Should Liverpool panic yet? Barça get lucky, Bayern win, more
The October international break has been and gone, and the return of club action across Europe's top leagues gave us plenty to talk abo...
Shattering soccer myths: Man Utd, Barca need tactical flexibility
Popular narratives and conventional wisdom are sometimes right. Heck, Occam's razor suggests that the simplest explanation is more like...
Barça in Miami: Why FIFA, UEFA let leagues to play overseas
Villarreal's LaLiga game against Barcelona on Dec. 20 in Miami, and AC Milan's Serie A clash with Como in Perth, Australia, in February...
Atletico’s derby delight, Liverpool’s wake-up call, more
Another great soccer weekend is in the books and as always, it gave us plenty to talk about! In Spain's huge El Derbi, it was Atletico ...
Seven truths teams need to know about the transfer market
Alessandro Galleni has been Genoa's chief strategy officer since November 2022. The club has a glorious past -- only Milan, Inter and J...
Barca open LaLiga season strong, Bayern win Supercup, more
We are back! The first weekend of the 2025-26 European club soccer season has delivered a bounty of talking points and drama for us to ...
Why the expanded FIFA Club World Cup is worth trying
Make no mistake about it: as a concept, the first-ever 32-team FIFA Club World Cup is good for the sport, from pretty much any vantage ...
Osimhen, Vlahovic are top talents trapped in bad contracts
Look around Europe's big clubs, and you'll see a dearth of center-forwards. Real Madrid converted a left-winger to number nine last sea...
Better late than never: Spalletti is out as Italy manager
Luciano Spalletti is gone as Italy manager, and in a very Spalletti way: on his own terms, with eccentricities, double entendres, words...
Mamelodi Sundowns’ Club World Cup goal: ‘We want to inspire people’
Most of the talk about the FIFA Club World Cup has been about fixture congestion and the burden on players, to what degree European clu...