Admit it. You’ve often found yourself lying awake at night wondering what Theo Walcott would look like as an Angry Bird. Good news, then. Thanks to Everton’s partnership with the Rovio Entertainment video game, Walcott is one of three players who appear to have been made into Angry Birds. Great news. A tweet from Everton, who […]

8 years ago

With the new season underway, there’s very little for football kit enthusiasts to get excited about Most home and away shirts for all of Europe’s major clubs were released a couple of months back… Most, not all. With Cristiano Ronaldo’s official debut out of the way, Juventus have now released their official away kit for the season ahead. […]

8 years ago

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi will not be the next UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo was joined by former Real Madrid teammate Luka Modric and Liverpool’s Mo Salah on the three-man shortlist for the award, which was released on Monday. Ronaldo left Real for Juventus in the summer, having played an instrumental role […]

8 years ago

Dortmund were heading for a shock exit in the German Cup Borussia Dortmund had debutant Axel Witsel to thank after narrowly avoiding becoming the victims of a first-round giant killing in the German Cup on Monday. Away to second tier Greuther Furth, they fell behind with little over ten minutes remaining of the game after Sebastian […]

8 years ago

All is not well at Manchester United While most of the talk has been about Jose Mourinho since United fell to their first defeat of the season against Brighton on Sunday, headlines about Paul Pogba are never too far away. The midfielder is believed to be unhappy with his relationship with Mourinho and has been […]

8 years ago

Jose’s going nowhere. Not for now, at least… Jose Mourinho has received the full backing of the Manchester United board, the BBC reports. United fell to their first defeat of the new season at Brighton on Sunday as defensive errors and a lack of creativity in attack contributed to  a 3-2 loss. This, following Mourinho’s […]

8 years ago

Want to feel old? Good. You’re in just the right place. Gianluigi Buffon is getting on a bit. At least in footballing terms. The legendary goalkeeper, now 40, was expected to hang up his gloves in the summer after bidding farewell to Juventus after 17 years, but opted to prolong his career with Paris Saint-Germain. […]

8 years ago

After 20 minutes of Arsenal’s trip to Stamford Bridge, things weren’t looking too great for Unai Emery Goals from Pedro and Alvaro Morata had given Chelsea a two-goal lead, the second goal coming seconds after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had missed a sitter from deep inside the home side’s penalty area. By half-time, things were considerably better […]

8 years ago

Spare a thought for the poor soul who came agonisingly close to being a million quid better off on Saturday afternoon With seconds remaining of the 3pm kick-offs, one individual was on to claim the £1m jackpot on Sky Sports’ Super 6. Devastatingly, it wasn’t to be thanks to late drama at the DW Stadium. […]

8 years ago

He’s incredibly lucky to get away with this Newcastle United’s Kenedy somehow managed to escape a red card on Saturday. With little over half an hour played of his team’s first away game of the new Premier League season at Cardiff City, he was robbed of possession as he attempted to spin away from Harry […]

8 years ago

Pep Guardiola told Kevin De Bruyne to target Harry Maguire’s lack of pace, the new Manchester City Amazon documentary has revealed Footage from Manchester City: All or Nothing shows Guardiola speaking to De Bruyne during half-time of City’s game at Leicester in November 2017. Having taken the lead at the King Power Stadium through Gabriel Jesus just […]

8 years ago

It seems initiation songs are all the rage amongst professional footballers these days Be it a move to a new club, or perhaps just a promotion from the youth team, it seems nobody is safe… not even some of the finest players to have ever taken to a football field. Already this summer, we’ve seen […]

8 years ago

The end of an era Claudio Marchisio has left Juventus, 25 years after joining the club as a child. It was announced on Friday that the 32-year-old Italian international had agreed to terminate his contract with Juve, becoming a free agent. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmktynkBNVi/?taken-by=footballjoeunited With the exception of the 2007/08 season – where he was loaned to Empoli […]

8 years ago

Newcastle supporters have set up a website aimed at sabotaging Mike Ashley’s Sport Direct retail business The club’s fans have been fiercely against Ashley’s ownership for much of the time since his takeover 11 years ago and were particularly vocal about the lack of funds made available to Rafa Benitez in the transfer window this […]

8 years ago

“He’s working well, he’s playing well, he does it for the fans and the team, and that’s what I want” Despite talk of moves to Barcelona and Juventus last week, Paul Pogba remains a Manchester United player. Reports claimed the French midfielder was unhappy with life at United, particularly his allegedly strained relationship with Jose […]

8 years ago

Florentino Perez might yet bring in a Ronaldo replacement this summer Real Madrid, you might have heard, sold Cristiano Ronaldo this summer. Although many expected them to replace him with (at least) one of Kylian Mbappe or Neymar, the European champions were quick to kill off any such speculation last month with the release of […]

8 years ago

This won’t go down well at the Bernabeu Atletico Madrid got the better of Real Madrid in the European Super Cup on Wednesday night. With the two teams level at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, extra time goals from Saul and Koke saw Diego Simeone’s side claim victory – partly making up for […]

8 years ago

We’ll be totally honest with you – you’re just not getting full marks… Unless you’re a total football club badge nerd, that is. And let’s face it, you don’t want to be that guy… or do you? Yet again, we’ve used highly sophisticated photoshopping skills (the paintbrush bit) and covered up any letters on each badge, just […]

8 years ago

Football didn’t quite come home this summer, but it did come mighty close England made the semi-finals of the World Cup, and while they didn’t quite have enough to get beyond Croatia and into the final, the Three Lions’ display in Russia represented their best performance at the tournament in nearly three decades. In light […]

8 years ago

Wayne Rooney’s found a bit of form for his new club Days on from his late, late last-ditch tackle and assist helped D.C. United to a last gasp victory over Orlando City, Rooney found himself amongst the goals again on Wednesday night. The former Manchester United and Everton striker scored twice in their 4-1 victory […]

8 years ago

Oh Dele, what have you started? Dele Alli scored what proved to be the decisive goal in Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Newcastle at the weekend. Since then, we’ve been hearing more about his celebration than the actual goal itself. At first glance, it certainly doesn’t seem that difficult to emulate. Holding a thumb and finger to his eye, […]

8 years ago

Gareth Bale’s future at Real Madrid seemed uncertain at the start of the summer. As it ends, he now appears well placed to be their main man.

8 years ago

Real Madrid meet city rivals Atletico Madrid in Tallinn Thibaut Courtois will reportedly miss Real Madrid’s European Super Cup against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. The Belgian international completed his £35m move to the Bernabeu from Chelsea last week and was expected to make his debut for the European champions in the game in Estonia. However, it now […]

8 years ago

Three months. It’s been nearly three months, FFS. And yet here we are, still banging on about what happened between Sergio Ramos and Mo Salah in the Champions League final. For those of you that have spent your summer under a rock, let us bring you up to speed… Salah tangled with Ramos shortly before […]

8 years ago

The incident is said to have taken place in June of this year Manchester City are reported to have taken action after it emerged their academy boss used a racial slur to describe black footballers. According to a report by Darren Lewis in The Mirror, youth scouting and recruitment manager Dean Ramsdale was under investigation […]

8 years ago

Son is facing a compulsory stint of military service in his homeland For the second time this summer, Tottenham’s Son Heung-min will represent his country at a tournament. Weeks on from South Korea bowing out of the World Cup at the group stages – taking Germany with them – their Under 23 side has travelled […]

8 years ago

Tottenham Hotspur have been forced to move two of their Premier League fixtures to Wembley after ‘issues with critical safety systems’ delayed the opening of their new stadium Spurs had been expected to play their first game at their new home against Liverpool on September 15. This, along with the following home game against Cardiff City […]

8 years ago

Well, this certainly has escalated quickly, hasn’t it? Petr Cech is not happy. Not happy at all. The Arsenal goalkeeper shipped two goals in their Premier League opener against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, Unai Emery’s new side failing to find a goal of their own. Cech was a surprise starter in the game following […]

8 years ago

Petr Cech is not amused The Arsenal goalkeeper was given the nod to start the club’s Premier League opener against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, despite the summer arrival of Bernd Leno. Things didn’t turn out all that well for Unai Emery’s new side. The English champions eventually won the game 2-0, their high pressing […]

8 years ago

Yeah, but tell us what you really think Willian remains at Chelsea; Antonio Conte does not. Had things played out differently this summer, there’s a good chance this would’ve been the other way round. The Brazilian international, despite being one of the London club’s key players last season, appeared to fall out of favour with […]

8 years ago

Nope, no idea either Islam Slimani remains a Leicester player, just about. Arriving from Sporting Lisbon for a fee of nearly £30m two years ago (when £30m was still quite a lot of a money to spend on a transfer), the Algerian international hasn’t really done much to justify his price tag while at the club. […]

8 years ago

What’s this? A Mino Raiola client wanting to move somewhere else? Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? A week on from all those stories linking Paul Pogba with a move away from Manchester United, it now seems Mino Raiola could be focusing his efforts on getting Mario Balotelli a move away from Nice. The Italian striker joined […]

8 years ago

From League One to Ligue 1?

8 years ago

Paul Pogba has rejected the chance to end speculation that he is unsettled at Manchester United Pogba helped United to a 2-1 win over Leicester City in their season opener at Old Trafford on Friday night, scoring a penalty after two minutes. Earlier in the week, it was reported that Barcelona had made a cash-plus-players […]

8 years ago

Real Madrid have got their man After months of speculation, Thibaut Courtois completed his move to the European champions earlier this week, bringing to a close a seven-year association with Chelsea. Clearly, plenty of Chelsea supporters weren’t impressed with the Belgium goalkeeper’s behaviour in the days leading up to the move. Courtois was reported as […]

8 years ago

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has confirmed his retirement from international football Pique was rumoured to have been considering his future with his national side following Spain’s last-16 defeat to Russia in the World Cup earlier this summer. However, some reports claimed Pique was set to continue to play for La Roja after Luis Enrique, his […]

8 years ago

Yes, it’s early days yet, but Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United are starting to look the real deal Having humbled Stoke City 3-1 in their Championship opener at Elland Road last week, Leeds followed it with an impressive 4-1 victory over Derby away at Pride Park. In truth, it was a devastating show of attacking football […]

8 years ago

Fittingly, it was Ruben Neves who scored the first goal of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ season Neves was one of the stars of Wolves’ march to the Championship title last year, responsible for several eye-catching goals along the way. His performances saw him linked with several moves to other Premier League clubs, only for the 21-year-old to […]

8 years ago

They couldn’t resist Hearts sent Celtic to their first defeat of the new season on Saturday afternoon. A second half volley from Kyle Lafferty, linked with a return to Rangers earlier this summer, was enough to settle the contest at Tynecastle. After it, those responsible for Hearts’ Twitter account used the opportunity to poke fun […]

8 years ago

No. No, no, no. NO. Surely – *surely* – this is Michelle Owen on a wind-up? After all, this is August: still very much British summertime. And while these isles aren’t exactly sweltering in the heatwave of a couple of weeks back, we can all agree that this is definitely not hats and gloves weather… can’t […]

8 years ago

That poor, poor water bottle Matt Ritchie, we can safely assume, was not best pleased to be substituted on Saturday afternoon. With the precious seconds ticking away in Newcastle United’s season opener against Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park, Rafa Benitez’s men found themselves trailing 2-1 to the visitors. Benitez decided a change was needed, […]

8 years ago

“I accept the rules but I don’t understand them” Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has spoken of his disappointment at the FA’s decision to deny Brazilian youngster Douglas Luiz a work permit. City signed the 20-year-old from Vasco de Gama last year in a deal worth around £10m. Having spent last season on loan at Girona, […]

8 years ago

A classy gesture from the new Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio was expected to take the number one shirt when he arrived at Wolverhampton Wanderers from Sporting Lisbon earlier this summer. Instead, the Portugal international was spotted wearing 11 – a number not usually associated with goalkeepers – during preseason. Now, on the eve of Wolves’ […]

8 years ago

And so the transfer window came to a disappointing end for Manchester United Linked with Toby Alderweireld, Harry Maguire, Jerome Boateng and what seemed like nearly every central defender under the sun, they ended up failing to sign any of them. Not to worry though, United fans. There’s other things to get excited / angry […]

8 years ago

Yes, the transfer window may have closed for English clubs, but we’re not done yet. Not by a long way. Although Premier League clubs aren’t permitted to bring in any more players until January, they are still allowed to offload players to other European clubs. With this in mind, it now seems Danny Rose could […]

8 years ago

What the hell have we just watched? We’ve come to learn over the years that Spanish teams bloody love themselves a good official unveiling ceremony for new signings. You know the drill. A player will walk out onto the pitch wearing his new team’s full kit, wave at the crowd a bit, do a few keepie-uppies […]

8 years ago

First Cristiano Ronaldo, now this… Rumours linking Luka Modric with a move to Inter Milan simply aren’t going away. Reports from Italy earlier this month claimed Inter had been encouraged to pursue a move for Modric by the Croatian international’s representatives. At that point, it seemed highly unlikely that such a transfer would happen – […]

8 years ago

This is getting silly now Manchester United want a new defender. That much we do know. Toby Alderweireld, Harry Maguire, Yerry Mina, Jerome Boateng and Kurt Zouma have all been linked with a move to Old Trafford in the last couple of weeks, only for United to reach deadline day without signing any of them. […]

8 years ago

It may be taking place slightly earlier than normal, but transfer deadline day is here As is tradition on such occasions, Sky Sports News have positioned approximately 12,000 reporters outside various training grounds up and down the land – all on the hunt for any slight clues that a new deal may be in the […]

8 years ago

How times change… After a summer of speculation, Thibaut Courtois is finally a Real Madrid player. It was announced on Wednesday night that the goalkeeper would leave Chelsea for the European champions for a fee of around £35m, the 26-year-old agreeing a six-year deal at the Bernabeu. This, of course, isn’t the first time that […]

8 years ago