There are very few walks of life in which, having been widely judged to have failed in your last job, you could realistically expect to secure a position with greater rewards and a higher profile. However, football has never been known for sailing amiably with the tide of conventional wisdom, and so Rafael Benitez now has an immediate opportunity to restore a reputation that took a terrible hit in his final season as boss at Anfield...More
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A disastrous opening half an hour from Tottenham Hotspur, which saw them concede three goals, nearly ended their hope of qualifying for the Champions League group stage. Spurs had to deal with a hostile crowd, a change of surface due to the artificial turf at The Stade de Suisse, and a hungry Young Boys side. All three factors contribu...More
Following Celtics’ miserable exit at the hands of Sporting Braga in this years’ Champions League second round qualifiers, those remaining fans who have not abandoned their seats in disillusionment will expect Neil Lennon to deliver the 2010/11 Scottish Premier League title – and to deliver it in style. Many fans will feel unease at the already apparent similarities to the previous reign of Tony Mowbray. Like Mowbray, Lennon has atte...More
"US Foggia has mandated the technical management of the first-team to Mr. Zeman."
These simple words from the club's press release would have sent shivers down the spines of all those who follow the Satanelli. To many, this sentence would sound fairly inane - after all, it only states that a man called Mr Zeman will take over at a small club from Puglia; hardly front page news. That is unless you're a Foggia fan, to which in thi...More
In the 2009 January transfer window, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar left Dutch giants AFC Ajax to join Real Madrid in a deal worth £17m. The move was expected to see the Dutch prodigy arrive on European football's biggest stage and become the long-term replacement for fellow Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy at the Bernabeu. The top all-time goalscorer for the Dutch Under-21s, Golden Player and Top Scorer awards at the 2006 European Under-21 Champi...More
One of the most talented players to be developed in this country over the past 15 years has finally ended the transfer riddle of the summer, by agreeing a four-year contract with Liverpool. The fans at Anfield will be buoyant over a signing who has that magical spark, the ability to create something out of nothing, with the only other England player capable of that genius ability being an Evertonian in Wayne Rooney. But the choice o...More
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