Saturday 17 August 2013

Ronaldo and Bale in the same team?

If the current news of the transfer market is to become reality, fans – football fans around the world will have a mouth watering match up -  imagine this, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale – playing for Real Madrid, and Lionel Messi and Neymar playing for Barcelona. What a match up that would be. Let’s focus on the former – Ronaldo and Bale, will it work?...

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Rooney, Bale, Suarez and Ronaldo: Nobody going anywhere, just yet

With two weeks of transfer activities remaining a lot still can happen. But the sagas, the standoff and the controversies aside, no deal had been done. Even though Wayne Rooney and Luiz Suarez are reported to be eyeing a move, their respective clubs, Manchester United and Liverpool are standing firm with their decisions not to sell their star players. The Gareth Bale negotiation meanwhile, is supposed to be ongoing..

David Moyes 1st Real Test: Are we confident?

Pass his first competitive test he did, convincing? No. Not when you are playing against a championship side like Wigan Athletic – no disrespect. But the win over Wigan saw shades of Sir Alex Ferguson, in styles and in formation and in the team itself too…

Transfer News/Updates: 13 August – Russian club and Everton

With rest than 3 weeks to go, it appears that transfer activities – for Manchester United (as well as its closest rivals) had been blowing hot and cold. While David Moyes has been insisting that there are still ongoing activities on the transfer fronts it appears quite likely that for Manchester United fans, it is going to be the same team from last season, with the biggest and only change/ transfer coming in being – David Moyes.

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Take Your Pick - Luiz Suarez for £40+£1, £50++ million? : You got to be kidding?

What is Liverpool waiting for? Forget the £100 million Brendan Rodgers ‘highlighted’ when comparing Luiz Suarez to Gareth Bale. Cash in now since there is no Champions League lucrative revenue this season anyway. Cash in now before Arsene Wenger returns from dreamland. Luiz Suarez is disrespecting the once great Liverpool, disrespecting his manager and his teammates, and even former closest rival’s fans are paying a lot of attention to this Uruguayan biter.

Monday 12 August 2013

2013-2014 Season Preview: Focus on the managers – Part 2

Part one of this article looked at two contenders (Manchester United and Chelsea) in a group widely expected to have serious, realistic chance for the 2013-2014 Premier League title. Let’s look at the other two, starting with Manchester City…

Sunday 11 August 2013

2013-2014 Season Preview: Focus on the managers – Part 1

First there is David Moyes, then Manuel Pellegrini, then Jose Mourinho. All are new manager in the group most would agree are the genuine contenders for the 2013-2014 premier league title, although in Jose Mourinho case, it’s more like ‘second term’. Put Arsene Wenger in the picture and you have the genuine top four contenders...

Transfer News/ Updates: 9 August: Status Quo

By now the transfer market is dominated mainly by these names – Gareth Bale, Wayne Rooney, and Luiz Suarez – again. While there are movements lower down the league these three players still dominate the headlines....