Pele wished he was Brazilian. Bobby Charlton said he would go and watch him play anywhere because you could guarantee you ...

News on Wednesday that once highly promising attacking midfielder Julio Enciso is set to “join the BlueCo project” and spend a year at RC Strasbourg before moving up to Chelsea next summer. Now we’re ...

Villarreal have been putting in a lot of work to sign Renato Veiga, their “dream target”, and it looks like their efforts ...

We have about ten days remaining to keep chipping away at the deadwood left to rot in the Bomb Squad™, and among the bigger logs in there (figuratively speaking of course) is Axel Disasi, who, like ...

The Sunderland of 2001 may have been ahead of their time. And perhaps the successive seventh-placed finishes, often criticised for not being higher or sustained over a longer period, were great ...

Imagine the difference for Sunderland if we hadn’t won at Wembley in May - how different would this summer have gone?

The much-heralded and long overdue return of top-flight football to the Stadium of Light felt like the opening of a brand-new chapter in Sunderland’s storied history; one just over half a decade in ...

With that in mind, Habib Diarra will be key for us. His ability to break through the lines and to pick out a cutting pass can take us forward. If he can link up with our forwards like he did last week ...

After Kai Havertz missed an open Arsenal training session on Wednesday, The Athletic reported that the German striker had sustained a knee injury and would miss time. The club are still assessing the ...

Arsenal have reached an agreement in principle to purchase Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace, reports David Ornstein. The fee will be in the vicinity of the now-expired £68M release clause ( UPDATE: ...

The Gunners, who have been linked with Eze for most of the summer, are reportedly willing to allow Eze to play in that important match for Palace and have seemingly pulled ahead in the race to sign ...

It’s back to school season. I know some are already back — our dear friend 06Nole (Tony) is one of them. My brother-in-law, who teaches in Switzerland, went back this week. My local schools go back ...