Jon Smith

Premier League creator feeling uneasy about new ownership deals and lack of FIFA and UEFA control
When the Premier League was created back in 1992, it’s doubtful that anyone involved could’ve envisaged that teams within the English top-flight...
Chelsea FC Manchester City
Premier League creator sides with Man City’s Pep Guardiola over player strikes
Man City manager, Pep Guardiola, has put himself in the firing line over recent comments concerning player strikes. Often outspoken, Guardiola, per...
Manchester City
Exclusive: Man United takeover will happen but it might be another year away
It’s almost been a year since news of a potential takeover at Man United had supporters of the Old Trafford outfit rubbing...
Manchester United FC
Exclusive: Jadon Sancho doesn’t have a future at Man United… and perhaps anywhere else
The tension surrounding Jadon Sancho and his position at Man United under Erik ten Hag continues, and there doesn’t appear to be...
Manchester United FC
Agent’s column: Arsenal need a striker, Sancho has no future at Man United, Richarlison will be fine and more
In his fortnightly exclusive column for CaughtOffside, Jon Smith, one of football’s first-ever agents and a man who was an integral figure...
Tottenham FC Manchester United FC
Agent praises ‘potent weapon’ Fabrizio Romano
He’s the go to guy for information on football transfers with millions of followers across social media, and Fabrizio Romano has been...
Liverpool FC Tottenham FC
Exclusive: Saudi’s could offer Man United and others £1bn each to buy a new Super League says agent
The notion of a Super League seems to have long since been put on the back burner, but former super agent, Jon...
Liverpool FC Tottenham FC
Exclusive: Arsenal’s buys have been fantastic but they’re not the finished article
The crazy summer transfer was like nothing ever seen before due in no small part to the rise of the Saudi Pro...
Arsenal FC Brighton and Hove Albion
Exclusive: Liverpool talisman Mo Salah will leave in this window says Premier League co-creator
News that Saudi Arabian giants, Al-Ittihad, could be about to drop a £200m offer on Liverpool for their talisman, Mo Salah, has...
Liverpool FC
Exclusive: Middle Eastern influence means football has a very delicate balancing act to adhere to in the future
It all began with Cristiano Ronaldo telling the world that the Saudi Pro League was going to change the face of football,...
Liverpool FC Tottenham FC
Exclusive: The incredible reason why the end of this transfer window is likely to be the maddest ever
With only a few weeks left until this summer’s transfer window closes there’s still time to get a few deals done, and...
Liverpool FC Tottenham FC
Exclusive: Mbappe isn’t a circus clown, he’s one of the greats
At present, it seems that the impasse between Kylian Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain is showing no signs of easing. The French World...
Paris Saint-Germain