Christy Malyan @christy-malyan ?

I’m sure the fact that Tottenham Hotspur recorded their biggest Premier League points total to date this season was of little comfort to Lilywhites fans, after once again losing out on Champions League qualification at the hands of local rivals Arsenal on the final day of their 2012/2013 campaign. Nevertheless, the world must keep on turning, and whilst [...]

With this season in many ways marking the end of an era for Manchester United , following the retirements of Paul Scholes and Sir Alex Ferguson, incoming Red Devils boss David Moyes will be keen to start a new period in the club’s history from the start of next season. But before we get to the opening fixtures [...]

Although the Champions League has become by far the most efficient structure in the world of football for producing high-quality, high-stakes, highly entertaining fixtures that even the heights of the World Cup often fail to match, there is a sense of monopolisation about the European tournament. For many years, the Premier League had the traditional top four [...]

Although there appears to be a unanimous consensus that David Moyes was rightfully appointed as the next Manchester United boss, being in style, nationality and manner a natural successor to Sir Alex Ferguson, there is still a hint of sadness and sympathy regarding the Scot’s decision to leave behind his former club, Everton. Being a distant admirer [...]

Had English football not been so overall dormant this year, with Manchester United comfortably winning the Premier League title and none of the top four significantly impacting upon the Champions League, you’d argue that the succession of retirements at Old Trafford from players past and present was an attempt by the Red Devils to steal someone else’s [...]

It’s a shame that there was no material significance to the fixture between Wigan and Aston Villa on the final day of the season, as it would have been a gripping, all or nothing affair, between two clubs that only know how to play a positive breed of football. Yet had I written this article before last [...]

It has been a season of pros and cons for Fernando Torres. The Spaniard is still yet to live up to his £50million transfer fee, recording just eight Premier League goals in 36 appearances, but it has been by far his most successful campaign to date since signing for Chelsea from Liverpool back in January 2011. Having now reached [...]

If nothing else, it has been a season of consolidation and mild yet crucial improvements for Liverpool. During his inaugural campaign, Brendan Rodgers has lead the club 7th in the Premier League , a place higher than under Kenny Dalgish from the season previous, and even if there is no silverware  this year, the Northern Irishman has at [...]

Yesterday afternoon, the Premier League’ s managerial merry-go-round took another swing, it’s most brutal and cruel to date, with the sacking of Tony Pulis as Stoke City boss, making him the tenth coaching casualty of the 2012/2013 in the season. It’s a shocking indictment on the current state of affairs in the English game that Alan Pardew has [...]

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. The new [...]

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 cannibal’ [...]

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 to the [...]

Pepe Reina has always been a loyal and professional servant to Liverpool Football Club , but with a vacancy between the sticks opening up at Barcelona, it has been widely anticipated that the Reds Goalkeeper will be departing for Nou Camp in the summer in a bid to better his chances of playing for the Spanish national team, not [...]

Wayne Rooney has made no secret about his ambition to search for pastures new in the summer, handing in his second official transfer request at Old Trafford in the space of three years. Although it remains uncertain whether the incoming Manchester United boss will seek to change the England international’s mind, it does present David Moyes the [...]

Yet again, the day following the end of the season will be one of solace and reflection for Tottenham fans, whilst their local rivals Arsenal will no doubt still be in celebration mode from yesterday afternoon. Despite the change in management, summer investment in the squad and the Lilywhites recording their highest ever points total [...]

There has never been so much on the line in North London than this season. While Arsenal are a club caught in a malaise, with the first team a shadow of its former self in terms of quality in comparison to ten years ago, Tottenham Hotspur have risen out of mid table obscurity, and with signings like Gareth [...]

Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna is having a troubling season to say the least. The French right-back has been continually struggling with injury throughout his time in the Premier League , but now, having been given the run of a few games in the first team, it seems he is past his best, and his times on the sidelines have [...]

With Bayern Munich now just a week away from yet another Champions League final, this time against Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga champions have the opportunity to rival Barcelona’s dominance in Europe and affirm themselves as the continent’s leading superpower. But looking further beyond the current season, Bayern are looking in the summer to add to their [...]

Despite the three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two European titles under Frank Lampard’s belt, this season appears to be his most defining in regards to how he will be remembered once he hangs up his boots. Whereas in the past, the Chelsea man lived in the constant shadow of Steven Gerrard – his Liverpudlian [...]

It’s a shame that overall there isn’t too much to play for as we approach the final weekend of the season. Wigan’s exhausted display against Arsenal on Tuesday night sealed their fate, and of those also involved in the relegation scrap, with an inevitable 4-1 defeat at the Emirates, whilst the title race at the top [...]