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August 2018

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August 31
- Gareth Southgate opens England door to Championship players, Sunday League players, fictional players, horses
- 5 factors that will determine whether Liverpool really can win the Premier League
- Ranked! The 20 best kits of the 2018/19 season
- Quiz! Can you name these 40 famous football brothers?
August 30
- Champions League group draw: Ronaldo gets Manchester United return
- The most underrated player at EVERY Premier League club
- Alexandre Lacazette is the big loser of Unai Emery’s Arsenal plan – but it doesn't have to be this way
- The best- and worst-case draws for every British club in Europe
August 29
- West Ham’s muddled thinking has grim echoes of the recent past
- The big interview: Tomas Brolin – "I was bullied at Leeds, but I don't regret joining them"
- Michu, Marco and Killer Kilcline: 10 one-season wonders who burned brightly but briefly for these clubs
- Revealed! The best- and worst-case European draws for every British club
August 28
- Ranked! The 15 greatest British footballing exports EVER
- The long way round: How Unai Emery became a self-made obsessive – and Arsenal's chosen one
- 10 managers who made the critics look ridiculous
- Don't worry, Spurs: 10 teams who did a lot after spending very little
- PES 2019 review: familiar issues stop it gaining ground on big-name rival
- Roy Hodgson only interested in total revenge on Harry the Hornet
- Quiz! Can you name all 53 World Cup winners to have played in the Premier League?
August 25
- Unconvincing Liverpool hold on against Brighton - Mo Salah scores again
August 24
- Jesse Lingard: “There wasn’t ever a point I thought I’d missed my chance at United”
- Anthony Martial undeterred by grand pianos and bear attacks during training
- One player from EVERY Premier League club whose stock will soar in 2018/19
- Quiz! Can you name the last 50 players to score a free-kick in the Premier League?
August 23
- James Milner: I wish I’d played for Leeds longer
- Ranked! Every Premier League club’s home kit from worst to best
- Why Premier League sides are paying a fortune for Brazilians, while other clubs go direct to source
- Quiz! Can you name the 50 current Premier League players with the highest foul count?
August 22
- Inside the secret fight against match-fixing in football
- How much is every Premier League club on TV this season?
- 9 players who Tottenham COULD have realistically signed this summer
- Ranked! The Championship’s 10 smartest transfers of the summer
August 21
- How Jose Mourinho lost his touch with youth – and why Ed Woodward was right to dismiss his demands
- 12 surprising loan spells you've almost certainly forgotten about
- The big interview: Nigel de Jong – "I liked being the underdog at Man City. People only knew United, but we wanted to change that"
- Ranked! The 10 best strikers in the Premier League right now
- What Naby Keita is already bringing to Liverpool
August 20
- There's absolutely no point trying for title, say every single Premier League club
- Liverpool’s 10 best transfer bargains of the Premier League era
- When David Beckham was the most hated man in England – and had the greatest season of his life
- Quiz! Can you name the last 50 goalkeepers to save a Premier League penalty?
August 18
- Embattled Tottenham win within the surrounding gloom
- Alonso strikes late as Chelsea beat Arsenal in five-goal thriller
August 17
- Kevin De Bruyne to miss three months with backpacking trip
- 9 players who Tottenham COULD have realistically signed this summer
- Quiz! Can you name the Premier League’s highest active appearance-makers from these 50 major countries?
August 16
- George Green: Everton’s ‘next Gazza’ on drugs, depression and self-destruction
- The 15 best Premier League signings of the summer
- Where has it all gone wrong for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the Premier League?
- How Barcelona lost their touch with the world’s best young players
- 10 summer signings that don’t make much sense
August 15
- One player from EVERY Premier League club whose stock will soar in 2018/19
- Rated! Europe’s biggest winners and losers from the summer transfer window… so far
- Why Gareth Bale has his best chance of a Ballon d'Or yet – with a little help from Florentino Perez
August 14
- Ranked! Every Championship club by their summer transfer business
- One player every Premier League club SHOULD have signed this summer
- Quiz! Name the 36 Premier League players under 23 who appeared on the 2018/19 opening weekend
- 12 thrilling teenagers aiming to own the League Cup in 2018/19
- The 10 best Premier League signings of the summer transfer window
August 13
- The one player your Premier League club SHOULD have signed this summer
- Arsenal fans lose patience with Emery
- The 11 best bargains of the Premier League transfer window
- Quiz! Can you name the 28 Frenchmen who’ve played for Arsenal in the Premier League?
- Ranked! The Championship’s 10 smartest transfers of the summer
- 11 Premier League summer signings that look like genuine bargains
August 11
- Wolves set Premier League record - but Richarlison denies them a winning return
August 10
- 10 summer signings that don’t make much sense
- Ranked! Every Premier League club’s new home kit from worst to best
- Jose Mourinho reassures fans he has spent summer preparing world-class excuses
- Ranked! Every Premier League club rated by their summer transfer business
- Ronaldo, Michu and Macca: 12 stunning individual displays on Premier League opening weekend
- The 8 most momentous opening-day Premier League matches
- 10 things we think will happen in the 2018/19 Premier League
August 9
- How to get an entire season's worth of Sky Sports football for just £179
- Revealed! Which Premier League clubs have the best – and worst – opening-day records
- 5 things we think will happen to Arsenal in 2018/19
- Introducing Kepa Arrizabalaga: Chelsea’s world-record goalkeeper with magnificent reflexes – but still a lot to learn
- Ranked! Every Premier League manager by their job security
- Quiz! Can you name the 30 most expensive Premier League goalkeeper transfers?
- How Mesut Ozil's Germany turmoil could help him back to his best for Arsenal
August 8
- 10 stars who played a blinder against a team – then got signed by them
- 10 players who contradicted themselves with their transfer moves
- 10 things we think will happen in the 2018/19 Premier League
- The PES 2019 demo is out now
- Quiz! Can you name the first goalscorer for every Premier League club in 2017/18?
- The not-so-secret pre-season diary of Jose Mourinho, aged 55-and-a-half
- What Stan Kroenke's imminent power grab means for Arsenal
August 7
- Ranked! The 20 best kits of the 2018/19 season
- 5 things we think will happen to Liverpool in 2018/19
- Revealed! Which Premier League teams have the easiest – and hardest – starts to 2018/19
- Quiz! Can you name the Premier League’s top assist creators from these 50 countries?
August 6
- 10 major transfer deals we think could still happen this week
- Fantasy football scout: 5 bargain forwards under £6.5m
- Ranked! The 17 worst kits of the 2018/19 season
- 10 major transfer deals we think could still happen this week
- Quiz! Can you name the 40 most valuable players in the world aged 23 and under?
- 8 expensive outcasts who are STILL at Premier League clubs
- Community Shield just as meaningless as any other trophy, muses Guardiola
- Football Manager 2019: release date, new features, beta and more
August 4
- FIFA 19 Ultimate Team: new Icons, Division Rivals… and headers and volleys!
August 3
- What time is the FIFA 19 demo released? Plus pre-order details
- Revealed! The 10 best football boots on the market this summer: Nike, Adidas, Puma and more
- Maurizio Sarri stunned to find Chelsea is a non-smoking club
- Ranked! The 10 Championship players we’re most excited to see this season
- Quiz! Can you name all 24 current Championship managers?
August 2
- 10 expensive outcasts who are STILL at these Premier League clubs
- Why Jose Mourinho has finally picked a battle that he can’t win
August 1
- The 10 most exciting Premier League players under the age of 23
- Why English football could learn to finally love Chelsea under Maurizio Sarri
- 10 World Cup star signings... who turned out to be total failures
- Quiz! Can you name Europe’s 50 best-supported clubs according to their home attendance for 2017/18?