Ligue 1

Although they came incredibly close to breaking their two decade title duck in the Premier League last season, Arsenal still couldn’t overhaul Pep Guardiola’s Man City side. There was a huge improvement in the 2023/24 season to the previous campaign, however, and with the rub of the green in 2024/25, there’s no reason why they can’t go one better and …

Emre Can completed the scoring on Friday night with a fine finish from 20 yards to wrap up a 5-1 win for Germany over Scotland in the opening game of Euro 2024. The former Liverpool midfielder – who was only called up to the Germany squad as a replacement on Wednesday – fired past keeper Angus Gunn after Florian Wirtz, …

Scotland fans were given something to cheer in their clash with Germany as a bizarre own-goal from Real Madrid’s Antonio Rudiger helped Steve Clark’s men get on the scoresheet which brought the scoreline to 4-1.  The Germans have been immense during their opening game of Euro 2024 and have started their home tournament in the perfect way. Goals from Wirtz, …

Two former Manchester United managers were pictured having a chat inside Munich’s Allianz Stadium ahead of the opening game of Euro 2024. Television cameras picked out Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho enjoying a pre-match natter shortly before Germany vs Scotland. Ferguson was at the game to support his beloved Scotland. Meanwhile, Portuguese Mourinho revealed on Instagram that he was …

Germany have doubled their lead over Scotland in their Euro 2024 opener in Munich courtesy of a brilliant strike from Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala. Julian Nagelsmann’s side are looking to get their Euros campaign off to the perfect start and that occurred after just 10 minutes as Florian Wirtz finished off a move that cut Steve Clark’s men open. That …

Ian Maatsen is set to leave Chelsea this summer and interest has now emerged from the Premier League in the form of Aston Villa.  The left-back spent the second half of this season on loan with Borussia Dortmund, which was a very productive spell for the Dutch star. The 22-year-old featured in 23 games for the Bundesliga club, scoring three …

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This summer’s transfer window should enlighten Chelsea fans as to how the club intend to move forward on the pitch. The last two windows – discounting the January sales – have been dominated by the Blues, as owner Todd Boehly has gone hell for leather in terms of who he wants to sign and who he wants to sell. Certainly, …

Arsenal are ready to accept bids in the region of £30m for Emile Smith Rowe this summer as Mikel Arteta is open to letting the 23-year-old talent leave the Emirates Stadium ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.  The Englishman looked destined to have a very bright future at Arsenal when he broke through during the 2021/22 season, but things have not …

In what could be Gareth Southgate’s last international competition as England manager, the 53-year-old has made a big call ahead of the Three Lions first game against Serbia on Sunday. England have come oh so close in tournament football under the former player, getting to the semi-finals of the World Cup back in 2018 before going all the way to …