The Europa League and Conference League finals are examples of how football has become engineered to a point where domestic clubs are cast as unromantic behemoths

Set-pieces, structure and relentless organisation have made Arsenal the new benchmark for coaching in modern football

With clubs circling the same coaches, the market looks alarmingly short of elite candidates

A heartbreaking end doesn’t discount a phenomenal season for Hearts

After two years of penalty box mayhem, a foul is finally called in the biggest moment of the Premier League season. Why did it take so long?

A hamstring injury is keeping the 18-year-old off the pitch for now – but he continues to play a starring role off of it

End of season blues engulfs two teams ready to see back of this league campaign

José Mourinho seems bound for a return to football’s biggest soap opera

It’s not just Tottenham who are racked by fear of relegation – two new trends have a host of clubs scared

Two men broke the ‘impossible’ two-hour marathon barrier last Sunday, but the Ethiopian who came second is sanguine – and says he can ‘absolutely go quicker’

In an extract from a new book, Rory Smith writes about the nostalgia and yearning signalled by wearing a classic football shirt

Bayern’s shift from picking off Bundesliga rivals’ talent to offering Premier League stars an off-ramp has solidified its place as a European giant

Plenty of spite, and a hint of nostalgia, as antipathy is renewed in their FA Cup semi-final showdown

‘As F Scott Fitzgerald wrote of a previous era’s finance bros, they are wanton and glib and, above all, careless people’

That Tottenham stand a chance of being relegated from the Premier League is something the modern footballing structure is supposed to guard against – until it doesn’t

Frank Lampard and his team complete a torturous journey from the depths, and give back the city some much-needed pride

It’s not just Arne Slot’s role that will be question wherever his stuttering side end up, but whether the club can build another great team

Mikel Arteta’s team go to the Etihad again with more than the title on the line, and racked by fear of City overhauling them once more

Pep Guardiola has often been accused of coaching the flair out of players – but Rayan Cherki is an exception to this charge