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 [...]
EPL player quota is ‘desperate’
Back at the end of March England’s under-21 side hosted their French counterparts in a friendly at the City Ground, Nottingham.
I was watching the game, my first proper Under-21 fixture, and two things surprised me within the first five minutes.
Firstly, there were over 23,000 people in the ground to watch an enjoyable but uncompetitive junior [...]