Some players break records, others break the internet. Neither was ever going to be enough for Neymar da Silva Santos Junior though – he had to break the transfer market too. Economists could chart th

Had qualification for the World Cup been decided by population, Spain would only just have made it for the past seven tournaments. Ranked 31st by that metric, they lag behind Myanmar, Sudan and Colomb

Martin Odegaard has been living with Arsenal’s past for almost as long as he’s been alive. When the club last felt invincible, Odegaard was a small child in Drammen, Norway, kicking a ball against the

CELTA VIGO3BARCELONA3 La Liga, 2000 “I was a young, third-choice Barça keeper at that time. I’d joined the first-team because Francesc Arnau was injured and I got on the bench for two or three games,

The end. The collapse. The exhaustion of 11 Arsenal players, slumping to the turf against the glittering backdrop of a Toon foil display. Mikel Arteta’s thousand-yard stare. Granit Xhaka’s chevron bro

Most children dream of becoming firefighters, astronauts or footballers – but Liam Rosenior wasn’t most children. From an early age, he wanted to become a football manager. “At the age of nine, I read