Former Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic has blamed Lionel Messi and Pep Guardiola for his failure at the Camp Nou, claiming that Guardiola used to ‘bully’ him. Ibra was an expensive flop at Barca after joining from Inter Milan for £40million plus Samuel Eto’o in 2009, but has explains why he struggled so much in Spain. […]
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For the first time Sportingintelligence has published the average basic weekly wages, division by division, of footballers in England for the past 25 years. And it makes fascinating reading. One thing to keep in mind as you are reading the post is that these wage numbers represent basic pay; wages typically increase by 50 to […]
Put your hand up if you are an underwhelmed about the Jurgen Klinsmann era at U.S. Soccer as I am? After last night’s 1-0 defeat to Ecuador at Red Bull Arena, the USA has managed just two goals in seven and a half hours of play since Klinsmann took over for Bob Bradley. Under Klinsmann’s leadership […]
With the influx of foreign ownership in the Premier League I have been waiting for one of them to challenge the deal that Premier League TV rights are divided equally amongst the clubs. So I cannot say that I am surprised to read that Liverpool have announced they will lead a challenge for overseas TV […]
The news that Wayne Rooney’s father and uncle Richie were arrested today over allegations of a football betting scam has to have set off alarm bells at Old Trafford as well as the English FA. The arrests were in relation to a game between Motherwell and Hearts in December last year in which Motherwell midfielder […]
Udinese and Juventus continue to set the pace at the head of Serie A, closely followed by Napoli, with all three teams earning impressive wins at the weekend. Udinese remain unbeaten after a 2-0 win against bottom-placed Bologna at the Stadio Friuli, with Mehdi Benatia and an Antonio Di Natale penalty securing the win. Two […]
Much to the relief of Inter fans everyone, the club has fired Gian Piero Gasperini, who failed to win a game while in charge of Inter. Gasperini’s downfall was due to his insistence that Inter play with three defenders and five midfield players, a formation that is not suited to the Inter line-up. Within hours […]