The much awaited Manchester derby lived up to the pre-match hype not only for the longstanding rivalry between the Red and Blue sides of Manchester, but for the rekindling of the estrangement between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola- ex bosses of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively. With both teams having a perfect record in their
Arsenal eked out a hard-fought much-needed win against an opponent they have always struggled against in Southampton on Saturday evening. Santi Cazorla converted from the spot after Laurent Koscielny had leveled out a Petr Cech own goal. Here are O-Posts’ five major talking points from the Gunners’ second victory of the 2016/17 Premier League campaign.
With expansion work underway at White Hart Lane and Tottenham Hotspur preparing to spend next season playing their home matches at Wembley before moving back to a 61,000 seater home for the 2018-19 season, chairman Daniel Levy already has big plans. “We would welcome very much close co-operation with the NFL and a dedicated team”
Gabriel Barbosa, better known as “Gabigol”, is the latest exciting young talent to emerge from the Brazilian league. The 20 year-old centre forward spent most of his professional playing career at Santos, who also provided us with arguably one of the best Brazilian talents ever, Neymar. In fact, he is so heavily rated by the
CIES Football Observatory recently published a report about Premier League clubs overspending in light of the television deals. With defenders costing the same amount of money world-class strikers cost not so long ago, bargain buys have become a rarity, especially with clubs from other league hiking up their asking price should an English club ever
The debut installment of a new column about everything Bundesliga titled, “The Bundesliga Babbel”, by the insightful Victor Charnetsky. As World Cup Qualifying week ends, and Germany started qualifying with a clinical 3-0 win at Norway, die Mannschaft also bids farewell to one of their stalwarts, Bastian Schweinsteiger, last Wednesday winning a friendly match vs
Adam’s latest “The Championship Corner” column. Oliver Burke scored and made two more goals in the 4-3 defeat of Burton Albion on the opening day of the season. He then netted twice as Nottingham Forest beat Wigan Athletic by the same score-line before bagging another as Leeds United were seen off 3-1. The exciting Scotsman
David Luiz One part of the infamous Nemanja Matic merry-go-round, Luiz joined Chelsea from Benfica for around €25 million in January 2011. It’s fair to say the reputation he would garner throughout his career was evident when he made his first start. Although it was a 0-0 draw against Fulham, an underwhelming result in itself,
On the eve of the kick off to the Premier League season, Hull’s caretaker manager Mike Phelan was saying that he did not have a squad capable of competing to a Premier League standard. Just under a month later and Phelan may want to reassess that view as his team have already registered two wins,
Arsenal finally buckled under pressure this summer and actually spent some money on transfers. The north London club splashed out nearly £80 million on players, including Shkodran Mustafi, Granit Xhaka and Lucas Perez. All the investments look solid, but yet it somehow feels same old Arsenal. The club never looked like buying until the last
Lionel Messi. The Atomic Flea. Barca superstar. Living legend. Created by Antonio Predotti Check out more of his brilliant work on his Behance page, Burnerz81, as well as his website: Punto 81 Please also check out his Instagram page: Loving Football Dot Com Like O-Posts on Facebook You can also follow O-Posts on Twitter
Player power has become a modern buzzword in football. With the huge sums of money involved in the game anyone in demand has the power to command the highest fee they possibly can. With Real Madrid looking to sign Gareth Bale to a new long term contract this exact thing is being played out at
The Pep Guardiola-era at Manchester City has kicked off on the right foot, with the club enduring early success in both the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League. Three matches into the Premier League season and City are yet to face defeat, responding very well to Pep’s style of play, defeating the likes of
I watched the England football game with eager anticipation, Knowing if they WON the game - it would cause a great sensation. Their opponents were Slovakia - who were the better team, They really should have won it - do you know what I mean?! Big Sam Allardyce - he looked so stressed out, Maybe
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Predicting the stars of the future has always been something I loved doing. Having talks with your friends at school to who will be the next great footballer was a fond memory. Telling people who had no idea about Neymar was when he was at Santos that he will be the next big thing and
Charles’ latest “The Mind of Conte” column. Any Chelsea fan watching the home game vs Burnley would have gone away from it buzzing with excitement. This was the most comprehensive performance we’ve seen in over a season. While all players deserved to be praised for the overall performance, two of them stood out to me:
When Lazar Markovic completed his move to Liverpool from Benfica couple of years back, many Reds were unaware of his talent. But those who had watched him play at Benfica and Partizian had praised the Anfield club for signing the Serbian and also warned not to expect the young lad to settle quickly in the
Middlesbrough have reached an agreement with Arsenal over the transfer of Calum Chambers on a season-long loan. The 21-year old has joined the Smoggies on loan for an undisclosed fee, with the move to Teesside materialized before the close of the transfer window. He scored during Arsenal’s 4-3 home defeat to Liverpool on the opening
The wonderful left-back from Switzerland is still a Wolfsburg player, but probably not for too long. Last August 31st, the deadline day came to an end. Many clubs strengthened their squads buying some players even considering how much prices have risen. For instance, 13 of 20 Premier League clubs broke their transfer record, and all
Dessert is often served for last and for Leicester City, the best was saved for last when they signed striker Islam Slimani from Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon. Albeit still speculative, the signing is believed to have cost the Premier League champions £29 million, surpassing the 16 million paid for Ahmed Musa in July, to become
Watford have completed the signing of forward Stefano Okaka from Belgian side Anderlecht. The Italian striker has penned a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee, becoming the fourth reinforcement to arrive at Vicarage Road after earlier arrivals by Dja Djedje [Marseille], Christian Kabasele [Genk] and Jerome Sinclair [Liverpool]. Early life Born Stefano Okaka Chuka
Although much derided, Sam Allardyce’s use of comedians Bradley Walsh and Paddy McGuiness to host a quiz night for his England’s players as they prepare for the manager’s first game in charge against Slovakia could be welcome. It is a marked departure from the cheerless atmosphere that hung over England at Euro 2016 when the
Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony has completed a loan move to Premier League side Stoke City. The 27-year-old who has been maligned for most quarters since completing the £28 million move from Swansea City in the 2015 winter transfer window- has yet to feature for Pep Guardiola’s side this season, making the loan move as
Every year, fans and news outlets alike get extremely animated at what is essentially just an expensive version of those American ‘Black Friday’ videos you see on YouTube; hilarious if you’re not a part of it to begin with, then you realise what is actually happening in a wider context and you start to feel
As the summer transfer window comes to a close, clubs are rushing and stressing trying to conclude all their current ongoing negotiations and seal whatever deals that need sealing. Juventus, who are the champions of Italy’s Serie A for five consecutive years now, have enjoyed one of the most historic, successful Calciomercato in the club’s
From the official website statement that bid Joe Hart farewell from Manchester City as he joined Torino on a season-long loan, it was hard to think why they were letting him go. ‘No goalkeeper has won more Premier League Golden Gloves titles than Joe’s four’ it read, ‘he’s also been named in the PFA Premier
West Ham United forward Enner Valencia has joined Everton on a season- long loan, despite holding talks with Swansea City prior to the close of the summer transfer window. The Ecuador international has signed for an undisclosed fee, with the option of a permanent transfer at the end of the season for £14.5 million. The
The 2016 summer transfer window has unconventionally turned out to be one nostalgic reunion party in most of the major leagues around Europe. Alvaro Morata returned to the Bernabeu, Mario Gotze to the Yellow Wall, but perhaps the one that hogged all the headlines was Paul Pogba’s return to Manchester United- which made him the
Praveen’s latest “The Arsenal Annals” column. Summer of 2016 was seen as one of the most significant summers in Arsenal’s history as that could serve as their longest-serving manager Arsene Wenger’s last summer at the club. The manager brought down Mohamed Elneny last winter in light of the club’s dire need of central midfield additions