Opinion

The Major League Soccer 2022 season kicks off on February 26 as America and Canada’s top-flight soccer division returns for its 27th season. The league seems to start earlier each season, giving fans of MLS more action each campaign.

This season has been a calamity for Everton. Despite taking ten points from their opening four Premier League games the Toffees have lurched towards the relegation zone in recent months following a horrendous run of results.

Speaking about the need to add a new striker to the Manchester United squad, interim manager, Ralf Rangnick said, “This is obvious.” "Edinson's contract is running out in the summer and the club needs the best possible centre-forward.

There were rumours circulating the United Kingdom and Ireland were going to make a bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

The Bundesliga returned with a bang last weekend as we saw some monumental games take place which are set to shape the season ahead.

Newcastle United were always going to spend big in January. Following the club’s takeover back in October, it was inevitable that a number of new faces would arrive at St. James’ Park.

On Sunday, Leicester City suffered an embarrassing 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Championship side Nottingham Forest – piling more pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers.

The Bundesliga returned with a sensational set of games last weekend as we saw some monumental fixtures take place in what is now set to shape the upcoming few weeks dramatically.

For much of the season, there has been doom and gloom surrounding Barcelona. The campaign started with Ronald Koeman as the club’s head coach. When early-season results were poor, the Catalan giants turned to club legend Xavi Hernandez to turn things around.

For those who missed the match between Manchester United and Middlesbrough in the FA Cup on Friday night, the result looks bad for the Red Devils.

Over 19,000 fans turned up as Burnley met Watford in the Premier League on Saturday evening. It was the only Premier League fixture of the weekend and with several FA Cup ties taking place, coverage of the match was minimal as media outlets focused on the glamour of the cup.

Liverpool signed forward Luis Diaz from FC Porto ahead of the January transfer deadline for £37.5 million with add-ons likely to follow.

The European January transfer window closed on Monday, with many clubs strengthening their squad during the window. One club that was particularly active in the window was Catalan giants Barcelona.

Believe it or not, Mohamed Salah doesn’t feature among the top five players with the best goals-per-90 ratios across Europe’s big five leagues this season. Having scored 16 goals in 20 Premier League games, the Liverpool forward averages 0.81 goals per 90 this term.

Top flight action is returning around Europe this weekend and we take a look at the five fixtures to watch in what is one of the biggest weekends of the season on the fixture list in 2021/22.

As expected, the January transfer window dished up plenty of big moves. Liverpool signed Luis Diaz from FC Porto for €45 million, Newcastle forked out €42.10m for Bruno Guimarães, while Anthony Martial joined Sevilla on loan.

There was plenty of activity in the transfer market on January deadline day 2022. However, one of the most active clubs on the day was Premier League Everton, who not only brought in two players but also announced the appointment of new head coach Frank Lampard.

Back in June, Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest in a Euro 2020 clash against Finland. The then-Inter midfielder received treatment on the pitch and reportedly died for five minutes doing that treatment.

It is clear Manchester United need to move some players on if they are to strengthen the squad and several fringe players have been linked with a move away from Old Trafford in the January transfer window.

Dusan Vlahovic was always going to leave Fiorentina, whether it was in the winter transfer window or come the end of the season. What was not clear was the destination of the Serbian striker and Arsenal were leading the charge to sign him.