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The eternal Gianluigi Buffon has announced that at the end of this season, he will retire from football. The Italy and Juventus captain has won almost everything there is for him to win in his storied career, which began back in the 1990s at Parma, where he won two Coppa Italia’s and two UEFA cups. […]
In France, Paris Saint Germain are king. Since 2011, and the takeover of Qatar Sports Investments group, they have had a budget dwarfing any other team in the league, and most in Europe. They flexed those considerable financial muscles in the summer, luring Neymar from Barcelona for over double the previous world record fee and […]
After the recent departure of Carlo Ancelotti, Bayern Munich have appointed Jupp Heynckes for his fourth spell as manager at the club. He first took the reins in 1987, then again as caretaker in 2009 before his last stint from 2011 to 2013, the last season of which he led Bayern to the first treble […]
Roma have garnered a reputation for finishing second in Italy, always the bridesmaid, never the bride. In recent years they’ve been unable to overcome to the unstoppable behemoth that is Juventus, before that it was Inter Milan. However, in one season at the turn of the century, under the stewardship of Fabio Capello, all the […]
Arsenal are back in action in the unfamiliar territory of the Europa League this week, so we thought we’d look back at when the North London side could compete with Europe’s elite. Cast your mind back to the 2005/2006 season, where Arsenal reached the Champions League final, finishing runners-up to the emerging force that was […]
