Jack Grealish won Player of the Match in Everton’s 2-0 win over Brighton (AP Photo/Jon Super) Everton marked the opening of their new home at Bramley-Moore Dock with a 2-0 win over Brighton on Sunday, a match that also saw Jack Grealish deliver a standout performance on his first Premier League start for the club….
“Always I have to be careful for the respect for the players that have played incredible roles, but there’s no doubt he’s one of the greatest for sure,” said Pep Guardiola of Kevin De Bruyne’s impending exit from Manchester City. De Bruyne’s impact at City since joining from Wolfsburg in 2015 has been huge, with…
The graphics sprang up across social media, some in the yellow and blue of Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr, others in the flamingo pink of MLS side Inter Miami. The source of engagement was hardly new: Messi vs Ronaldo, the forever war of global football. Except, this time, it was not about Cristiano and Lionel,…
On February 6, 2023, Manchester City were charged by the Premier League with more than 100 breaches of the competition’s rules. As champions in six of the past seven seasons, the eventual verdict of an independent commission will have a seismic impact on the Premier League, regardless of which way their decision goes. Each of…
An air of desperation hung over a handful of Premier League clubs last summer. Accounting years were drawing to a close across the top division of English football and the pressure was on to book profits before it was too late. Player sales were a must if a profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) breach was…
David Moyes has been appointed as Everton’s new manager, nearly 12 years after leaving Goodison Park to join Manchester United. The 61-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract, replacing Sean Dyche, who was dismissed on Thursday by the club’s new owners, The Friedkin Group (TFG), after he indicated that he had taken the team as far…
The latest winter transfer window is here, which means some of the world’s best footballers are now just six months away from the expiration of their current contracts. Thanks to the 1995 Bosman ruling, clubs in other countries can now officially begin discussions with those soon-to-be-free-agents with a view to a pre-contract agreement. This allows…
Beyond the dust of Liverpool’s dock road and the huge lorries rolling in and out of the city’s port, the glass panels of Everton’s new home at the Bramley-Moore Dock sparkle impressively, radiating ambition. The site, expected to open next year, is a feat of engineering considering the narrow dimensions of the fresh land below…
A sharp, anxious intake of breath, followed by a round of applause that carries a mixture of quiet admiration and, more than anything, relief. On other occasions, it ends with supporters shaking their heads and asking why. We are talking about the crowd reaction to — and I’m borrowing this description from a colleague who…
Emi Martinez’s save from Nottingham Forest’s Nicolas Dominguez was arguably the best we have seen in the Premier League this season. Alan Smith, commentating for Sky Sports, dubbed it “miraculous”, which does a slight disservice to changing water into wine, but you get what he’s saying. Jamie Redknapp said he couldn’t think “of a better Premier…