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Transfer Banter: Gunner Talk, Mourinho’s spending, Madrid’s Moves, and more

I can’t believe the Wayne Rooney to Arsenal story is still rumbling on. Surely this just a load of cudfuddle, yes? Is he after a new contract or is there really...
Transfer Banter: The Special One, Neymar, Roo, Julio Cesar and Gareth Bale

Let’s first take a look at some transactions that are either completed, or very close to it, before we check out today’s hottest transfer rumous: So, the so called “Special One”,...
Transfer Banter: Checking in on the Biggest Transfer Rumours

As the football season is now finished for another year in Europe, it’s once again time for the B.S. to ensue, and for some of us to start weekly consults with our shrinks....
51 more Celebrities and the Footy Teams They Support

On Saturday, I published an article listing 51 Celebrities and the Footy Teams They Support. Today I bring you a second installment, seeing as there were so many unaccounted for. Enjoy...
51 Celebrities and the Footy Teams They Support

We’ve all seen celebrities donning their footy gear, supporting their sides with pride. And in a way, when they support our team we too feel a sense of pride. I did...
MLS Minute: Feathered Caps, Gaping Holes and Kudos

Welcome to MLS Minute - your summary of what made the news this week from around Major League Soccer. Footy is filled with fantastical storylines, embellished headlines and completely fabricated news. Football is...
Arsenal Notes, McManaman vs. Jon Bones Jones, and Shut Up About Suarez!

You and I both know footy is filled with fantastical storylines, embellished headlines and completely fabricated news. Football is at a pivotal point in many ways – scandals, match-fixing, rampant racism,...
What Would a European Super League Look Like?

Imagine for a second a 20 team league made up of the best teams in Europe. Not a tournament like the former European Cup now better known as Champions League, but...
AC Milan’s Rise From the Ashes

As an AC Milan supporter, I was very disappointed to see how the Rossoneri started the season this year. First of all, the sale of Coach Allegri’s ace in his attack,...
Best Club side in History? AC Milan-1989 or Barcelona-2011?

Ever since I can remember, I always loved watching football from all around the world, appreciating the skills and different qualities each country’s league brings to the table. From the tight-marking defenses...
Predicting the 2012-13 Champions League Winner

The UEFA Champions League. By all accounts the most important club tournament in all of football, has now reached its knockout stage. We are left with 16 teams vying for the...
Euro Football Weekend Rundown, December 11

We have historic events in this week’s edition of Euro Football Rundown. Bayern Munich continues to extend lead; while Falcao does not stop scoring goals; Conte emerges from the darkness; Inter...
Euro Football Weekend Rundown

Welcome back for another Euro Football roundup. This week features Bayern Munich who took on Borussia Dortmund in a battle between first and third in the Bundesliga. PSG continues to lose...
My Pint’s Half Empty: The Arsene Wenger Conundrum

Look, being a disgruntled fan is just what I am – it’s not easy, but someone’s gotta do it. And to add salt on my open wounds I happen to be...
Jack’d Off: The Neymar-Falcao Query

We all know the 20-year old Brazilian footballer, Neymar (Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior). This kid was in the Top 10 in voting for Ballon D’or last season and won the Feranc Puskas...
Euro Football Weekend Rundown, November 12

Some key fixtures this week in the English Premier League and Italian Serie A. John Terry returns to face Luis Suarez and his Liverpool compatriots. AC Milan fall to the mighty...
Why is Mata Not in Spain’s Line-up?

If the Premier League season ended today it would be very difficult to avoid selecting Juan Mata as the Player of the Year. The spanish midfielder has been the catalyst for...
Euro Football Rundown

A great set of World Cup Qualifiers was immediately followed by fantastic Euro football league action this weekend. After Sweden’s daring comeback against the Germans in Berlin in midweek, Milan and...
World Cup Qualifying Rundown

After viewing the highlights of the first of October’s World Cup Qualifiers, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Russia and Canada all deserve to be mentioned in this edition. Furthermore and more specifically, I...
Euro Football Weekend Rundown

What a fantastic derby-weekend in European football this was with some major fixtures taking place in La Liga and the Serie A. The most important being the much anticipated ‘El Clasico’...