Ronaldo to Arsenal? Pundit jokes about God and (Gabriel) Jesus pairing in Gunners’ attack
Football pundit Piers Morgan has revealed that he’s already sent a message to Cristiano Ronaldo in an attempt to lure him to sign for Arsenal this summer. Ronaldo has reportedly asked Manchester United to let him leave this summer, if the right offer comes in. According to The Times, Ronaldo...
Undone deal: Day Spurs thought they’d signed French linkman Manu Petit, only to pay for him taxi to Arsenal
How’s your luck? Tottenham believed they were about to pull off the signing of Emmanuel Petit in 1997, but Arsenal had other plans. This was a period of great success for the Gunners – Dennis Bergkamp and David Platt were added to the squad that summer, while Arsene Wenger was...
Theatre of Dreams: Man United squads of recent seasons would be European champions if titles were won on excuses
Manchester United have made it very easy to be pessimistic about anything emerging from Old Trafford. Almost a decade of mis-management has made it the instinct of anyone with even a casual relationship with reality to be sceptical about the Red Devils’ prospects, despite the dawn of the latest of...
It’s not all white for Arsenal defender Ben as he faces still competition from sure-footed returnee Saliba
Arsenal should axe “absolutely dreadful” Ben White for William Saliba for the 2022-23 season, according to Gabriel Agbonlahor. White joined the Gunners from Brighton last season in a £52 million ($61.9 million) move and he was at the heart of their defence alongside Gabriel Magalhaes for the majority of last...
Devil in Gunners’ magazine: Filibustering Arsenal may be gazumped by bullish Man United – again!
Arsenal are in danger of being gazumped for a second transfer target after Manchester United made a rival offer to sign Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez, according to reports. The Gunners moved into the driving seat to sign the Argentine after submitting an improved £34.5 million bid earlier this week, although...
English Premier Leagues top 10 teams that splashed big bucks to acquire mediocrity
Manchester United spent £140 million to go from fourth to fifth and crash out of the Champions League at the group stage while playing the most turgid football imaginable under Louis van Gaal. If the previous summer’s acquisition of Angel Di Maria for £67 million marked the start of United’s...
The rich also cry: Moneyed Man United summer transfer spurges ranks it top of 10 EPL wasteful spenders
t’s a good one this, because it’s both an absurd summer of spaffing that in textbook fashion contributed to a manager failing to see out the year but also produced a season where one of those overpriced signings scored the winning goal in the Champions League final. Classic slice of...
Arsenal spends, but questions remain about how big money will shape Gunners’ push for elite league
Arsenal have a higher net spend than any other club in Europe since the summer of 2020, and a time will come at which he has to deliver. Here, as the three-word slogan that has come to dominate this summer’s football discourse would have it, we go. The arrival of...
Man United superstar transfer Ronaldo to Chelsea: Wishful thinking or work-in-progress?
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has held talks with Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent about a potential deal to take the Manchester United striker to Stamford Bridge, reports say. The 37-year-old returned to Old Trafford last summer with Ronaldo leading the club’s scoring charts in his first season back with 24 goals in...
Former heavyweight boxing champaign buys three-storey luxury home in Miami for $18 million
Retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr has just dropped $18 million on a knock-out new waterfront estate in Miami Beach. The contemporary three-story spread is set on the city’s upscale and guard-gated Palm Island, an enclave where the typical asking price for a home stood at $21 million in July,...
