In an extract from his new book about Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Jamie Jackson finds a future foretold during the Norwegian’s time as a Manchester United striker

  By The Guardian

The FA chairman, Greg Clarke, raised the threat of a European breakaway at the start of his development of Project Big Picture with Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United

  By The Guardian

Lorenzo Insigne’s comeback from injury was immaculately timed to coincide with Napoli’s visit to his younger brother’s club

  By The Guardian

Carlo Ancelotti has accused the Premier League referee, Kevin Friend, of being swayed by the furore surrounding Jordan Pickford’s challenge on Virgil van Dijk in the Merseyside derby in his decision to send off Lucas Digne as Everton’s unbeaten start to the season came to an end at Southampton

  By The Guardian

The former Guardian football correspondent, who has died aged 62, was crisp, prescient and transformative in his writing

  By The Guardian