Southgate’s Six English Riddles: The Alexander-Arnold Puzzle and Will Wharton Make It?

Southgate’s Six English Riddles: The Alexander-Arnold Puzzle and Will Wharton Make It? Gareth Southgate has the ideal 26 players in mind to take to Euro 2024, but that could change depending on injuries as he needs to balance his squad. Here are his dilemmas ahead of the deadline (midnight on Friday) to submit his final … Read more

Southgate admits England’s lack of cover for Rice and Shaw poses a risk to the euro

The biggest omissions in the England squad for Euro 2024

Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson left out of England squad ahead of Euro 2024 (Getty Images) England manager Gareth Southgate has named a 33-player training squad for the 2024 European Championship, with a number of big names ruled out of this summer’s European Championships in Germany. Southgate will reduce his squad to 26 players on … Read more

Premier League weekend awards: Erling Haaland channels Michael Jordan

Arsenal have released Kai Havertz – and it could have implications for their transfer activities

Arsenal bought Kai Havertz as a midfielder, but he is flourishing as a striker – Getty Images/Charlotte Wilson When it comes to matters off the pitch, Mikel Arteta cannot be described as a particularly flexible manager. Just ask Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Matteo Guendouzi, two recent Arsenal players who were banned from the club for not … Read more

Premier League: 10 things to watch out for in this weekend’s football

Interview with Sir Keir Starmer: My role in bringing Declan Rice to Arsenal

The potential next Prime Minister is a committed Arsenal supporter: Telegraph Sport’s Darren Staples Sir Keir Starmer has discussed his role in Declan Rice’s £105million transfer to Arsenal. “So when we played at West Ham last year and Declan was still a West Ham player, I took my son with me,” says the Labor leader. … Read more

Arsenal’s defining Champions League night asks the ultimate Mikel Arteta question

During the energetic training sessions ahead of Arsenal’s visit to Bayern Munich, Thomas Tuchel’s staff talked the players through Bukayo Saka’s runs and told them to use their “experience”. It was a word uttered six times by the manager or Harry Kane during the German side’s pre-match media duties and could well prove the difference … Read more