Opinion

There has been a lot said about Everton’s lack of investment in their squad in the summer transfer window. The Merseysider’s spent just £1.7million to sign Demarai Gray from German outfit Bayer Leverkusen.

Ahead of kick off in Paris on Tuesday night, it felt like most pundits expected Manchester City to roll over Paris Saint-Germain. Yet, we saw something very un-PSG-like.

We have now had two full rounds of games in the Champions League group stage and without a doubt, the biggest story of the competition so far is debutants Sheriff Tiraspol, who are the first Moldovan team to ever feature in the group stage of the competition.

Manchester United entered this season in a way in which they haven’t since the glory days of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest goalscorer in the history of the UEFA Champions League. The 36-year-old has netted 135 goals in 177 UCL appearances, averaging 0.76 goals per game.

Manchester United made a decent start to the 2021/22 season but recent results have been poor.

When the idea of a biennial World Cup was first introduced by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, it seemed like it would be shut down immediately and never mentioned again.

Despite his outstanding scoring record and impressive trophy haul, it’s probably fair to say that Edin Dzeko has never been viewed as a world-class striker.

Earlier in the week, James Rodriguez completed a move to Qatari club Al-Rayyan from Premier League Everton. The deal will not have come as a shock, as the Colombian has not featured at all for the Toffees this season.

When you’re a bit of a newcomer in the upper echelons of European football, one thing you need to do is stay there and find out why you made it that far, and for Manchester City, it’s an unrivalled access to wealth.

On Saturday evening, Aston Villa recorded a 3-0 win over injury-ravaged Everton at Villa Park. For the first hour of the encounter, the game was relatively tight and could have gone either way.

On Sunday night, Vinicius Junior scored and assisted to help Real Madrid come from behind to beat Valencia 2-1 at the Mestalla.

It may not have looked obvious in Liverpool’s 3-2 Champions League win over AC Milan nor in their 3-0 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday in the Premier League, but Harvey Elliott’s dislocated ankle injury has been a major blow to the Reds.

The 2-1 loss for Manchester United in the Champions League at Young Boys was a shock and ended their unbeaten away run.

With the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United spending big during the summer, Liverpool headed into the 2021/22 Premier League season under the radar.

At the time of writing, Barcelona have made an unbeaten start to the Spanish league season. They have 7 points to their name from a possible 9, beating Real Sociedad and Getafe at home.

The Champions League is back underway and after the first set of fixtures brought plenty of goals and surprises, it’s fair to say it’s going to be a monumental campaign.

There seems to be an annual event at Burnley, where they start their Premier League campaign slowly.

Following the return of Cristiano Ronaldo and Romelu Lukaku, the Premier League has been blessed with the addition of not one, but two world-class strikers.

Following another successful international break for the Three Lions’ captain, it is now just a matter of time before Harry Kane becomes England’s all-time leading goalscorer.