Amazing. Elite on the ball and makes all the best deicisions the pitch. I wish we can keep him but oh well, if he has to go there is nothing we can do about it...

unbelievable player

Pep Guardiola’s Centurions were the best Premier League side ever and played the best football the league has ever seen

Source: “Pep came to City because of Txiki [Begiristain] and Ferran [Soriano], but stayed because of Khaldoon [Al-Mubarak]." Some staff are convinced Guardiola would have resigned in August 2020 had Al-Mubarak not given him a pep talk in the dressing room after the Champions League quarter-final defeat vs Lyon. “Pep, we need to carry on… we’re gonna do this,” he told Guardiola. After the game [#UCL Final vs Chelsea, 2021], Al-Mubarak was at the team hotel telling Guardiola and Kevin De Bruyne that their year would come, and did the same in the aftermath of the semi-final vs Real Madrid at the Bernabéu the following year. Read @hirstclass insider report: 'Pep Guardiola’s decade at Man City: Genius who changed English football'. ⤵️ thetimes.com/sport/football/…

RT @hammerito: This is, no shit, one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen

Ohhhh Xabi Alonsooooo

Unai Emery deserves his flowers, not for his Career alone but for what he has done with Aston Villa. Unai Emery didn’t just steady the ship at Aston Villa; he rebuilt it into a genuine European powerhouse, year after year. Taking over in November 2022 when the club was languishing in 16th/17th place, staring down a relegation battle under Steven Gerrard, Emery has transformed them into one of the Premier League’s most consistent top-flight performers and a force to be reckoned with on the continent. His record speaks for itself: elite-level organisation, knockout pedigree, and relentless upward trajectory that’s turned Villa Park into a fortress again. Let’s break down the numbers and the journey. In his first partial season (2022/23), he inherited a side that had won just two of their opening 11 games. Emery hit the ground running first win was a statement 3-1 over Manchester United and steered them to a 7th-place finish with 15 wins from 25 league games under him. That secured their first European football in over a decade: the UEFA Europa Conference League. No excuses just immediate results and a platform built on structure. Then came the breakout: 2023/24, he delivered 4th place (68 points), the club’s highest Premier League finish in over a decade and their first Champions League qualification since 1982-83. Villa weren’t just surviving, they were thriving, blending solidity with attacking flair. Follow that up with 2024/25: 6th place (66 points), another European campaign locked in. And now, in 2025/26 (as of mid-May), they’re sitting in the top four and just clinch a Champions League spot for next season via England’s coefficient, all while pushing deep in Europe. That’s four straight seasons of top-seven football under Emery, with only Arsenal, Liverpool, and Man City picking up more points across his entire tenure. From relegation candidate to perennial contenders that’s not luck, that’s good coaching But it’s in Europe where Emery has truly elevated them to powerhouse status. This is a manager with four Europa League titles already (a record), and he’s brought that DNA straight to Villa. In 2023/24, they reached the Conference League semi-finals. The following year (2024/25), in their first Champions League campaign in 42 years, they made the quarter-finals before a narrow exit to eventual winners PSG. Now in 2025/26, they’re in the Europa League final the club’s first European final in 44 years after dismantling Nottingham Forest 4-1 on aggregate in the semis. Emery has them playing with tactical intelligence that shines brightest in two-legged ties, compact defensive blocks, high pressing when needed, ruthless counters, and in-game adaptability that wears opponents down. They’ve gone from European tourists to semi-final regulars and now finalists, with Villa winning 20 of 31 European games under him. He’s reached six Europa League finals across his career winning 5 nobody does knockout football like this guy. Tactically, it’s a masterclass. Emery preaches structure and positional superiority a high line with ironclad distances between lines, a compact mid-block that chokes central space, and quick transitions into wide attacks. Despite Early 2025/26 wobbles? He evolved it into one of the league’s most balanced sides, climbing as high as third at points with an 11-game winning streak across competitions (equalling club records from over a century ago). They win the fine margins: more one-goal victories than anyone, energy conservation for Europe, and players who buy into the system completely. This isn’t flash, it’s sustainable excellence.4 Milestones underline the transformation: Emery hit 100 wins in just 181 matches – the fastest in Aston Villa’s 149-year history – and his overall win rate at the club sits at around 55%, the best since World War II. As of May 2026, it’s roughly 193 games, 106 wins, 34 draws, 53 losses. He’s extended his contract to 2029 because the board knows what they have: a manager who’s delivered three straight European qualifications, dragged the club back into the elite conversation, and made them competitive on all fronts without superstar spending. The Premier League remains the priority , but Europe is where his genius shines – turning a mid-table side into one that dreams of silverware in Istanbul or wherever the final is.18 Emery hasn’t just turned Aston Villa into a European powerhouse he’s made them a model of consistency and ambition. From 17th to top-four challengers, Conference semis to Europa final, it’s been a masterclass in management. You can also see his fingerprints all over individual players. Ollie Watkins went from a good striker to one of the best forwards in England under Emery. John McGinn became a complete midfield leader. Players like Pau Torres, Kamara, Luiz before leaving, Rogers, Tielemans all elevated massively within Emery’s structure. Villa recruit smarter now because the football identity is clear. Give Emery his flowers.

The opening of No Time to Die feels like one of the strongest Bond openings since Casino Royale. Cary Fukunaga builds that entire sequence with this creeping dread before suddenly dropping into full Bond spectacle once the action explodes.

Wait… cartoons were NOT lying about this effect 😳😂 coolest shit I saw today

“No one will die tonight”

Holy based Gujarat, and then people ask why everything goes there. theprint.in/the-fineprint/gi…

José Mourinho explaining how his Real Madrid team broke the mental barrier of the "Round of 16 curse" and started Real Madrid's dominance in the Champions League.

I don’t think enough people realize Manuel Pellegrini is such a genius of a coach. Many coaches don’t get the flowers they deserve, Pellegrini has never finished outside a European spot in La Liga before. He’s been winning trophies as a Coach as far back as 1995. He also has a more serious CV than most managers people hype today LDU Quito, River Plate, Villarreal, Real Madrid, Málaga, Manchester City, West Ham United, Real Betis, even Hebei in China. He has 14 full seasons in La Liga and has never missed a European spot. Fourteen out of fourteen. That level of consistency at the top level in one Europe top 5 league is absurd. Real Betis, Málaga, Villarreal, Real Madrid. Five different teams, different expectations, different budgets, same outcome: competitive football and European qualification. People also forget he took Villarreal to a Champions League semi-final and turned them into one of the best footballing sides in Spain. Then he dragged Málaga to the Champions League quarter-final and was literally moments away from knocking out Borussia Dortmund to reach another semi-final. At Real Madrid, he got 96 points in the league and still lost the title because Pep’s Barcelona were operating at an insane level. Most managers would have won La Liga comfortably with that tally. Mourinho had to do 100 points to take the league from Barca. But leave that aside. Then came to England, in his first season, he delivered a Premier League title for Manchester City playing free-flowing attacking football, not just robotic possession for the sake of it. Even at West Ham, he stabilised the club and left foundations that helped them improve afterwards. What makes Pellegrini special is that everywhere he goes, his teams have identity. Calm build-up, technical football, attacking intent, stability over chaos. No unnecessary drama, no media gimmicks, just elite coaching year after year. When football history looks back properly, Pellegrini will be recognised as one of the most consistent and underrated managers of his generation.

Florentino Perez in press conference

Gunther is great, but WALTER was a different animal 😭 That aura was insane. Fat Gunther genuinely felt terrifying.

KEVIN OWENS TELLS FINN BALOR’S MOM & STEPHANIE MCMAHON HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY DURING A RANDOM HOUSE SHOW 😭 “SHE HAS WHATSAPP” 💀