There was a very interesting moment in the first half of Liverpool's Premier league game against Tottenham Hotspur 2 weeks ago. The Reds had just lost the ball thrice in quick succession. In the technical area, Jurgen Klopp was going absolutely mental, screaming & punching the air, then suddenly he stopped. He smiled warmly and gesticulated for his players...

Every summer football fans are treated to a deluge of financial excesses with transfers (looking at you Ed Woodward), hyperbole, an agonising wait for the new season and drab friendlies. The greatest source of drama is always the transfer shenanigans though. With the increased prominence of Football Manager and social media, we find that despite having the best part of...

In our concluding piece on positional evolutions occurring within the game, Charles Ajuyah (@tuale_CA) highlights the often ignored mediapunta role. This role is a favourite of mine. Why? It is selfless. It seeks to help the team and is almost missed in most games. The player in this role is not often praised but keen watchers of the game recognise...

One is a self-acclaimed football god and the other isn’t too much of a ‘long shot’ away from Mt. Olympus or wherever football gods are domiciled. Godhood or not however, no one can deny they are among the best in the game of football today. This pair who practically spend their every waking hour in the media spotlight ─ When...

You would think things couldn't get worse than losing a world cup semi final 1-7 in front of your own fans. But it did for the Brazilian National team. Crashing out of the Copa America the following year at the quarter final stage after losing to Paraguay on penalties was next. Then being knocked out of the Copa America...

As the UEFA Champions League season ends, we look at some of the greatest players to have played in the competition who failed to win the coveted trophy.   GEORGE WEAH The only African player to ever win either the FIFA World Player of the Year or the Ballon d'Or. You would be forgiven to think it was for a blistering run...

Ol’ Big Ears is back!   The group stages of the battle for Club football’s most prestigious begins again on Tuesday as Europe’s elite gather to try and dethrone current champions Real Madrid. Real claimed an unprecedented Undecima last year (some would say by the luck of the draw) and will try to defend their crown against the likes of Barcelona,...

So it’s 4 games into the 2016/2017 English Premier League season, and while it’s still too early to make solid predictions about the title race, we've seen a few telling things already. My prediction/analysis is going to be based on the summer transfer window, how the team has played so far/results, coach ability, and my good old intuition. So...

The Serie A, to an extent, still remains a place where experience is deemed of greater importance than youthful energy. Like controversy, the fielding of veterans has come to be deeply ingrained in the league and despite Udinese’s Antonio Di Natale and Hellas Verona’s Luca Toni calling time on their careers last season, the stable is apparently in no...

Mike Dean raised the board to indicate 5 minutes of added time, the cameras panned to Sir Alex Ferguson in the stands. The image captured, the thoughts of many fans across the globe. Memories of those late escapes, common during the great Scot's time in charge, flooded back. There was to be no such escape this time. Ultimately, Manchester...