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  • Captain Kyle Walker holds the Premier League trophy as Manchester City celebrate

    Manchester City
    Player ratings for Premier League title winners

    Three players are awarded perfect 10s for their contributions
  • Premier League 2023/24 end of season composite

    Story of the season
    The best photos from the 2023-24 Premier League

  • Manchester United v Chelsea F.A. Women's Super League match<br>Emma Hayes the Chelsea manager with the Super League trophy at the presentation after the F.A Women's Super League match between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford on May 18th 2024 in Manchester, England (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Emma Hayes
    A manager who enabled human beings to always find a way

  • ‘Want to win prizes’
    Timber insists Arsenal will fight for title again

  • Chelsea
    Blues back in Europe but Pochettino still in dark

  • Liverpool
    Klopp made club elite after years of faded grandeur

  • Sam Kerr
    Trial over harassment charges set for 2025

  • Sheff Utd 0-3 Tottenham
    Kulusevski sees Spurs into Europa League

  • Brighton 0-2 Man Utd
    Dalot and Højlund cap win but United finish eighth

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Over there

  • christian mcfarlane nycfc defender

    Christian McFarlane: could England gain a US-raised star?

  • Todd Boehly watches Chelsea play Manchester United at Stamford Bridge

    Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s self-styled revolutionary, is facing failure

  • Christian Pulisic has 9 goal involvements for Milan in Serie A this season.

    Christian Pulisic has been a bright spot in a frustrating Milan season

  • Antonee Robinson of Fulham FC in action during a November match against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Craven Cottage.

    Antonee Robinson: the American left back finding career form at Fulham

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In depth

  • Arsenal fans check their phones in the stands at the Emirates

    Arsenal’s sad end intersects with need to feel City’s title is real

    Barney Ronay
    Arsenal’s final-day rally may have had hope but real party line lies in how champion team can win while carrying 115 charges
  • Phil Foden and Pep Guardiola embrace during the title winning celebrations. Manchester City v West Ham at Etihad Stadium. Premier League. 19 May 2024. By Tom Jenkins for The Guardian.

    The Guardiola supremacy
    How City became too good for their own good

    A seventh title in 10 years is proof of how incredible wealth has eroded any sense of competitive balance in the Premier League
    • Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League - Final - Wanda Metropolitano<br>Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp lifts the UEFA Champions League Trophy following the UEFA Champions League Final at the Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Saturday June 1, 2019. See PA story SOCCER Final. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Editorial use only in permitted publications not devoted to any team, player or match. No commercial use. Stills use only - no video simulation. No commercial association without UEFA permission. please contact PA Images for further information.

      In pictures
      Klopp's incredible Liverpool career

    • Arsenal fans celebrate after their side’s third against Spurs on 28 April 2024.

      Premier League
      Fans’ verdicts, part one: Arsenal to Fulham

    • Manchester City fans at Craven Cottage on 11 May 2024.

      Premier League
      Fans’ verdicts, part two: Liverpool to Wolves

    • Chelsea manager Emma Hayes holds the Women’s Super League trophy alongside captain Millie Bright and her team as they celebrate winning the 2023/24 title.

      Farewell Emma Hayes
      Her incredible Chelsea career – in pictures

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Business of soccer

  • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

    Has Wenger finally won the culture war over big money in football?

  • three side by side images of two footballers and a coach

    Can San Diego FC pull off their plan to be the Ajax of North America?

  • US Premier League fans are passionate, and thrive partly because of their distance from Europe

    A US Premier League game would be wildly popular – and demean everyone

    Aaron Timms
  • FBL-ENG-PR-MAN CITY-CHELSEA-FANS<br>City fans arrive for the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Chelsea at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Premier League’s era of vanity worship may be over but the future won’t be equal

    Aaron Timms
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Video

  • Premier League
    How Man City won four in a row and what comes next

    Manchester City have won their fourth Premier League title in a row – how did they achieve it and what comes next, asks Jamie Jackson
  • Emma Hayes has left her role as Chelsea Women’s manager after 12 years as she gets set to become the head coach of the USWNT.

    2:55

    End of an era
    Hayes leaves Chelsea after 12 transformative years

  • Chelsea women have won their fifth Women’s Super League title in a row on goal difference with a 6-0 victory at Manchester United

    1:06

    'I can't believe it'
    Chelsea women win fifth consecutive WSL title

  • Jürgen Klopp said: 'Nothing is perfect nowadays, but the majority of people in [Liverpool] are as close as possible.'

    3:28

    'I couldn't have done more'
    Klopp pays tribute to Liverpool in final press conference

  • Jürgen Klopp has given the media plenty to work with during his nine years at Liverpool, including poking fun at them

    1:55

    'The normal one'
    Memorable Klopp press conference moments at Liverpool

  • Many Tottenham fans cheered during their 2-0 defeat to Manchester City which dented the title hopes of arch-rivals Arsenal

    1:27

    Tottenham
    Postecoglou rages at 'fragile foundations' after fans cheer loss to Manchester City

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The top 100

The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

See who made the lists

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Opinion

  • Illustration of a person in suit and tie with a football for a head.

    Barney Ronay
    Billionaire-ification leaves scripts stuck on repeat

  • Deportivo players celebrate after their promotion-securing victory over Barcelona B.

    Super Dépor are on their way back, led by Pérez's sacrifices

    Sid Lowe
    Former La Liga winners have been languishing in Spain’s third tier but hope is returning
  • A Liverpool supporter poses in front of a mural near Anfield marking the end of Jürgen Klopp’s time at the club.

    Liverpool
    For good and bad, Klopp gave fans the time of their lives

    Jürgen Klopp’s tenure has been littered with lows but fans will cherish the highs

    Regulars

    • Vivianne Miedema

      Moving the Goalposts
      Why did Arsenal let Miedema leave?

    • Wolves fans protest at VAR

      Football Daily
      Wolves, VAR and human error sparking human rage

      • Football Weekly Extra
        Celtic’s title and Premier League drama

      • The Knowledge
        Has Xhaka set a record by going 47 games unbeaten?

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Sevecke on the condition that ended her career

      • Quiz time
        Memorable quotes from the 2023-24 season

      • David Squires on …
        Spurs’ new fans and other end-of-season surprises

      • Women's Football Weekly
        Mannion on FA Cup win with Manchester United

    Catch up

    • The ruin of Gaza Sport Club in Gaza.

      'Robbed of my dreams’
      The sporting tragedy of the war in Gaza

    • Chelsea fans show a banner in support of Emma Hayes, manager of Chelsea, after their side’s victory as WSL champions during the Women's Super League match against Manchester United at Kingsmeadow in May 2022.

      Farewell to Hayes and thanks for the honesty and empathy

      Xaymaca Awoyungbo
    • Ange Postecoglou shows frustration on the touchline

      Postecoglou’s Spurs project a magnificent act of misdirection

      Jonathan Liew
    • Palestine’s Mira Natour greets Bohemian captain Rachael Kelly before their friendly

      ‘We have the right to express our feelings’
      Palestine embrace Bohemians friendly

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