When David Moyes returned to Everton last January, he walked into a building full of gloomy…
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Record losses but 80% pay rises for the bigwigs, terrible results, fan protests and whingeing players locked into long deals. This is how BlueCo’s ‘revolutionary’ Chelsea project fell apart, writes IAN HERBERT
This week's financial results at Chelsea, on the back of Saturday's thumping by Manchester City, point…
How Chelsea are trying to polish ‘misunderstood’ Alejandro Garnacho’s image: the staged interview, the Prison Break tattoos explained and the REAL reasons for his faltering form
Liam Rosenior's answer as to why Alejandro Garnacho is booed wherever he goes was a little…
How a 16-year-old Brazilian who has never played a senior game became the hottest prospect in world football with a £43m price tag – as Man City and Newcastle battle Barcelona and PSG to sign him
JOSUE SEIXAS: How can a player who has never appeared in a senior match be worth…
Newcastle Confidential: Revealed – Toon look at SECOND site for new stadium, bats take over Leazes Park plot, Saudis to jet in for Matfen Hall summit, how LIV demise will affect club, Bruno Guimaraes injury twist and truth about Anthony Gordon’s future
Feasibility work continues around Leazes Park, the club's preferred choice, but senior staff are now considering…
How Leeds United are winning the battle to beat relegation: Insiders reveal Ethan Ampadu’s vital role, the surprise player-bonus plan, The Flying Pizza visits, the new best-in-class training facilities and the ‘no d***heads’ policy
In recent years, April in Leeds has been a time of tension and impending doom. But the…
ELLIS GENGE: Scrapping PREM relegation was wrong – I’ve been in those battles… it was f***ing class! When we stayed up it was like we’d won the league
The PREM has officially scrapped relegation as part of its franchising model. New investment is coming…
PREM Rugby transfers:
The sorry decline of Moana Pasifika has put European clubs on red alert, after the New…
LAWRENCE BOOTH: Ben Stokes insists he can get England back on track alongside Brendon McCullum – but here’s why England fans should be sceptical
It was obvious to anyone who reported on that trip that English cricket's two central figures…
LAWRENCE BOOTH: Ben Stokes insists he can get England back on track alongside Brendon McCullum – but here’s why England fans should be sceptical
It was obvious to anyone who reported on that trip that English cricket's two central figures…
The calls Arne Slot simply must get right against PSG to save Liverpool’s season – and why Reds fans shouldn’t write off the prospect of another famous Anfield night, writes LEWIS STEELE
LEWIS STEELE: When the sun sets over L4 on Tuesday night, the only thing that matters…
The calls Arne Slot simply must get right against PSG to save Liverpool’s season – and why Reds fans shouldn’t write off the prospect of another famous Anfield night, writes LEWIS STEELE
LEWIS STEELE: When the sun sets over L4 on Tuesday night, the only thing that matters…
Always fit, never late, and the player of Pep’s ‘dreams’: How Bernardo Silva became Guardiola’s ‘favourite’, the stories of Manchester City’s unsung leader and the fateful decision that kept him from leaving
Silva has taken on the captaincy with vigour and pride, using what he learned from Fernandinho…
‘He’s the one that connects everybody – no one else can do that’: The pressure is on – Arsenal need the real Martin Odegaard to step up as he fights for his place
Martin Odegaard finds himself at a crossroads. Scratching for form, trying to reach full fitness and…
How do you stop a 21st powerhouse prop? Northampton’s plans to take down Bath battering ram Thomas du Toit – using iso-drills, dominoes and two Springbok scrum geniuses of their own
How do you stop a scrummaging force like Thomas du Toit? That is the question Northampton…
Chelsea Confidential: Enzo Maresca’s cryptic dig at the Blues, former star slams Liam Rosenior’s ‘egotistical power play’ over Enzo Fernandez and double injury boost for Reece James and Levi Colwill
On Friday, the same day that Liam Rosenior announced Enzo Fernandez's two-game ban, a source told…
More space, more shots, more goals: How Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres and Kai Havertz forged an unlikely strike partnership – and why it can revive attack in title run-in
ISAAN KHAN: A Gyokeres-Havertz axis was not in Arsenal's grand plan. But they might just have…
The man with the shovel-sized hands, a reconstructed face and lightning reflexes: How David Raya can resurrect Arsenal’s season after back-to-back cup defeats
ISAAN KHAN: In Arsenal's many times of need this season, their man with the shovel-sized hands…
JEFF POWELL MBE: These are the 10 greatest heavyweight fights of all time – who comes out as the undisputed No1? Does Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora’s ‘Fight of the 21st Century’ crack the list? And which star name misses out entirely?
Wide is the divide riven by my contention that the unremitting slugfest between Derek Chisora against…
These are my winners and losers from round one of the County Championship – from the England star who’s more vulnerable than ever, to the pair who put Ashes woe behind them and Test exile who made case for shock comeback, writes LAWRENCE BOOTH
With England's first Test against New Zealand less than two months away, Daily Mail Sport looks…