Two seasons previous, Valencia won their first Spanish Primera Division title for 31 years, largely due to the appointment of Rafa Benitez. In the 2003-04 campaign, Los Che made it two wins in three years to beat Real Madrid to the championship. Los Blancos put up a fairly dismal title defence, and despite having the talents of the Galacticos, they …

The 2024/25 season gives Arsenal another chance to wrestle the Premier League title from Man City, with Mikel Arteta surely needing to break that duck to maintain any sort of credibility in the role. By the end of the campaign, he will have been at the helm for five and a half years, and given the money that he’s spent …

Juventus looks set to accept AS Roma’s latest offer for Matias Soule as they aim to offload him as quickly as possible. The Argentinian has made Roma his first-choice destination, and the Giallorossi are keen to make the move happen. He has rejected approaches from West Ham and Leicester City, prompting Juve to negotiate with Roma. The Bianconeri have turned …

Chief among Mikel Arteta’s early realisations as Arsenal coach was that Granit Xhaka was not a deep lying playmaker. When Xhaka was signed in 2016, Arsene Wenger seemed to struggle to define the player, first describing him as a ‘box to box’ player, before situating him at the base of the Arsenal midfield. Xhaka, somewhat confusingly, described himself as ‘a …

Close to half the summer transfer window is past us, and Barcelona are yet to make any groundbreaking moves in the form of either arrivals or departures. Despite noise around possible big departures this summer, the Catalans are yet to finalise any such operation. There have been more concrete rumours on the arrivals front, but the operations appear to be …

Practically out of nowhere, the Saudi Pro League has become one of the most popular soccer divisions in the world. Every Matchday, millions of viewers tune in to watch their favorite players tearing it up in the desert, often sacrificing matches from the top five European leagues to do so. Many believe a powershift is on the horizon, as it …

Manchester United could now reportedly be in with the chance of signing Denzel Dumfries in a swap deal with Inter Milan that would see Aaron Wan-Bissaka move in the opposite direction. Man Utd would surely do well to bring in an upgrade at right-back, as Wan-Bissaka quite clearly looks like a player who isn’t quite up to the standard required …

Argentina coach Javier Mascherano has slammed the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics, claiming their management of the match against Morocco was “pathetic”. His comments came after Argentina controversially lost 2-1 to Morocco in their Paris Olympics opener in Saint-Etienne. Paris Olympics Opener Between Argentina and Morocco Ends in Chaos Argentina and Morocco met in the first soccer match of …

Roma are open to making a potential transfer move for Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta this summer after missing out on other striker targets, sources have informed CaughtOffside. The Serie A giants have previously missed out on Artem Dovbyk and Youssef En-Nesyri, and it now seems that manager Daniele de Rossi is keen on Mateta as an option to come in …

On July 20th 2023 Chelsea faced Wrexham in their first pre-season game in the USA and won that game 5-0. Almost exactly a year later it was a case of deja vu as The Blues faced Wrexham again in the USA but this time around, they were actually lucky not to be on the wrong side of defeat. Enzo Maresca …