Where are they now? Rafa Benitez’s 28 signings for Newcastle United
The Toon were all but relegated when he joined the club but, instead of jumping ship, he put his reputation on the line and spent a season in the Championship.
Articles By Andrew Martin
Sporting’s €80million-rated wonderkid has the Premier League’s big guns hot & bothered
Clubs are already queueing...
Where are they now? The 10 best wonderkids of 2018 according to GOAL
Wonderkids are not guaranteed to become wonderadults.
Coefficient race explained: What Aston Villa & Tottenham need for fifth place to get CL qualification
Confused? Don't worry. We've got you.
Where are they now? The last Arsenal XI that beat Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena
The last time Arsenal beat Bayern away from home, the Gunners absolutely sh*thoused their way to victory.
10 invincible teams that we can’t believe DIDN’T win the league title
You have to have something a bit different about you to be an invincible football team. Takes a mental fortitude you don't often see.
Where are they now? Maurizio Sarri’s 10 signings as Juventus manager
Juventus signed some superb footballers during Sarri's reign. They also signed one bloke we've literally never heard of.
The Premier League scorers charts if hitting the woodwork counted as a goal
Imagine if the goal was just an inch or two bigger in every direction? Darwin Nunez certainly does...
The MLS’ top 10 record transfers to European clubs – & how they fared
We're taking a look at the ten most expensive transfers from MLS to Europe and—SPOILER ALERT—most of them are quite recent because that's how inflation works.
Man Utd’s next star is sinking rivals & saving the club one literal haymaker at a time
Talk about a knockout blow...
Where are they now? Carlo Ancelotti’s 8 signings as Bayern Munich manager
The Bavarians made eight signings during Carlo's reign. Let's take a look at where those fellas are now.
USMNT and England are set to do battle for Pep Guardiola’s next star full-back
Manchester City are at it again.
Where are they now? Jose Mourinho’s 15 signings at Real Madrid
Some are retired, naturally—time and tide wait for no man—some, unbelievably, are still lighting up the Bernabeu, and the rest... well, let's find out.
11 players we can’t believe are playing in the CONCACAF Champions Cup
The CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals are in full swing, and it's getting tasty.
Bigger than Michael Jordan? Messi, Miami & American soccer’s brave new chapter
Messi's move to Inter Miami was like a small planet smashing into ocean somewhere off the Eastern Seaboard.
Where are they now? Pep Guardiola’s 15 signings as Bayern Munich manager
The Bavarians made 15 signings during Pep's tenure—most of them incredible, some of them a bit weird.
9 of the current longest trophy droughts in Europe: Spurs & Newcastle lead the way…
The weight may have been lifted for Athletic Bilbao, but some clubs are still living under a cloud of trophylessness.
Where are they now? Andrea Pirlo’s 7 signings as Juventus manager
A short - and not very fun - stay.
13 second-choice goalkeepers who are too good to warm the subs bench: Ortega, Kelleher…
Plenty of bargains to be found here.
Where are they now? The 7 signings made by Rafa Benitez at Real Madrid
He wasn't in charge for long...
8 MLS players you’ll definitely remember that are still playing in 2024
Some of these other names will cause your eyebrows to enter a different postcode.
Where are they now? Ruben Amorim’s first 9 signings for Sporting Lisbon
Premier League fans will know all about one of them.
7 potential Liverpool signings if Ruben Amorim succeeds Jurgen Klopp
We've identified the players the Portuguese coach should target in the summer transfer window, should he arrive on Merseyside.
The 14-year-old ‘American Messi’ is Manchester-bound & we should all be terrified
It's always Sully in Philadelphia...
A ridiculous XI of players that Newcastle currently have unavailable
The starting XI you can construct with the Toon's current list of unavailable players is a bit of a joke.
On the Origin of Skill Moves: Charles Darwin’s got nothing on highly-evolved ballers
Imagine being the first person to do anything. Somebody baked the first loaf of bread, somebody was the first person to circumnavigate the globe, and somebody did the first rainbow flick.
The Scottish Premiership might just have provided us with the most Sunday League moment ever
After briefly giving Newell a concave skull, the ball turns it's attention to Will Fish. The ricochet flies toward Fish, and tw*ts him right in the dish as well.
Ranking football commentators by how much we’d fancy a pint with them
Having your whole life commentated upon on would be a sort of living hell, but we reckon we could manage a pint.
13 teams that need to be reunited with their classic kit makers immediately
We've picked out thirteen teams that need to reconcile with their ex-kit manufacturers immediately.
6 players Eddie Howe needs to rebuild Newcastle’s squad around
Things have been a struggle on Tyneside this season - but the future could still look very bright for Newcastle.