Barcelona took home three points against an inspired Athletic Club last night to take their tally in La Liga to six points in two games. The big takeaway from the game, however, was the continued unavailability of the team’s new signing Dani Olmo. The attacking midfielder sat out of the Catalans’ league opener against Valencia last weekend and was expected …

Real Madrid won their first home game of the new campaign 3-0 at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, defeating Real Valladolid 3-0. After a tepid first half, Los Blancos showed a lot more in the second period and ended up scoring three goals despite not being at their best, with Federico Valverde, Brahim Diaz and Endrick all finding the back of …

Nicolas Jackson has hit out at Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel after he scored his side’s opening goal during Sunday’s win. After losing their opening Premier League fixture 2-0 against defending champions Manchester City, Enzo Maresca will be delighted to get his first win under his belt as Chelsea manager. In a thrilling game at Molineux, Chelsea beat Wolves 6-2 …

Juventus are still pushing to make two more additions to Thiago Motta’s squad in the shape of Teun Koopmeiners and Jadon Sancho. The Bianconeri are enjoying a splendid end to the summer transfer session. Following Pierre Kalulu’s arrival earlier in the week, Nico Gonzalez signed his contract on Sunday, while Francisco Conceicao will soon follow. And yet, Cristiano Giuntoli is …

Enzo Maresca has picked out Noni Madueke for criticism despite the winger’s hat-trick in Chelsea’s 6-2 win over Wolves on Sunday. Madueke scored three times in the space of 14 points to help Chelsea take the game away from their hosts, with Nicolas Jackson, Joao Felix and Cole Palmer grabbing the other goals — the latter assisting all three for …

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola was baffled why VAR opted to intervene and disallow Dango Ouattara’s injury-time effort against Newcastle this afternoon. Ouattara thought he had won it for the hosts after seemingly meeting Lewis Cook’s right-wing corner with his shoulder and the ball flying into the net. Referee David Coote awarded the goal but VAR swiftly ruled the ball had …

Noni Madueke has apologised for a post criticising Wolverhampton which appeared on his Instagram account the night before the Chelsea forward’s hat-trick against Wolves. The message on Madueke’s social media used a swearword to describe “everything about” the city, which he swiftly explained had been posted to the wrong account while saying viewers had noticed it “too fast”. “I just …

Ivan Toney is reportedly close to completing his move away from Premier League outfit Brentford as Al-Ahli pushes for the move after the player was dropped from the squad to face Liverpool. Thomas Frank has yet again made the decision to drop his start striker from Brentford’s matchday squad as they are set for a tough battle against Liverpool at …

A poor performance featuring a few alarming displays, but Newcastle remain unbeaten two games into the season following a 1-1 draw at Bournemouth on Sunday afternoon. Here’s our marks out of 10 and comments on each player: Pope – 6.5 – A few good stops but he looked very shaky with the ball at his feet. One big save early …

Earlier in the day, Barcelona trimmed their defensive unit by announcing the sale of young prodigy Mika Faye. The Senegalese international joined Rennes for a fee of €10.3 million, with Barcelona holding a €25 million buyback and a 30% sell-on fee clause. But Faye is not the only Barcelona defender likely to leave the club this summer, with Eric Garcia …