Gab Marcotti is here to recap another busy, dramatic weekend in soccer. Welcome to Monday Musings. Jump to: North London derby lessons | Juve, Napoli show flaws | Barca drop points | Lukaku abused | Man United’s transition | Bale back for Real? | Dortmund’s wake-up call | Salah, Mane drama? | Super Simeone and
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One day, we might look back upon the 2019 summer transfer window and view it as a turning point. Maybe it will be the moment that clubs woke up to the reality of inflated contracts and fees, or perhaps realized that adding talent for the sake of it is only worthwhile if the price is
Gab Marcotti is here to recap a busy, dramatic weekend in soccer. Welcome to Monday Musings. Jump to: Arsenal’s errors at Liverpool | Real still a mess | Spurs’ Eriksen problem | Refs wreck Fiorentina vs. Napoli? | PSG need Neymar | More Man United woe | Mihajlovic is inspiring | Lewandowski carries Bayern |
Gab Marcotti is here to recap a busy, dramatic weekend in soccer. Welcome to Monday Musings. Jump to: Man City vs. Spurs | Breaking down Coutinho to Bayern | Man United’s Alexis problem | Bale dazzles for Real | Arsenal got a gem in Ceballos | Balotelli returns home | Lampard and Chelsea so far
Faith begins when reason ends. You get to the outer limits of your rational tether and then you take that big leap. It’s not necessarily a bad thing: Belief is central to sports. History is filled with stories of those who believed in themselves, thereby achieving great things. There’s also a rich trove of “outside-the-box”
It’s back! After a summer of international soccer, Gab Marcotti returns with his weekly column reflecting on the big talking points. It’s the first edition of Monday Musings for the 2019-20 season. Jump to: Is Neymar really on the move? | Man United vs. Chelsea | Juve’s squad issues | Stop complaining about VAR | Are
The post-Arsene Wenger rebuild is likely to continue at Arsenal following a season that saw them reach the Europa League final and narrowly finish fifth, albeit without hitting any particular heights in the Premier League. For most of the season, they were outside the top four, save for a brief run at the end. One
Sometimes things take a 180-degree turn. Up becomes down. White is now black. Thor turns out to be Loki. Your certainties end up being replaced by what you thought was heresy. Welcome to the Maurizio Sarri experience at Chelsea, which officially came to an end on Sunday. It’s hard to tell what would have seemed
Rocco Commisso believes in the resurgence of Serie A and as the new owner of Fiorentina, he’s ready to dive in. Rocco Commisso was twelve years old when he emigrated from his native Calabria, locating in the toe of the Italian boot, to New York City. His quickly became an immigrant success story: Academic excellence
Andrea Agnelli, president of the ECA and chairman of Juventus, is hoping to get his way over time regarding big reforms and guarantees for big clubs in European competitions. SAINT JULIAN, MALTA — The European Clubs Association (ECA) met in Malta over two days to discuss what is bound to be one of the most
Bayern may have finished the season with a Bundesliga/DFB Pokal Double but that hasn’t quite lifted the skepticism surrounding manager Nico Kovac. This team looks headed for a rebuild and a revamp in the summer and there are plenty of resources available. Rafinha, Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben are all leaving, freeing up space on
Infantino will continue as FIFA president after running unopposed in 2019, but he has a long list of things to address over the next four years. PARIS — Gianni Infantino will serve another term as president after being reelected by acclamation on Wednesday at the FIFA Congress. He addressed a number of topics, from women’s
Pep Guardiola and Man City have won everything but the Champions League. What will their team look like next season? We thought that completing this exercise for Manchester City would be rather straightforward. You win your second league title in a row, you get a domestic Treble along the way, everything is golden, right? Not
You win five of six domestic trophies. You gain 198 of a possible 228 points. You triumph both when you have a 15-point lead in December and when you have a Liverpool team breathing down your neck until the very last game. Yeah, you get to legitimately ask: are we the greatest team in the
But for the madness at Anfield in the Champions League semifinal, Barcelona might still be on track for a Treble. It’s worth remembering this when assessing the squad and what the club might do this summer. Instead, they’ve won La Liga and face Valencia in the Copa del Rey final, but Ernesto Valverde’s future is
Maybe as a kid you didn’t see the point in history class, reading up on all those men (and yeah, they were probably mostly men) of yesteryear, with their outdated ideas and senseless battles won and lost. Maybe you failed to see how events from centuries ago have any relevance to the here and now.
After another action-packed weekend in soccer, Gab Marcotti reflects on the big talking points in his latest edition of Monday Musings. Jump to: A reckoning for Man United | Barca rest vs. Celta Vigo | LFC won’t give up | Dortmund blow the league | PSG keep spiralling | Sarri a success | Atalanta’s dream continues