After last night’s 3-2 defeat at Stamford Bridge, Sky Sports flagged up an alarming set of Newcastle stats on Monday Night Football. It was noted that we’ve now conceded more goals away from home than any other Premier League side, but the comparisons before and after Nick Pope’s injury were pretty shocking. See them in full below: As you can …

Nico Williams is an increasingly popular name at Chelsea but that’s not a surprise. As sources close to CaughtOffside have already noted in the past, the Blues have been monitoring the young Athletic Club de Bilbao player for at least a year. Olise and Williams potential Sterling replacements at Chelsea Now the Blues are evaluating the current situation regarding an …

Fenway Sports Group (FSG), the American conglomerate currently owning Liverpool, announced a new hire with Michael Edwards as chief executive of football. Edwards previously worked with the Premier League team as a sporting director. The exec initially joined the Reds in 2011 and then subsequently departed the club in 2022. Nevertheless, Edwards is now back with Liverpool in a key …

When Eric Dier left Tottenham for Bayern Munich, it has to be said that it was one of the more surprising loan transfers of the season. Keeping Harry Kane company probably wasn’t the worst idea from the Bavarians point of view, and with Dier having also played abroad, albeit in Portugal rather than Germany, he at least had that prior …

Newcastle suffered yet another defeat on Monday night, this time against Chelsea, and their 12th loss of a topsy turvy 2023/24 Premier League season gives them a lot of work to do if they want to finish the campaign in the European places. The game itself replicated much of how the Magpies have played throughout the season as one minute …

Italian journalist Michele Criscitiello goes off on Juventus, urging John Elkann to entrust Cristiano Giuntoli with the rebuild project. The Bianconeri started the campaign on a high note and were still in contention for the Scudetto by mid-season. But it has all come undone between February and March. The Old Lady only managed to beat Frosinone (thanks to a last-gasp …

March 12 – TNT Sports, the former BT Sports channel that is now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, has struck a shared broadcast deal with the BBC for the English FA Cup. The four-year deal will begin with the 2025-26 season and will see every game outside the 3pm kick-off televised for the first time. TNT Sports won the primary …

March 12 – A meeting between English Premier League clubs on Monday ended without an agreement on a new deal for funding clubs lower down the pyramid. Top-flight clubs were last month warned that failure to reach a funding deal with the English Football League would mean one being imposed on them. It had been expected the Premier League would …

March 12 – Palmeiras will take legal action against John Textor after the Botafogo owner cited the club in accusations of match manipulation in the Brazilian game. On Monday, Palmeiras said in a statement that the club “will take all appropriate legal measures against the owner of Botafogo, John Textor, so that he responds for the irresponsible and frivolous statements …

Erik ten Hag faces an uncertain future at Man United due to the Manchester club’s performances this season but it will cost Sir Jim Ratcliffe millions to sack the Dutch coach.  The Red Devils currently sit sixth in the league standings, eight points from the Champions League spots, but it is the performances of Ten Hag’s team that has fans …