On 26th July 2025, Arsenal announced they had finally landed the signature of Swedish sharpshooter Viktor Gyökeres. The 27-year-old was prised away from Sporting CP for a fee of around £55 million, which could reportedly rise to close to £64 million. The player scored a very impressive 97 goals in 102 games for Sporting (and … Read more
The modern-day tactical trend is characterised by the diverging evolution of wide players. While some coaches want their players to act as traditional touchline-hugging wingers – think Jeremy Doku at Manchester City – others move in the complete opposite direction. For the purpose of this article, we will call this new interpretation of the position … Read more
How harmful can football stadiums be to the environment? Many people would say, not much. They are wrong, though. Traditional stadiums require significant energy to power lighting, HVAC systems, and scoreboards. They also guzzle water for everything from restrooms to keeping the pitch green, not to mention the waste generated on busy matchdays. There’s one … Read more
By the end of the 2024/25 season, Mikel Arteta had been in charge of Arsenal for a total of 290 competitive matches. Assuming nothing catastrophic happens in the first nine games of the 2025/26 campaign, the Spaniard will become only the eighth Gunners boss to make it to 300 games in charge. So it seems … Read more
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, represented a key date in the diary for football fans – and one of few summertime distractions from the endless churning of the transfer rumour mill. Rather than focusing on possible incomings, supporters flocked to see who their teams would face following the release of the 2025/26 Premier League fixture list. … Read more