Newcastle United winger Florian Thauvin, who moved back to his old club Marseille at the start of this season for his second loan spell at the French club, has expressed his desire to make a permanent move to the Stade Velodrome in the summer in an interview with RMC Sport. The 24-year-old was signed by … Read more
Come May, it will be fifty-six years and counting, since Tottenham Hotspur were crowned champions. Match of the Day wasn’t even conceived at that point and when it was, the highlights programme was first broadcast in black and white. The United Kingdom didn’t introduce colour television programmes until 1967. Spurs really haven’t won the title … Read more
It’s coming to the time of the season when Arsene Wenger must make the decision on his contract renewal. At any other club, the Frenchman’s future would be out of his hands but this is Arsenal and this is Wenger. The board of directors – and more importantly, majority shareholder Stan Kroenke – are content … Read more
Qatar’s successful bid for the right to host the 2022 World Cup has put the Gulf state at the forefront of demands for legal changes to its labour regime that potentially could change the very nature of its society and politics and serve as a model for other countries in the region. The bid has … Read more
There are a few things in football that will send supporters in a fit of rage in the same way that diving does! No matter if you support a Premier League club or a team in the lower divisions, the topic of simulation will make any true football fans blood boil. There may however be … Read more
The knives were out for Pep Guardiola well before the announcement that he was swapping Bavaria for Manchester. Bayern Munich’s failure to land the Champions League during his three years in charge was a regular stick with which his reputation was beaten; FC Hollywood wasn’t amused by three semi-final exits. This, after all, his detractors … Read more
Lots of the football enthusiast community is talking about why the Premier League is the perfect destination for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Mino Raiola is his agent, and Mino Raiola has been more or less trying to keep the fans guessing as much as possible about what is ultimately going to happen to Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Many people … Read more
Just as the crescendo built to a cacophony, Paul Pogba has finally found some form. The world’s most expensive player was in danger of being labelled the worst signing in the history of football. A late return to training didn’t help. Like many of the elite, he enjoyed a prolonged holiday and then further time … Read more