Samuel Schubert At the risk of turning this into a controversial debate, I would like to reconsider our view of money in football historically. There appears to be a norm which has seen most supporters romanticize about football throughout the years when in fact the owners of clubs have mainly been rich businessmen. It is hard to think of … Read more
In the summer of 2003, Real Madrid unveiled their ‘signing of the season’ in the club’s basketball stadium in front of 500 journalists from 25 countries. Dubbed as the ‘first celebrity footballer’, David Beckham joined a host of stars at the Bernabeu. Since then, transfer sagas have been more or less the same. The player’s … Read more
Many fingers have been pointed at AS Roma’s current chairman for being the cause of their underwhelming standing this term but it is difficult to agree with accusations that James Pallotta is actually mishandling the club. One figure has to be thrown out there: Roma have been the champions of Italy on only three (3!) … Read more
Nearly three years ago, there was a considerable amount of hype surrounding Martin Odegaard; a boy who was deemed to be European football’s golden prospect. Several big clubs around the continent were in pursuit of the youngster and it was difficult to not jump on the bandwagon of calling for your favourite team to secure his services. … Read more
Even though Real Madrid have made an unstable start to the new campaign, Zinidine Zidane’s managerial decisions have still been worthy of praise. The French tactician is rotating his players in the early stages so that towards the second half of the season (the business/crucial end), everyone will be in form and capable of putting … Read more
Toronto’s last two games have signaled the need for a disciplined midfielder to provide a helping hand to Victor Vazquez heading into the challenging stage of the season. The decision to offload Will Johnson appears to have backfired, considering the fact that he would have been the man to add stability to the midfield in … Read more
Should Boca Juniors go on to clinch the Primera Division title within the next couple of weeks, their success would owe a lot to Guillermo Schelotto’s timely alteration of his system during the second half of the campaign. The title triumph of Lanus last season further validated the notion that Argentina’s top flight is no … Read more
AC Milan has sunk into sleeping giant status ever since the departure of Kaka nearly a decade ago and over the past two seasons, there have been few signs of encouragement about the club’s future. The Italian side is struggling to stay in contention in an era which has seen rival clubs go from strength … Read more
Having gone from rags to riches in a short period of time, Kylian Mbappe’s name is now on the lips of virtually everyone. At this time last year, the 18-year-old was simply one of many untested youngsters in an AS Monaco squad full of youthful exuberance. However, it has taken less than 12 months for Mbappe to … Read more
High quality right-backs are becoming more and more of a scarcity and that is quite ironic after being spoiled with the existence of many like Cafu, Javier Zanetti and Lilian Thuram in the previous generation. The question of who is the best right-back in the world at the moment is likely to be greeted with … Read more
Bayern Munich have rarely been troubled by goal droughts in recent years and this season is unlikely to produce anything different. Therefore, the German champions may not feel the need to dip into the transfer market for a new striker. However, considering how the avoidance of injuries is never a certainty in football, Carlo Ancelotti … Read more