When Diego Simeone took the reins of Atletico Madrid back in 2011, keeping up with the two Spanish Giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, seemed, at best, a pipe dream, and getting his team into the Champions League places would have been an achievement. Atletico were off the ...

Arsenal sealed first place in their Champions League group with an emphatic 6-0 win over Lens on Wednesday night, but that particular high scoring affair has not really been the story of their season so far. Last campaign Arsenal spent a total of 248 days at the top of ...

The holding midfield position has long been a discussion for debate at Manchester United. A position once paraded by the likes of Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick, it could be argued Old Trafford hasn’t seen a world class defensive midfielder for a very long time. Many ...

Henrik Larsson, Zlatan Ibrahimović, the Laudrup brothers - Michael and Brian, Peter Schmeichel and John Arne Riise are just some of the great players that have emerged from Sweden, Denmark and Norway down the years, but these Scandinavian countries’ ability to produce ...

Schon direkt nach Luton Towns überraschendem Sieg im Playoff-Finale gegen Coventry City und dem damit verbundenen Aufstieg in die Premier League rechneten dem Verein nur wenige wirkliche Chancen auf den Klassenerhalt aus. Der Kaderwert der „Hatters“ in Höhe von 87,2 ...

The chaos that ensued off the pitch before Brazil’s 1-0 loss to Argentina at the Maracanã on Tuesday night, was somewhat a reflection of the carnage that’s been happening on the field of play for the Seleção. Argentina captain Lionel Messi and ...

When Pep Guardiola first came to England, many questioned whether the Spaniard could recreate his dominance in Spain or Germany in a more competitive Premier League, and whether his “tiki-taka” style of play was suited to have the same commanding effect on English shores. ...

When Luton Town gained promotion to the Premier League via a heroic play-off victory beating Coventry in the final, not many people gave them much chance of surviving. Their squad value of just €87.2 million is the lowest of any team in the last five seasons in ...

Manchester City star Bernardo Silva, rivals Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes and Fulham’s João Paulhinha have a combined market value of €210 million and could form one of the strongest midfield trifectas in world football right now for ...

It’s a big international summer ahead, with the 2024 European Championships in Germany, and the 2024 Copa América on the horizon. But during this November international break, which national squads boast the highest accumulative market value? Three international sides ...