Barcelona Homegrown XI
Victor Valdes Born: Barcelona Joined the club: 10-years-old First team appearances: 470 Martin Montoya Born: Barcelona Joined the club: 9-years-old First team appearances: 16 Carlos…
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De Klassieker: Why this weekend’s Ajax vs Feyenoord won’t be like the good ol’ days…
Ajax and Feyenoord. Feyenoord and Ajax. The two biggest rivals in Dutch football. Since the first game in 1921, it has always been a grudge…
Ibracadabra is all magic and no illusion
For every critic and doubter, there is a fanatic and supporter of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, football’s greatest enigma. He has the enviable title of the world’s…
TRANSFER RUMOURS – Jovetic to Manchester City? Lewandowski to Manchester United? Cole to leave Chelsea?
Stevan Jovetic has been linked with a January move from Manchester City to Fiorentina after rejecting their interest in the summer September 3rd: Jovetic –…
The definitive Premier League vs La Liga debate… Part II
In Part I of this article I compared English football with Spanish by comparing how well teams did in European competition. Now it’s time to…
Let me introduce you to AFC Ajax…
I don’t need to introduce AFC Ajax to you. I’m pretty sure you all know this club, its rich history, its world famous youth academy,…
Europe’s Best XI in September – Messi, Ibrahimovic… and Jaaskelainen?
Masked by football: Spain’s crumbling economy
Don’t be fooled by the title; I’m not about to go through Spain’s fiscal issues. What I am going to talk about though is the…
European Teams of the Week: Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1
Teams of the week taken from WhoScored.com
Here we go again… La Liga or Premier League?
Here we go again. Inevitably, Chelsea’s defeat to Atlético Madrid in the European Super Cup at the end of last month saw the above inquisition…
Did Del Piero really turn down Liverpool because of Heysel?
Earlier this week, Alessandro Del Piero was strongly linked with a move to Liverpool, only for him to opt for Sydney FC instead. Liverpool are…
Hulk’s Final Destination Proves Chelsea Were Right To Leave Him
And we all thought Chelsea spent big this summer! Just two days before the close of the Russian transfer window, Zenit St Petersburg have stunned…
They love the badge, the fans, the city… Not the money
I’ve always said I don’t believe player loyalty to be a characteristic of the greatest importance as when it boils down to it football is…
His name’s Xavi…
Iniesta – Sometimes it’s hard being smaller than the others…