Inside the 24-hour talks that sealed Mauricio Pochettino’s exit from Chelsea

Despite overseeing a late-season surge to finish sixth and qualify for Europe – Mauricio Pochettino’s time at the club is over – Getty Images/Henry Nicholls Around 11:30 am on Tuesday morning, Mauricio shook hands with Pochettino on his departure from Chelsea and left the lawyers to finalize a divorce that didn’t require a relationship expert … Read more

What Liverpool fans can expect from Arne Slot – according to the man who knows him best

Arne Slot and Marino Pusic celebrate after Feyenoord wins the Eredivisie in 2023 – Getty Images/Dennis Bresser Perhaps, apart from Arne Slot himself, Marino Pusic is the person in world football best placed to explain who Liverpool’s new manager really is. Pusic is the current manager of Shakhtar Donetsk and was Slot’s assistant in the … Read more

Arsenal and Liverpool’s task will only become more difficult: they must learn from the invaluable quality of Manchester City

Johnny Marr stood alongside Noel Gallagher at the Etihad Stadium, but one of the musical throwbacks came from an earlier era. During the pitch invasion at the final whistle, Manchester City was described on a banner as “the Four Tops”. Motown takes its name from the Motor City; Although football has now become Manchester’s most … Read more

Premier League weekend prizes: tears, cheers and a banger in the long run

Jurgen Klopp had us all stringing along. I will always love what he did for Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp with the Premier League trophy -Credit: Liverpool FC via Getty Images Jurgen Klopp will walk through the Anfield tunnel for the final time as Liverpool manager this weekend after almost nine years at the club. There have been many moments for the Kop in that time. away from home and in Europe, which … Read more

The Premier League has a problem in the title race, but Arsenal can solve it

When Mikel Arteta addressed the Arsenal squad on Wednesday morning, the message was the same. That was to stay focused on what they had to do and forget about Manchester City. It wasn’t quite the same as predecessor George Graham prior to Arsenal’s famous final game of 1988/89, when he came on the morning after … Read more