"Strikers are always more shiny," says Eintracht Frankfurt sporting director Timmo Hardung with a smile. Hardung knows the near £300m profit the Bundesliga club have made from selling forwards over the past six years is what grabs headlines and interest. "It's the toughest part of our sport to score a goal, so obviously they draw a lot of attention," he says. "But I think we managed to improve and develop a lot of players." Hardung is right, of course, that it's not just stri

New signings failing to hit the ground running, tactically unbalanced side, Jota's Death, Trent's Departure, Salah's dip in form or what really is the problem at Liverpool? Well, lets say it looks like this... After winning the Premier League fairly comfortably last season, Liverpool reinforced their squad with some of Europe's most impressive talent. Arne Slot's Reds spent about £416.2m on summer signings, the most spent by any club in a window, bringing the likes of Alexand

Ange Postecoglou had only just moved into his new flat . The Australian barely had time to unpack in the new apartment before being sacked as Nottingham Forest manager. Only 39 days after being appointed, the 60-year-old became the shortest serving permanent Premier League manager. He did not even have time to take his post-match news conference, Forest acting only 17 minutes after the final whistle of the 3-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea. Postecoglou, having rep

Controversy has erupted in Spain after the television broadcast of Real Oviedo’s clash with Espanyol cut away from the opening moments of play, missing both teams’ planned 15-second protest against La Liga’s decision to move Barcelona’s upcoming league game to Miami. The censorship has drawn fresh criticism of the league’s handling of its controversial U.S. expansion plan. LaLiga censor protests LaLiga's weekend kicked off on Friday night with Real Oviedo hosting Espanyol — b

In the summer of 2022, the first week of September, Manchester United agreed personal terms with then PSV and Dutch versatile left winger Cody Gakpo and was on the verge of securing his signature but decided against signing him, in favour of then Ajax and Brazilian winger Antony; the beginning of what will be a Cody Gakpo's transfer rollercoaster. Gakpo celebrating a goal for PSV in 2022 That move left the 22 year old, as at that time, in a transfer limbo, with just hours bef