Harry Kane is a better international marksman than Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Aguero. The Tottenham striker averages 0.5 goals per international appearance, beating out Messi’s 0.47, Aguero’s 0.46 and Ronaldo’s 0.45. Only Neymar has a better rate of last season’s top 11 scorers across Europe’s four major leagues, … Read more
With Jose Mourinho in full meltdown mode, Diego Costa trying to get sent off every week and more diving seen on Premier League pitches than a Tom Daley training session – it’s hard to imagine why anyone would want to be a referee. Now retired, Graham Poll did, and – … Read more
If Wayne Rooney, Anthony Martial, Memphis Depay and Matteo Darmian all suffered long-term injuries this season, would Manchester United’s ambitions for the season drastically alter? It’s likely Louis van Gaal would cool title talk should his captain, leading striker and two integral summer signings all come a cropper in close succession. … Read more
He survived a 6-1 humbling at Stoke, a 3-0 loss to West Ham at Anfield and being held at home by the likes of Norwich, Carlisle and Sion, but Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Liverpool after a 1-1 draw at Everton on Premier League matchday eight, with his side … Read more
One of the more widely trumpeted revelations from former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard’s new book ‘My Story’ is his dislike of two footballing figures. Stuart Pearce gained Gerrard’s ire for not giving him the England captaincy during a caretaker spell in charge of the national team. Yet, a special place … Read more
Former Tottenham and Bournemouth favourite Darren Anderton opens up about what makes a world-class footballer, why people should lay off Wayne Rooney and where the blame really lies for Harry Kane’s quiet start to the campaign in an exclusive interview with news.bwin.com. We’ve had some very interesting quotes come out in … Read more
Asked who they would like to officiate Arsenal’s next Premier League game, away to Leicester City, it’s unlikely many Gooners would nominate Mike Dean. The Wirral-born whistle blower will remain persona non grata in north London for some time after sending off Gunners defender Gabriel at Stamford Bridge and failing … Read more
If League Two Exeter could make them sweat, then a Tuesday night date with Sunderland in the Capital One Cup was surely the perfect opportunity for Manuel Pellegrini to lighten the load of his Manchester City megastars and blood some fringe players instead. Not a bit of it. The teamsheet … Read more
With the walls closing in on Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool tenure, bwin.com make it a two-horse race in the bid to replace the Northern Irishman at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp, the former Borussia Dortmund manager, is favoured to take over at the Merseyside club, at a price of 6/4, with Italian trophy-magnet … Read more
Mike Dean might expect his stock to be pretty low in the eyes of the footballing public after his game-altering oversight during Chelsea v Arsenal and he’d be right. No Premier League referee has been subject to a more negative spread of twitter reaction over the last 30 days than … Read more
2-0. 3-0. 2-1. The opening three away days of West Ham’s 2015/16 Premier League campaign aren’t going to be quickly forgotten around east London, as Slaven Bilic has engineered victories over Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City in consecutive road trips. That set of results would have been unpredictable in any … Read more
West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has gone on record to put an end to speculation that Saido Berahino will leave the Hawthorns before the end of the transfer window. The striker is 1/4 be a Tottenham player when the deadline passes, while it’s 11/4 he remains on the Baggies’ books. … Read more
West Ham prodigy Reece Oxford is one of millions of Year 11 students collecting their GCSE results today. The 16-year-old – whose team’s Premier League betting odds of 8/5 to finish in the top half – was lavished with praise for the commanding performance he produced at the Emirates on … Read more
Andre Ayew, Yohan Cabaye, Rudy Gestede and Georginio Wijnaldum commemorated their first matches in the colours of their respective new clubs with goals this weekend, but none were prolific enough to rob Sergio Aguero of his title as the most deadly opening-weekend debutant in Premier League history. The sharpest sharpshooter in … Read more