PROFILE: Keisuke Honda
Who?: A left-sided midfielder or full-back who has been making waves of hype in his home country and who has just helped VVV-Venlo win promotion to the Eredivisie – Holland’s top table. Lean, athletic and able to hit a pass, many clubs will be paying close attention to how he copes in the talent greenhouse [...]
The war on dope…
…or banned substances, as the official line goes, is still going on underneath the skin of football even though it hasn’t been in the media spotlight much recently.
Is there still a problem? Undoubtedly – but the size of it is almost impossible to work out. The mere fact UEFA are ploughing time and money into [...]
Barca go ego swapping
A few people, hopefully more than the current number of genuinely talented German centre forwards, but perhaps less than the number of strikers at Manchester City, may have noticed that the blog has been down for a month or so. Notably all you Manchester United fans who came for an ogle at our Gabriel Obertan [...]
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