by David Conn | Oct 19, 2017 | Sports
London – Howard Wilkinson, the architect of English football’s modern youth development programme, has called for the system to be reviewed and overhauled, accusing the top clubs of failing in their “moral responsibility” to give young players opportunities....
by David Conn | Jul 21, 2017 | Sports
London- The Premier League is set to remain by far the world’s richest football league, its clubs earning approximately €2bn (£1.7bn) more collectively than those in Europe’s second richest, the German Bundesliga, according to the annual review of football finances by...
by David Conn | May 31, 2017 | Sports
The statement made by the Arsenal majority owner, Stan Kroenke – after the club failed for the first time in 20 years to finish in the Premier League top four – was clinically short, utterly unemotional, yet for all that, distinctly revealing of his motivation for...
by David Conn | May 13, 2017 | Sports
London – The allegations about how the Monaco-based agent Mino Raiola has earned £41m from all three parties involved in Paul Pogba’s move from Juventus to Manchester United broke over Fifa just as its ousted ethics committee chairmen were accusing it before the...