Jose Mourinho wants Manchester United return: Pros and cons
There are unlikely stories, and then there’s Jose Mourinho wanting a Manchester United return thinking that he has “unfinished business”. The Daily Mail’s report caught the football world by surprise and with Erik ten Hag on thi...
Why is the January transfer window this year so quiet?
It is an accepted fact that most earth-shattering transfers and seismic moves go through only in the summer. January is a time when most clubs prefer to keep their best players as they are in the middle of a campaign which has some goals to achieve. Ho...
Financial Fair Play and Profit and Sustainability Rules have had a huge affect on youth academies
Financial Fair Play and Profit and Sustainability rules have been in the news so much recently that the average football fan is perhaps sufficiently knowledgeable about finances and accounts at this point. Nottingham Forest and Everton are set to face ...
Liverpool vs Chelsea Premier League preview: Team news, predictions and more as Jurgen Klopp’s swansong faces first marquee game
It has been precisely the kind of effect which Jurgen Klopp expected his announcement would have on the Liverpool squad. Norwich were the poor team on the opposite side of Liverpool’s first game at Anfield after the announcement as they were brus...
Xavi manager career: How has the Barcelona legend fared overall as he announced departure from the club?
The announcement that Xavi is leaving Barcelona at the end of the season has shocked the footballing world. Barcelona have tumbled from one performance to another and the manager hopes that this announcement galvanises the squad to achieve something be...
Fabrice Ondoa: The French third-division goalkeeper keeping Andre Onana out of Cameroon starting XI
International football is weird sometimes. A player who is a world-beater for his club will suddenly look like he doesn’t belong at that level with his national team. The reverse has been seen many times as well. Perhaps the most shocking example...
Tottenham vs Manchester City FA Cup preview: Team news, predictions and more as two thrilling attacks collide
It is a testament to the work Ange Postecoglou has done at Tottenham in his short time there that his team are already in the “must-see” category in the Premier League. After seeing off Burnley 1-0 in the third round, Tottenham were rewarde...
Spartak Moscow’s bid for Jesus Ferreira and the geopolitics mess it created
An interested club makes a bid to the potential seller which gets accepted. The buyer then talks to the player who is convinced of the move as well so the transfer happens. In a football transfer free of geopolitics, which is the case with most moves, ...
Most disappointing clubs this season in Europe’s conventional top-five leagues
With January almost in the rearview mirror, most leagues have completed more than half of their season. Therefore, there is no room to say for any club that “it’s just a blip”, or “they’ll fall off”. Surprise upstart...
Pau Cubarsi: The Rolls Royce centre-back continuing La Masia’s proud tradition
What do they feed the kids over at Barcelona’s youth academy?! Results under Xavi might have fluctuated this season, but overall, in his tenure, the magic of La Masia has been rekindled with debuts of world-class prospects like Lamine Yamal, Alej...