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Liverpool won their 20th top flight title on Sunday.

Klopp and Slot: How Liverpool leveraged two great minds

Mutual respect between the two managers has allowed the new Premier League champions to preserve their era of greatness

Doing a Pep Guardiola?: The DA could have a pre-season wishlist and R500 million for the moonshot team. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

Is it moonshot or money shot in South Africa’s coalition land

Will Manchester City, like Mzwanele Manyi, pull off a treble this weekend?

Lionel Messi’s move this week to Paris St Germain was a victory for Big Oil over Big Loyalty.

Screen Grab: Where were Messi’s friends when the chips were down?

From Leo to Rassie to Mourinho, the art of the endorsement commercial is in laughably bad shape

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: General view inside the stadium during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 06, 2020 in London, England. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)

Expect no charity from football’s elite

We should let go of the hope that our favourite clubs are going to act altruistically in English football’s looming financial crisis

Timo Werner of RB Leipzig (right) celebrates scoring the winning goal with Christopher Nkunku during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match between Tottenham Hotspur and RB Leipzig at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 19, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Visionhaus)

Can Spurs halt RB Leipzig’s despised march?

The Germans might not be making many friends back home but who needs them when you’re making history?

Harry Maguire of Manchester United celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. (Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

Race for Champions League descends into madness

Predicting who will qualify for Europe next season is now shamefully a fool’s errand

Liverpool defender Virgil van Djik celebrates the opener against Manchester United at Anfield. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Three things we learned from the Premier League

Liverpool’s march towards the Premier League title gathered pace with a 2-0 win over rivals Manchester United. The battle for top four places was at a standstill after Chelsea,…

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – AUGUST 19:  Jose Mourinho, Manager of Manchester United looks on prior to the Premier League match between Manchester United and Southampton at Old Trafford on August 19, 2016 in Manchester, England.  (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Does José Mourinho’s transformation have a happy ending?

One of the greatest ironies in world football is the credit given to José Mourinho for coining — or at least popularising — the phrase “ parking the bus”. At the time, he was…

In the hot seat: José Mourinho spent two-and-a-bit years at United but was unable to emulate the heights he reached at Chelsea. His new job at Spurs will present the same challenges. (Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Mourinho: ‘Special one’ or ‘surly one?’

The manager’s move to Spurs offers him a shot at redemption after his stint at Manchester United

Jose Mourinho has been appointed Tottenham Hotspur manager. (Lee Smith/Reuters)

‘Special one’ Mourinho named Spurs boss after Pochettino sacking

The Portuguese former Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Manchester United manager signed a contract until the end of the 2022/23 season

Marcus Rashford has been handed a more prominent role since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho as manager in December.(Reuters/Jason Cairnduff)

Rashford agrees new four-year deal at Man Utd

The 21-year-old’s previous deal was due to expire in 2020 and the England striker had attracted interest from Barcelona among others across Europe

A dejected looking Ole Gunnar Solskjær watching his side floundering. (Reuters/Jason Cairnduff)

United’s foundations at risk unless Solskjaer rids club of ‘weeds’

United’s millionaire stars such as Paul Pogba and David de Gea put up a display described by the British press on Monday as "abject"

Solskjær’s wasted no time in setting out to prove he was up to the task. (Reuters/John Sibley)

Solskjær to steer Man U forward

The Norwegian has officially taken the wheel with a three-year contract as the permanent manager of Manchester United

It is a striking contrast to the final months of Mourinho’s reign, with Pogba the player who was repeatedly claimed to be at odds with the Portuguese. (Reuters/David Klein)

Pogba wants ‘happy coach’ Solskjær to stay at Man Utd

When Solskjær was given the role it was widely assumed he was merely keeping the seat warm for a bigger managerial name

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could be in for a stressful night at the Camp Nou. (Reuters/Eddie Keogh)

Wolves shock ‘poor’ Man United to reach FA Cup semis

United were well beaten by an eager Wolves side who scored two goals in the space of six minutes in the second half

Arsene Wenger. (AFP)

Peace at last between ‘Special One’ and Wenger

The 69-year-old Wenger won the award on the back of his revolutionising English football

When Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben hang up their boots, young stars waiting to fill them. (Boris Streubel/Getty Images)

The Bayern renaissance: Of old friends and new foes

Four semifinal fails in the past five iterations of the competition prove their nearly-there-but-not-quite status

Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s first two months as caretaker manager have rekindled memories of Manchester United’s glorious past. (Reuters/Scott Heppell)

Solskjær has Molde owners’ support to land full-time Man Utd job

United are going through the process of seeking a permanent replacement for Jose Mourinho

Paul Pogba of Manchester United wins a header under pressure from Phillip Bardsley of Burnley during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Burnley at Old Trafford on January 29 in Manchester. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Solskjær’s salutes never-say-die United

United ensured a thrilling finale when Jeff Hendrick was judged to have brought down Jesse Lingard and Pogba stroked home

Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer celebrates at the end of the match (Scott Heppell/Reuters)

Solskjær looking to the future no matter what Man Utd decide

There has been a growing clamour from supporters for Solskjær to be confirmed as manager on a permanent basis