Between a row of white apartment buildings and an artificial pitch set into the green hills of Berio in San Sebastian that Antiguoko now call home, there is a strip of land where Mikel Arteta, Xabi Alonso and Andoni Iraola learned their craft.
Arsenal have just confirmed the sale of Gabriel Martinelli to Al Hilal, leaving them short of depth in attack until the transfer window opens up again in January. A frustrating summer ends with Arsenal arguably weaker in attack than they were last season, when it was already a clear area of concern, despite them going […] The post Confirmed: Arsenal wasted huge transfer opportunity to replace departing star for net cost of just £5m appeared first on CaughtOffside.
Bournemouth boss Marco Rose will have to juggle his playing resources carefully when the Cherries embark upon their first season in Europe, starting at Real Sociedad on 17 September. Uefa's deadline for clubs to submit squads for the league phase of the Europa League was midnight on Wednesday, with Europe's governing body revealing each club's squads on Thursday evening.
After the USA won the inaugural U-20 Women's World Cup in 2002, Soccer America's Scott French compared forwards Lindsay Tarpley, Heather O'Reilly, Kelly Wilson to the "Triple-Edged Sword," heroes of the USA's inaugural Women's World Cup-winning team in 1991: Michelle Akers, April Heinrichs and Carin Jennings. Head coach Tracey (nee Bates) Leone, who also played on the 1991 team, became the first American to win a soccer world championship as both a player and head coach. The post SA Archives (2002): USA wins first U-20 Women’s World Cup appeared first on Soccer America.
‘It’s better to look a little further than the next game’Head coach ‘happy with the four wingers we have’Andoni Iraola has defended Liverpool’s summer transfer strategy and said the club were right not to pay “crazy money” for short-term fixes while Hugo Ekitiké, Conor Bradley and Giovanni Leoni are recovering from serious injuries.Liverpool had the highest net spend in the Premier League, with Bradley Barcola, signed for a potential £123m, added on Monday to a front line that includes the £125m Alexander Isak and £116m Florian Wirtz. Barcola could make his debut at Ipswich on Friday, despite not featuring for Paris Saint-Germain this season. Continue reading...
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