Ryan Walker

[Oliver Holt @OllieHolt22]

I hate the idea of asterisks or spaces where winners’ names should be. It feels like a desecration of football’s history. But after the guilty verdicts, I don’t see any other way - City should be relegated from the PL and stripped of titles won since 2009 https://t.co/WVzrh61iyU

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Inevitable.

The @PFA Players' Player of the Year for 2025/26: Bruno Fernandes! ⭐️🏆

[MUNDIAL @MundialMag]

God, where to start? At a time when England and the very idea of Englishness are being co-opted by those who seek to divide us, here came a team that briefly, ever so briefly, quietened the noise. A team that could represent all of us, and show the world how we want to be seen. Hard-workers, grafters, fighters. No fetishised nostalgia or cynical isolation or flag-shagging patriotism were needed to love this team.

We loved, and continue to love them, because of who they were in the toughest of moments. So, remember Atlanta, hold the memory of that pain close, but don’t forget how you felt when Anthony Gordon feathered in from Morgan Rogers’ cross, or the electricity of Jordan Pickford flying through the air to make a save, or the indomitable, towering presence of Elliot Anderson. Don’t forget how close we were to a first World Cup final in 60 years.

Thank god for Jude Bellingham. Thank god for Harry Kane, Djed Spence, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Dan Burn, Jordan Pickford, John Stones, Reece James, Eberechi Eze, Kobbie Mainoo, Marcus Rashford, and Nico O’Reilly. Thank god for each and every member of the squad and the fans who travelled and paid those extraordinary prices.

There is so much wrong with this country, and so much that needs to be fixed and that is beyond fixing, if we are truthful with ourselves. But remember the Azteca, remember Norway, and remember the moments when these boys made anything feel possible.

Remember how they made you feel. Take that with you. That is what it means to be English.

[Paris Saint-Germain @PSG_inside]

🏆 BACK 2 BACK 🏆

[Premier League @premierleague]

In a league of his own.

Bruno Fernandes breaks the record for the most assists in a Premier League season!

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

No-one does it like him.

Bruno Fernandes is the Premier League Player of the Year 🤩❤️

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

It's Carrick, you know ❤️

🇾🇪 We are delighted to announce Michael Carrick will continue as our head coach, having signed a new contract.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Nine years on from the tragic events of the Manchester Arena bombing, we remember the 22 innocent lives that were lost on that awful night.

They will never be forgotten.

🐝 #ACityUnited

[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

Pep Guardiola QUITS Man City: Legendary manager to leave club at end of the season after FA Cup triumph at Wembley https://t.co/hjXEJxyJv7

[Oliver Holt @OllieHolt22]

Why Bruno Fernandes is my Footballer of the Year https://t.co/wz3qdu2WKo

[Sophie Blake @sophieRblake]

'I'm dying - and losing friends too soon because we can't get vital drug' - The Mirror https://t.co/eeOzGCZWhq

[Ryan Walker @RDW_1996]

Delighted to have Yaser join the @ArticleAi_ team as Head of Football Partnerships. I started my career in sports journalism covering Yaser at #stfc and now we are setting out on an ambitious mission to redefine media in elite sports. Here's to 2026!

[Article Ai @ArticleAi_]

We were delighted to have our Head of Football Partnerships Yaser Kasim join our founder Ryan Walker at @Mishcon_de_Reya on Thursday evening. Article AI has a big 2026 ahead and we are delighted to have Yaser on board.

[Article Ai @ArticleAi_]

We were delighted to have our Head of Football Partnerships Yaser Kasim join our founder Ryan Walker at @Mishcon_de_Reya on Thursday evening. Article AI has a big 2026 ahead and we are delighted to have Yaser on board.

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

The Adoration of the Maga. A few thoughts. It all felt a step too far by Gianni Infantino. The award of the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize felt more to do with its president’s desire to please powerful politicians as much as Donald Trump’s love of such glitzy, expensive offerings of loyalty last seen in medieval courts.

It felt more about politics than sport, a risky game for Fifa to play whenever it wants to bring a national association into line for perceived interference by government in the future. The Trump trophy weakens Fifa statutes. It also distracted from the real trophy, the World Cup, and the group-stage draw, traditionally a celebration about bringing countries together. Infantino took his eye off the balls.

A football draw designed to work out who plays who and (eventually) where and when is not the time or place for such politics. Infantino wasn’t speaking for the world in bestowing the Peace Prize, as he claimed. So presumptuous. So out of touch. Many probably agree that Trump has been a force for good in geopolitics, some might disagree. Most would probably feel such decisions should be left to experienced experts like the Nobel Committee and, please, can we get on with a football draw.

It’s spectacularly naïve or simply arrogant for Fifa to enter such non-football areas. It feels more and more that this was as much an Infantino initiative as Fifa’s. Infantino was supposed to drain the swamp when he arrived at Fifa in 2016 in the wake of assorted corruption scandals bedevilling the governing body of world football. How fitting that the nadir of Infantino’s propensity for self-aggrandisement as leader of what’s supposed to be a team game came in Washington. It was there that Trump promised to transform politics with his “drain the swamp” rhetoric, also in 2016.

The selfie moment was particularly cringe-worthy. Infantino forgets that football is the star of the show, not a 55-year lawyer. A senior football executive, who’s been at the heart of the English and European game for more than 20 years, messaged me during the drawn-out draw with his verdict on Infantino. “I feel revulsion, anger, shame, disgust – how has our sport been taken over by a Swiss ***** and turned into a total travesty???” He also pointed out that ensuring the leaders of USA, Mexico and Canada each somehow pulled out their own country’s name was not a good look for a draw based on chance.

Great for the cameras, though. Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture of Infantino's priorities. And who gets the next FIFA Peace Prize? And wouldn't Infantino have gained more respect had he used the money for the Trump trophy to subsidise excessive ticket costs? He's lost sight of what should be the real priorities for the leader of football. The game.

It's sad, really. Many sensible people work at Fifa, passionate about the game not their own ego, but it's alarming what happens to the leadership when they take power there. Even the great football manager Arsene Wenger has changed since becoming Chief of Global Football Development at Fifa. He now campaigns for more games, backing the expanded World Cup, which he would have railed against as a widely-admired, free-thinking club manager, fiercely protective of his players' well-being. "I believe that 48 teams is the right number." Arsene, just listen to yourself.

Many fans probably won’t lose much sleep that Wenger dances to Fifa's tune or that Infantino cosies up to Trump, Aramco and co. Some probably think Fifa’s a video game. Most just can’t wait for the football. The game’s about Mbappe and Messi, Haaland and Salah, Kane and Dembele, not Infantino and Trump.

The game’s about the Tartan Army, the brilliant Mexican following, the ever-hopeful English, the mobile carnival of Brazilians and the millions of other fans flocking to venue cities next summer, only a third with tickets. The USA is prepared for the party. I covered USA 94 and you couldn’t really tell there was a tournament on, certainly where I was in Detroit, Chicago and DC. You will this time, also in Canada. Mexico's total immersion was never in doubt given their passion for the game.

Infantino should remember this. He runs a great football organisation, not a political organisation. He needs to re-focus. Fifa is undeniably a force for good in many countries. The Fifa Foundation runs a new community programme that supports 154,924 people in 54 nations. Its new Digital Education Programme works on computer literacy amongst disadvantaged groups, helping them into the workplace. It’s easy to say it’s all about Infantino (Foundation board president), soft power and ensuring he keeps countries onside, voting for him, but the Foundation undeniably changes lives.

Infantino needs to look at his Adoration of the Maga and remember what he should be doing for football: serving it, not himself. #FIFAWorldCup.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: Newcastle appoint Ross Wilson as new sporting director after joining from Nottingham Forest ⚫⚪

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Liverpool Football Club are devastated by the tragic passing of Diogo Jota.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Our deepest condolences are with the loved ones of Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre, and everyone connected with Liverpool FC following today’s heartbreaking news.

[Portugal @selecaoportugal]

A Federação Portuguesa de Futebol e todo o Futebol português estão completamente devastados com a morte de Diogo Jota e do seu irmão André Silva, esta madrugada, em Espanha.

Muito mais do que o fantástico jogador, com quase 50 internacionalizações pela Seleção Nacional A, Diogo Jota era uma extraordinária pessoa, respeitado por todos os colegas e adversários, alguém com uma alegria contagiante e referência na própria comunidade.

A Federação Portuguesa de Futebol exprime as mais sentidas condolências à família e aos amigos de Diogo e de André Silva, assim como ao Liverpool FC e FC Penafiel, os clubes onde, respetivamente, alinhavam os jogadores.

A Federação Portuguesa de Futebol já solicitou à UEFA um minuto de silêncio, esta quinta-feira, antes da partida da nossa Seleção com a Espanha, no Europeu feminino.

Perdemos dois campeões. O desaparecimento de Diogo e de André Silva representam perdas irreparáveis para o Futebol Português e tudo faremos para, diariamente, honrar o seu legado.

[Ryan Walker @RDW_1996]

The news about Diogo Jota is utterly tragic, heartbreaking, and reminds of what's really important in life. RIP 💔

[Chris Wheeler @ChrisWheelerDM]

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w/ ⁦@NathSalt1⁩ & ⁦@LMorgan21⁩ #mufc https://t.co/239LM3bD2E