Arne Slot’s reluctance to trust in his extended squad left his side vulnerable to a chastening final defeat

Manchester United need new players and an unlikely summer encounter

I was one of the people paying way over the odds to see Messi play for Inter Miami against New York City

Shamrock Rovers manager’s criticism of Heimir Hallgrímsson may have missed the point but his outburst will do the domestic game no harm

Infantino and Trump share one common enemy – the thing that used to be called the mainstream media

While Mikel Arteta’s side hope to push on for the Premier League title, Manchester City look like they want the season to finish now

Wrong refereeing decisions cannot be eliminated from football because most of the time wrongness is a matter of subjective perception

Football now increasingly subject to the influence of forces that never appear on the pitch

Gabriel Jesus’s injury and another unconvincing performance by Kai Havertz underlined how badly Arsenal need a new forward

Sunday’s Premier League match at Anfield suggested there could be some sense to selling Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid

Moments of magic being sapped from the game as managers opt to cut out risky business

Ange Postecoglou needs to review his risk-and-reward calculation

United manager’s faith in Amad Diallo helps secure a memorable Manchester derby victory over struggling City

If Irish football has been subsisting on the poverty line, Hungarian football has had billions pumped into it

Great managers such as Alex Ferguson and Jurgen Klopp understood the difference between rhetoric and reality

Mohamed Salah talking about his contract shows he wants to stay at Anfield - but notice the silence from Trent Alexander-Arnold

The new manager has a crystal-clear idea of how his side should play but he lacks the players to make that vision a reality

Ireland’s second-half capitulation against England again exposed this team’s fatal lack of gamecraft

Evan Ferguson at one end and Caoimhin Kelleher come up with big plays, alongside a regen of Craig Bellamy

Just moments after taking the lead, and with half an hour still to play, Arsenal looked like they were already trying to kill the game