As the summer transfer window heats up, Real Madrid's goalkeeper Andriy Lunin finds himself at a career crossroads. Despite an impressive season filling in for the injured Thibaut Courtois, Lunin's future at the Santiago Bernabeu remains uncertain. Cadena COPE says Real Madrid offered the 25-year-old a contract extension until 2029, but he has yet to […]

There are concerns that Mikel Arteta may go this summer, which is not the news Arsenal supporters want to hear before a crucial last-day title fight, after he expressed his ambition to manage in Spain. The Spaniard is, without a shadow of a question, among the world's top coaches right now. This will be true […]

Much to Arsenal's surprise, former goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has quietly bought the rights to the 'Invincibles' trademark. Lehmann played with the Gunners from 2003 to 2008 and was an integral part of Arsene Wenger's 2003-04 Premier League winning team. As part of the historic, still unrivaled, record-breaking run, he started all 38 games and recorded […]

The legendary Gerard Pique was driven to continue playing in his later years only by his devotion to Barcelona. Suddenly retiring in November of last season, the 37-year-old contributed significantly to the club's financial situation. He passed on a large portion of his remaining contract salary. After leaving the academy as a youngster to play […]

Preseason travel to the United States is on the schedule for Arsenal when it makes a tour of the US. The Gunners will embark on their 2024-25 season preparations in the summer of 2024 with another tour to the United States, as previously planned. This summer, Arsenal will return to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles […]

Preseason travel to the United States is on the schedule for Arsenal when it makes a tour of the US. The Gunners will embark on their 2024-25 season preparations in the summer of 2024 with another tour to the United States, as previously planned. This summer, Arsenal will return to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles […]

Brentford set a surprisingly low asking price for Ivan Toney despite a considerable level of transfer interest in the striker. The striker returned to training with Brentford, but he remains a few months away from making his on-field return. Toney has not played since a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on May 6. He picked up […]

Chelsea has an opportunity on the horizon in the upcoming January transfer window to land Aaron Ramsdale. The goalkeeper currently maintains a spot on the sideline for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. The Gunners' manager chose to relegate the English shot-stopper to the bench. Instead, David Raya has taken over as the club's primary goalkeeper. In […]

After a depressing World Cup where German wunderkind Youssoufa Moukoko played just one minute, Moukoko is reportedly leaning towards leaving Dortmund in January. That's right. Moukoko could leave Dortmund right as they launch what could be their closest shot at winning the Bundesliga in almost a decade. The precocious prodigy leads the Black in Yellow […]

Arsenal's youth project dominated headlines to start the season. An expensive, but young, batch of transfer acquisitions provided the Gunners the youngest squad in the Premier League. Mikel Arteta had the options at his disposal for natural development of players. The question remained as to how well they would fit in with the squad. Once […]

Using former players as managers is certainly not a new trend. Vicente del Bosque made 445 appearances for Real Madrid from 1968 to 1984. The Spaniard the returned with a managerial stint that yielded two league titles and two Champions Leagues. Johan Cruyff established himself as one of the world's greatest players on the […]

For the detractors of Liverpool’s early season success, this is the match they have been waiting for. A matchup against one of the top teams in the Premier League. In all likelihood, their critics would prefer the game were being played against Chelsea or Manchester City. But those people will just have to accept that […]

Who to play? Who not to play? That is the question facing Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho in the buildup to their Capital One Cup match at the Emirates scheduled for Tuesday between two of the form teams in England. The must-see match kicks off at 3:45pm ET on Tuesday, October 29. Programming note: For viewers […]

Matchday 3 sees some crucial match-ups but none may be more important at this stage than the Standard Liege – Olympiacos fixture. Arsenal look to be a lock for top spot in Group H but second place is wide open. A win today for Olympiacos would put them in the driver's seat. If they lose […]

Part of the changes to qualification this year sees the champions of smaller domestic leagues gaining the chance to reach the group stage of the Champions League. In the Champions Path, the feature match-up should be between FC Zurich and FK Ventspils. Latvian titleholders Ventspils edged past last season's group stage participant FC BATE Borisov […]