Just two games into the season, the injuries are starting to pile up for FC Barcelona. After losing Andreas Christensen to an Achilles tendon issue last week, the Catalans will face Rayo Vallecano tonight without another defender – Eric Garcia, the club have confirmed. “First-team player Eric Garcia has plantar fasciitis in his right foot. His evolution will determine his …

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August 27 – Christoph Daum, the charismatic German coach who was denied the national team job after failing a cocaine test, has died aged 70 from lung cancer. Daum, who led Stuttgart to the Bundesliga title in 1992, also coached Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen to runner-up spots as well as winning league titles in Turkey and Austria. He went public …

After a long wait, FC Barcelona have finally managed to register Dani Olmo in La Liga, in time for tonight’s league game against Rayo Vallecano. The 26-year-old joined Barcelona from RB Leipzig in a deal worth €55 million plus another €7 million in add-ons. However, close to three weeks after his arrival, Barça were facing major issues registering him in …

Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah is being tipped to do good things for Crystal Palace once his transfer goes through for a fee of £30million. That’s according to Arsenal expert Charles Watts as he spoke exclusively to CaughtOffside for his latest column for the Daily Briefing, with the writer providing his latest information and insight into the Nketiah situation. The 25-year-old …

August 27 – Charges have been dropped against Colombian FA chief and FIFA Council member Ramón Jesurún more than  a month after he and his son were arrested in the chaos that unfolded at the Copa America final  in Miami. Michael Band, an attorney for the 71-year-old Jesurún, said prosecutors decided to drop the felony battery charges after carefully considering …

Barcelona are one of only two teams in La Liga to sit on two wins in two games so far. If that is not impressive enough, a look at the conditions in which they have achieved their wins provides further perspective. Sitting proudly atop the league standings two games into the season, Hansi Flick and Co. will look to keep …

After months of agonizing negotiations, Juventus have finally reached an agreement to sign Teun Koopmeiners according to several top sources in Italy. According to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Atalanta have now accepted the Bianconeri’s offer for the 26-year-old. La Dea have been holding out for 60 million euros, while the Bianconeri have come very close to the asking price. …

Time waits for no man, and it appears that Cristiano Ronaldo is on the verge of quitting the game where he made his name. For Sporting, Man United, Real Madrid and Juventus, he has literally and metaphorically been head and shoulders above his team-mates. Simply put, he’s one of the greatest players to have ever set foot on a football …

August 27 – Tributes are pouring in from across the game following the death at 76 of former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. Eriksson, the first non-British manager of the England team, led the Three Lions to the quarter-finals at three major tournaments during his five-year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. He was appointed England manager after making his …