How the moyesiah miraculously fixed everton’s woes

THE PLAN Everton’s recent running-on-fumes reality has presented David Moyes and the club’s new owners, the Friedkin Group, with a significant challenge – they went into July with 15 senior players, p

THE PLAN A big improvement. Manchester United’s surreal 15th-place finish was their worst since relegation in 1973-74; losing the Europa League final to Spurs just added insult to injury. In defeat af

Rarely have two points been such cause for celebration. Come the end of the 2015-16 Premier League campaign, that was all that would separate Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland, in 17th, from relegated rivals

THE PLAN Let’s try that again. Challenged to give West Ham fans something new, Julen Lopetegui certainly delivered as he spent huge sums in making the team older, slower and worse in both boxes, filli

How Chelsea dethroned Champions League winners PSG

THE PLAN Once the euphoria of their dramatic play-off final victory over Sheffield United had subsided, the dilemma for Sunderland has been whether, and how much, to alter their youth-centred recruitm