2 Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho’s salary demands are putting on ice any attempts to move on the controversial attacker. The winger played on loan at Chelsea last season but the Blues refused to activate an obligation to buy him and paid United a £5 million fee to get themselves out of the deal. He has … Read more
Newcastle may reignite their interest in a few long-term targets this summer. Our pursuit of Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi may be rekindled and Burnley stopper James Trafford remains a target after our £16m bid was turned down almost 12 months ago. However, it seems a forgotten Spaniard who was tipped to sign two summers … Read more
Barcelona are in the semifinal of the UEFA Champions League and the treble dream lives on. To hit that special achievement, however, they must be flawless over the coming weeks. Their first game after the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal will be later this week against Celta Vigo in La Liga and the Catalans will see … Read more
In a dramatic turn of events, Jos Buttler has stepped down as England’s white-ball captain following the team’s early exit from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This decision comes on the heels of a crushing defeat to Afghanistan, which sealed England’s elimination from the tournament and marked their seventh consecutive loss. Buttler, who assumed the … Read more
Phew! We all breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday afternoon, as Newcastle were able to get back to winning ways on the South Coast, after falling at home to Bournemouth last weekend. Howe’s side appeared back to their dominant best for much of the 90 minutes against Southampton at St Mary’s, with the usual … Read more
Image credit: © Geoff Burke-Imagn Images A few weeks ago, I discussed the option of moving beyond current metrics for summarizing exit velocity, such as the raw mean and the 90th percentile. The reasons for this include that (1) the exit velocity distribution is heavily left-skewed, so the raw mean is missing important information; (2) … Read more