English giants Arsenal are beholden to the fate that the footballing gods above see fit to bestow upon them in the final week of the 2023-24 Premier League season as the Gunners seek to end their two-decade league trophy drought.    Sitting just one point behind juggernaut Manchester City but boasting a greater goal difference, Mikel Arteta’s young side have pushed a treble-winning side to the wire while proving that the long-term project under the former Arsenal midfielder is alive and well in North London after finishing second in 2022-23.   But despite the capital club still ..read more

Hibernian are on the lookout for a new manager following the departure of Nick Montgomery earlier this week. In this article, I have a look at five potential candidates to be the next man in the hot seat at Easter Road.   Derek McInnes   A proven manager within the Scottish game having won the League Cup with Aberdeen and brought European football back to Kilmarnock with an impress fourth-placed finish this season. Derek McInnes is a tried and tested manager who has one of the strongest track records of a manager – out with Celtic and Rangers – in the last fifteen years.    ..read more

Scoring his fifth goal for the club, and third directly from a free-kick, Marcelino Núñez joined a long list of Norwich City players who have scored the winning goal in the East Anglian derby. From a set piece, it was a familiar type of goal, however, this season has seen the Chilean develop and prove himself to be more than just a set-piece specialist.     A well-rounded, deep lying central midfielder, Núñez is capable of breaking up opposition play before launching offensive attacks. And whilst much attention on Norwich players has been focused on Jonathan Rowe, Josh Sargent a ..read more

With just two games remaining in the 2023/24 Serie A season, it is now a tall ask for Sassuolo to achieve the goal of safety in the Italian top division. On Week 37, Sassuolo are at home to Cagliari in one of the biggest games of the season, and this result will tell the outcome of two clubs’ safety or relegation in Serie A. Sassuolo are second bottom with 29 points from 36 games, their opponents for this coming Sunday lunchtime kick-off are outside of the bottom three in 14th place, with 33 points from 36 games.    One of the final nails was being hammered in the coffin on Sunday af ..read more

Invincible: a term reserved for only the greatest of teams. Arsenal 2003/2004, Juventus 2011-2012 spring to mind as the most notable of teams who have gone a whole league season unbeaten. Now Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen are one game away from joining this illustrious group.   They have shattered records, broken Bayern Munich’s 11-year hegemony over the Bundesliga and are on course for an unprecedented unbeaten treble. At the steely centre of this team has been Robert Andrich, whose own journey has been nothing short of miraculous.   Andrich started his career at Hertha BSC, before ..read more

It remains to be seen what happens in their final two matches against Juventus and Genoa, it remains to be seen whether or not Thiago Motta will remain as manager, but one thing’s for sure: Bologna will be playing Champions League football next season for the first time in 59 years. They sit third in the table after winning 2-0 at defending champions Napoli, and they have lost just two matches in 2024: a 2-1 loss at Cagliari on January 14 and a 1-0 loss to Inter on March 9.   Motta has taken on the task of developing young stars and refining them into consistent performers, and one player ..read more

The Old Firm derby, arguably the most heated derby in all of Britain, has become little more than a reminder of the arm’s length that Celtic have come to hold Rangers at. The green and white of Glasgow have come to dominate Scotland with a vice-like grip that seems unlikely to loosen anytime soon.    The latest match between the two was settled by Celtic and may have also settled the fate of the league’s destination. Reduced to ten men, Rangers were combative and spirited, and pushed Celtic close but as so often appears to be the case lately, fell short.    And so Celtic lo ..read more

It has been nothing short of a magnificent campaign for Athletic Club de Bilbao. They have won their first major trophy in 40 years, edging Mallorca on penalties in the Copa del Rey Final, and they are all but guaranteed to finish in fifth place and qualify for next season’s UEFA Europa League. One player who has been indispensable for them is Iñaki Williams.   The son of Ghanaian immigrants, Iñaki Williams was born in Bilbao, the largest city in Spain’s Basque Country. Football came to Basque Country in the late 1800s via English dockworkers chasing steel fortunes in newly industrialized ..read more

In Europe’s top five leagues, only one defender has managed at least 8 assists, 45 successful dribble take-ons, and 145 progressive carries in a single campaign in the past three seasons: Girona’s (City Football Group’s) Yan Couto. If that seems like an arbitrary cut-off for a grouping of statistics, that is because it is. But, it highlights the Brazilian’s playstyle and contribution to both Girona’s attacking end product and build-up.   If you loosen the criteria to 7 assists, it adds one player who has done it the past two seasons: Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong. Yan Couto is not w ..read more

Cristiano Ronaldo On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6q3r5QsgDu93NU6oJaLrtI?si=0e2e8ad3d9274ddd Cristiano Ronaldo On YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZLzvD5ghOB8   In a fusion of football fervor and musical mastery, VanMilli, the visionary producer renowned for his innovative blend of Brazilian Phonk, unveils his latest creation: “Cristiano Ronaldo”. Inspired by Cristiano Ronaldo’s unforgettable hat-trick performance against Spain during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, this track pays homage to the legendary athlete’s extraordinary talent and indomitable spirit.   VanMilli’s musical journe ..read more