Alfredo Relaño looks at the changing influence of Kylian Mbappé and Neymar Jr at PSG and how this affects Florentino Pérez transfer decision making.

ByAlfredo Relaño

A more direct style of football, lots of goals scored from set-pieces, basketball-style blocks from high balls into the box and less of an emphasis on ...

ByAlfredo Relaño

Spain’s Tiqui-taca high-possession passing brand of football was never intended to be like this - the drawn-out, overbaked version we saw of it in Moscow on ...

ByAlfredo Relaño

As they say in bullfighting: when the bull emerges, everyone sits down. The chit-chat and the how-do-you-dos in the stands come to an end...

ByAlfredo Relaño

AS Editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the shock news that Real Madrid have signed Spain coach Julen Lopetegui on the eve of the World Cup.

ByAlfredo Relaño

Mauricio Pochettino was in Barcelona yesterday to promote his new book but spent the whole day talking about Real Madrid.

ByAlfredo Relaño

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