Mitchell Wilks

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored goals wherever he's played his football - but there have been plenty of times where the unthinkable has happened and he's been pipped to the Golden Boot.

The rise of social media wasn't kind to Emile Heskey, but before the memes, he was genuinely one of the most talented strikers in the Premier League. And his youngest son Reigan has clearly inherited the football gene from his father.

Premier League managers are dominating the list of the top 10 highest-spending managers across world football over the last few seasons.

It's the perfect time of year to grapple with a proper road to glory save in EA FC 25 career mode, but to do it properly, you need to know your way around the game's best young talents.

Thomas Tuchel is set to be confirmed as the next permanent England manager and will lead the Three Lions into the 2026 World Cup.

Lionel Messi is arguably the greatest footballer to ever live and thus one of the richest - but he is no longer the highest-earning footballer in 2024.

Players from Real Madrid, Barcelona and Brighton make up the list of the most valuable under-18 footballers of all time.

Despite all the talent continuously on show, football admittedly makes plenty of mistakes when handing out top awards to players.

Cole Palmer has been nothing short of world-class since signing for Chelsea in September 2023 - but exactly how have his influential performances affected the Premier League table?

The buzz of signing for a new football club can very quickly be heightened or completely killed depending on how the welcome initiation goes down.

Jose Mourinho's taste in player has never been the most popular, but if you backed him in the market, it used to guarantee success at the highest level.

Mohamed Salah has developed into one of the Premier League's most lethal scorers since returning to England with Liverpool, but there is an exclusive club of teams he has played and failed to find the back of the net against.

Barcelona's wild spending on transfers in recent years has landed them in extremely hot water, with clubs in England, Italy and even Brazil taking huge sums of money off La Blaugrana.

The 2016-17 season saw an imperious Monaco side shock the system in French football as they won Ligue 1 in stunning fashion, denying Paris Saint-Germain a fifth consecutive title.

Inflation and transfer fees becoming increasingly silly in men's football has meant that we as fans have witnessed some truly absurd transfer windows on cost alone. Chelsea in the Todd Boehly era, PSG, Manchester City, Barcelona and Juventus all feature.

Arsenal have not only signed a brilliant, young defender in Riccardo Calafiori, but they've also captured one of the game's biggest heartthrobs.

Real Madrid and Barcelona naturally dominate when it comes to La Liga's most valuable players in 2024-25, with plenty of the world's best players finding a home in the Spanish top flight.

In an era of football and fashion overlap but also a burning desire from manufacturers to fleece fans of every penny they have, football kits are becoming increasingly questionable in design.

Apologies if this makes you feel old, Cristiano.

Outrageously talented young ballers from Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and others are all battling it out to be crowned the 2024 Golden Boy.