We’re inching closer and closer to the start of the Premier League season. Teams are going through their final preparations, going through the motions in a few friendlies and going through their chequebooks as they hope to close up that final transfer or two that’ll make all the difference.
Whoah-oh-oh, hold the phone! Remember that Loic Remy to Liverpool deal from last week? Well, it’s off. No go. Remy failed a medical and Pool backed that truck right up. This is really weird, and QPR boss ‘Arry Redknapp has (as per usual) had plenty to say...
Every major tournament England find a way to take in inflated hopes only to end up disappointed. No surprises, it happened again in Brazil.
Holy Haa-mess Batman! James Rodriguez is soon to make his long-expected move to Real Madrid. Los Blancos have worked out a fee with Monaco for something around the same area as Luis Suarez’s to Barca, which sees...
Every World Cup there are those guys who take the occasion to really announce themselves to the globe. Maybe they were hot prospects going into it, maybe they were completely unfancied. But after...
Germany won its fourth World Cup, its first since the reunification, and their first major trophy since the 1996 European Champs. Brazil are the only team with more World Cups (5).
The World Cup is over: Let the transfers commence!
And so in the end the best team won. It took nearly 112 minutes to break down the extremely well organised Argentinian defence but it happened. It had to happen.
It’s enough to make grown men giddy with excitement. The biggest game of football in the world; it comes round just once every four years. The World Cup Final…
Well, you’ll struggle to find two more contrasting semi-finals. One, an open, high scoring shocker, and the other a predictably tight, defensive show. Brazil did their best to out-passion the Germans in the build up with their operatic renditions...
All of the big clubs are ramping up their transfer chatter now that the World Cup is nearing its conclusion. Who will Man Utd sign next? Are Arsenal really that close to new blood? What about Liverpool? Or Chelsea? Man City obviously have cash to spend…
Something strange happened over the weekend. Something strange, but a little but genius too. A coach went out of his way to manipulate a penalty shootout in his favour. With time running out, in a game his team had...
It’s hard to believe that Argentina hasn’t been to a World Cup semi-final since 1990. It feels like they’re always there or thereabouts. Watching them see off Belgium in a mostly boring quarter, I felt for the first time this tournament that the Argies are probably...
Big teams fall all over the course of every World Cup. Spain, Italy, Portugal and England all tumbled out early this time amidst a mess of underperforming, wasted chances and tough draws. At the same time, less fancied nations...
Goalkeepers. They're the lads who no one really envy's but the lads who are perhaps the most important play in a football team. This World Cup has shown us a pretty attacking brand of footy which has also brought out the best in many of the world's top goalies.
Get your Phoenix memberships ready, kiwi footy fans, because as if David Villa wasn’t enough, Frank Lampard is signing a short term deal with Melbourne City too. It’s been expected for a while that he’d join Villa at New York City FC but the Aussie loan deal wasn’t a sure thing.
Holy Haahmes, Batman! Once the world starts pronouncing your name in the dramatic Spanish way, you can usually say you’ve made it. James Rodriguez is the breakout star of this World Cup, bar none.
Ooh, the knockouts! No more margins for error, no more settling for second best. It’s win or go home from here on, be it through the magic up front or the dreaded penalty shoot out, someone’s gotta come out on top.
Luis mate, I've stood up for you for a while now, defending you from the likes of the Wildcard who despises you. You're making it bloody tough mate. You've got the footballing world watching you perform, you're showcasing your talents to millions who have possibly never even heard of you, so what do ya do!? You fulfill your evil potential.
Rio Ferdinand, recently released by Manchester United after a decorated career there, has linked up with the man who gave him his first league start – Harry Redknapp.