarães and Ezri Konsa was a strong start to the window but could Arsenal’s...
Read MoreThe £85m midfielder passed his exams a year early, is studying for a degree and is ready to tackle Premier League learning curve“He’s like a computer,” the former Lille head of academy recruitment, Mathieu Frison, says of the...
Read MoreNew managers galore suggest many of the usual suspects will struggle to dethrone the champions, but their own hunger could be the keyMikel Arteta wants to get his messaging absolutely right. According to him, Arsenal are not...
Read MoreBruno Fernandes, Elliot Anderson and Igor Thiago join a number of Arsenal and Manchester City players in the XIBy WhoScoredRaya kept 19 clean sheets and won his third straight Golden Glove, just one shy of Petr Cech and Joe...
Read MoreA century of our favourite images from the season including wild celebrations, protesting fans and goalmouth scramblesReigning champions Liverpool left it late to beat Bournemouth 4-2 on the opening day of the season in their...
Read MoreDeparting Manchester City manager has left huge imprint but equally stands alone in his willingness to adaptWhen Pep Guardiola arrived in English football in the summer of 2016, there was a degree of scepticism. The quality of...
Read MoreBruno Fernandes, Declan Rice, Erling Haaland, David Raya and Rayan Cherki are the leading contendersBy WhoScoredThere is a version of this season in which Bruno Fernandes left Manchester United in the summer. “The club wanted me...
Read MoreManchester City have issues with injury and form, and need their big players to step up and turn the ship aroundAt Bodø/Glimt, in a first Champions League outing since 1 October, the 29-year-old appeared what he is: a player...
Read MoreThe defending Premier League champions spent big over the summer, but it’s hard to see how the new players fitSign up for Soccer with Jonathan Wilson hereWhat was it supposed to look like? Amid all the talk around Liverpool and...
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