Manchester United chose not to sign a left-back despite expectations, backing Shaw and alternative options instead of overpaying for targets.
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The Savant returns for Gameweek 3 with his first FPL XI, captaincy verdict, transfer thesis and one differential the masses have overlooked.
The Premier League has done it again. For the second consecutive summer, England’s top flight has shattered its own transfer spending record
Manchester City have paid a joint-British record £125m to sign Enzo Fernandez from Chelsea on deadline day, finally ending the summer’s longest-running and most acrimonious transfer saga.
Barcelona have finally solved their summer striker puzzle, but the solution came wrapped in a refreshingly honest admission: Gabriel Jesus is very much Plan B.
The Savant returns for Gameweek 2 with his first FPL XI, captaincy verdict, transfer thesis and one differential the masses have overlooked.
The Savant returns for Gameweek 1 with his first FPL XI, Haaland captaincy verdict, transfer thesis and one differential the masses have overlooked.
Manchester United have spent 13 years making optimism feel like a dangerous hobby. But the evidence suggests Michael Carrick’s side could win the Premier League.
Football spent years writing José Mourinho’s obituary. The tactical revolutionary who dominated Europe between 2003 and 2015 appeared increasingly out of place in an era defined by Pep Guardiola, Jürgen Klopp and possession-heavy football. Yet, against all expectations, Mourinho is back at Real Madrid. Tasked with managing a dressing room overflowing with talent, ego and expectation, he faces perhaps the greatest challenge of his career: proving he can still thrive in a game that seemed to have moved beyond him.
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Pakistan are coming to England for three Test matches, which means Test cricket has once again decided to make itself interesting by inviting Pakistan.
Let’s be honest, nothing – and I mean nothing – gets a cricket fan’s heart racing like India versus Pakistan in a T20 World Cup.
Five performances. One legend. From Gatting’s disbelief to SCG glory, Shane Warne turned cricket into theatre pure, spinning genius.
Cricket’s “gentleman’s game” takes off the gloves five legendary sledges that turned banter into art, from biscuits to brutality.
Five spells of pure swing sorcery Wasim Akram turned cricket into physics-defying poetry, making every delivery a masterclass in menace.
