Tag: Aston Villa

Nothing heralds the beginning of autumn more than people stating that it is “too early to look at the league ...

The draw for the revamped Champions League league phase is — after what seemed like a never-ending ceremony — complete.As ...

A new Premier League season is nearly here, which means only one thing: it’s time for footballers to stand moodily, ...

Ben Francis is showing The Athletic a photograph on his phone, but he can’t quite pinpoint when it was taken, so pings ...

When transfer windows go right, they can set a manager and a team up for a successful season or kick ...

Oliver Sarkic was having breakfast in Mauritius, just three days into his honeymoon, when his phone rang.It was his father, ...

A love story. Florentino Perez called it a love story. Speaking to reporters on his way out of Wembley Stadium ...

Premier League clubs this week opted to push on with plans for a hard spending limit — a de facto ...

In the refurbished gym at Aston Villa’s training ground, players are regularly put through their paces, spend time building up ...

Manchester United and Chelsea share a problem they cannot hope to run away from. Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge might ...