Morning, all.  Blogs is out of action so I’m covering this morning.  As some of you who follow me on Twitter will know, I have a long-standing disdain for Leeds United. It dates back a couple of decades to a pub in Harrogate and an incident with one of their fans who labelled me, “Harry Potter Speccy Twat”.  It’s fair …

Arsenal are among the clubs set to hold initial talks with Rennes over the potential transfer of exciting young attacking midfielder Desire Doue, CaughtOffside understands. Sources with a close understanding of the player’s situation have informed CaughtOffside that he has been scouted closely by Arsenal in recent times, along with other top clubs such as Manchester United, Aston Villa, Bayer …

Of course we all want to forget the Ashley era (rightly so), but those years of neglect will take time to overturn. The idea that Top 4 is now an expectation rather than an ambition, is nuts. There’s still a big gap between us and the Big Six in terms of finances and squad strength. With FFP rules in places, …

Barcelona’s final game of the 2023-24 season saw them take on Sevilla at the famed Ramon Sanchez Pijzuan and the 90 minutes that followed were high-octane, as expected. Robert Lewandowski gave his side an early lead in Seville through a well-worked finish in just the 15th minute, but Youssef En-Neysri struck back for Sevilla just 15 minutes later. The second …

Inter director Giuseppe Marotta has confirmed salary is the current issue as the club attempts to negotiate a new contract for striker Lautaro Martinez.  The Argentine has established himself as one of the best strikers on the planet since joining from Racing in 2018, scoring 129 goals in 282 appearances across all competitions for the club so far. Martinez has fired …

Everton’s hopes of signing Jack Harrison on a permanent deal have been handed a significant boost by Leeds United’s failure to secure promotion to the Premier League, according to reports.  Harrison was one of a number of Leeds players with a clause in their contract allowing them to be loaned out if the club suffered relegation in 2022/23, with the …

On Saturday night, another hectic Juventus campaign drew to a close. While this one lacked the legal troubles that stole the limelight last season, the Bianconeri managed to create chaos without any intervention from the public prosecutor for a change. From a cautiously optimistic start to a mid-season collapse and then a Coppa Italia triumph that witnessed the good, the …

Manchester United have seemingly not yet officially communicated anything on the future of on-loan midfielder Sofyan Amrabat, according to Fabrizio Romano. Speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside for the latest edition of his Daily Briefing column, Romano explained that Amrabat, who is currently on loan at Man Utd from Fiorentina, has attracted some interest from Barcelona and Juventus in recent times. It …

Chelsea have recently parted ways with Mauricio Pochettino and they are expected to appoint a new manager soon. According to a report from TEAMtalk, Chelsea have a number of candidates on their shortlist including Ruben Amorim, Enzo Maresca, Kieran McKenna, and Roberto De Zerbi. The report states that the Italian manager has now emerged as the leading candidate to take …

As per a report from Mundo Deportivo, it seems that full-back Joao Cancelo might have played his final match for Barcelona in their recent clash against Sevilla. The victory of Barcelona with a score of 2-1 against Sevilla is expected to mark the farewell of various players from the team, including Cancelo, who had been on loan from Manchester City …