May 2016

Mexican international footballer freed by kidnappers, Loftus-Cheek wins Toulon tournament for England Under-21s, and Wayne Rooney looks uncomfortable in a suit.

May 30, 2016

1. Gary Speed’s father says his son’s memory will be in the hearts and minds of the Welsh squad during their Euro 2016 campaign. Former Wales international player and [...]

José Mourinho finally announced at Old Trafford, Liverpool hit with fines over fan behaviour and an Ode to an Albanian international

May 27, 2016

1. José Mourinho has officially been named as the new manager of Manchester United, bringing to an end a week-long saga of rumour and speculation. Zlatan Imbrahimović is [...]

Lukaku issues Everton exit statement, Scottish promotion play-offs set for a shake-up, and Arsenal fans excited over signing the ‘Swiss Pirlo’…

May 26, 2016

1. Manchester United and Real Madrid came ahead of Barcelona in the latest KPMG list of the world’s richest football clubs. Barca have slipped to third in the rankings. 2. [...]

Off-Pitch Focus: Party Pooper or Safety Value

May 26, 2016

Will alcohol bans at major football events become the norm? Ciaran Breen explores On Tuesday, when the countdown to the Euro 2016 kick-off hit 20 days, it was announced that [...]

Throwback Thursday: The agony and ecstasy of the play-offs

May 26, 2016

Neil Evans looks at the pleasure and pain inflicted by football’s most nerve-racking weekend. I have a love/hate relationship with the Football League play-offs. In [...]

Scholes says Mourinho gets United ethos, Ranieri prioritises Premier League status over Europe, and Bayern Munich fan’s cancer survival celebration

May 25, 2016

1. Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes thinks Jose Mourinho will be a success if, as expected, the Portuguese becomes the next Old Trafford manager, because he [...]

Midweek Muse: Musical Footballers

May 25, 2016

A new football biography released last week, Oliver Kay’s Forever Young, tells the story of Adrian Doherty, a brilliant youth prospect who played in the same Manchester [...]

Mourinho poised to land Old Trafford job, Joey Barton leaves Burnley for Rangers, and an incredible six hat-tricks scored by the same player in one game…

May 24, 2016

1. Jose Mourinho’s appointment as the next Manchester United manager, succeeding Louis van Gaal, seems to be moving ever closer as his representatives have met with Old [...]

Bundesliga: Bayern Munich’s transition from Guardiola to Ancelotti

May 24, 2016

The Offside Rule’s Bundesliga expert Susie Schaaf looks ahead to how things will change at Bayern Munich in the post-Guardiola era Pep Guardiola completed his tenure at [...]

Van Gaal out the door at United as Mourinho looms, Götze to stay in Munich, and Google asks “why are Aston Villa so bad?”

May 23, 2016

1. Despite winning the FA Cup for the first time since 2004, Manchester United have sacked Louis van Gaal, with José Mourinho widely expected to become the next manager at [...]