Talents such as Nicolas Jackson are making waves in Enzo Maresca’s squad but plenty of others are going nowhere

Football clubs exist now to generate content for television and money for their owners – the fans have lost so much in 40 years

A goalless draw at the Etihad last season cast Arsenal as frontrunners but they need to better balance aggression with defence

More goals are being scored from inside the box because of better pitches and shifts in tactical thinking

The economic boom that reformed the top flight in 1992 could be about to devour one of its original ‘big five’

Deals of three key players expire next summer, with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s situation perhaps the most perplexing

Having the richest owners has not led to immediate success amid concerns the club are no longer a priority for the PIF

If financial regulations have been breached, it is only right that punishment follows but once a sport stops being decided on the pitch it is in trouble

The game is now how many places express their existence and identity, so that it is in effect another theatre of conflict

After chastening experiences at Fulham, Bournemouth and Club Brugge it is hard to judge him at another mezzanine club

The face of the 1924 Games was a footballer, the Black Pearl, who danced the tango and left jazz singers and novelists swooning

But the three big problems in the team will be hard for anyone to solve without the kind of ball-playing English Rodri the country still isn’t producing

Journalists are not the only ones to have had plastic cups thrown at them at Euro 2024 so what will it take before the organising body reacts?

This Germany team could not emulate side of 2006 in a tournament intertwined with complicated nationalism

The incoherence and panic that gripped lethargic players against Denmark shows their problems are deep-rooted

African football changed to fit in with the world game. But it’s always those down the chain who suffer for careless leadership

The Dane’s presence at these Euros is less about creative inspiration than an affirmation of the game’s greatest values

Slowly, unsurely, sides from the former eastern bloc are emerging again – but their journeys are all very different

With a vote on the technology looming, it’s debatable that the search for accuracy is worth the sacrifice of spontaneity

It is 20 years since Porto beat Monaco in the final – the landscape of European football has changed dramatically since that game