Which leads to the point, how exactly does one define “on the up”? One phrase that can be used is that of building “priceless momentum” although what that actually means, is never defined. And when ...

After what seems a lot of newspaper speculation over the price, it seems Arsenal have agreed to pay £55m for Viktor Gyökeres with extra money for what are being called add-ons. The further speculation ...

What you won’t know (unless you are active in the field of following up on the issue of how children are treated by clubs), is that there is increasing activity among the parents of children who feel ...

This was the battle between Fifa and Uefa, finally played out. Uefa in the past has had the wealth, because all the top clubs are in Uefa, and Fifa had to spread itself more thinly. Now Fifa has won, ...

Go and work for five minutes in the world of football commentary and you will come across the word “panic” associated with the word “Arsenal”. Not that there is a panic happening at Arsenal as such, ...

And so the Arsenal transfers move along, and we now have three new players. First, Martín Zubimendi the midfielder from Real Sociedad, who allegedly cost £56m. Second, it is Christian Nørgaard from ...

There is an element in Arsenal’s recent development which one can hardly fail to notice – the way Arsenal not only have a vibrant youth academy, but also that the players move up from the youth squads ...

Four clubs out of the eight we have considered actually went up to a higher place from whence they started. Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle and Aston Villa. The final column shows how much it cost the ...

The only hope Palace have is that Textor does sell his shares in Palace to the owner of the New York Jets, as he has said he would – but even then, there isn’t a guarantee, as the Club Financial ...