Rob Draper

With seven games to save their status, Tottenham’s owners have taken risk on a gifted coach who favours tough love

Manchester City and Arsenal managers were both schooled in the expansive Barça tradition but the latter opting for caution could be his team’s undoing

When Pep Guardiola was preparing for the challenge of taking on Jürgen Klopp's peak Liverpool team at Anfield in February 2021, training that week

In this exclusive book extract, Rob Draper and Jonathan Northcroft reveals the remarkable process which led to Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as England manager

Manager’s early seasons were far from plain sailing but insiders credit club’s owners for staying the course

I t didn't start well for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. On a crisp December night in 2019 at about 1am in a Manchester suburb, Vinai Venkatesham stepped out of Arteta's home.

Two decades of disappointment followed Parisian nightmare of Lehmann, Eto’o and all that, but now a first Champions League title is in sight

Head coach identified squad’s lack of chemistry and set about improving it with more obvious hierarchy, stronger leaders — and clear boundaries for Jude Bellingham, as this extract reveals

The England captain has finally assumed his place at the pinnacle of the game – it has been a long road to this point

Read this exciting story from The Guardian June 09, 2026 issue. England's captain has had another sensational season at Bayern Munich to assume his place at the pinnacle of the game - but it has been a long road to this point