Ayoze Perez moved to Leicester City from Newcastle United on 4 July. The attacker joins central midfielder Youri Tielemans and right-back James Justin as Brendan Rodgers’ summer reinforcement in preparation for mounting a top-six challenge…

Not for the first time, and certainly not the last, Barcelona spent a mammoth fee to secure a megastar two weeks ago. Antoine Griezmann finally left Atletico Madrid to fulfill his desire of representing the Catalan giants. Following many twists…

Spurs’ transfer business came under close scrutiny when they became the first Premier League team not to sign a new player since FIFA universalised transfer windows in 2002. Fans are always more concerned over who is coming in rather…

Pre-season traditionally is a time to develop match fitness and work on tactics ahead of the new campaign. It's also a chance for new signings to bed in and academy players to press their case. A few do enough to stick with the first team.…

One Sunday morning when I was five, shortly after my mother remarried and moved us to Canada, my stepfather woke me up in the middle of the night. “Come on,” he said. “We’re going fishing.” As the cobwebs cleared,…

Manchester United's Academy has simply not lived up to its hype or expectation in the past decade. While there have been a few notable graduates like Paul Pogba, most of the Red Devils' raw talent has failed to make it…

The last two years have been fun for Eintracht Frankfurt supporters. Following the ignominy of relegation to the German second-tier in 2011, the Eagles returned and consolidated in the Bundesliga. A second-successive Europa League campaign…

Serie A is under siege. Juventus has taken over the Italian top flight.  Antonio Conte began not a revolution but a renaissance in Italian football by leading the Bianconeri to an unprecedented triple of Scudettos between 2011…

Barcelona has made several big-name signings in the past few years. After Neymar left for Paris Saint Germain in 2017, the Blaugrana responded by signing Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho only ten months apart. In this transfer…

The transformation in European football last season was widely described as a victory for the game. The flight of the underdogs, the old guard being ousted and particularly the Spanish dominance being broken had been perceived as a major barrier-breaker…

Showing managers the exit is no longer a rare sight in football. Particularly in Europe. Coaches often pay the price for a team's disappointing performance. In most cases, employers don't exercise patience to investigate the reasons…

Last year, the Premier League imposed a ‘voluntary’ transfer deadline on its clubs that falls several weeks before the official UEFA date. The deadline is only voluntary in the sense of the league as a whole. Individual clubs cannot…

Ravel Morrison's career didn't follow the path anyone envisioned. Attitude issues and sub-par performances exiled him to lesser leagues in several countries. The former Manchester United youth star burned bridges everywhere he went.…

West Ham United finally found a solution to their latest striker woes. It only took six months. The Marko Arnautovic saga can be closed. The Austrian left the club for China last month after expressing his displeasure with life under Manuel…

On 1 July, Diego Godin’s nine-year spell at Atletico Madrid came to an amicable end. The veteran central defender joined Inter Milan on a free transfer, signing for three years. No doubt he’ll have an influential role in Antonio…