Arsenal are keeping tabs on Alex Baena after a strong start to the LaLiga season with Atletico Madrid. Reports on 4 November 2026 state that Arsenal are watching the 25 year old winger closely, and that an offer worth 80 million euro could be expected if the London club decide to move for the Spain…
Jimmy Greaves is the highest scorer in the history of the English top flight, with 357 goals in 516 First Division games, and his record still stands more than half a century after he last played in the division. He scored 266 goals in 379 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur, a club record that still stands,…
Gordon Banks is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of football. He played every game of the 1966 World Cup win of England, kept clean sheets against Uruguay, Mexico, France and Argentina in that tournament, and four years later produced a save against Brazil that many still call the save…
Geoff Hurst is the only player in history to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final. On 30 July 1966, at Wembley, he scored three goals as England beat West Germany 4-2 after extra time to win the World Cup. He won 49 caps and scored 24 goals for England, played more than 500…
Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English former footballer who played as a centre-back and is regarded as one of the finest defenders in the history of the Premier League. Born on 7 November 1978, Ferdinand won 81 caps for England, played 455 games for Manchester United, and won six Premier League titles, the Champions League…
This Frank Lampard biography covers the full journey of one of the greatest midfielders of all time. Frank Lampard was born in Romford on 20 June 1978, and he is 48 years old. He became the all-time top scorer of Chelsea with 211 goals, and he won 106 caps for England. He now manages Coventry…
Peter Shilton played 1,005 English league matches, won 125 caps for England, and stood in goal at three World Cups across a career that ran for more than 30 years. He won two European Cups with Nottingham Forest, kept 66 clean sheets for England, and retired at the age of 47 as the most capped…
Ashley Cole won 107 caps for England, played 702 club matches, and won the FA Cup seven times, more than any other player in the history of the competition. He won three Premier League titles, the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, and a place in the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2024. For…
Tom Finney spent his entire English league career with one club, Preston North End, won 76 caps for England, and was never booked or sent off in his career. He played in three World Cups, scored 30 goals for England, and became the first player to win the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year…
John Terry made 717 appearances for Chelsea, captained the club to five Premier League titles, and won 78 caps for England across a career that ran for 20 years. He lifted the Champions League in 2012, the Europa League in 2013, and five FA Cups, and he retired as the most decorated captain in the…