‘genius’ alonso makes leverkusen the team to beat

FC Köln and Hamburg are back in the big time, following their promotion from the second tier. With nine German titles between them, the two sleeping giants frankly had no business being demoted in the

THE PLAN Brighton secured their second-best top-flight finish last season (8th), but missing out on Europe was still a disappointment. The experience should do head coach Fabian Hurzeler and his youth

THE PLAN Last season’s 56 points was a club-record haul for a second successive campaign, with 9th a joint-best top-flight finish, so the task in 2025-26 task is simple: more of the same. Bournemouth’

Real Madrid are opening a new era with Xabi Alonso. The 43-year-old Basque played for the club between 2009 and 2014, and he knows it inside out. As a major former star of the club, he’ll be respected

Manchester City may have been short-priced odds to win a fifth straight Premier League title last season, but the signs of a fall were there if you knew where to look. That’s according to ex-City wing

For the first time since 1993, Ligue 1 can count the reigning European champions in its ranks after Paris Saint-Germain’s historic 5-0 shellacking of Inter in the final of the Champions League. While