The Daily Football Briefing - The Athletic

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What happened on Deadline Day (and how much did Chelsea need that win?)

Feb 03 2025 11 mins

We’ve got a full deadline day round-up for you here with everything that was confirmed after 11pm, but before our bedtime at midnight. Deal of the day? Marco Asensio for Aston Villa? Or will it be Mathys Tel for Spurs? Chelsea were never really comfortable at Stamford Bridge, but they grabbed themselves a much needed victory against West Ham. Simon Johnson was there. And we�

Arsenal flatten City (and Man Utd lose again)

Feb 02 2025 16 mins

Be honest. When Kai Havertz missed that first half sitter, you thought that Arsenal were going to lose, didn’t you? And why wouldn’t you? That’s how football works. It’s powered by narrativium. Except this time it wasn’t. Arsenal destroyed City and Havertz got one in the back of the net eventually. Amy Lawrence has the Arsenal angle, Sam Lee has City, but we’ve also g

Europa League special. Who’s in and who’s out (and is Mathys Tel off to Spurs?)

Jan 30 2025 9 mins

It’s mission accomplished for Tottenham and Manchester United, they’ve spared themselves a Europa League play-off. So have Rangers, which very few people expected. Jay Harris was in North London, Mark Critchely was in Bucharest, but they both made time for DFB. So did Seb Stafford Bloor because it looks like young Mathys Tel is on the move. But where to? And we’ve got a w

Champions League special. Who’s in and who’s out (and who is everybody likely to play in the knock-out rounds?

Jan 29 2025 8 mins

Manchester City were 0-1 at home to Club Brugges, but they fought back to win 3-1 and claim their place in the play-offs. Sam Lee was there and he’s looking forward to their reward; a clash with Real Madrid or Bayern Munich. Paris St Germain didn’t just survive, they managed to bag a seeded place in the play-offs, Seb Stafford Bloor watched them and he was impressed. And As

Brace yourself for Big Wednesday (and what’s going on at Dortmund?)

Jan 28 2025 9 mins

Yep, it’s the big one tonight. Eighteen games, all at once and heaven only knows what that massive Champions League table will look like at the end of it all. What does it all mean? Listen here for a full briefing. Plus, what’s going on with Borussia Dortmund, we speak to Seb Stafford Bloor. And are Brighton really about to sell Evan Ferguson? It appears so. Presenter: Iain

Is there a way back for Rashford? (and are Leeds going up this year?)

Jan 27 2025 10 mins

Ruben Amorim doesn’t seem to mince his words and his comments on Marcus Rashford this weekend were fascinating. We check in with the team from The Athletic FC podcast to find out what they mean. Plus, how did Leeds get on at Burnley? And we’ve got another installment of heavy metal football…statistics and how they suggest that Trent Alexander Arnold and Son Heung Min aren�

Spurs sunk at home by Leicester (and what is going on with Bournemouth?)

Jan 26 2025 15 mins

The mood at Tottenham is pretty bleak right now. Defeat at home to Leicester was not what anyone was expecting. The fans are absolutely furious and understandably so. Jay Harris reports back for us. Laurie Whitwell was at the Manchester United game and he has our full sympathy for that. Jacob Tanswell tells us about a tired looking Aston Villa. And, after the first hat trick of hi

Man Utd catch a break (and Spurs nearly squander one)

Jan 23 2025 8 mins

Finally, there’s a smile on Ruben Amorim’s face. He thought, as indeed we all did, that Man Utd had chucked away a perfectly good win with an entirely preventable mistake. He was wrong, Bruno Fernandes saved the day and poor old Ranger, depleted by injuries, went home empty handed. Laurie Whitwell was there. Spurs could so easily have done the same. They dominated the first h

PSG’s teamwork makes the dream work (and what happened to Bayern?)

Jan 22 2025 11 mins

Manchester City aren’t out of it yet, but they were taught a lesson in Paris by a young side that have none of their predecessor’s traits. PSG fought as a team to come back from 0-2 down and, in many ways, this is sad because we can no longer laugh at them. We can laugh at Bayern, if that’s something you’d like to do. They were beaten by Feyenoord and may not get one of t

Barca win nine goal thriller (and Atletico do Atletico things)

Jan 21 2025 11 mins

What a night of Champions League football. If you were smart enough to choose the Benfica - Barcelona game as your match of the night, well done. Pol Ballus was there and he’s still in shock. If you were watching some sort of Champions League highlights show, you may not have kept up with all the goals going in, there were 34 in total. James Pearce was at Anfield, Jacob Tanswel