Amitai Winehouse

Leeds, London

News Editor at The Athletic

Senior Editor @TheAthleticFC. [email protected]. All views stolen from my brain

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Articles

Which transfer windows are still open after the Premier League deadline?

Aug 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Amitai Winehouse

The transfer window is closed. Squads are set. No further movement will happen. Or will it? While eyes have been focused on Europe's top leagues and the signings and sales that have taken place across them, especially on Friday as those windows closed, there are other nations in which business might still be done. This could result in players from the Premier League, La Liga and beyond being shifted out as clubs look to balance their books.
Archie Gray playing for Leeds is football at its romantic best

Jun 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Amitai Winehouse

If you were transported back to Elland Road on any given Saturday between now and the 1960s, you'd be liable to run into someone with Gray DNA. Whether it was Eddie running down the wing, or Frank at full-back, or Andy playing up front, they were a fairly consistent presence on the pitch in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
Should Premier League clubs vote to scrap VAR? The case for and against the system

May 14, 2024 | nytimes.com | Steve Madeley |Amitai Winehouse

To VAR or not to VAR? That is the question. As The Athletic revealed on Wednesday, the Premier League 's clubs will hold a vote at their annual general meeting next month over a proposal to abolish the video assistant referee (VAR) system from the start of the 2024-25 season. But should VAR be scrapped? Or will that not fix the Premier League's officiating problem? Here, The Athletic's Steve Madeley and Amitai Winehouse have put forward the case for and against the system.
Why Fulham and Jaguars executive Tony Khan was attacked in a wrestling ring ahead of the NFL draft

Apr 24, 2024 | bvmsports.com | Amitai Winehouse

By Amitai Winehouse via The Athletic, By Amitai Winehouse 26m ago It's the classic excuse. Why is my club's director of football not doing any business yet ahead of the summer transfer window? Well, because he's just been hit with a Tombstone Piledriver in the middle of a wrestling ring. On Wednesday night's episode of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite, the show ended with Tony Khan, director of football at Premier League club Fulham, sprawled in a heap in the middle of a wrestling ring.
Why Fulham and Jaguars executive Tony Khan was attacked in a wrestling ring

Apr 24, 2024 | theathletic.com | Amitai Winehouse

It's the classic excuse. Why is my club's director of football not doing any business yet ahead of the looming summer transfer window? Well, because he's just been hit with a Tombstone Piledriver in the middle of a wrestling ring. On Wednesday night's episode of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite, the show ended with Tony Khan, director of football at Premier League club Fulham, sprawled in a heap in the middle of a wrestling ring.
Why? What impact will it have? Is this normal?

Apr 9, 2024 | theathletic.com | Amitai Winehouse |Sam Lee

Real Madrid's match against Manchester City will look very different to the average European football match - and even to other matches at the Bernabeu. Why? Well, on Tuesday Madrid received permission from UEFA to close the relatively new roof for the game this evening. This will be an oddity to most football fans - only a few football-ready stadiums in Europe have retractable roofs. But why have Madrid asked to close the roof?
'I'll stop at nothing to make sure his career ends on a high'

Mar 1, 2024 | theathletic.com | Amitai Winehouse

All Elite Wrestling's Darby Allin is hours away from one of the most historic matches in professional wrestling history - the final match for the legendary Sting - and he has promised he will stop at nothing to give the longtime icon the climax to his career that he deserves. Back in October, Sting announced on AEW Dynamite that he would retire after the AEW Revolution pay-per-view event. Sunday's last match will cap a 39-year wrestling career, including the last three-plus years with AEW.
'I want to be part of AEW's history and take it to different heights'

Feb 28, 2024 | theathletic.com | Amitai Winehouse

Swerve Strickland is days away from possibly making All Elite Wrestling (AEW) history by becoming the company's first Black world champion. Strickland will challenge for the AEW World Championship when he takes on 'Hangman' Adam Page and champion Samoa Joe at Sunday's AEW Revolution pay-per-view event. If Strickland takes that belt, it would represent a historic step at an early stage for a wrestling company.
'If I wasn't in AEW, I'd be a one note joke and done in six months'

Feb 22, 2024 | theathletic.com | Amitai Winehouse

If you want to understand Orange Cassidy, the backpack is as good a place as any to start. Cassidy, the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) International champion, has the backpack in front of him. The title belt is on top. But Cassidy, unlike wrestling stars who wear the belt around their waist or carry it to the ring over their shoulder, takes it everywhere in the backpack - only choosing to reveal the championship when his name is announced. He tells The Athletic: "I found it in my parents' attic.
Liverpool contracts, Arsenal plans, Jonathan David future

Jan 11, 2024 | theathletic.com | Amitai Winehouse

Earlier today, we held our latest subscriber-exclusive Ask Ornstein session. Once a week for an hour, The Athletic's subscribers can ask me for my views on anything from the world of football. I have pulled together some of my favourite questions and my answers to them from the latest Q&A below. Thanks to all those who took part. Want to ask me a question? Join us for the next edition.