Opinion

Following the sacking of Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea have moved quickly to appoint Graham Potter as their new head coach.

It comes as no surprise that Chelsea sacked manager Thomas Tuchel just hours after the club lost 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb on matchday No. 1 of the Champions League group stage.

On Tuesday night, Erling Haaland set ANOTHER goalscoring record when he bagged a brace in Manchester City’s 4-0 victory over Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League.

The summer transfer window slammed shut on Thursday night. Following almost three months of countless negotiations and multiple big-money deals, clubs across Europe have finalised their squads for the first half of the 2022/23 season.

Despite all the form and title-winning credentials Tottenham Hotspur showed under Mauricio Pochettino, the club still never got their hands on any silverware and were left red-faced as he and the club continued to fail.

Manchester United got their man this week as Antony joined the Old Trafford-outfit for an incredible £85.5 million. For any Man United fan that claims the Glazers do not back the Red Devils, then I point you toward the incredible £214.22m the club has spent on players this summer.

With the playoffs complete, we know the clubs that will be competing in the group stage of the 2022/23 Champions League.

When Liverpool lost to Manchester United on Matchday 3 of the Premier League season, pundits and fans blamed Liverpool’s understrength midfield for the defeat.

Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game as Tottenham Hotspur beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League.

It has been 65 years since Royal Antwerp won the top flight of Belgian football. A lot has happened in the six-plus decades of football since the team last lifted the league title.

We are only two games into the English Premier League season and Gabriel Jesus is already looking like one of the best pieces of transfer business this summer.

When Timo Werner joined Chelsea from RB Leipzig for £47.5 million in June 2020, he looked destined to take the Premier League by storm. Two years later, the forward is back at Leipzig after failing to live up to expectations.

The 2022/23 Italian Serie A season begins on the 13th of August with a meeting between Udinese and defending champions, AC Milan.

It has become clear Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Manchester United this summer. New manager, Erik ten Hag has previously stated Ronaldo is not for sale and is in his plans for this season.

Dani Alves is one of the most decorated footballers in the history of the game. In terms of the major European competitions, the Brazilian has won it all but at the age of 39, he is not ready to stop playing.

Arsenal have been busy in the transfer market this summer, with the Etihad Stadium being their preferred location for player recruitment.

There has been a lot of speculation this summer regarding the future of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Manchester United forward has reportedly asked the club to accept offers for him as he wants to play in the Champions League this coming season.

Media reports worldwide claim that Chelsea look set to complete the signing of Napoli and Senegal’s experienced centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly for a fee in the region of £33million.

Aleksandar Mitrović has reached a point no man in second tier English football history has ever achieved and with his unbelievable record of 43 goals scored from 44 games in the Championship, barely anyone on record has ever had a better goalscoring season in England.

Media reports suggest that Barcelona are close to agreeing a deal with Leeds to sign Brazilian international winger Raphinha. An initial fee of around £49million plus possible add-ons of a further £ 9 million has reportedly been agreed.