Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone in Luxembourg The challenges have come thick and fast for Jaydee Canvot since he swapped Ligue 1 side Toulouse for reigning FA Cup winners Crystal Palace last summer. Acclimatising to the Premier League is never easy regardless of how high your stock is. And after cutting his teeth and taking a leaf out of ex-skipper Marc Guehi’s book in the first few months of the campaign, Canvot is now an Eagles regular. But he’s had to navigate his way

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at the Allianz Arena in Munich on the 18th of March 2026 Bayern Munich 4-1 Atalanta Goals: Kane, Kane, Karl, Diaz (B), Samardzic (A). Harry Kane revealed that he will be fully behind Tottenham Hotspur in their bid to avoid relegation. With eight games to go, the north Londoners are fifth from bottom and one point above both West Ham and Nottingham Forest as they are fighting for their lives. But Kane, who scored 280 goals and provided 63 assi

Exclusive by Alessandro Schiavone at the Santiago Bernabeu on the 11th of March 2026 Arsenal's main Premier League rivals are staring down the barrel of a premature Champions League exit tonight. And that only three days after slipping NINE points behind the Gunners in the Prem standings following a 1-1 draw a West Ham. Man City's season is at a crossroads and at risk of fizzling out. Unless they can win by a four-goal margin against Real Madrid in the northwest tonight. Ex-S

By Alessandro Schiavone at Santiago Bernabeu on the 12th of March 2026 Real Madrid 3-0 Man City Manchester City currently have a list of issues as long as Thibaut Courtois’ wonderful arms. Undone by Chelsea's former persona non grata ’s long kick that laid the groundwork for Valverde’s opener and then denied by the Belgian’s stunning foot save from Nic O'Reilly's close-range strike, the serial winners are now at a crossroads. Marc Guehi’s side trail Arsenal by seven points in

By Alessandro Schiavone at Parc des Princes, Paris on the 9th of March 2026 PSG failed their Chelsea audition five days before the Blues come to town for the first leg of the last-16 Champions League tie. Monaco, a side that has had PSG’s number more than any other Ligue 1 side since their notorious Qatari takeover 15 years ago, unwrapped three gifts to complete the double in the French league over the capital side. Defeat also meant that Lens has cut the gap to Paris to a si

By Alessandro Schiavone at Parc des Princes, Paris Ligue 1, PSG 1-3 Monaco Capital Football have caught up with Éric Rabésandratana who played for PSG between 1997 and 2001. "Zabarnyi's struggles? Ligue 1 isn't as easy as people may think. Chelsea will be a tough exercise. Physically PSG ain't recovering... 110 games down the line." Eric, what did you make of PSG’s performance five days before the reception of Chelsea? Their defensive issues have been an open-secret for a whi

Last week we told you about the next budding talent to come out of the famed Slavia Prague academy in the name of Mubarak Suleiman. This week we have asked his manager Jindřich Trpišovský about how far the youngster, who is currently winning every popularity contest in the Czech Republic after hitting the ground running, can go. Yet despite his pace, trickery and grace Trpišovský is of the opinion that Suleiman is better suited to Italian football than our London sides. He t

By Alessandro Schiavone in Leverkusen Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapié may get the chance to visit their old club in the last-16 of the Champions League after Bayer Leverkusen progressed past Olympiacos. A goalless home draw was enough for the German giants to seal a place in the next round after a pair of Patrik Schick goals in the first leg put them in pole position for this one. On an uneventful night at BayArena , where Blaswich replaced crocked ex-Brentford goalie Mark Fle

By Alessandro Schiavone in Prague West Ham United famously love a Slavia Prague talent when they see one. And to this day the Hammers have yet to regret dialing the Czech giants’ IBAN and transfer money. Because it’s always been cash well spent and rarely did they have to pay top dollar for it. Vladimir Coufal, Tomas Soucek and El Hadji Malick Diouf have all gone on to taste terrific success after swapping southeast Prague for the eastern part of London. Coufal was a reliable

By Alessandro Schiavone at epet Arena, Prague Andy Irving should have walked into his new stadium as if he owned the place. With Premier League experience under his belt, the man West Ham thought could be no useful in their relegation dogfight should have taken to the Chance Liga like a duck to water. Instead Irving looked like a Czech top-flight player finding his feet in England's top-tier. And not the other way round. Slow, sloppy, predictable and inefficient in both trans