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Nicky

Nicky is a budding journalist who specialises in matters related to football, basketball and the economics of sports. He is a student at the University of Edinburgh as well. Follow him on Twitter @NickyHelfgott1.
  • Soccer
    BRENTFORD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 05: Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Brentford and Manchester City at Gtech Community Stadium on October 05, 2025 in Brentford, England.
    NickyAugust 10, 2026
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    After Pep: Manchester City’s 2026/27 Season Preview

    For the first time in a decade, Manchester City will start a Premier League season without Pep Guardiola on the touchline. Ten years, twenty trophies, a first Champions League, a treble, four consecutive titles. Whatever comes next was always going to be measured against something unrepeatable. The club’s answer is…

  • Soccer
    MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 01: Benjamin Sesko of Manchester United celebrates scoring his team's third goal during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford on February 01, 2026 in Manchester, England.
    NickyAugust 9, 2026
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    Carrick’s Correcting: Manchester United’s 2026/27 Season Preview

    Eighteen months ago Manchester United finished fifteenth in the Premier League, their worst placing in 51 years and their first ever bottom-half finish in the competition. Last season they finished third. Nothing about that transformation was gradual, and almost all of it happened after 13 January. That is the context…

  • Champions League
    BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - MAY 30: William Pacho and Marquinhos of Paris Saint-Germain pose for a photo with the UEFA Champions League trophy as they celebrates after the UEFA Champions League Final 2026 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal FC at Puskas Arena on May 30, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary.
    NickyAugust 7, 2026
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    Three consecutive Champions League’s? – PSG’s 2026/27 Season Preview

    There is no obvious way to improve on what Paris Saint-Germain did last season, which is precisely the problem. Back-to-back Champions Leagues. A fourteenth Ligue 1 title. The Trophée des Champions, the UEFA Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup. One competition lost all season, and that was the Coupe de…

  • Soccer
    BARCELONA, SPAIN - JANUARY 25: Raphinha of FC Barcelona celebrates a goal during the Spanish league, LaLiga EA Sports, football match played between FC Barcelona and Real Oviedo at Spotify Camp Nou stadium on January 25, 2026 in Barcelona, Spain.
    NickyAugust 6, 2026
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    It’s Lamine Yamal’s year: Barcelona’s 2026/27 Season Preview

    Barcelona begin this season as the best team in Spain and, on the evidence of the past two years, nowhere near the best team in Europe. That gap is the whole story of Hansi Flick’s third campaign at the Camp Nou, and it is not a gap you close by…

  • Champions League
    MADRID, SPAIN - JULY 21: Jose Mourinho coach of Real Madrid at Ciudad Real Madrid on July 21, 2026 in Madrid, Spain.
    NickyAugust 5, 2026
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    The Special One Returns: Real Madrid’s 2026/27 Season Preview

    There is a version of this Real Madrid drama that reads as nostalgia. José Mourinho walks back through the doors at Valdebebas, thirteen years after he left them slamming, and Madrid rediscover the snarl they have misplaced somewhere between Kylian Mbappé’s arrival and two seasons of silverware-free drift. It is…

  • Premier League
    MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 25: Erling Haaland of Manchester City puts the crown from the 2022/2023 Premier League trophy on his head after dropping it during the After Party Celebration to mark the achievements of Manchester City men’s, women’s and academy teams during the 25/26 season at The Co-op Live Arena on May 25, 2026 in Manchester, England.
    NickyAugust 1, 2026
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    Which new rules are coming to the Premier League?

    Football and the Premier League’s lawmakers have spent two years chasing the same enemy: the dead ball that never gets kicked, the physio jogging on for a knock that clears up 20 seconds later. The rulebook the Premier League opens on the 2026/27 season is noticeably thicker than the one…

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