Tottenham Hotspur want to sign a centre-forward, centre-back and central midfielder in the summer as Ange Postecoglou continues his rebuild of the North London side. Spurs have shown encouraging signs during the Australian’s debut campaign in charge, emerging as contenders for a top-four finish and Champions League qualification, despite the sale of Harry Kane to Bayern Munich last summer. Kane’s exit part-funded a club-record investment of around £230m on new signings this season and the Spurs board are prepared to free funds for the next stage of Postecoglou’s rebuild. The club’s focus will ..read more

UEFA have agreed to an expansion of squads for this summer’s European Championship with competing nations now permitted to take 26 players to the tournament. The governing body had reverted back to 23-man squads, much to the frustration of head coaches, having allowed 26-player parties as an emergency measure for the Covid-impacted tournament of 2021. However, a vote has passed to reinstate 26-man squads for this summer’s finals. The three-player increase has improved the chances of making the plane for several stars and we’ve picked out the English players who could benefit from the decision ..read more

We’ve reached the final month of the Premier League season and attention will soon turn towards the chaos of the summer transfer window. England’s top clubs will scramble for signings in a never-ending bid to improve, but with the tightening of financial regulations, Premier League sides could be forced into finding cost-efficient additions. There’s a long list of players heading towards free agency and we’ve compiled a Premier League XI of stars out of contract in the summer. Goalkeeper: Wes Foderingham – Sheffield United Featuring behind the Premier League’s worst-ever defence over a 38-gam ..read more

Five things we learned from the Premier League weekend, featuring ‘entertaining’ Manchester United and Arsenal’s in-form enigma. Ten Hag is right, Manchester United are entertaining but not how he would like “We are one of the most dynamic and entertaining teams in the league at this moment. We are creating loads of chances by playing good football,” Erik ten Hag said after his Manchester United side drew at home to relegation-threatened Burnley. Zeki Amdouni’s late penalty, following some inexplicable defending, earned Burnley a point and extended United’s run to one win in six games. Their ..read more

Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. Moment of the Week The North London derby always delivers, doesn’t it? Tottenham were on the wrong side of the fine margins against Arsenal, as Ange Postecoglou’s side fell to a 3-2 defeat. Spurs trailed 3-0 to Arsenal at half-time, in a home derby, for the first time in the Premier League era, though it could have been so different. After Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s own goal handed Arsenal the lead, Spurs hit the post through Cristian Romero, before Micky van de Ven had the ball in the net. Di ..read more

The Football Faithful’s Premier League Team of the Week is back for another edition. Arsenal edged an entertaining North London derby after seeing off a Spurs fightback, though Manchester City kept the title race in their own hands. Elsewhere, concerns continued for Liverpool and Manchester United, though it was better news for Everton who confirmed Premier League status for another season. Each week we delve through the weekend action and compile our Premier League Team of the Week from the fixtures’ finest performances. Goalkeeper: Arijanet Muric – Burnley Burnley kept alive their hope ..read more

Six talking points ahead of the Premier League weekend, featuring Liverpool’s need to toughen up, Phil Foden’s fantastic form, and an acid test for Arsenal. Limp Liverpool must toughen up against Hammers Liverpool’s title hopes appear all but over after a crushing defeat in the Merseyside Derby in midweek, a second loss in three league games leaving the Reds down if not quite out. Their defeat at Everton was very unlike the Liverpool we have come to know under Jurgen Klopp. His side were outworked, outfought, and the Reds were rattled at set-pieces. Both Everton goals came from dead balls int ..read more

Premier League clubs shipped out unwanted or unneeded assets on loan this season, with more than 150 players spending temporary stints away from top-flight clubs in 2023/24. Some have impressed out on loan and could potentially re-enter the thoughts of their managers when pre-season rolls around. We’ve looked at four Premier League players, currently out on loan, who should be handed an opportunity next season. Deniz Undav (Brighton) Deniz Undav departed Brighton in the summer in search of regular minutes, after the Seagulls signed Joao Pedro from Watford to add competition to their forward l ..read more

Five talking points ahead of the Premier League’s midweek action, featuring the race for Europe, Ineos’ need for a scalpel at Manchester United, and a Merseyside Derby with high stakes. European race heating up The title race might be the overriding narrative of the run-in but the chase for continental competition is becoming equally as tight. The top five are all but confirmed, though behind that is a fascinatingly close pack. Newcastle currently sit sixth, ahead of facing Crystal Palace this week, a position that at present will secure Europa Conference League football. However, should Manc ..read more

Five things we learned from the Premier League weekend, featuring Arsenal’s defensive record, Crystal Palace’s future, and Nottingham Forest opening a can of worms. Arsenal defence keeping title dream alive Arsenal moved back to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-0 win at Wolves, a fixture that saw the Gunners keep a sixth successive clean sheet on the road. Only two teams have ever had a longer sequence of clean sheets in away games in the Premier League, while their latest shutout was the 15th of the campaign for Arsenal – five more than any other side in the division. William Sali ..read more