Soccer camps are becoming more and more popular as eager parents look to provide their talented children with the best opportunities to improve their game. However, choosing the right soccer camp for your child can be a lot harder than you would imagine. Wherever in the world you live, your choice of summer soccer
On Thursday morning, Atletico Madrid received the news they had feared: an appeal against their transfer ban had been rejected and the punishment would be upheld for the duration of the summer transfer window. This means that Los Colchoneros are unable to register new players until January 1st 2018 as was the case with Barcelona
Arsene Wenger will remain at Arsenal for another two years. The next two years gives the Frenchman a chance to define his legacy at Arsenal: will it be a history of success turned to mediocrity, or a triumphant revival? If it is to be the latter, he needs to seriously strengthen his squad. Here are
Juventus have been arguably the outstanding team in this year’s UEFA Champions League. Having come through their Champions League group stage finishing on top and undefeated, they eliminated Porto in the last sixteen, Barcelona in the quarterfinals, and Monaco in the semi finals and only conceded one goal in the process. Excelling at the
After the announcement last November that Irish goalscoring legend Robbie Keane would be leaving Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the previous Major League Soccer season in December, perhaps the initial thought process for Keane would be to decide on hanging up his boots on an outstanding career. Not a chance! The former Republic
He moved his head slowly from left to right. Then right to left. Right, left, right, left; he slowly repeated the motions smiling as he watched the glinting line shimmer across the lustrous surfaces. He loved the way the line sunk as it crossed over the letters that were etched into the silver surfaces of
Riyad Mahrez stunned Leicester City fans on Tuesday afternoon - releasing a statement outlining his intention to leave the club, according to BBC Sport. The Algerian has been linked with a Leicester exit ever since winning the Player of the Year award and helping the Foxes secure the Premier League title in 2016. Now, however,
The #wengerout hashtag is illuminating to say the least. In the aftermath of Arsene Wenger signing a 2-year contract extension to remain at Arsenal through to 2019, it has exploded once again with a number of fans expressing their anger at the direction their club is going. The tweets range from detailed analysis of Wenger
What if football players were Prime Ministers? Then there would be a game to be had. It will be all about where the money lay (And filling in tax forms a little funny). Tribes of those who have a skill To right all wrongs and promise results. A passage of equality in his ‘n’ hers
Manchester United have had a successful season as a result of winning the Europa League and with that, qualifying for the Champions League. No doubt there will be much activity in terms of personnel at Old Trafford this summer. But who looks most likely to leave? Here is a list of 5 players. Wayne
Manchester City have wasted little time in improving their team following Pep Guardiola’s first ever trophyless campaign as a coach with the club’s summer spending bonanza having already begun in earnest. Bernardo Silva arrived on Friday for a fee believed to be in the region of £45-50 million and Benjamin Mendy is expected to follow
Why do Arsenal have the most expensive tickets in the Premier League? For the 2016/2017 season Arsenal season tickets were priced at 1035 pounds. To put this in perspective, the next highest was local rival Tottenham who’s tickets were priced at 765, which is 270 pounds less. How does this figure even get determined? Even
According to the Daily Star, West Ham United are intent on signing Sunderland’s young goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. So intent, it seems, that they are willing to offer cash and Adrian to tempt the Black Cats into selling their prized asset. Whilst the fee has not been mentioned, it is estimated that the overall value of
The 2016/17 Premier League season has come to a close and what a season it’s been; Chelsea were crowned winners for the fifth time and Sunderland’s decade in the Premier League came to an end after scraping relegation four years in a row. Not to mention the roaring goals, the nail biting battle for Champion’s
As expectant Liverpool fans scoured the internet for transfer rumours on Tuesday afternoon, they were in for a surprise or two. Indeed, with optimists perhaps hoping for the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Virgil van Dijk or - that old chestnut - Marco Reus to be unveiled as Jurgen Klopp’s new star signing, they were instead
The £43m acquisition by Manchester City of the Portuguese midfielder is the club’s first move of what the fans would hope to be: a busy summer. Does this save Pep’s rep? Pep Guardiola has received a mass amount of praise for snatching up the 22-year-old after he had an outstanding season at Monaco, who
Captain, Leader, Legend! Those three words are now part of Chelsea’s vocabulary. They were a tribute throughout John George Terry’s career and will be his epitaph when he has left. These three terms have resonated with Terry throughout his illustrious career with Chelsea to the extent that even the fans from Chelsea’s rivals in
It’s not often mid-table teams are discussed; only when they are involved in drastic manager changes or are in an upset over one of the top clubs. None of which have been occurrences for Mark Hughes’ Stoke City this season; an extremely underwhelming performance overall and excluding their last game of the 2016/17 campaign (0-1
The reigning Premier League champions have missed the final chance to secure their second silverware of the season – something expected for such a high-performing team at the national level. The team struggled to escape the high pressing of Arsene Wenger’s squadron for the majority of the proceedings. They should have demonstrated attentiveness in important
Sadly for football fans across the world, the Premier League season ended just over a week ago. Reading the news, however, you wouldn’t know it. Indeed, the big clubs have rushed straight into action - not on the pitch but in the transfer market - and already delivered two huge signs that this summer’s prophesied
Arsenal won the FA Cup for the third time in last four years after a 2-1 win over Chelsea in a beautiful atmosphere at Wembley Stadium. The Gunners made a new record with the most trophies in the FA Cup history – this was their 13th, and Arsene Wenger become the most successful manager in
When Spurs signed Vincent Janssen from AZ Alkmaar last summer, Spurs looked like they had done a good piece of business. Last season’s joint top scorer in the Eredivisie cost Tottenham just 17 million pounds as they looked to lessen the goal-scorer burden on Harry Kane. Initial excitement Janssen was one of the rising
News of Garry Monk’s Leeds United departure surprised many on Thursday afternoon and bookmakers were quick to draw up the odds on his successor. With the Yorkshire club’s chequered recent history of managerial appointments, the current pool of unemployed coaches provides a minefield of uncertain options. But here are two candidates sure to stand out
Jose Mourinho’s gamble of prioritising winning the Europa League over finishing inside the Premier League’s top four was much derided, yet it proved to be a calculated one as Manchester United lifted the trophy in Stockholm on Wednesday. Mourinho’s appetite for big matches showed against Ajax as he constructed a gameplan which totally negated Peter
Goalkeeper: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim) Ever since their promotion to the Bundesliga in 2008, Hoffenheim have held the reputation of a fun, attacking team, with flawed defense. This season, only Bayern Munich managed to concede fewer goals than they did, and Baumann, who is one of only six players to play every minute in the Bundesliga