Ollie Watkins has been omitted from Aston Villa’s matchday squad at Brighton, a glaring call from Unai Emery that pours rocket fuel on a transfer saga already running hot. It... read more

Welcome back to the Premier League circus — and what an opening-day clanger from Manchester United. Promoted Hull City, fearless and full of fizz, turned over the favourites 2-0 at... read more

Yankuba Minteh has tossed a live grenade into the Premier League’s never-ending bar-room debate, anointing his top five African players to grace England’s top flight — and he’s pointedly left... read more

The new Premier League campaign has barely drawn breath and already the plot lines are popping. Arsenal opened by swatting aside Coventry at the Emirates, while Michael Carrick’s Manchester United... read more

Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Manchester United opened the campaign with a thud, turned over 2-0 away at Hull City after a pair of first‑half set‑pieces from Semi... read more

Right, here we go again. Everton fling open the doors for Year Two at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, the Moyes reboot in full swing and the blue half of Merseyside... read more