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News and features

  • Tony Book lifts the FA Cup at Wembley in 1969

    The amazing career of Tony Book: from a building site to the title

    Simon Hattenstone
    Just how did an ageing non-league journeyman defender end up captaining the club to four major trophies in three years?
  • Jürgen Klopp walks past Red Bull’s F1 car and helicopter at event space Hangar-7

    Jürgen Klopp
    Red Bull’s ‘Dr football’ role at odds with former club ethos

  • Ian Wright in action against Peter Schmeichel during the 1993 Charity Shield

    The Knowledge
    Father-son combos scoring v other father-son combos

  • Murillo shows Forest recruitment has borne fruit

    Will Unwin

  • The Rumour Mill
    Vlahovic to solve Arsenal’s striker problem?

  • Everton
    Team have a solid defence. Moyes’s job is to add goals

  • Transfer window
    Women’s interactive guide: deals from across Europe

  • Transfer window
    Men’s interactive guide: January deals across Europe

  • Liverpool
    Slot maintains Forest remain a threat in title race

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Over there

  • christian mcfarlane nycfc defender

    Christian McFarlane: could England gain a US-raised star?

  • Todd Boehly watches Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge

    Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s self-styled revolutionary, is facing failure

  • Christian Pulisic has 9 goal involvements for Milan in Serie A this season.

    Christian Pulisic has been a bright spot in a frustrating Milan season

  • Antonee Robinson of Fulham FC in action during a November match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.

    Antonee Robinson: the American left back finding career form at Fulham

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In depth

  • Kyle Walker with the Premier League trophy as Manchester City celebrate winning last season’s title

    Walker deserved much more than crude tabloid caricature

    Jonathan Liew
    The full-back has been dogged by a prurient obsession with his personal life
  • David Squires cartoon. Fa cup third round. 14 January 2025.

    David Squires on …
    FA Cup third-round thrills, spills and a shock return

    Our cartoonist on an upset in west London and David Moyes back at Everton
    • The Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, lifts the Spanish Super Cup with the team’s players – including Dani Olmo – around him.

      Spanish Super Cup
      Barcelona, Olmo and Laporta revel in ‘superbeating’ of Madrid

    • graphic with three green stripes and photos of three men grimacing during football match

      Familiar failings put Arsenal’s trophy hopes in danger

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Sir Jim Ratcliffe at OId Trafford before Manchester United’s Premier League match with Leicester City in November 2024

      When will Ratcliffe learn from his mistakes at Old Trafford?

      Sean Ingle
    • André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (centre) and Napoli celebrate after their second goal against Verona.

      Serie A
      Will Kvaratskhelia cast a shadow over Napoli's title tilt?

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Business of soccer

  • 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

  • The link between fans and teams can be severed when Wall Street becomes involved

    Cold, ravenous and predatory, private equity is slouching towards the NFL

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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Football Weekly

Join Max Rushden and the pod squad as they pick over the latest action and news

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Video

  • Premier League
    Arteta sings virtues of ‘versatility’ as Arsenal overcome sickness bug to win

    Mikel Arteta praised his players’ fortitude after a patched-up Arsenal side overcame a sickness bug in the squad to defeat Brentford
  • Ruben Amorim knows his job will be at risk if Manchester United's results do not improve but said he enjoys the pressure

    1:12

    Manchester United
    'Every coach is in danger': Amorim thriving on pressure after latest loss

  • Liverpool held off Tottenham’s mini-revival to win 6-3 but their manager is determined they won't rest on their laurels

    1:40

    Liverpool
    'Happy the sixth went in': Slot warns against complacency

  • The defeat means Manchester United will be in the bottom half of the table at Christmas for the first time since the 1989-90 season

    0:42

    Manchester United
    Amorim says players and fans suffering after Bournemouth loss

  • After the game, in which he failed to find the back of the net, Haaland had said he hadn't been scoring his chances and that he needed to do better.

    0:58

    Manchester City
    Guardiola defends Haaland after latest blank in Villa defeat

  • From stunning strikes to own goals and animals on the pitch, here are some of the most entertaining moments the sport had to offer

    The amazing world of sport
    Own goals and bicycle kicks: 2024's best and worst football moments

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The top 100

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

See who made the lists

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Opinion

  • Illustration of Trent Alexander-Arnold

    Alexander-Arnold could cool things but Liverpool owners deserve heat too

    Barney Ronay
  • David Moyes on the touchline in his heyday as Everton manager during the FA Cup final in 2009

    TFG back Moyes to stabilise Everton and restore lost values

    Andy Hunter
    Scot has the experience new owners see as vital to avoid relegation
  • Graham Potter is unveiled as the new West Ham United manager

    Potter must return the heart to West Ham’s gormless machine

    Jonathan Liew
    All Graham Potter has is his work, his ideas and his values. But it may just be enough

    Regulars

    • English Premier League - Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool<br>epa11824901 Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest celebrates scoring the 1-0 goal during the English Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool FC, in Nottingham, Britain, 14 January 2025. EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos, 'live' services or NFTs. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.

      Football Weekly
      Are Nottingham Forest the real deal?

    • Lazio falconer Juan Bernabe (left) and Olimpia the eagle

      Football Daily
      Lazio show where they draw the line after axing falconer

      • The Rumour Mill
        Real Madrid ready to swoop for Tottenham's Gray?

      • Women's FA Cup
        Miedema returns in style while Rugby pass test

      • FA Cup
        Ten talking points from the third-round action

      • Football Weekly
        United hit the spot and Tamworth come so close

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Tyra Mills: 'I got a lot of views … hate comes with it'

      • The Knowledge
        Teams winning the league without a shirt sponsor

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    Catch up

    • James Rodríguez has played 32 times for Colombia since leaving Everton, while struggling to deliver in club football.

      Rodríguez a player out of time but still delivers for Colombia

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

      Media
      The tell-nothing documentary craze failed its viewers

    • Ruben Amorim is trying to impose his ideas on a dysfunctional Manchester United, and everything is stacked against him.

      Amorim shapes up as United fall guy but rot runs deeper

      Jonathan Wilson
    • England celebrate winning Euro 2022

      Lionesses’ title defence raises more questions than answers

      Suzanne Wrack

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