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David Raya will start in Arsenal’s Champions League final against Real Madrid, a meteoric rise from non-league Bromley FC to the world’s biggest stage. The 28-year-old goalkeeper’s journey includes 19 clean sheets in 38 Premier League games this season and a £23m transfer from Brentford.
Arsenal enters their first Champions League final in 25 years with a squad brimming with belief and tactical precision. Key players reveal their mindset ahead of Saturday’s clash with Paris Saint-Germain in a historic Parisian showpiece.
Crystal Palace secured a historic spot in the Conference League final with a dramatic 2-1 win over Roma. Joe Rindl reports from Frankfurt on how the Eagles overcame European giants to book a date with destiny.
Rangers have completed the signing of Scotland international striker Lawrence Shankland on a four-year contract worth a reported £4.2 million, ending months of speculation over their number nine position. The move cements their bid to return to the Champions League after a single-season absence.
Crystal Palace faces Rayo Vallecano in the debut Conference League final on Wednesday night, a match that caps a dramatic season of European football. The Eagles, who finished 15th in the Premier League, aim to end their campaign on a high after a regulatory twist demoted them from the Europa League. Rayo Vallecano, eighth in La Liga, seek their first major European title.
Second-tier side Torreense stunned Sporting CP 2-1 in the Taça de Portugal final on Saturday, ending a 19-year trophy drought. The result marks Sporting’s worst defeat in a domestic cup final since 2008.
Andoni Iraola leaves Bournemouth on a high after securing a surprise European move worth up to €8 million. The La Liga side triggered his release clause just hours after the Premier League season ended.
Aston Villa returned to Birmingham as Europa League champions on Tuesday, greeted by a 100,000-strong crowd lining the streets for a victory parade. The club’s first European trophy in 52 years sparked unprecedented celebrations as players rode open-top buses through the city centre.
Birmingham will host a public parade on Thursday to celebrate Aston Villa’s historic Europa League triumph, with city leaders and thousands expected to line the streets. The victory marks the club’s first major European trophy in 58 years.
Unai Emery’s Aston Villa defeated Freiburg 3-0 in Istanbul to lift the Europa League, ending a 44-year trophy drought. The victory marks Villa’s first major European silverware since 1982, delivered in emphatic fashion under Emery’s tactical brilliance.
Aston Villa claimed the Europa League title in a dramatic final against Bayer Leverkusen, with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez playing through a fractured finger. The 3-0 victory marked Villa’s first major European trophy in 53 years.
Aston Villa claimed their first European trophy in 55 years with a commanding 3-0 victory over Bundesliga side Freiburg in the Europa League final. Prince William led celebrations in Seville as Unai Emery's side secured a dominant win.
Unai Emery seeks to extend his record to five Europa League wins when Aston Villa face Freiburg in Istanbul. The Sevilla and Villarreal triumphs already cement his legacy as the competition’s most successful manager.
The race for the final four European competition berths intensifies as nine teams battle for limited spots. Manchester City secures Champions League football, while Arsenal eyes Europa League dominance. The dramatic final weeks promise unpredictable twists.
Heart of Midlothian have upended 40 years of Celtic and Rangers supremacy, finishing second in the Scottish Premiership just a year after finishing seventh. Tony Bloom’s data-driven revolution at Tynecastle is rewriting the rules of Scottish football.
English clubs have shattered expectations by securing a record 13 wins in the Champions League league phase, forcing UEFA to reconsider the tournament’s structure. The dominance has exposed weaknesses in traditional seeding and sent shockwaves through European football’s power dynamics.
Galatasaray midfielder Noa Lang will undergo surgery on a deep thumb laceration sustained during Tuesday’s Champions League defeat to Liverpool. The procedure, scheduled for Thursday, rules him out for at least three weeks, a blow to the Turkish club’s depleted squad.
All four Premier League clubs eliminated from the Champions League last-16 as fatigue, tactical mismatches and relentless schedules expose Europe’s self-proclaimed toughest league. Only Arsenal and Liverpool advance, raising questions over England’s fading European dominance.
Tottenham beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 in a frenetic second leg, but a 7-5 aggregate defeat sends Spurs crashing out of the Champions League. Igor Tudor’s side fought like lions, yet missed a golden chance to force extra time.
Liverpool dismantled Galatasaray 4-0 at Anfield on Tuesday night to advance 4-1 on aggregate, securing a quarter-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain. The emphatic victory marks Jürgen Klopp’s final hurrah in the competition before departing at season’s end.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah became only the eighth player to score 50 or more Champions League goals as his first-half strike led the Reds to a 4-0 demolition of Galatasaray. The victory sealed a 5-0 aggregate win and a last-16 berth in next month’s quarter-finals.
Arsenal secured the only English quarterfinal spot with a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen, while Chelsea and Manchester City suffered dramatic eliminations despite late comebacks. Pep Guardiola's side fell 4-1 on aggregate, and Chelsea lost 5-4 after extra time at Stamford Bridge.
The Premier League is on the brink of securing a historic fifth Champions League berth for the 2025-26 season, pending UEFA’s final ratification. A leaked internal document reveals the league’s financial projections and competitive restructuring could reshape European football’s hierarchy.
Pep Guardiola lashed out at critics after Manchester City’s humiliating Champions League exit, accusing journalists of manufacturing failure narratives. The defeat to Real Madrid capped a disastrous European campaign.