Barcelona’s start to the season has been phenomenal with seven wins in as many games in La Liga and it is safe to say that Hansi Flick’s men are signing under his tutelage. The team’s success, needless to say, also underlies several individual stars who have been phenomenal in the new system, one of whom is Robert Lewandowski. The Polish …

A number of Liverpool players are facing an uncertain future at the club because of their contract situation. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dijk have all entered the final year of their contract at Anfield and nothing has been decided about their future. There is currently no update about their contract extension and as it stands, they all …

Ipswich go into their match against Aston Villa on Sunday without a Premier League win since earning promotion. Kieran McKenna’s outfit face a Villa side that are currently third in the top flight. Match Preview Ipswich Recent Form Ipswich lost their opening two games of the season against Liverpool and Manchester City. Since then they have gone three unbeaten, drawing …

Former Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita is easily one of the club’s biggest flops in recent history. The midfielder joined the Premier League side with huge expectations but his time at Anfield was full of disappointments. The Guinea international suffered injury issues and when he was fit, his performances were highly disappointing, forcing the club to part ways with him last …

Match Preview Milan will target a third successive Serie A win when they host 17th-placed Lecce at San Siro on Friday following their best result so far under new manager Paulo Fonseca. The Rossoneri secured three points in the first derby of their season against Inter on Sunday courtesy of Matteo Gabbia’s 89th-minute winner. Lecce have taken all five of …

September 27 – Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna owner Pavlin Nikolov has followed through on his promise and withdrawn from financing of the club after nearly 50 Spartak fans disrupted the team’s training session on Thursday and attacked head coach Kyriakos Georgiou. According to various sources, Spartak’s head coach was punched in the face during the fan invasion. The training was immediately …

Manchester United have had a disappointing start to the new season. The Red Devils are currently 11th in the league after five matches and they could not win against FC Twente at Old Trafford in their first Europa League match of the season. It feels like nothing has changed much at Man United this season despite the club spending heavily …

So far this season, Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal has been a constant presence on the field, appearing in every match and accumulating 706 minutes.  His goals and assists have made headlines, but there is an underlying concern about his growing workload and with a series of games stacking up, it might be time for the coaching staff to think about …

Arne Slot still wants Martin Zubimendi (Photos by Julian Finney, Rafa Babot/Getty Images) Liverpool still like Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi but are wary of entering into a potential bidding war for him when clubs look again at his situation next summer, CaughtOffside understands. Although the Reds are still open to re-exploring a move for the Spain international after he …

Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images, Carl Recine/Getty Images and Michael Regan/Getty Images In his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa attacker Stan Collymore discusses some of football’s biggest talking points, including what Rodri’s absence means for Man City, why Michael Oliver got it wrong at the weekend plus much more. — Pep will issue a clarion call despite Rodri’s …