Aston Villa are destined for another season in the Championship beyond this summer, but their success or otherwise next year may depend so much on keeping striker Jonathan Kodjia. The Ivory Coast international has been impressive this season despite Villa’s overall plight. 15 goals in 30 Championship appearances is a terrific record for a forward … Read more
Premier League promotion hopefuls Newcastle United are linked with a move for Hull City defender Harry Maguire in the upcoming summer transfer window. The 23-year old has been one of the stand-out players for the relegation threatened Tigers and Rafael Benitez is plotting to bring him to the St. James’ Park ahead of the next … Read more
The Chelsea army of players out on loan has been a topic of much debate over the years. Many opine that such a thing is what is bad about the world of football, where clubs pile up and accumulate players in their ranks, but would never use them in the first-team. Indeed, there are 37 … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur have been a revelation this season and have emerged as one of the strongest contenders to finish runners-up this season behind Chelsea. Mauricio Pochettino’s side are playing an attractive brand of football with a youthful and vibrant squad and have been garnering praise from all quarters and deservedly so. However, having crashed out … Read more
The Magpies are unsurprisingly doing well in the familiar territories of the English Championship. It’s widely believed they would bounce back to the top-flight at the first time of asking after relegation last season. At the moment, after 11 rounds of games, Benitez men sit in 3rd place, 2 points behind surprise leaders Huddersfield. The … Read more
Jamie Vardy- The most entertaining player in this season’s Premier league who scored in 11 consecutive matches breaking the record of Manchester United’s Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Vardy, the main man for Leicester this season joined the team in 2012 when the team was battling in the Championship (England’s second league) on a record fee of … Read more
In what promises to be another exciting Premier League weekend, the exciting and much anticipated North London derby takes centre stage at the Emirates. Fierce North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will come face to face, once again this season, after their League Cup clash at White Hart Lane some weeks ago. It’s being … Read more
The third round draw for Capital One Cup has been announced as Tottenham and Arsenal are set to face each other. The matches will be played from 21st September. Defending Champions Chelsea will begin their title defence against League One side Walsall, while Aston Villa will host local rivals Birmingham City. Manchester United and Liverpool were given … Read more
“Young players are a little bit like melons. Only when you open and taste the melon are you 100 per cent sure that the melon is good. Sometimes you have beautiful melons but they don’t taste very good and some other melons are a bit ugly and when you open them, the taste is fantastic… … Read more
View image | gettyimages.com I was drawn to this point based on a couple of comments I’d read recently about Souness. These comments surrounded the question of what might have happened to Tottenham had they not sold Souness to Middlesbrough in 1973. My view is that Tottenham wouldn’t have been able to turn Souness into the … Read more