Ken Early

Clearlake Capital are presiding over an extravagant mess at Stamford Bridge

Owners, lawyers, referees and other once-extraneous things have now dominate conversation as much as on-field action

Company’s cash pile increases sharply

There was plenty of fun and the best team won, but the tournament also laid bare the impact of social media on the game and its increasingly burnt-out players

England have ranged between dull and bad, in contrast to Spain who always look clever, lively and inventive

Euro 2024: Aston Villa striker finds the net in the 90th minute to knock out the Netherlands

The Germany midfielder found himself in the centre of a storm because of controversial comments he didn’t make

Three Lions likely to adopt Switzerland’s 3-4-2-1 formation for Euro quarter-final after Swiss eased past four-man-defence Italy

Portugal goalkeeper saves all three penalties to break Slovenian hearts

Murat Yakin’s talented and hard-working side beat Italy almost at walking pace

‘Serbian, Romanian and Albanian fans have all displayed flags showing maps of the “Greater” versions of their countries’

Spain shine as England labour to progress, with Austria and Switzerland making the most of their limited squads

Letter from Plattform Eins: At least nobody can deny there is a lot of amusement to be had from reading people vent online about Germany’s rail service

Bellingham’s goal the difference between the sides as England hold on to beat Serbia

Euro 2024 is a chance to get a break from the endless legal and financial drama of club football – it’s like watching a purer version of the game

Ken Early: Football authorities and players on a collision course as burnout becomes a real issue due to incessant schedule

The contentment of Germany’s 2014 World Cup was shattered by external shocks - the European migration crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Hamas attack

The German arms industry giant Rheinmetall is now paying to bask in the reflected glory of Dortmund

Real Madrid manager has talked openly about his lack of philosophy and the adaptability which has allowed him to flourish

The awkward questions being thrown at the Dutch manager after the FA Cup final actually managed to unite the club’s fans behind him

Maybe it’s good for football that magnificent Atalanta denied Leverkusen a perfect season

Triumphant City boss doesn’t need to wait around for things to turn sour and could be best to take a leaf out of Jurgen Klopp’s book

United will need four points from their last two matches just to equal their worst-ever points total in the Premier League era

Various metrics say that Arne Slot will be a good successor to Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool - but all that matters is when he speaks, do the players listen?

Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 14 goals from set pieces this season but Ange Postecoglou refuses to hire a specialist coach to address the issue

FAI seems incapable of making a decision but they already have a candidate who satisfies criteria, who is available, and who they know wants the job

Manchester City striker’s all-round game isn’t great but he is still the top scorer in the Premier League

England calmly and methodically won the game despite a late barrage inspired by Megan Campbell’s long throw-ins

The Manchester United-Liverpool match was far more entertaining than the nullity of Manchester City v Arsenal, but which team do you think will win the title?

Guardiola’s team are sluggish and have won only three of their last six in the league. This is not the kind of surge you expect from them at this point in the season

Typical of these encounters, there were few chances with Xherdan Shaqiri’s free-kick the crucial moment

From the interim manager’s point of view, this might have been just a winning goal short of perfection

This could have been a big week for the FAI – new season, new coach, new sponsor, new start

If any fool could see that Liverpool’s players have played more games than they can handle why did Klopp play so many first team players on Thursday?

Dramatic match left title race in balance and reminded Liverpool fans how hard Jürgen Klopp will be to replace

FAI’s technical director Marc Canham gave the impression that he has a new permanent manager already lined up

For United, there was a quiet pride in only having lost 3-1. That’s where United are now – thinking that at least it wasn’t 6-1

Jurgen Klopp has built a dream factory at Liverpool and his understrength side showed the belief to prove more than a match for big-spending Chelsea

It might be a risk to entrust the team to a coach with limited experience at the top level, but all options are risky when you have to replace Klopp

Van Dijk had a poor outing at the Emirates and Liverpool fans must hope his head has not been scrambled by the uncertainty clouding the club's future