Arsenal have always been a club who focus on the long-term future of the club, and with Arsene Wenger as manager, a club that always looks for the best young players around. Millions of pounds have been flooded into the club’s academy, to help develop players into being the next Henry, Viera, or Adams. And
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This summer is set to provide us with another chapter in the unbelievable transfer saga of Andy Carroll. Once purchased for a ridiculous £35million by Liverpool, the lanky Geordie over the past few years has become a victim of his own price tag, falling out of favour at Anfield following the arrival of Brendan Rodgers.
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A little over two years ago, Laurent Koscielny marked his most impressive performance for Arsenal, a 2-1 win at home against Barcelona. It was the level of quality from the defender that the occasion merited, arguably Arsenal’s finest night at the Emirates to date. At the end of this season, the Frenchman is rightly receiving
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Alex Ferguson’s final season with Manchester United has often been talked about as one of his finest campaigns, largely because he captured the club’s 20th league title with a squad who, against previous squads, would not be deemed the strongest. It was Ferguson in the dugout who strengthened the weaknesses in this United team, giving
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Real Madrid President Florentino Perez announced on Monday night that the club would be parting company with Jose Mourinho this summer, paving the way for a return to Chelsea for the Portuguese manager. In Roman Abramovich’s mind, it’s an act to permanently mend the scorched earth policy that seems to be left by Mourinho once
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The current Premier League season will be remembered for many things; the retirement of three greats of the game in Sir Alex Ferguson, Paul Scholes and David Beckham, the rise of the Bundesliga on the European stage, the controversial appointment of ‘interim’ manager Rafa Benitez at Chelsea and Luis Suarez reaffirming his nickname of ‘the
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I find Arsenal’s defensive frailties this season a rather perplexing issue. While poor individual performances from Bacary Sagna and Thomas Vermaelen have been aplenty, and furthermore, the Gunners have undergone a whole season with Mikel Arteta, traditionally an attacking wideman, in defensive midfield, the Premier League’s final standings show that the North Londoners are privy
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Sergio Aguero is one of the hottest strikers around, at just 24 he already has a £35million price tag on him and has scored in more than half his games for Manchester City. Life is very good, however it wasn’t always so easy for the Argentinian. Sergio Aguero was born a few miles south of
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