“I don’t see it as extra pressure but a sign of the extra confidence that they have in me” Brazil and Chelsea midfielder, Oscar’s reaction to being handed the number 11 jersey last worn by Didier Drog...
As Barcelona prepare to rebuild this summer and fill in the cracks which have become increasingly evident this season, one issue that may be worth addressing is the captaincy for next term. Carles Puy...
The English Premier League wound up on the evening of 19th May, 2013 and with it the careers of some English players with legendary status in the game. Amongst them are Jamie Carragher, the Scouser an...
Monday 13th of May saw Manchester United parading their Premier League trophy through the red side of the city of Manchester. It was all pomp and fanfare with the team in their open double-decker bus ...
As the 2012/2013 season draws to an eventual close, club lawyers and players agent would go on overdrive trying to outsmart each other and secure the juiciest of contracts for their players (and thems...
“The decision to retire is one that I’ve thought a great deal about and one that I’ve not taken lightly. It is the right time.” Sir Alex Ferguson in his retirement speech on May 8th, 2013.
Nothing des...
Team selection dilemma
Sir Alex knew that he would have to play some players who have not got many games under the belt and it would boost them to play against a tough opposition like Chelsea, but, pl...
Tottenham Hotspur vs Southampton
With title already being decided and two of the three teams to go down also being confirmed, the race to Champions League places the only thing that’s interesting and ...
As the 2012/2013 season draws to an eventual close, club lawyers and players agent would go on overdrive trying to outsmart each other and secure the juiciest of contracts for their players (and thems...
You remember watching those Animal Kingdom documentaries on television while growing up, don’t you? Where the lioness catches and brings prey home for her cubs to kill and all they did was play with i...
You can’t find anyone else with more guts, fire and talent than the swash-buckling, energetic, skillful Liverpool-born Manchester United striker, Wayne Mark Rooney. Rooney was once declared the “white...
Whilst Chelsea remain hopefully of bringing Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge, perhaps the Portuguese manager could offer them an insight based on his failings in the Spanish capi...
Early last week on a cold Wednesday night in Borussia, Germany Robert Lewandowski wrote himself into Champions League folklore as he hit four past Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions Leagu...
Last week’s Champions League fixtures were entertaining to say the least. Watching Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund literally rip apart Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively with strong, fast-pace...
Recently, England manager Roy Hodgson lamented the number of foreign players in the Premier League and said that the increasing number of foreign imports is harming the development of English football...
“I’m sad for what happened this afternoon, I apologize (to) Ivanovic and all (the) football world for my inexcusable behaviour” Luis Suarez in a post-match interview after the 2-2 draw with Chelsea at...
At the end of every hard work comes result and then credit. For those in schools you will agree with me that when every academic year is over, awards would be given, well it is so in other facets of l...
Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City
The race for the 4th and the last Champions League spot gets tougher, Spurs have a chance to get back into top 4 if they manage to overcome the mammoth of a challe...
“He who rejects change is the architect of decay; the only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.” Harold Wilson.
Nothing captures the mood at Stamford Bridge at the moment right no...
Going into the season, there were high hopes for Chelsea with pundits tipping them to be in the race for the Premier League title after the club spent big to bring in Brazilian Oscar and Belgian Eden ...