Money has ever been a motivating force in soccer; in fact this is the only game where money roles faster than anywhere else. To provide a level playing field across the soccer playing nations, European governing body even introduced Financial Fair Play policies but they did not provide the atmosphere everyone had expected. Clubs still spend mounting money to lure their choice of players and adjust the money paid with different tricks into their financial statements - we have seen how Neymar issue is being dragged into the court. If we look at current system, cost of hiring players in a transfer window has increased by more than forty percent to what it had been in the similar period last year, which means, clubs are exaggeratedly willing to throw away any price for their lovely players irrespective of what FFP says. On one side, it helps players earn more than they used to be, but on the other side, it also concentrates finest talent of the game to few high rich soccer clubs and this … [Read more...]

Soccer fraternity is a kind of strange one for everyone including players who have been a part of it since many years. Further, there are many untold regulations being followed by every playing team and one such rule of the game is if you are growing by age and not performing as expected by your bosses, you will soon be axed from the team either via letting your contract expire or by switching you to somewhere else on loan. The 31-year-old Spanish goalie Pepe Reina is one such player who is under contract with English club Liverpool, but since he could not prove his form to be the number one goalie, he had to leave Anfield for Naples where he spent one season under Rafael Benítez, former high profile Chelsea manager. He then appreciated Benitez and openly called him the best manager to have worked with. Though, he had already guessed that his loan spell will never let him return back to England hence also written a goodbye letter to Liverpool fans, but still, he used to be an … [Read more...]

Violence has ever been a part of soccer, in fact, usually it is being linked with the losing team reaction towards the defeat and most of the time fans are involved in it. We have seen how some of the biggest tragedies happened on football grounds after a high profile match, especially when underdogs perfume better. Championship league is one of the widest recognized tourneys comprising almost every big European team and when it comes to its last sixteen, emotions start overcoming actual strengths and this is what seems to be happening in European league. Reportedly, BVB - a German football club - defeated Zenit – a Russian football club- and we saw how some groups of BVB fans reacted over the defeat. According to local police, several Dortmund fans were chased and assaulted by several groups of peoples later identified as Zenit fans. Zenit St. Petersburg is the same stadium where Championship League last-sixteen match will soon be played hence this violence could mean a lot for UEFA. … [Read more...]

Championship league has become a title to die for for English club Manchester United as they are nowhere in domestic league hence can only save their face with some better scoring on European front. Manager David Moyes has until been quite optimistic that his team would showcase best of their caliber in the last sixteen of much talk about soccer league, but on the contrary, he was amazed to see how they were crushed by Olympiakos with a 2-0 margin. It could have been a usual defeat if they were playing in Premier league coz they have had a worst English season this year, but in UEFA cup, they are supposed to perform much better than what they have been doing in England. Tuesday match was a crucial one for Moyes credibility at Old Trafford; in fact, many have started talking about his future in England after some dismissible performances in both English and European front. However, the good thing is, he accepted his defeat and did not blame referees this time and added it was his … [Read more...]

Even though Manchester United is not performing as expected in the English Premier League, fans are still optimistic that since they are the defending champions they should comeback with a bang and one such player is 32-year-old defender Nemanja Vidic who recently said he would like to see his last season with the club with some happy memories. He knows, they practically have no chance to win English topflight, but they can triumph Championship league, therefore, he is eyeing on the Tuesday game with Olympiakos and willing to recover from bitter English season memories. In domestic tourney, Untied is fifteen points behind of Chelsea, and at this stage, they can never top the leaderboard, however, they rather have good chances on European campaign and that is why Serbian footballer is tiding his shoes for the first leg of last sixteen at Karaiskakis Stadium. Likewise, manager David Moyes is also positive for a good show with his newly formed attacking line consisting players like Adnan … [Read more...]