Opinion

The European Championship is just around the corner and now is the perfect time to begin looking at the groups and making our predictions. We begin with Group A and this consists of Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, and Wales.

This season has been a strange one for Leicester City fans. For much of the campaign, they were coasting to a place in next season’s Champions League.

For many, West Ham appointing David Moyes was a completely uninspired move by the club from east London.

When Luis Suarez signed a two-year contract with Atletico Madrid in September 2020, many believed that he was past his best.

Rumours have surfaced this week that current Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, could leave his role at the club at the end of the season. The Frenchman has since denied reports he has told his players he is leaving the Spanish club but several media reports ran with the story over the weekend.

Barcelona have just one match remaining this season and that comes in La Liga against Eibar away from home. There is nothing on the match for either team, with Eibar currently bottom of the table and with no chance of avoiding the drop this season.

On Sunday, with their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread, an unlikely hero produced a vital goal for Liverpool at already relegated West Brom.

On Monday, Manchester United handed a one-year contract extension to veteran Uruguayan forward Edinson Cavani.

This season’s title race has been a none event, as Manchester City have been clear of their title rivals since hitting form at the end of November.

Despite failing to get over the line on the weekend, there is little doubt Manchester City are going to be crowned the 2020/21 English Premier League champions.

La Liga was set for a huge weekend as the top four teams met each other in what was a crucial couple of days in terms of the title race in Spain.

The biggest Storey of the weekend in the English Premier League was not what happened on the pitch but the events that occurred off the field of play. Fans around the world were looking forward to watching one of the biggest rivalries in English football as Manchester United were due to meet Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.

With only a handful of fixtures remaining for each club in the English Premier League, talk is already beginning to turn towards the summer. There is the 2020 European Championship to be played, which was unable to take place last summer because of COVID-19. However, for Premier League clubs, the transfer market will be open and their only concern will be recruitment.

There seem to be questions at Everton over whether the team has progressed this season under the experienced Carlo Ancelotti.

When Nigerian forward Kelechi Iheanacho first broke into the Manchester City first-team in season 2015/16, there was a buzz of excitement.

Every football fan in Europe knows all about the European Super League and the proposals put forward last week. It involved 12 European clubs who were planning to break away from UEFA and their own governing bodies to create one league.

On Sunday afternoon, West Brom drew 2-2 at Midlands neighbours Aston Villa, in a game that brought injury-time heartbreak for the Baggies.

Liverpool won the Premier League in style last season and no one can deny they deserved their victory. The season before they went on to win the UEFA Champions League having previously reached the final of the competition under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp.

European football was shaken to its core on Sunday, with 12 of the continent’s richest clubs announcing plans to form a breakaway league.

There are times throughout a season when a top team will need to rotate players to keep them fresh. The leading clubs around Europe have great depth in their squads which allows them to rest first team players but still get the job done in games.