People always have their favourites and football fans always love a good debate. Who is better Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? When discussing this era’s best manager some will claim it’s Jurgen Klopp, others will be adamant it’s Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte will have his backers, Zinedine Zidane will get a shout, Diego Simeone’s work […]
Posted on May 1st, 2022 by scott
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When Ronald Koeman accepted the FC Barcelona job in 2020, he was getting his dream job. Unfortunately for the Dutch legend the timing has been pretty chaotic to say the least. He’s been the one tasked with guiding the La Liga giants without the mercurial talent of Lionel Messi leading the line (Source – The […]
Posted on September 24th, 2021 by scott
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FC Barcelona announced yesterday that they could no longer afford to keep global superstar Lionel Messi (The Guardian). To be honest, I won’t truly believe Messi has departed the Camp Nou until he’s being paraded in another club’s jersey. I think this is a move on Barca’s part to make a play against La Liga […]
Posted on August 6th, 2021 by scott
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I was a Ronaldo fanboy since I first heard about his talents pre the 1994 World Cup, when he was known as Ronaldinho! He just burst onto the footballing scene. Possessed electric pace, raw unique power, a carnival amount of skills and a prolific eye for goals. Even later in his career, when he basically […]
Posted on March 14th, 2020 by scott
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Real Madrid have confirmed that Luka Jovic will join the club from Eintracht Frankfurt this summer. Spanish news outlet Marca are reporting that the fee agreed is in the region of €60m. The transfer is pretty significant because it’s the first time in around ten years that Los Blancos have signed a proper number nine. […]
Posted on June 8th, 2019 by scott
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New Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer didn’t have much time to settle into his permanent office without a bugbear of Jose Mourinho’s era to rear it’s ugly head again. During the international break, French World Cup winner and Man United midfielder Paul Pogba stated the following (Source – BBC Sport): “Real Madrid is one of […]
Posted on March 31st, 2019 by scott
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BBC Sport have confirmed that Zinedine Zidane has returned to Real Madrid as their head coach, after walking away from the same job last summer. The La Liga giants have already binned two managers since the Frenchman’s departure in May, with both Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari failing to impress in the Bernabeu dugout this […]
Posted on March 11th, 2019 by scott
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Legendary manager Jose Mourinho could be set for a set for a sensational return to Real Madrid, if Goal.com are to be believed. During Real’s recent humiliating defeat in the Champions League to Ajax, a section of the Los Blancos crowd started chanting Mourinho’s name. It now seems very likely that current coach Santiago […]
Posted on March 8th, 2019 by scott
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Gareth Bale must believe that his time at Real Madrid is coming to an end. The Welsh star is now in his sixth season at the Bernabeu; he’s helped the club win a La Liga title, four Champions League trophies, three World Club Cups and a Copa del Rey. The forward has also managed to […]
Posted on February 16th, 2019 by scott
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It was widely reported that Manchester United wanted Uruguayan defender Diego Godin during the last few days of the summer transfer window, The Guardian even suggested a €25m bid was lodged by the Premier League giants. As soon as United’s interest was declared Atletico Madrid stepped up their efforts to tie veteran Godin to a […]
Posted on January 2nd, 2019 by scott
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