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  • The planned new Manchester United stadium.

    Manchester United’s new field of dreams risks repeating Tottenham trap

    Jonathan Wilson
    Like their rivals, the problem is not the rise in revenue that a new home offers but that so little of it ends up being spent on players
    • Christian Nørgaard scores Brentford’s second goal

      Premier League
      Brentford dent Cherries’ European hopes

    • Women's League Cup
      Chelsea win absorbing final after own goal denies Manchester City

    • Premier League
      Forest beat Ipswich to keep up Champions League push

    • European football
      Bayern extend lead despite Hollerbach’s late sting

    • Premier League
      O'Brien's goal against West Ham extends Everton's run

    • NWSL
      Three trades that could define the 2025 season

    • Manchester United
      Ratcliffe would walk away from club if abuse spirals

    • Premier League
      Team news and predicted lineups for the weekend

News and features

  • Newcastle’s Alexander Isak celebrates after scoring against Nottingham Forest

    Newcastle
    ‘Exactly the same person’: AIK coaches on Isak's journey to top

    Peter Wennberg and Johnny Gustafsson on Alexander Isak’s early years
  • Jordan Nobbs in action for Aston Villa

    Interview
    Jordan Nobbs: ‘I’d love chance to show I’m a good coach’

  • Manchester United fans protested against Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s decision to raise ticket prices

    Manchester United
    Ratcliffe would walk away from club if abuse spirals

  • England
    Tuchel says he will not sing anthem until he’s earned it

  • ‘I like to do normal things’
    Van Dijk maintains sense of perspective

  • Transfer news
    Chelsea agree to sign £42.1m Quenda from Sporting

  • England
    Arteta defends ‘brave’ White for snub in Southgate reign

  • Marcus Rashford
    Tuchel's warning for forward after England recall

  • Women's Super League
    Russo gets Arsenal moving on up after week of discontent

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In depth

  • An illustration of José Mourinho

    The Mourinho Identity: wildly self-serving but unbroken

    Barney Ronay
    Despite defeat with Fenerbahce, history is being kind to flawed revolutionary
  • Ivan Toney, Reece James, Jordan Henderson, Myles Lewis-Skelly

    Youth, nous and familiar fears
    Ten takeaways from Tuchel’s first England squad

    There’s energy with Lewis-Skelly and experience in Henderson, but same concerns remain
    • The England manager, Thomas Tuchel, talks during a press conference at Wembley Stadium.

      The England job drives people mad but Tuchel has shot to make it work

      Barney Ronay
    • Liam Manning at Bristol City’s training ground.

      Bristol City's Liam Manning
      Losing Theo will be a hole in my heart for rest of my life

    • Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor

      'An unwritten aura'
      How Bompastor oversaw Chelsea's seamless transition

    • Atlético Madrid's José María Giménez (left) and his teammates look dismayed after the shootout

      Atlético's torment: Real Madrid remain their nightmare

      Sid Lowe
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Business of soccer

  • Atlanta United v Inter Miami - 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs<br>ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 02: A general view inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the second half of the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs between Atlanta United and Inter Miami on November 02, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

    MLS Year 30: A league at a philosophical crossroads as World Cups loom

  • Wayne Rooney is out at Plymouth Argyle after seven months and a winless run that left the club bottom of the Championship.

    How the tell-nothing sport documentary craze failed its viewers

  • Fifa president Gianni Infantino announces Saudi Arabia as the host of 2034 World Cup last week in Zurich, Switzerland.

    Beyond 2034: can the Saudi Arabia soccer dream truly be sustainable?

  • Liverpool recently announced they will earn more than £60m a year from a new kit deal with Adidas starting next season.

    How football’s amorality and transactionalism became the game within the game

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Football Weekly

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Video

  • While Liverpool boss Arne Slot called the team's exit from the Champions League a shock, he took solace in losing to an excellent Paris Saint‑Germain team in a wildly entertaining two-legged tie that needed a penalty shootout to settle it
    1:30

    Champions League
    Slot takes pride in Liverpool's display after exit to PSG

  • Sam Merson, son of the former footballer Paul Merson, scored an 'outrageous' goal for Hanworth Villa against Farnham Town
    0:32

    Non-league football
    'What a moment': Merson’s son scores 'outrageous' goal

  • Jeering fans from Internacional de Limeira provoked Neymar to score the first olimpico of his career, the Brazil international said on Sunday, after guiding Santos to a 3-0 win in the Paulista Championship.
    0:27

    Brazil
    Neymar responds to jeering fans by scoring directly from corner

  • Watford's Annie Rossiter was sent off after she, about to take a corner, removed the flag due to a puddle and was told by the referee to return it
    1:03

    Water torture
    Player sent off after removing corner flag due to puddle on pitch

The top 100

The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

See who made the lists

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Opinion

  • An image of Manchester United’s proposed new 100,000-seater stadium.

    Ratcliffe’s straight-talking act dissolves into double-speak

    Barney Ronay
  • Sir Jim Ratcliffe at the 75th Monaco Red Cross Gala in July 2024

    Corporate nonsense betrays football’s sense of community

    Max Rushden
    Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company Compass is sadly symptomatic of what football has become
  • Darwin Núñez (left) and Liverpool teammates look dejected after their elimination from the Champions League

    Time running out for Liverpool to be serial winners

    Jonathan Liew
    Contracts are running out and key players ageing: a summer of change awaits

    Regulars

    • Thomas Tuchel

      Football Daily
      Tuchel raises eyebrows with first England squad

    • Baroness Sue Campbell<br>For Guardian Sport Tom Garry interview. Pictured is Baroness Sue Campbell, the FA director of Women’s Football who is retiring next week, pictured talking to Guardian reporter Tom Garry at the FA National Football Centre at St. George’s Park. Photo by Fabio De Paola

      Women's Football Weekly
      Baroness Sue Campbell on her role in changing the game

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Will Taylor’s City sacking prove a masterstroke?

      • Football Weekly Extra
        Drama in Madrid as Real find a way yet again

      • Football Daily
        Zinchenko's deep respect for a loan spell in 2016-17

      • The Knowledge
        When was the phrase ‘smash-and-grab’ first used?

      • David Squires on …
        Mr Infantino’s trip to Washington

      • Women's Football Weekly
        FA Cup shock and City’s managerial shake-up

    Catch up

    • Enzo Maresca on the sidelines at Stamford Bridge

      Maresca an easy target but Chelsea need to up the tempo

      Jacob Steinberg
    • Wojciech Szczesny eyes the ball during a warm-up session

      Szczesny lends higher meaning to Barça's title charge

      Jonathan Liew
    • Youri Tielemans (left) and Marcus Rashford (right) congratulate Marco Asensio on his second goal in the 3-0 win over Club Brugge

      Villa have shot at greatness after setting up PSG showdown

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Alexander Dyukov and Aleksander Ceferin

      Special report
      Russia still wields huge influence inside Uefa despite bans

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