THE UEFA Champions League kicks off today against a backdrop of financial discomfort, battered club reputations and a summer of transfer surprises. With the European Super league debacle still fresh in the memory, the general footballing public would, to quote … Continue reading More than ever, the Champions League needs a new winner
SIMON Kuper’s latest offering, Barca, is one of the most engaging books about a football club and certainly the most revealing, without ever getting scandalous or mucky. Kuper is, of course, a fine writer, one who knows the game and … Continue reading Football Read Review: The inside and essential story of Barcelona by Simon Kuper
BAYERN MUNICH’s 2019-20 side joined the illustrious list of teams that have won the treble of domestic league and cup and Champions League in 2020. The … Continue reading Bayern, Barca, Inter, Ajax among Europe’s great treble winners
HOW DO you improve the finances of a football club that has almost everything? And why is Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) signing of Lionel Messi so important to the French club? Since PSG joined the elite, they have craved credibility from … Continue reading Paris Saint-Germain and the Messi effect
LIONEL Messi’s press conference portrayed a man struggling to keep his emotions in check, an inevitable consequence of the debacle around his contract and eventual departure from Barcelona. It looked very staged, almost false, and in truth, the Barca faithful … Continue reading Messigate: Even heroes move on – and it’s often with a bad taste
IT IS not easy to be sympathetic to a club that makes a billion but still cannot afford its best player, indeed the world’s leading footballer. Lionel Messi has had to be sacrificed to ensure his employer gets through some … Continue reading Barca, Messi and a big warning to football
