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  • Managerial debuts for Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, José Mourinho, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Erik ten Hag.

    Manchester United
    Ferguson to Ten Hag: how club's new managers fared on debut

    Previous incumbents in the Old Trafford hotseat have shown that first impressions can often prove misleading
    • Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark (22) tees off during the Annika pro-am golf tournament earlier this month in Belleair, Florida.

      Soccer
      WNBA star Clark to join Cincinnati bid for NWSL expansion team

    • Soccer
      NWSL final brings a rare matchup: the two best teams in the league

    • European roundup
      Kane hits hat-trick for leaders Bayern as PSG cruise

    • Arsenal
      Arteta hopes to lift Arsenal after meeting with owners

    • Liverpool
      ‘I don’t talk about favourites’: Slot calm as leaders face Saints

    • Interview
      Ryan Yates: ‘I wanted to sign my contract in a snorkel but Forest wouldn’t let me’

    • Manchester City
      Guardiola loves 'fighting for City' as club faces legal battle

    • Tottenham
      Postecoglou admits pressure is on Spurs at pivotal point

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News and features
  • Fran Kirby scores Chelsea’s final goal in a 6-0 win at Manchester United in May.

    Women's Super League
    ‘Fuel and motivation’: United out to avenge Chelsea humbling

    Man Utd are again fifth and Chelsea top but defending has been their strength this season
  • Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna celebrates after their first win back in the Premier League, 2-1 over Tottenham.

    Ipswich Town
    McKenna relishing facing his old club United

  • Ryan Yates

    Ryan Yates
    I wanted to sign my contract in a snorkel but Forest wouldn’t let me

  • Liverpool
    The 2019-20 champions v Slot’s 2024-25 hopefuls

  • World Cup 2026
    PIF’s expansion into America raises questions

  • Exclusive
    Bentancur has not been fined by Tottenham over racial slur

  • NWSL
    Final brings a rare matchup: two best teams in the league

  • Vinícius Júnior
    Forward calls for more help in battle against racism

  • Natasha Harding
    Ex-player accused of taking cash for called-off training

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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
  • Mohamed Salah

    Opta Analyst
    Salah is getting even better – Liverpool must keep him

    Forward issued a timely reminder after reaching double figures for goals and assists this season
  • Matt O'Riley, Rasmus Højlund, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

    Premier League
    10 things to look out for this weekend

    Højlund has chance to impress Amorim, Villa look to end miserable month and will Forest trouble Arsenal?
    • Stefan Schwarz, Ade Akinbiyi and Joselu.

      Career we go
      A look at footballers who played here, there and everywhere

    • Clockwise from top left: Gianluca Vialli, Rúben Amorim, José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger and Jürgen Klopp.

      The Knowledge
      The foreign country to provide most Premier League bosses?

    • David Squires cartoon

      Cartoon
      David Squires on … his favourite characters in 10 Guardian years

    • Udinese’s finest (from top left): Oliver Bierhoff, Zico, Antonio Di Natale, Morgan De Sanctis, Roberto Sensini.

      Serie A
      Nostalgic five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Udinese

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Business of soccer
  • 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

  • Corporate renaming can lead to fans finding themselves in a sporting no-place

    Anfield Presents Amazon Dome may be closer than we think – and fans will be livid

    Aaron Timms
  • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

    Has Wenger finally won the culture war over big money in football?

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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

Listen now:

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Video

  • Manchester United
    'The right guy at the right time': Ruben Amorim on Old Trafford appointment

    'I am different from José Mourinho,' says Amorim as he speaks to the press ahead of his first match in charge
  • Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract that will extend his tenure as the Manchester City manager to 2027

    1:38

    Manchester City
    'I felt now was not the right time to leave': Pep Guardiola on new contract

  • Harry Kane has joined the ranks of footballers unveiling statues that don't resemble a strong likeness.

    1:08

    'More like someone's nan'
    Footballers and their terrible statues

  • England beat Greece 3-0 in Athens to go top of their Nations League group

    England
    Carsley praises young players in Nations League victory over Greece

  • Gary Lineker has been a presence on football fans’ screens on Saturday nights for 25 years.

    0:50

    Match of the Day
    Lineker's most memorable moments as host – video highlights

  • 'For me, it's important now to carry on and build on results of Leicester, of Chelsea and of PAOK,' says Van Nistelrooy

    Manchester United
    'I'll focus on Leicester and we'll see after that': Van Nistelrooy on his future

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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
  • Gary Lineker hosting on the BBC

    Next MOTD hosts? Thoughts from the 2015 sixth favourite

    Max Rushden
  • Thousands of fans holding banners gather in the capital Accra to stage a demonstration protesting against the poor performance of the Ghana national team in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

    No organisation, leadership or direction: Ghana are wasting a generation

    Jonathan Wilson
    Ghana should be one of Afcon favourites but have suffered other chaotic failure
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    Wretched, haunted but human: Coote was made by modern game

    Barney Ronay
    Refereeing is a nightmare now. Is it really surprising a Premier League official should end up brutalised and spitting toxins on a sofa?
    Regulars
    • Pep Guardiola on the touchline

      Football Daily
      Guardiola, APT and a mixed day for City

    • Harry Wilson (left) celebrates after scoring Wales's fourth goal.

      Football Weekly
      Big wins for Wales and Scotland in the Nations League

      • Women's Football Weekly
        North London is red and Merseyside is blue

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Seger signs off as icon after two decades at the top

      • The Knowledge
        What is the heaviest defeat to end a long unbeaten run?

      • Cartoon
        David Squires on … tough times for City and Coote

      • Premier League
        Ten talking points from the weekend’s action

      • WSL review
        Arsenal deliver at last and Chelsea's two 'No 1s'

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    Catch up
    • Italian football legend Christian Vieri photographed in Shoreditch, London

      90s footballers
      Christian Vieri: 'Just like the West Indies, you’ve got to be confident’

    • Manchester United keeper Andre Onana, Pape Matar Sarr of Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest’s Chris Wood.

      Premier League
      From Onana to Delap: an XI of this season’s surprises so far

    • The World Cup and Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, flank an artist's impression of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium, which Saudi Arabia plans to build on a cliff near Qiddiya before the 2034 World Cup.

      How close could Fifa get to corporate manslaughter?

      Barney Ronay
    • James Rowe

      Interview
      ‘I’ve been carrying a dark cloud’: manager Rowe on trial acquittal

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