Tag: Champions

Bruno Fernandes rounds on Michael Carrick after Man Utd lose to Como in Champions League
22 October 2026 Off

Bruno Fernandes rounds on Michael Carrick after Man Utd lose to Como in Champions League

By Total Football News

After winning 12 of his 17 games in charge last season to guide United back into the Champions League after a two-year absence, Carrick was given a two-year contract.

However, as happened with Solskjaer five years ago, the new campaign has unravelled spectacularly and they are 13th in the Premier League, three points clear of bottom club Sunderland.

Although they recovered from their shock opening-day defeat to newly promoted Hull

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Manchester City: Senior football figures concerned club could play in Champions League next season
7 October 2026 Off

Manchester City: Senior football figures concerned club could play in Champions League next season

By Total Football News

BBC Sport has spoken to a number of senior figures within the game in recent days who are concerned about the prospect of City qualifying for the Champions League next season.

The feeling is that if City do not win their appeal and are therefore handed a strong sanction, then being allowed to compete alongside Europe’s elite, and receiving the financial rewards which come with it, would not be acceptable.

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Should Chelsea be stripped of 2016-17 title and Tottenham crowned champions?
10 September 2026 Off

Should Chelsea be stripped of 2016-17 title and Tottenham crowned champions?

By Total Football News

Pochettino feels he should have a Premier League title to his name.

Remember that he managed Chelsea for one season, when he struggled to win over supporters.

Chelsea finished sixth in 2023-24, but neither Pochettino nor the club are likely to look back fondly on that period.

It is different at Tottenham, with the Argentine still adored for his five-year spell in charge from 2014.

As well as finishing

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Arsenal: Martin Odegaard new role explained by Mikel Arteta after captain’s Champions League winner at Napoli | Football News
9 September 2026 Off

Arsenal: Martin Odegaard new role explained by Mikel Arteta after captain’s Champions League winner at Napoli | Football News

By Total Football News

Martin Odegaard is a player transformed at the start of this season – and Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta puts his captain’s impressive form down to fitness and new positioning.

Odegaard was the match-winner again for Arsenal on Wednesday, thumping in the only goal of the game in the Champions League victory at Napoli.

That hit followed his clinching strike against Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday and takes his

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Premier League fixtures 2026-27: Newly promoted Coventry travel to champions Arsenal on opening day
19 June 2026 Off

Premier League fixtures 2026-27: Newly promoted Coventry travel to champions Arsenal on opening day

By Total Football News

There will be a change in the way Premier League referees judge hair-pulling next season after three players were sent off for the offence in 2025-26.

All three red cards for hair-pulling came through a video assistant referee review, but from next season, not every time a player is seen to pull an opponent’s hair will they be dismissed.

Instead, greater emphasis will be placed on both the level of

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Leicester relegated: From Premier League champions to League One with Championship relegation
22 April 2026 Off

Leicester relegated: From Premier League champions to League One with Championship relegation

By Total Football News

After finishing eighth in the Premier League in 2022 and reaching the Conference League semi-finals, then manager Brendan Rodgers warned the club needed to alter their expectations.

Covid had a big impact on King Power – the duty-free retailer owned by Vichai – as airline travel halted.

The ripples were still being felt and, after an eight-game winless start to 2022-23, Rodgers said Leicester needed to focus on reaching 40

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Levi Colwill says Chelsea’s Club World Cup win proves they are ready to win Premier League or Champions League
14 July 2025 Off

Levi Colwill says Chelsea’s Club World Cup win proves they are ready to win Premier League or Champions League

By Total Football News

Chelsea’s Club World Cup win proves they are ready to win the Premier League or Champions League as soon as next season, says defender Levi Colwill.

The 22-year-old started the shock 3-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, which crowned the Blues became world champions for the next four years in Fifa’s expanded global tournament.

Asked whether Chelsea can build on that success to win either the

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Athletic Club 0-3 Barcelona: Robert Lewandowski scores twice to help champions win on final day
26 May 2025 Off

Athletic Club 0-3 Barcelona: Robert Lewandowski scores twice to help champions win on final day

By Total Football News

Robert Lewandowski scored twice as La Liga champions Barcelona wrapped up their domestic treble-winning season with a comfortable victory at Athletic Bilbao.

Having sealed their 28th league title with two games to spare, Hansi Flick’s men scored their 100th goal of the league campaign with the 14th-minute opener.

Lewandowski expertly chipped home goalkeeper Unai Simon, before he doubled the lead only three minutes later, arriving at the back post to

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Premier League final day: Who is in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League
26 May 2025 Off

Premier League final day: Who is in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League

By Total Football News

Newcastle sealed Champions League qualification on the final day despite losing to Everton, while Chelsea and Manchester City also confirmed their places in the competition for next season.

Despite losing 1-0 on Sunday, results elsewhere mean Newcastle finished the 2024-25 Premier League campaign in fifth place, enough to earn them a spot in Europe’s top competition.

Chelsea beat Nottingham Forest on the final day to finish fourth, but that result

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