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Could Kylian Mbappe win the Ballon d’Or this year?
When Kylian Mbappe became the youngest World Cup final goalscorer since Pele at Russia 2018, it felt inconceivable he would make it to the age of 27 without winning a Ballon d’Or. Yet, eight years on, the France star is still waiting for the award.
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Can Arsenal win the UCL?
At the end of Arsenal’s best season since the Arsene Wenger era, Mikel Arteta’s team suffered an agonising defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Having taken the French giants to a penalty shootout, the Gunners fell short in their efforts to be crowned European champions for the first time in their history.
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Enzo Fernandez must adapt his game to live up to his £125m price tag at Manchester City
Manchester City weren’t prepared to be denied in their pursuit of Enzo Fernandez. The Argentinean was, at the request of new manager Enzo Maresca, Manchester City’s primary target in the summer transfer window and the Etihad Stadium club ultimately got their man by paying Chelsea a fee of £125m for the midfielder on deadline day.
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Transfer Deadline Day chaos exposes the dangers of leaving it late
Transfer Deadline Day is the purest example of what modern football has become. Not only does it perfectly encapsulate the issue of a growing financial disparity within the game, but also the drifting of how central the sport itself is to consumption.
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Chelsea are still lacking a dominant defender to make them title challengers
Anyone who has watched Chelsea in their first two Premier League games of the season has surely enjoyed themselves. Xabi Alonso’s team have scored seven goals against Fulham and Brighton with the Blues as formidable in the attacking third as any other side in the English top flight at this moment in time.
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Liverpool were wise to keep Cody Gakpo with their forward line still under reconstruction
Had things gone a little differently, Cody Gakpo would have joined Manchester City this week. All the reporting suggested the Dutch attacker was on his way to the Etihad Stadium before the end of the summer transfer window in a move that had many Liverpool supporters scratching their chins in puzzlement.
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Manchester United’s Defence Is a Major Concern
An opening weekend fixture against a promoted team was meant to be a favourable way for Manchester United to start the 2026/27 season. Instead, it became their worst nightmare as Michael Carrick’s side suffered a dismal 2-0 defeat to Hull City in a game that brutally exposed their shortcomings.
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Can Aston Villa keep pushing forward despite losing key players?
These should be heady days for Aston Villa and their fans. After winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League, theoretically they are in a position of strength from which to build and launch an assault on the Premier League elite, but they can’t.
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Guehi’s Surprise New Role for Manchester City
When the Manchester City lineup dropped for Enzo Maresca’s first Premier League match as manager, there was much discussion. It wasn’t immediately clear how the Etihad Stadium side would shape up against Bournemouth.
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Can the promoted teams be competitive in the Premier League this season?
Last season, Sunderland broke the mould. A very concerning pattern had begun to develop at the bottom of the Premier League; in successive seasons, all six promoted teams went straight back to the Championship in a manner that threatened to undermine the competitive balance at the top of English football.
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