Charlie Gordon

ARSENAL and Manchester City fans have had it out on the latest episode of Cross the Line over who will win the Premier League title this season. With just a handful of games to go - including a titanic battle between the two sides this Sunday - SunSport gathered supporters to discuss who will prevail...

WELCOME to a stadium so hostile even the home side are scared of it. Rayo Vallecano were forced to ditch their beloved Estadio de Vallecas twice earlier this season because the pitch was deemed unplayable. The cement is crumbling, the bathrooms are grimy and the training ground isn't much better. In fact, when players reported...

NEWCASTLE striker Nick Woltemade delivered a glass-shattering singing performance on German TV. The giant centre-forward, 24, was both off the pitch and off-pitch as he appeared on 'Expert for Everything' to fine tune his pre-match national anthem at this summer's World Cup. Producers threw Woltemade in at the deep end, making him belt out Sia's...

STRASBOURG boss Gary O'Neil posed for snaps with fans at McDonald's after a massive win in the Europa Conference League. The former Bournemouth and Wolves boss, who has also appeared as a pundit on Sky Sports, masterminded a 4-0 victory over Mainz in the second leg of Strasbourg's quarter-final on Thursday night. That sealed an...

PHILIPPE COUTINHO reportedly has the chance to take his stalling career to an obscure new country. And the move - if it goes ahead - would unite him with a three-time Champions League winner and former Premier League star. Coutinho, 33, has Prem and European heritage of his own, spending five of his peak years...

REAL MADRID are 'very likely' to sack boss Alvaro Arbeloa at the end of the season, according to reports. Wednesday night's Champions League exit has left Real staring down the barrel of a second consecutive trophyless campaign. They were shocked by second-tier Albacete in the Copa del Rey in Arbeloa's first game and sit a...

VINICIUS JUNIOR told Jude Bellingham "shut your mouth" in a heated exchange before Real Madrid crashed out of the Champions League. Los Blancos were beaten home and away by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals and lost 6-4 on aggregate. Tensions ran high during Wednesday night's second leg at the Allianz Arena, where a rollercoaster clash...

IT is doubtful that Jonjo Shelvey pictured Iranian missiles flying overhead when his family upped sticks and moved to Dubai last year. The former England midfielder, 34, said in February that the UK was going "downhill" and he would rather bring his three kids up elsewhere. But tensions in parts of the Middle East have...

JONJO SHELVEY could have taken a tougher first step into management than a third-tier club in the UAE. But the job comes with an expert-level side mission which has flummoxed some of the most experienced football brains on the planet. Shelvey, 34, will be the latest to see if he can get a tune out...

BAYERN MUNICH hooligans scarpered from Real Madrid security after setting off fireworks outside their team hotel. Bavarian ultras unleashed a deafening one-minute display in the early hours of Wednesday morning. And it is sure to have woken at least a few Real stars ahead of their crunch Champions League quarter-final second leg at the Allianz...

UEFA have dismissed Barcelona's concerns about the Atletico Madrid pitch ahead of tonight's Champions League showdown. Barca boss Hansi Flick was spotted pointing at the turf at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano and later questioned the length of the grass with Uefa officials. But subsequent pre-match inspections showed that Atletico had not broken any rules. The...

BRUNO FERNANDES channelled his inner Jose Mourinho after Manchester United's painful defeat to Leeds. The result ended the Red Devils' 45-year unbeaten run against Leeds in the league at Old Trafford. Noah Okafor's first-half brace sealed it despite Casemiro pulling one back in a 2-1 defeat after Lisandro Martinez was sent off in the 56th...

SAM ALLARDYCE has torn into Mikel Arteta for publicising his bizarre Arsenal training methods. Footage has circulated online of Gunners stars doing ball work while balancing pens between their fingertips, and training to a backdrop of AI-generated TikTok edits. Some fear they might be losing the plot under the intense pressure of the title race....

JOHN TERRY is ready to get stuck into England's gritty lower leagues with Colchester - and it will be a family affair when he does. SunSport has revealed that the Chelsea and England legend, 45, is part of a consortium that has thrashed out a £14million takeover deal for the League Two outfit He is...

GLAMOROUS ring girl Apollonia Llewellyn was pitchside to see footballer boyfriend Jai Rowe win the Scottish Challenge Cup. Rowe, 24, plays for Raith Rovers, who thrashed Inverness 4-1 in Sunday's final. Barnsley-born Llewellyn has been flown out to numerous glitzy venues for her work with Misfits Boxing. But for this cheering-on mission she rocked up...

THOUSANDS of workers at a major World Cup stadium are threatening to strike after being "ignored" by Fifa. The SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles belongs to Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke and is set to host eight World Cup matches, including the USA's opener and a quarter-final. So any disruption with just over 60 days until...

NOTTINGHAM FOREST were helped by a scarcely believable own goal on their Europa League trip to Porto. Martim Fernandes was the clumsy customer who put into his own net from all of 40 YARDS out for the home side. And it brought Forest back into the game just moments after they had fallen behind to...

IVAN TONEY has suggested the Saudi title race is being "influenced" in a spectacular rant over refereeing decisions. The England and Al-Ahli striker, 30, went berserk after Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Al-Fayha - and continued his tirade on Instagram. Toney, who scored his 27th goal of the season in the game, felt he and his...

VITINHA was just as classy after Paris Saint-Germain's win over Liverpool as he was during it. The Portuguese maestro only made 14 fewer passes than the ENTIRE Liverpool team in a dominant 2-0 first leg victory in the Champions League quarter-finals. And he showed after the final whistle that he has the character to match...

LIVERPOOL fans suspect Mo Salah "held himself back" from dishing out a TV tirade after his latest painful snub. The four-time Premier League Golden Boot winner was left out of the starting XI for the first leg of Liverpool's Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain. And Arne Slot didn't even bring him off the bench....

CHELSEA have reportedly joined a host of top clubs in the hunt for Werder Bremen wonderkid Karim Coulibaly. The centre-back, 18, has started 20 of Werder's 28 Bundesliga games this season having graduated from their youth set-up. And the Blues are said to be mightily impressed by his development. Manchester United, Newcastle, Real Madrid, Paris...