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Scotland’s New Era Takes Shape
It’s been seven years since Scotland last welcomed a new manager. The Steve Clarke era spanned 81 matches and three major tournaments, concluding in a disappointing showing at the 2026 World Cup. Clarke’s influence was undeniable, but Scotland needed new ideas and turned to Sebastien Pocognoli for this.
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Reece James Is Exposing Chelsea’s Weakness
There was a change in the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Until then, Chelsea fans had enjoyed Xabi Alonso’s brand of free-flowing, cavalier football. The Blues have started the season in strong attacking form.
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Why Tonali Is More Gattuso Than Pirlo
Ever since he emerged at Brescia, Sandro Tonali has been compared to Andrea Pirlo and it has never felt accurate. Pirlo’s career began at the same club, too, and there is a similarity to the way they look, while they are obviously both central midfielders.
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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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