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A long meeting between Barcelona manager Xavi and the board of directors yesterday managed to do the unthinkable – reverse the coach’s decision to leave. As revealed last night, Xavi will stay at Barcelona until 2025 and see out his contract with the club barring any last-minute changes. Club President Joan Laporta, in fact, is set to make an official …

Xavi’s public announcement of his decision to leave Barcelona at the end of the season back in January provided the dressing room with just the right push that they required to get back on track. From that point, until the unfortunate collapse against PSG, Barcelona looked cohesive, dominant and like genuine title contenders on all fronts. It was not only …

Morning all. I watched last night’s Merseyside derby more in hope than expectation – after all, the last time Everton beat Liverpool at home was October 17th 2010, when a certain Mikel Arteta scored their second goal in a 2-0 win. I don’t watch Liverpool enough to know if this was completely atypical of them, but they had 76% possession, …

The colossal collapse to PSG in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for Xavi as Barcelona manager. After all, the manager had strongly advocated for months that he would leave at the end of the season, and a defeat of such proportion would certainly not help in creating …

Barcelona appear to have finally resolved the future of Xavi Hernandez. The Spaniard has decided to stay at Camp Nou despite announcing earlier that he would like to leave the club. Xavi’s contract at Barcelona lasts until 2025 and it seems he is now ready to fulfil the contract. The coach’s decision to stay could go a long way in …

Eddie Howe has not held back in his assessment of last night’s 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, revealing how “baffled” he was by certain aspects of our performance. Speaking to the media after our 10th away defeat of the season, the boss criticised our lack of quality in possession and constant reluctance to shoot, feeling it was a real “missed …

As we brace ourselves for the penultimate round of Championship fixtures, battles at both ends of the table are going down to the wire. With a host of clubs still scrapping it out in this season’s relegation scrap, we look set for a season-defining afternoon of Championship action. For those of you looking to stick on a Saturday acca, we …

April 25 – The European Club Association (ECA) is winning the membership battle in the football clubs stakeholder space against the newly formed Union of European Clubs (UEC). Currently holding a series of Board meetings in Madrid, the ECA has reported that it now has more than 610 members clubs, up from 266 clubs since the start of the 2023/24 …

April 25 – Columbus Crew will take a slight advantage into the second leg of their Champions Cup semi-final in Monterrey next week, having won their home tie 2-1 last night. Juan Camilo Hernández opened the scoring for the Columbis Crew in the 26th minute, before Maximiliano Meza equalised for Monterrey on 58 minutes. Jacen Russell-Rowe score Columbus’ winner 15 minutes …

April 24 – Arsenal are cemented their challenge in the final stretches of the Premier League title race with an emphatic 5-0 win against London rivals Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Tuesday. Having arguably the hardest of the run-ins of title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City, and improving Chelsea potentially looked like a tricky hurdle. In the end they …