That brings us to arguably the most important part of Wrexham’s long-term strategy: the academy. The men’s first team may currently dominate the narrative, but academies define whether clubs can survive success. Promotions can accelerate growth, but sustainable clubs build pathways that outlast individual owners, managers or players. Wrexham’s reputation in identifying and nurturing talent […]
They say you should never go back, but Jose Mourinho is in advanced talks to be Real Madrid’s next head coach, 13 years after his first spell at the Bernabeu. “The Special One” has managed 10 clubs, including two on more than one occasion. Can you name them all? Be aware, there’s a leaderboard on […]
Watch the goals as Dunfermline Athletic and Partick Thistle draw the first leg of their Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final. Source link
David Currie and the team review all of Tuesday night’s Premiership action Source link
Tottenham midfielder James Maddison has suggested referees are “petrified” to make decisions because of the video assistant referee, after being denied a stoppage-time penalty against Leeds on Monday. Substitute Maddison went down under Lukas Nmecha’s challenge, but referee Jarred Gillett and the VAR dismissed his appeal for a spot-kick. The match finished 1-1, leaving Spurs […]
Ted Lasso actor Cristo Fernandez has signed for American second-tier side El Paso Locomotive after a two-month trial. The 35-year-old Mexican, who played Dani Rojas in the hit Apple TV+ programme between 2020 and 2023, will now take up a different role for the USL Championship side. Fernandez played youth football in his home city […]
But Guardiola says it is up to the players to take VAR out of the equation. “When this happens it is because we have to do better, not the referees or VAR,” he continued. “I never trust anything since I arrived a long time ago. Always I learned you have to do it better, do […]
When Steven Gerrard reflects on the 2005 Champions League final, he calls it the best night of his life., external But just two months later, he announced he was leaving Liverpool – before dramatically changing his mind overnight. During a Netflix documentary about the Reds’ success in Istanbul, Gerrard acknowledges he was in a “bad […]
Lionel Messi remains the highest-paid player in Major League Soccer with an annual base salary of $25m (£18.5m) – more than double that of the North American league’s next-highest earner. Figures released, external by the MLS Players Association reflect the contract extension that Messi, who turns 39 next month, signed with Inter Miami in October. […]
Manchester United considering Federico Valverde move, are also interested in Ederson and Mateus Fernandes, and Paris St-Germain targeting Julian Alvarez. Manchester United are weighing up a shock move for Real Madrid’s Uruguay midfielder Federico Valverde, 27. (Mirror), external Paris St-Germain have made Atletico Madrid’s Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 26, one of their main targets for […]