Oliver Kay, Nick Miller and more The Premier League is back this weekend and, after the interruptions of international breaks in September, October and November, will now run through until the end of March with only a few domestic diversions for the FA Cup. Sunday will provide our first glimpse of a Ruben Amorim-led Manchester […]
Anantaajith Raghuraman Injuries are rarely the solitary determiner of a team’s form, but they affect the line-ups managers are able to select and therefore the tactics they can employ. Here we look into how Premier League clubs have been affected by injuries this season using data (up to November 13) from Premier Injuries, a website […]
Jacob Whitehead Bryan Mbeumo had already scored twice when he threaded a pass for Keane Lewis-Potter to score Brentford’s fourth in their 5-0 win over Southampton on Saturday. It was Mbeumo’s 100th league goal contribution in Brentford colours. The Cameroon international joined Brentford from Troyes in France for just £5.8million ($7.25m) in August 2019 — […]
Matt Slater Welcome to part three in our series this week on The Premier League Owners, the people behind English top-flight clubs. Here, we look at the last surviving homegrown owners and ask how long they can hold on. You can read the other articles in the series here, and there are more to come […]
Adam Crafton Welcome to part two in our series about who owns the Premier League’s 20 clubs. Today, we look at American investors: who are they, why are they so taken with the English top flight and what are their plans? In the conference halls of Fort Lauderdale’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino last week, […]
Philip Buckingham From the local businessmen propping up boyhood clubs to the Gulf states chasing reflected glories, an eclectic mix has taken over English football’s top 20 clubs. Owners of Premier League teams have spent millions to secure a seat at the top table but no two stories are the same. Some are in for […]
The Athletic UK Staff It is 20 years since one of the most infamous blunders in the Premier League officiating took place. Pedro Mendes was playing for Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester United at Old Trafford in 2005 when his shot from just over the halfway line was spilt by United keeper Roy Carroll. The Northern […]
Matt Slater Компанията, която стои зад спорната идея за Европейската Суперлига, промени предложението си още веднъж, като напълно премахна оригиналния формат на затворен магазин, в опит да го направи по-привлекателен за клубовете и феновете. Миналия декември базираната в Мадрид A22 Sports обяви, че се отказва от плана си за 2021 г. за създаване на лига […]
The Athletic UK Staff The transfer window offers clubs an opportunity to fill any holes in their squad but also gives players a chance to move on. We’ve asked our reporters to name a player (or two) from each club who could do with a move in January. It could be someone out of favour […]
The Athletic UK Football Writers Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is enjoying the best Premier League season statistically for an attacker, topping the list for the best minutes-played-to-goal-contributions ratio in the competition’s 33-year history with his performances in the first 18 games of 2024-25. But is there more to consider when debating which attacking player has had […]