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

Harry Maguire, Man Utd, 2021/22

20 Apr 2022

Why Manchester United may never catch Liverpool - no matter who they sign

Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund, 2021/22

23 May 2023

Football should tell Haaland and Co to f**k off

Gareth Bale, Real Madrid, 2021/22

30 Mar 2022

How Gareth Bale is impacting Salah's Liverpool transfer future

Johan Cruyff, Barcelona

23 May 2023

Why Cruyff to Barcelona is the most important transfer in history

Daniel James signs for Leeds from Man Utd

23 May 2023

From Raphinha to Daniel James: Grading Bielsa’s signings at Leeds

Raphinha, Leeds, 2021-22

23 May 2023

Dribbling machine Raphinha will be world class at Chelsea

Donny van de Beek, Everton

1 Feb 2022

Van de Beek AND Alli? Everton's brutal, bizarre spending soars to €558m

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Arsenal, Barcelona

1 Feb 2022

Barcelona's Aubameyang move might not be as ill-fated as it looks

Erling Haaland celebrates hat-trick in DFB-Pokal first round

14 Dec 2021

Five reasons Haaland won’t join Barcelona – and money isn’t one of them

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah scores against Milan in the Champions League

23 May 2023

Five reasons why Premier League will dominate European football for years

Laporta sends ominous message as Koeman’s Barcelona fate to be decided next week

8 Dec 2021

'A ruinous deal' - Barcelona and Real Madrid launch scathing attack on La Liga CVC agreement

Espai Barcelona 3

7 Dec 2021

Espai Barca: What Barcelona's new €1.5 BILLION project could look like

Guardiola, Tuchel and Klopp

26 Nov 2021

Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel - the age of the supercoach is here

Lionel Messi is closing in on a new contract with Barcelona

26 Nov 2021

The Messi effect: Barca's goal output has fallen 50% since he left the club

Xavi at Al Sadd

21 Nov 2021

The good and bad of Xavi's first Barcelona game

Harry Kane, Tottenham, Premier League, 2021/22

1 Nov 2021

Will Harry Kane try for Antonio Conte?

Lionel Messi, Marseille v PSG, 2021-22

1 Nov 2021

Messi's underlying numbers should be a worry for PSG

The transfer chain reaction started by Ansu Fati’s injury

31 Oct 2021

Barcelona's injury list another example of a club in ruins

Xavi is favourite to become Barcelona's next head coach

28 Oct 2021

Barcelona next manager odds: Xavi leads Martinez in the betting

Ronald Koeman, Barcelona manager, 2021-22

28 Oct 2021

With Koeman gone, Barcelona must face reality - they're no longer a football giant