De Zerbi & Ranking 2025’s Biggest Transfers
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Manager sacking/appointment
Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi as their new head coach. He is tasked in the short term with saving the club from potential relegation.
World Cup 2026
Italy have become the first team as previous winners to miss three World Cups in a row.
Tactical analysis
The issue with Spurs has been that they can't defend well enough to give themselves a nice platform for their attack to build on. The big question is: will Roberto De Zerbi's Spurs be able to defend well enough to survive in the Premier League?
The rest of the Premier League has potentially caught up with what Newcastle were doing as an edge case, and everyone is playing intense direct football now. As a result, they are getting less upside from it.
Manager appointment controversy
There are Spurs supporters groups who are not entirely in favour of this move because while at Marseille, Roberto De Zerbi was very supportive of Mason Greenwood.
Liverpool transfer strategy
I think putting half a billion into a club and then being worse for it, I think some of that has to fall on the coach in some respect.
Liverpool squad planning
They've sort of been a little bit screwed over by the fact they've got generational players in a couple of positions who have aged way slower than you might expect in Van Dijk and Salah.
Newcastle United finances
The interesting thing about Newcastle is they're probably shifting into the next phase of this ownership project, in that they now need to get to the point where they become good sellers.
International football
I think international football is just a completely different beast to the domestic game. What you need as a coach of a national team is a few build-up ideas, a bit of a different profile in every position, and then a few game changers. It's man management and tournament management.
Arsenal player form
If he [Viktor Gyökeres] ends the season on 20 goals, I think it's hard to call a striker who came in in his first season in the Premier League and scored 20 goals a miss.
