Sam Wallace

20 yrs since the Glazer takeover in May. So much since then, but this is about the weirdness & conflict of that 2004/05 period. The secretive family who came from nowhere to control #MUFC. And what the club was like before. Speaking to those who were there telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

Chelsea players were warned not to form their infamous huddle around the ball against Newcastle United – but did so anyway, leading to the farcical encircling of referee Paul Tierney Read our exclusive by @SamWallaceTel below 🖇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

The new Tottenham Hotspur regime cannot blame relegation - if it happens - on Daniel Levy. This one would be on the Lewis family telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

The Danish set-piece kings and the direct approach being used to gain an advantage over wealthier European competitors. An age-old tactic in football, but new tech makes it much more effective telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Ismaila Sarr's eyebrows ruled offside

✍️ 'Watching Fabrizio Romano pliantly spread the good news about Saudi Arabia felt like a particularly bleak day for football journalism' | Writes Thom Gibbs Read the full column below 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

‘Premflix’ - a global direct-to-consumer Premier League service isn’t going to happen. Too risky with revenue, too difficult. Besides, independent broadcasters make for better coverage telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

At the turn of the year, Arne Slot’s complaints about his team’s “set-piece balance” had become a common theme. 🥇 But since January, they have scored the most of any team. Read the report from @SamWallaceTel here 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

✍️ 'These kinds of moments do change the lives of clubs. Had they won the Champions League final in 2006 ... it would have changed the status of the club forever,' writes @SamWallaceTel. 'The same goes for this time around.' Read the column ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/… #COYG | #AFC

The VAR troubles continue: PL referees have lost faith in semi-automated offside technology. Separate contractor to the provider for other VAR services telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

⚽ @Evra reflects on how football has changed since his decorated spell at Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson Read the full interview by @SamWallaceTel ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

The big questions around Liverpool’s difficult season - and why the club believes it will get better. The Salah question; the effect of Luis Diaz’s exit; the faith in Slot telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

✍️ 'Despite all Manchester United’s struggles post-Sir Alex Ferguson, they have been able to sustain some of the highest commercial revenues in the game,' writes @SamWallaceTel. 'Those have to be protected at all costs and perhaps it was in part that pragmatic view that convinced Ratcliffe that some emergency repairs had to be carried out.' Read more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Since the sacking of Daniel Levy in September, Nick Beucher is the representative of the Lewis family with whom Spurs liaise. It will have been Beucher, who is based in Orlando, Florida, to whom Spurs chief executive Vinai Venkatesham spoke before Tuesday’s decision to sack Thomas Frank. @SamWallaceTel has more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/… #THFC | #COYS

Tottenham sack Thomas Frank - story with @Matt_Law_DT. No decision yet on interim replacement telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Profoundly shocked by the death of Mark Hodgkinson at the age of just 46. A friend and Telegraph colleague for years, he was a gifted writer and an inspiration for how much he achieved in sports journalism so young. This is a lovely tribute by @tomcary_tel telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2026/02…

🗣️ "Disappointed with your club’s January transfer window business?" writes Sam Wallace. "Just wait until you hear about Cristiano Ronaldo, a man paid £175m a year and still given to wondering where all his club’s money might have gone." Read more here👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi stand-off. Perhaps the first global football star who doesn’t think Saudi is spending enough money. At least they can’t accuse him of not taking it seriously … telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Pep Guardiola cites Sudan and its three-year civil war in his list of humanitarian disasters - an issue very close to home for Abu Dhabi telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

Steve Holland has almost four decades of coaching experience, and a full set of medals from his Chelsea days. The coach who is key to #MUFC revival telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…

✍️ 'From embarrassing tifos to the groundbreaking AFTV, Arsenal’s supporters are increasingly regarded as undignified weirdos' | Writes @geochesterton 'The over-celebrating, the panic attacks over every dropped point in the Premier League and the unfounded conspiracy theories make them football’s “flat Earthers”' Read the full column 👇 telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…