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Sebastian Stafford-Bloor

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Sep 14, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Sebastian Stafford-Bloor

    The Briefing: What are Carrick’s Man Utd missing? Were Mikel Arteta’s complaints fair? (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the weekend when Manchester United lost to Manchester City, despite having a man advantage for over an hour, courtesy of a contentious VAR decision. Arsenal beat Sunderland, surviving a highly contentious penalty to win in the north east. And Tottenham Hotspur still cannot score; their 0-0 draw with Everton made it four straight Pr

  2. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Sebastian Stafford-Bloor

    Harry Kane: My game in my words (opens the original)

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    It’s late summer in the hazy Bavarian countryside. In a sports club half an hour outside Munich, beside pale stone houses buttered by the sunshine and deer chewing quietly at the grass, Harry Kane is talking The Athletic through an individual season for the ages. Kane scored 73 goals for club and country. But he is a prohibitive favourite to win the Ballon d’Or later this year because of his many other dimensions. Kane is football’s heavyweight goalscorer, but also the creative, physical and emo

  3. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Sebastian Stafford-Bloor

    What now for Enzo Fernandez and Cody Gakpo? What should we make of Manchester United? (opens the original)

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    Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the weekend when Manchester United came from a goal down to give Ipswich Town a thumping, Chelsea survived a Brighton comeback to make it two wins out of two, but big-spending Tottenham drew another blank, losing 2-0 at home to Newcastle. Xabi Alonso said after Chelsea’s 4-3 win over Brighton that the club were still “preparing for

  4. Article · Aug 1, 2026 · Sebastian Stafford-Bloor

    This is Gianni Infantino’s Icarus moment – the FIFA president has finally flown too close to the sun (opens the original)

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    Gianni Infantino has met his Icarus moment. The FIFA president’s plan to sell stakes in the World Cup was only revealed on Tuesday. By Friday night it was in tatters. UEFA, the governing body for European football, threatened a boycott of FIFA competitions by its member nations unless the scheme was permanently abandoned. Concacaf, UEFA’s counterpart in North and Central America and the Caribbean, also rejected FIFA’s proposal. The Asian Football Confederation has condemned it, too. Even Infanti

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