"I try to be comfortable to score in every way. "I don’t just want to be ‘JP scores like this, when he makes the run in behind’. "I want to control the ball, I can dribble, I can shoot first touch, I can score with my left or right, and hopefully better and more with my

🔷 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 🔷 Transport yourself to one of English football's finest stadiums as we capture the iconic sounds that only Goodison Park can produce. Join us at the place Everton have called home for 133 years — best enjoyed with headphones 🎧

"𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨. 𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥

🔴 His big pre-season fear 🔴 What makes him angry 🔴 The game he ‘won the players over’ 🔴 His proudest coaching moment 🔴 Why he has to thank Michael Oliver Exclusive: Arne Slot reveals the stories behind the eight defining moments of Liverpool’s title win. James Pearce

🚨 Liverpool given huge boost in Florian Wirtz pursuit - Bayern Munich believe 22yo on course for Anfield move if he leaves Bayer Leverkusen this summer. Clubs would still need to agree deal - not a formality - but Germany int’l favours #LFC The Athletic | Football nytimes.com/athletic/63676…

The sad tale of Brandon Williams - who was handed a suspended prison sentence on Friday - and a sorry case that highlights football’s issue with laughing gas My piece with Greg O'Keeffe nytimes.com/athletic/63052…

When Antonio Conte arrived at Napoli’s training ground in Castelvolturno to oversee the final preparations for Friday night’s title-deciding game against Cagliari, the road was lined with fans. He got out of his car and decided to run like Rocky up the steps in Philadelphia,

On Friday, the former Manchester United defender Brandon Williams was given a 14-month sentence, suspended for two years, along with a three-year driving ban and 180 hours of community service after crashing his car while speeding at 99mph with a nitrous oxide balloon in his

Emergency services said two people, including one child, were seriously injured and many more hurt after a car ploughed into a crowd at the end of Liverpool's Premier League title parade on Monday. Simon Hughes and James Pearce explain what we know about what happened.

🚨Excl: Kirsten Heukels is the £175k ‘body language expert’ cited by Sir Jim Ratcliffe earlier this year. Speaking to The Athletic | Football, she discussed: 🔺What her work is about 🔺Asking Bruno for a favour 🔺Ratcliffe’s comments 🔺#MUFC's FA Cup win ➕more nytimes.com/athletic/63808…

“You will be the star that guides our family." Luis Enrique's daughter Xana died in 2019 at the age of nine from a rare form of bone cancer. In 2015, she had been on the pitch with him in Berlin celebrating Barcelona's Champions League victory. On Saturday, when his PSG side

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia did not want to leave Georgia. But when his father Badri became dangerously ill he knew he had no choice. Aged 18, Khvicha joined Lokomotiv Moscow from Rustavi on loan. His first salary, on increased terms, was enough to pay for the surgery — and save his

Inside Inter Spoke to Marotta, Inzaghi, Lauti, Barella and more ahead of Saturday's date with destiny nytimes.com/athletic/63874…

Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Liverpool to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold early — enabling the right-back to be available for their entire Club World Cup campaign. 📝 David Ornstein, Mario Cortegana & Oliver Kay

Jeremie Frimpong’s first taste of life in England was not easy. He was six years old when he came to live in a council house in Moston, a suburb north-east of Manchester. It must have felt a long way from Amsterdam, the Dutch capital where he had grown up. He borrowed boots

Welcome to the first edition of The Transfer DealSheet for the 2025 summer window. This is our weekly guide to the transfer market. ■ David Ornstein's One To Watch ■ Arsenal exploring Leroy Sane option ■ Manchester City exploring Rayan Cherki deal

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was once a brilliant prospect for Arsenal and became an accomplished centre-forward for other clubs in England and Scotland. Now he is in prison as an international drug smuggler. @DTAthletic and Stuart James tell the story of his downfall.

"Even now, I can guarantee that if I signed for a club in England, the headline in all the newspapers would be something negative. "If another player at Manchester United gets into trouble, he’s always ‘the next Ravel.’" Ravel Morrison talks to @DTAthletic.

Tottenham won the Europa League on May 21. Four days later they finished 17th in the Premier League. Today they sacked Ange Postecoglou. It’s been a historically bad domestic season — but they ended a 17-year trophy drought. When Postecoglou’s team were truly on it, they were