Compromises in the transfer market and unrealistic ambition has left Mikel Arteta and Ange Postecoglou in similar positions despite being on different sides of the north London divide
The days of ‘you’ll never beat Kyle Walker’ chants have passed and City’s long-serving right-back is now on the brink of leaving the club as a symbol of all that has gone wrong
The Newcastle striker and Sweden international initially struggled at Borussia Dortmund after leaving hometown club AIK before growing into one of the best goalscorers in the Premier League
The question of whether Jurgen Klopp – football idealist, fist-pumper extraordinaire, king of good stadium vibes – can work for a global corporate behemoth like Red Bull has become such an issue in Germany that when he was introduced on Tuesday as the ubiquitous fizzy beverage’s new high priest of soccer, his employer did not wait around for someone else to ask it.