Real Madrid out to inflict revenge
Champions Blog's Rob Swan feels that Real Madrid are clearly hell bent on revenge next season.
May 2009 and Spanish giants Real Madrid had slipped to one of the lowest ebbs in their long and celebrated history. A 6-2 home defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Barcelona confirmed to even the most loyal Madridista that their club was…


Football FanCast columnist Rob Swan feels that you write off Man United at your peril.
Saturday's 2-1 defeat away to Arsenal was a bitter pill to swallow for a
number of reasons. Losing to Arsene Wenger's side has never been a particularly
pleasant experience and after spurning a whole host of goal-scoring
opportunities at the Emirates, it comes…
Football FanCast columnist Rob Swan wonders if Sir Alex
Ferguson will ever be able to keep Tevez happy.
The arrival of Dimitar Berbatov was heralded as the missing
part of the jigsaw for Sir Alex Ferguson's double winning team - and after his
£30m move from Tottenham, the Manchester United manager has been left with
little option but to…
Football FanCast columnist Rob Swan looks at the runners and riders for the Ballon d'Or and wonders if Cristiano Ronaldo will be the most deserving recipient of the award this year.
After being awarded the FIFPro
World Footballer of the Year award this week, Cristiano Ronaldo looks
odds on to take the coveted Ballon…
Football FanCast writer Rob Swan looks at Legend Diego Maradona's return to managment.
The sensational news that Diego
Maradona will return to football as national coach of his beloved Argentina
will delight, excite and confuse in equal measure. Arguably the most
talented player in history to ever don a pair of football boots, is…
Football FanCast columnist Rob Swan looks the rise of Jonny Evans and wonders if United have unearthed
Rio's natural successor.
September 2008 and Manchester United are in London, ready to take on an
in-form Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. With the absent Nemanja Vidic serving a
one-match suspension, most people inside the West London fortress had naturally
presumed Wes…
Football FanCast columnist Rob Swan looks at Owen Hargreaves stop start career at United and wonders if
Sir Alex will consider cashing in on him in the summer.
Since Owen Hargreaves arrived at the club two summers ago, his time at the
club has been continually hampered by a series of successive injuries. As a
result of his…
Football FanCast
columnist Rob Swan feels that Manchester United winger Nani
still has a lot to learn.
In modern day football, comparisons between rising stars and
those who've already established themselves as household name have become
commonplace. When Sporting Lisbon's young, flamboyant winger, Nani was rousing
interest amongst several English clubs, including Manchester United, the media
sprang no surprises by instantly…
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