Kaka is an icon. He is a living Brazilian legend and just an amazing player. He burst onto the scene while playing for AC Milan from 2003 to 2009 as a creative genius who is able to create goals from absolutely nothing. He played so well that he was awarded with the Ballon d’Or and
When Southampton, Reading and West Ham respectively got promoted to the premier league all three clubs knew that they would have a battle on their hands if they wanted to stay in the “big time”. Speculation surrounded all three clubs, would they be like the Derby of 2007/2008, who endured an absolutely torrid season or
Olympique de Marseilles fans walked away from the live football online action Stade Velodrome last Sunday evening with a slight air of disappointment despite their 2-2 draw with super-rich Ligue 1 rivals Paris Saint-Germain. Although top of the table heading into the game, Marseilles were seen as relative underdogs in the light of PSG’s expected
Alex “The Ox” Oxlade Chamberlain picked up his first international goal and helped his team to a 5-0 victory against a “10 men” San Marino side at Wembley. He is now England’s fourth youngest goal scorer, thanks to his goal on Friday night. The Arsenal youngster has been an excellent addition to the club and
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There have been many pleasing aspects to Malaga’s start to the season; one in particular though is the return to form of Spanish winger Joaquin. Before the season began there was huge uncertainty over the club’s short term future. They had just been forced to sell Santi Cazorla to Arsenal in order to meet payment
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The electrifying form of Tom Ince for Ian Holloway’s adventurous Blackpool is, as always seems to, attracting the interference of the British press in order to link the young Englishman to the higher echelons of the domestic game. It has become an expectation now that, after a promising individual displays good form for a team
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It can be too easy to get entrenched in attributing plaudits to the Crewe Alexandra production line, an act everybody throughout the domestic football pyramid liked to get involved in over the summer as Nick Powell, the jewel in Crewe’s League Two promotion crown, completed his multi-million pound move to Manchester United and Ashley Westwood
Considering the fact that Blackpool were regarded as regular candidates for the drop in the Championship several years ago, it’s simply incredible to see how much progress the Seasiders have made over recent times. However, having lost in the playoff final last term, there were some people who wondered just how the Bloomfield Road outfit
Theo Walcott has been in the limelight of the media a lot recently, mainly due to his contract situation. The flying Englishman has just 9 months left on his contract and Arsenal fans are starting to worry about whether or not he will put pen to paper. Wenger was recently asked by Sky Sports if
When you glance at the top of the Primera Division table at the moment nothing really jumps out at you; Barcelona and Madrid are top of the league. However, look a little more closely and you will notice it is Athletico who are joint top of the league, level on points with the Catalans, not
Finding new world class talents in Russia has never been a serious problem, in fact looking back over the years, Russia has consistently produced players who are perfectly capable of playing at the highest level possible, and going on to star for the biggest clubs in Europe - just look at Andrey Arshavin for example.
As you can probably imagine, trying to write an article about a guy called Jesus is a task fraught with difficulties. Just as I start to type, all kinds of religious puns spring to mind and I become desperate to fill the article with hyperbole about how Juan Jesus is a gift from heaven to
Jenkins wearily leaned in from the back-rest of his well-worn executive chair to peruse over his as-yet uncompleted team sheet for the umpteenth occasion of this long and fruitless evening. The only object in his cramped office that separated him from total darkness was a small table lamp, inscribed on the filament with the Nottingham
Yesterday, it was all smiles at the FA, as the new National Football Centre in Burton got the Royal seal of approval. There was even a few laughs when Prince William, the President of the Football Association, said to Ashley Cole: “If you continue to be a naughty boy, they will take your twitter account
The 7th match-day of the 2012/2013 La Liga season has been played and currently it is Barcelona and Atletico that top the log with 19 points from a possible 21 each. Falcao, Messi and Cristiano are tied as the top goal scorers with 8 goals each. I will do my usual rundown of the 5
It’s hard to believe that the Carl Jenkinson that has made such a great start to the season is the same that played at Old Trafford on that dreadful day last season. Within a year we have seen Jenkinson transform from the inexperienced, nervy, shambles he was at the beginning of last season to
With Chelsea’s great start to the season and the fantastic attacking displays of the likes of Hazard and Mata, it’s inevitable that some ‘muppet’ such as myself will bore on about the defence. Chelsea’s three main centre backs consist of John Terry, Gary Cahill and David Luiz. My preference for the centre back partnership would
After the much celebrated and long awaited arrivals of superstars Hulk and Axel Witsel, Zenit shot to the European headlines, for all the right reasons. Just over a month later, Zenit are once again hitting the headlines, but this time for all the wrong ones. After two matchdays in the Champions League the Russian champions
Chelsea 4 Norwich 1 Chelsea were victorious at Stamford Bridge, putting aside their many off-field problems and sending them top of the pile. Endless Court Cases, disciplinary charges and Twitter rows surrounded the Blues, and eleven minutes in, things got worse as Norwich hero Grant Holt scored to put the visitor’s ahead. But after
Arguably the most exciting transfer saga of the summer was the one involving Eden Hazard. In the end, Hazard told the world via social networking site Twitter that he had chosen to join the European champions, Chelsea. So now, three months into the season, it is time to evaluate the Belgian’s start to life at
Massimiliano Allegri’s future as manager of AC Milan is hanging in the balance after a spineless 1-0 defeat to city rivals Inter last weekend. After a nightmare start to the season they were tipped to lose to their bitter rivals, but the defeat exposed just how little influence Allegri has over this uninspiring side. Just
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