Alex Keble

London

Columnist at Freelance

Freelance Journalist at Tribal Football

Features and Tactics Writer at Premier League Productions

Football journalist. Tactics & features for @bbcsport @PremierLeague, @SportingLife Email: [email protected]

Articles

Analysis: Why 'maverick' Cunha is just the player Man Utd need

6 days ago | premierleague.com | Alex Keble

Football writer Alex Keble looks at the qualities new signing Matheus Cunha will bring to Manchester United. That didn’t take long. Just seven days after Ruben Amorim took to the Old Trafford pitch to assure supporters that “the good days are coming,” Man Utd have backed up their head coach's words by spending big on a proven Premier League playmaker. And Cunha is pure Man Utd.
Premier League 24/25 awards: Our winners for players, goals and managers

1 week ago | sportinglife.com | Alex Keble

With the domestic football season coming to an end, Alex Keble gives out his Premier League awards. Last summer, an unproven manager with no experience in a ‘top five’ league took over from a club legend, Jurgen Klopp, and led an ageing team suffering from a long comedown into a new Premier League season. He was given no new signings. Nobody – and that includes Liverpool supporters – thought Arne Slot could sustain a challenge for the title, much less win it with four games to go.
Ten things we learned from the 2024/25 Premier League season

1 week ago | premierleague.com | Alex Keble

Football writer Alex Keble highlights 10 hot topics and tactical lessons from 2024/25 Premier League campaign, including: - Strength of mid-tier clubs marks the end of the "Big Six" era - Idealistic tacticians are on the way out - Forest's excellent season gives hope to all clubs - 2025/26 title race feels wide open after Liverpool's low points tally - The classic No 9 is back in fashion - Mid-season manager changes now rarer as "bounce" stops working - Fast transitions make league very...
Chelsea make history in winning UEFA Conference League

1 week ago | premierleague.com | Alex Keble

Football writer Alex Keble reflects on Chelsea's triumph in the UEFA Conference League final against Real Betis. Chelsea have become the first team in history to win all five European club trophies after coming from behind to beat Real Betis 4-1 at Stadion Wroclaw in Poland, courtesy of a magnificent second-half display from Cole Palmer.
A forgettable Premier League season might just set us up for an unforgettable one

1 week ago | sportinglife.com | Alex Keble

As final days go this was far from vintage and, in all honesty, confirmation this will be remembered – or rather, won’t be remembered - as one of the Premier League’s filler years. For so much of the season Chelsea and Manchester City were super-clubs on the brink, but both qualified for the Champions League. The four-in-a-row buzz kills fully recovered.
Chelsea and Newcastle the big winners on dramatic final day in top-five race

1 week ago | premierleague.com | Alex Keble

Football writer Alex Keble assesses how the race for UEFA Champions League places was dramatically decided on the final day. In the end it was all surprisingly simple. A day that was predicted to have chaotic ups and downs saw Manchester City, Chelsea and Newcastle United stay in the UEFA Champions League spots on a tense final day of Premier League action.
Ange Postecoglou is a man entirely vindicated following Spurs' Europa League triumph

2 weeks ago | sportinglife.com | Alex Keble

Tottenham Hotspur are winners, Manchester United are losers, and the season has turned on its head. All the preparatory groundwork and analysis was for nothing. When the theoretical becomes reality, when the purity of the emotion hits, everything changes. Ange Postecoglou’s second-season promise has become legendary. His absurd tactical journey is now a rich, folkloric part of Tottenham history. The painful journey is recast as glorious, romantic, inevitable.
Ten KEY questions for this weekend's matches

2 weeks ago | premierleague.com | Alex Keble

Football writer Alex Keble analyses where this weekend's fixtures could be won and lost, including:- Huge Champions League decider between Forest and Chelsea- Will Villa sneak into the top five? - Will Howe’s midfield cope with a bullish Everton? - Will stubborn Fulham cause a problem for Haaland-led Man City? - Will Anfield be the happiest place in the country on Sunday? - Can Southampton repeat Man City performance and avoid an unwanted record?
Analysis: How Spurs beat Man Utd to win the Europa League

2 weeks ago | premierleague.com | Alex Keble

Football writer Alex Keble analyses the UEFA Europa League final as Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United 1-0 in Bilbao to win their first trophy in 17 years and secure a place in next season's UEFA Champions League. Spurs are Europa League champions, and just like that everything changes. The Ange Postecoglou philosophy has been justified, the project vindicated. A dreadful season becomes an historic one.
Arsenal must back Mikel Arteta if they are to achieve Premier League glory

2 weeks ago | sportinglife.com | Alex Keble

The curtain came down on Arsenal’s season this week and the atmosphere inside the Emirates was of confused, muffled celebration. Processing a season of absolute stasis is never easy, but particularly difficult for an Arsenal team handed a Premier League silver medal for the third year in a row. Mikel Arteta’s side have secured second place in the Premier League table and reached a Champions League semi-final.