It was a fair run, Turkiye. After producing two of the goals of the tournament and arguably the best match of the tournament so far, giving us a glimpse into a promising future with Arda Güler and Orkun Kökcü, and giving us more Balkan drama, the Netherlands has ended the Turkiye fairytale story. They didn't […]

You could be forgiven for thinking that the Netherlands was the best team in the world midway through the first half, sometime after Cody Gakpo's stunning strike and before halftime. Despite a woeful group stage, the Dutch flipped the switch and played like champions in their 3-0 win over Romania. They dominated possession over one […]

The Netherlands took home the full three points on Sunday, scraping past a resilient Poland side 2-1 to kick off their Euro 2024 campaign. Super-sub Wout Weghorst made the difference to complete a sensational come-from-behind victory. Poland entered the game without star striker Robert Lewandowski, who suffered a thigh injury in one of their pre-Euro […]

Liverpool chose to break its slump with a win against Everton, its neighbor across Stanley Park who is in relegation trouble. In the Reds' last four Premier League games, Liverpool picked up one point. It rocked the club back to 10th in the table, all but eliminated from Champions League qualification. Mathematically, of course, Liverpool […]

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag is supposedly frustrated that the club let PSV striker Cody Gakpo go to Liverpool. Sources at ESPN claim that the manager clearly wanted to sign the star during the January transfer period. Gakpo was heavily linked with United prior to moving to Merseyside. Liverpool practically snatched Gakpo out from […]

Liverpool have agreed a deal with PSV Eindhoven for the transfer of Cody Gakpo. The Reds will reportedly pay an initial fee of about $44.4 million for the budding star, but the transfer could rise to $60 million based on certain conditions. PSV revealed the agreement on Twitter. “PSV and LFC have reached an agreement […]

The face of a well-engineered PSV team poised to make a deep run in the Europa League, and a breakout star for the Oranje, Cody Gakpo is quietly becoming one of Europe's finest players. Before he led the World Cup field in goals scored (tied with a few others) and helped the Netherlands to a […]

Editor's note: World Soccer Talk writer Mike Tyrrell looks ahead and shares his PSV Eindhoven season preview. PSV Eindhoven, led by Noni Madueke, routed Ajax 4-0 last Saturday in the annual season curtain-raiser, the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch-equivalent to the English Community Shield).  A first-half brace from Madueke followed by second-half strikes from substitute Yorbe […]