REAL MADRID have made a € 160 million bid for Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain, arguably the most coveted player in world football today. This is the same Real Madrid that was impacted by the pandemic to the tune of € … Continue reading Real Madrid, PSG and Mbappé – an impasse developing
SAD news from Germany that the most famous footballer to remove England from the World Cup without cheating is no longer with us. Gerd Müller, a legendary figure in the Bayern Munich story, World Cup winner and goalscoring machine, has … Continue reading Grey Neutral Weekly: The very mighty Müller
FRENCH football has already revealed that it is in chaos, the collapse of its € 3.25 billion TV deal with Chinese-Spanish broadcaster MediaPro has been well documented, but the financial state of the member clubs in Ligue 1 and 2 … Continue reading Ligue 1’s financial mistral
THE MEDIA can be brutal when things don’t go right, as the French national team is finding out in the aftermath of their shock defeat at the hands of Switzerland in the last 16 of Euro 2020. It’s the end … Continue reading Euro 2020: The fall of France need not be fatal
The European Championships evolved from a four-team event to an eight team affair in 1980 and although that particular edition was somewhat tame, in 1984 and 1988, Europe was treated to two excellent tournaments in France and Germany respectively. Prior … Continue reading The Euros – 1976 to 1988: Penalties, Platini and volleys
THE WORST kept secret in European football became reality as Mauricio Pochettino took the plunge and joined Paris Saint-Germain on an 18-month contract. Why 18 months (with an option for a further year), you might ask, is there not enough … Continue reading PSG and Pochettino, you know it makes short-term sense
