Paul Macdonald

Paul Macdonald

Paul Macdonald is a writer, journalist, editor and co-founder of the FootballTransfers website.

Starting out covering La Liga for Goal.com in 2008, Paul watched Pep Guardiola's Barcelona side become the best team in the world, winning the treble in that season. Paul progressed through the ranks at Goal, becoming Deputy Editor on the International edition before becoming Head of Planning for the site.

This involved taking a team to the World Cup in Brazil in 2014, with the most digital journalists on the ground than any other publication.

Paul has also covered the Copa America in Chile as well as Euro 2016. In 2017 he established FootballTransfers, which is now one of the largest and fastest-growing websites dedicated to the football transfer market in the world.

Articles from Paul Macdonald

Mo Salah, Liverpool, 2022-23

5 Mar 2023

Liverpool 7-0 Man Utd: Varane a pub player, Shaw's 'career ended', Bruno a child

Erik ten Hag, Xavi

27 Feb 2023

'New Pep' or overrated? Why Xavi is at risk at Barcelona

Marcus Rashford, Erik ten Hag, Man Utd, 2022/23

26 Feb 2023

Manager of the year? Ten Hag's Man Utd miracle

Todd Boehly, Chelsea, 2022/23

26 Feb 2023

How NOT to run a football club, by Todd Boehly and Graham Potter

Joan Laporta, Barcelona, crisis

24 Feb 2023

Barcelona allegedly paid referee over €6 MILLION as scandal deepens

Kylian Mbappe, PSG, 2022/23

15 Feb 2023

VAR and referees aren't killing football, the rules are

Gakpo, Antony, Madueke

23 Jan 2023

Antony, Gakpo, Madueke - how many Eredivisie signings were actually good?

Noni Madueke, PSV, 2022/23

19 Jan 2023

Who is Noni Madueke? PSV's young Englishman that Chelsea want

Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, Erling Haaland

19 Jan 2023

‘City? Really?’ - The biggest takeaways from Deloitte Money List

How the Super League could treble revenue of the breakaway clubs

19 Jan 2023

Deloitte Money List shows The Super League should have been allowed to happen

Kai Havertz Chelsea 2022-23

10 Jan 2023

The question is - what is the point of Kai Havertz?

Todd Boehly, Chat GPT

5 Jan 2023

Is Todd Boehly using ChatGPT to make his transfer market decisions?

Lionel Messi, Argentinië, 2022

19 Dec 2022

The month that ended Ronaldo’s career: Messi puts 'knife to Cristiano’s heart'

Lionel Messi, World Cup 2022

Confirmed
18 Dec 2022

The debate is over - Lionel Messi is the GOAT

TV Rights 2

29 Nov 2022

World domination for Premier League as €10.4 BILLION TV rights deals blow La Liga and Serie A away

Messi and Ronaldo, Argentina and Portugal

18 Nov 2022

How to win the World Cup Golden Boot

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi

17 Nov 2022

If you think Ronaldo is better than Messi, it’s time to watch another sport

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, 2022/23

13 Nov 2022

The one thing Ronaldo fears Messi can take from him

Antonio Conte, Tottenham, 2022-23

13 Nov 2022

Blame Antonio Conte if England flop at the World Cup

Antony spin, Ten Hag

28 Oct 2022

Spin Doctor: Erik Ten Hag will be DELIGHTED at Antony's showboating