Category: Articles
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Rangers’ next Colombian star?
For many years, Rangers relied upon the firepower of Columbia’s Alfredo Morelos up top. The Glaswegian outfit might just have unearthed another gem from Morelos’ South American home. The club has agreed a loan move for Óscar Cortés from Lens, with an option to sign the forward permanently in the Summer. Cortés is a dynamic right winger, who lit up last year’s u20…
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The year was 2008
The year was 2008. I’d just turned 10. Rihanna was blasting on Capital FM begging us to not stop the music. And I was begging United to not stop the football. We’d won in Moscow against Chelsea. That would normally be where most fans nostalgic memories climax. For me, it’s where my memories for this…
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Vous ne vous souvenez pas de moi… n’est-ce pas?
Le Metro pulls into Boulonge M10 as the cool air of the Parisian streets begin to mingle with the condensed ventilation of the underground, an area of Paris where anything can happen. The stadium belonging to the new dominators of French Football only a mere brisk-walk-away. A Club de Football with a history of iconic…
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Gattuso – Has he found his perfect match?
Gennaro Gattuso has completed the remarkable feat of managing 9 different football teams in the space of 10 years. A flightiness akin to a certain Marcelo Bielsa. However, unlike Bielsa, Gattuso hasn’t accrued an esteemed reputation in the process of his many club changes. Could that be about to change? Since taking over Marseille in late September,…
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Unionistas de Salamanca – let there be light
An extraordinary tale has emerged in the latest instalment of the Copa Del Rey. A cup upset with biblical implications – well, sort of. Tercera División side, Unionistas de Salamanca had Villarreal on the ropes in their round of 32 clash. Only for the floodlights to fail, as the game was reaching its climatic conclusion,…
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Salah leaving for the AFCON douses down Saudi speculation
A few months in football is a very long time. On the eve of last Summer’s Deadline Day, speculation was rife that a mega-bid could be made for Mo Salah from Al-Ittihad. A report in the Telegraph claimed an £150m bid could have been in the offing to loosen Liverpool’sresolve to keep their star man for the 23/24 season. Salah still has over a year on…
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Bundesliga Watchlist
In this piece, I will take a look at three players that have made their mark in the Bundesliga at the midway point of the season, aside from the obvious … Florian Wirtz Wirtz arrived on the scene during the Pandemic when German football was the first to return to our screens. His potential was clear then and he’s on course for…
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Talent without grind: A Martial Story
‘50m down the drain, Tony Martial scores again’ often rang round the terraces at Old Trafford, whenever the Frenchman showed a glimpse of his obvious quality. But maybe now it would be more apt if the Stretford Enders sang, ‘7m for winning a Ballon D’or, you should have scored more.’ And the past tense in my chant tells a tale on…
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Cote D’Ivoire: Commeth a new talisman
Cote D’Ivoire are hosting the AFCON 2023 tournament … which takes place in 2024, but is officially called AFCON 2023, except by its sponsors who are calling it Total Energies African Cup of Nations 2024 … got it?! Anyway, the tournament’s hosts have been crying out for a talismanic figure, ever since the retirement of the great, Didier Drogba. It may…
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Arsenal DNA is imprinted in the women’s team
Watching Arsenal Women in recent times has been a new experience of being opened to more minutes of watching the ladies’ game. But the Arsenal I’m seeing has the DNA imprint of the club I’ve grown up watching from the men’s side of things too. The possession play of the women is at once, patient and reactive. There is…
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