Italia 90′ is the first World Cup I can remember. I was six year old at the time and it’s the tournament that allowed me to fall in love with football. When I announced on Twitter that I was going to make more retro blogs as the current football calendar was being suspended due to […]
Posted on March 16th, 2020 by scott
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Making Mino Raiola your new agent could be seen as handing in a transfer request at Manchester United. The super-agent recently said this about the Premier League giants: “I wouldn’t bring anyone there now,” “They’d also ruin Maradona, Pele and Maldini. Paul needs a team and club like the Juventus team he played in.” Via The Mirror […]
Posted on January 6th, 2020 by scott
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Everton have enjoyed an upturn in fortune during this festive period. Since dismissing former boss Marco Silva, The Toffees have gone on a five game unbeaten run in the Premier League. That run has seen them climb up to tenth in the table. Caretaker gaffer Duncan Ferguson revitalised the Everton squad and that brought with […]
Posted on December 31st, 2019 by scott
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After winning the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016, striker Jamie Vardy had a decision to make… Stay with The Foxes or leave for Arsenal? Plenty of eyebrows were raised as the Englishman decided to turndown The Gunners and stay with Leicester. Three and a half years later and it’s hard to think that […]
Posted on December 18th, 2019 by scott
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Frank Lampard was always going to get time to prove himself at Chelsea. As a player he helped the club win major honours and he’s the club’s all-time leading goalscorer. Being a Blues legend was always going to be looked on favourably by the Stamford Bridge crowd. He also walked into the Chelsea hot-seat knowing […]
Posted on October 24th, 2019 by scott
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You could sense that Manchester United were going to be fragile in the forward areas this season. The Old Trafford side sold Romelu Lukaku before the transfer window shut in the summer and they didn’t replace the Belgian, who bagged twenty-eight Premier League goals during his two years at the club. Under former boss Jose […]
Posted on September 18th, 2019 by scott
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Manchester City have a squad of world class talent. Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus will grab the goals, Ederson will stop them and the likes of Bernardo Silva, David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne are all on hand to set-up chance after chance. But I think English international Raheem Sterling is the player that gives […]
Posted on August 10th, 2019 by scott
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It looks to be inevitable that Callum Hudson-Odoi will leave Chelsea. The Blues resisted temptation to sell the youngster when Bayern Munich came calling during the winter transfer window. The German giants seem willing to play the long-game as they want the young forward to replace the departing Arjen Robben. It looks like other sides […]
Posted on March 31st, 2019 by scott
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A year can be a long time in football. After a few seasons of stop starts at Manchester United due to injuries, loss of confidence and managers continually having a pop at him I felt the time was right for Luke Shaw to leave Old Trafford last summer. Yet Shaw has always shown a resilience […]
Posted on March 7th, 2019 by scott
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If you look at Raheem Sterling’s stats at Manchester City since Pep Guardiola took over at The Etihad in 2016, then you have to acknowledge just how consistently good the England forward’s been in the last three years. In that time, Sterling has played in ninety Premier League fixtures and he’s scored thirty-seven goals and […]
Posted on February 21st, 2019 by scott
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