Soccer

The $25m fraudster who came so close to buying an English football club

In the first of our series about the men who want to buy English football clubs, this is the remarkable…

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Football’s best up-and-coming managers: Thiago Motta, a fascinating tactician

This is the first article in a six-part series looking at some of European football’s most innovative up-and-coming managers.Thiago Motta…

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Jamie Cassidy – the Liverpool prodigy who became a cocaine conspirator

He appeared in the dock at Manchester Crown Court like a familiar-looking stranger, a vivid memory from a distant past.Jamie…

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Michael Edwards – the Liverpool visionary FSG simply cannot live without

This is an updated version of an article first published in June 2020.Perhaps the best place to start is the…

2 ay ago

How Paul Mullin – via a text from Rob McElhenney – ended his rare goal drought

Rob McElhenney takes the duty of care he has as Wrexham’s co-owner seriously.When Phil Parkinson was still coming to terms…

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Playing out from the back: Why teams do it and is it worth the risk?

Picture the scene: a team has been awarded a goal kick. The goalkeeper throws the ball to one of two…

2 ay ago

Neville’s ‘blue billion-pound bottle jobs’ line will immortalise Chelsea’s pain

Not all losses are created equal — and no defeat in football is worse than a banter one.“In extra time,…

3 ay ago

Dani Alves – from 43 trophies to four years in prison

Dani Alves, who was this morning sentenced to four and a half years in prison in Spain after being found…

3 ay ago

Robert Lewandowski was Barcelona’s big post-Messi gamble. It hasn’t entirely paid off

“Everything Robert won at Bayern Munich, the goals he scored, it was all with the aim of ending up where…

3 ay ago

‘His legs have gone’: Unpicking the four words no footballer wants to hear

Last season, it was a Brazilian midfielder at Liverpool. This season, it’s been his international team-mate at Manchester United.“I think…

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Kylian Mbappe is leaving PSG: Thank god that’s finally over

Follow live coverage of Manchester City vs Chelsea in the Premier League todayIce ages haven’t lasted as long as this.Kylian…

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