There was a moment in Manchester City’s resounding victory over Cardiff, when the ball fell to Raheem Sterling around twenty yards from goal on the left flank. Using his trademark speed and quick feet, the England international darted past four hapless Cardiff defenders and was in behind the Bluebird’s defensive...
On Sunday Steven Gerrard experienced his first competitive defeat as manager of Rangers. It couldn’t have come in a more high profile match, away at Celtic Park in his first Old Firm clash. It’s a defeat that will no doubt sting both the manager and the Ibrox faithful. The Rangers...
One of the most eye catching pieces of news from last week saw representatives of the AFE – the Spanish Players Union – meeting, to discuss and express their anger at La Liga’s new fifteen year deal with Relevant Sports to bring one competitive fixture in the US. Despite the...
In Sid Lowe’s excellent book, Fear and Lothing in La Liga, the author makes some very astute observations about the nature of the enormous rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona. One of the most interesting points he makes is that effectively, the two clubs are locked in together in a...
The summer transfer window is done and dusted for another year. As always there a number of clubs who have done very well and others who have struggled. A Deadline Day set before the start of the season saw a number of clubs rush to get business done. All eyes...
SSC Napoli have tweeted a message designed to calm any early season nerves at Stamford Bridge. The tweet listed Sarri’s first five competitive results as manager of the Italian giants. One win, three draws and one defeat were recorded by the manager, then still in his infancy at a top...
As the transfer window rumbles on, Newcastle United were this week linked with a move for Ajax and Argentina full back Nicolas Tagliafico. One of the eye-catching things about this otherwise mundane transfer rumour is the fact that the £8 million fee reportedly quoted by the Dutch giants, coupled with...
Prior to Liverpool facing Manchester United in front of over 100,000 fans in the last leg of their US tour on Saturday, United’s increasingly-beleaguered manager faced the press. Speaking of his opponents and their progress this summer, Mourinho said with a trademark smirk, that Liverpool “had to win the league”...
Football has a history of offering players the chance of a comeback in their careers after years out in the wilderness. And so it seems this is also true for one of Liverpool’s forwards, Just six weeks ago, the writing looked to be on the wall for Daniel Sturridge at...
Marcelo Bielsa, one of the modern game’s great innovators and visionaries has been appointed the new manager of Championship side Leeds United. Now there’s a coup. The Argentinean has developed a reputation as one of the game’s brightest stars over the past two decades. Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino are...