Manchester United think tank is supposed to be brilliant with mind games and that is why they presented new team captain Wayne Rooney as the best man in the world apart from being the finest ball roller. When you are hyping someone so high, it is evident you would also ask him to accept his mistakes before it grows into a controversy. Yes, we are talking about last United’s game with West Ham United that happened to be the second triumph for the Gaal, yet match got the headlines not for this feat but coz Rooney got the Red Card in the game for valid reason. It was 59th minute of the game when Rooney lunged Stewart Downing and referee shown him the severest game penalty, but unlike always, Red Devils skipper decided not to appeal against this decision perhaps he also said in public that it was his mistake hence punishment was correct. This is rarely seen these days where an in-form captain of a shaking side accepts this but many experts are calling it a great move to win fans confidence … [Read more...]

Having a healthy competition is good in every sport that is why we have teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona who enjoy the status of arch rivals for each other. As far players are concerned, this title often goes to Barca’s Messi and Real’s Ronaldo as both of these world renowned strikers follow each other in and outside of the field. If Messi is doing something significant on the field, it is expected that Rolando would answer his rival by showing another power show from his legs and this is something that is being happened in La Liga this season where both Ronaldo and Messi look to be in a great form. While Portuguese has scored some memorable goals in last few games, Messi is also following him with a double. Blaugrana is of course on the top of the leaderboard but Real is also not far behind and like always fans expect both of them to be in the title race until the last week of the season. Coach Luis Enrique not only congratulated his star man for scoring his 400th career goal in … [Read more...]

Soccer has now become more than mare a sport; nowadays, it is a complete money making industry with interests from clubs, owners, and third parties who used to invest in players’ value and this third party investment has long been criticized by many notables including UEFA president Michel Platini, coz according to many game professionals, it detaches players from the game and makes them just a piece of money. UEFA, among others, has long been opposing FIFA’s policy to let it go about third parties investment in players which sometime enables clubs sell their key players without any sporting reason. But now, a commendable change has been proposed by the FIFA Executive Committee who has voted to completely ban this alien investment from the game. Notably, these kinds of stakeholders are already banned in England but in some parts of the world including but not limited to America, Spain, and Portugal it is still one of biggest money making opportunity for business houses who regularly … [Read more...]

Today, governing bodies have become more stringent towards financial irregularities being done by soccer clubs and both FIFA and UEFA are showing their dire concerns for the playing and non-playing staff especially those who are not being paid for a long period of time. Recently, FFPs were in the headlines for European watchdog’s strict warning to every empaneled side to either reduce their expenses or stop buying players without having money into their accounts and now UEFA has again tightened its arm for recurring expenditures including salaries and other routine expenses. Interestedly, there are top notch sides who have not even met the breakeven point into their financial statements which include league giant Liverpool – surprising! Moreover, five of the UEFA cubs’ prize money has been seized for failing to pay the important overdue payments to other clubs, employees, and tax authorities for the season 2014-15. The infamous list includes: FC Astra Ploiești, Budućnost Podgorica, FK … [Read more...]

Growing age has ever been a big problem for players even if they have had a star status in their golden years. Today, the competition is very tough even for the youngsters and that is why most of the sides often part their ways from growing players, but for former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard, 36 years of age is just the beginning. He not only played an important role in City’s emphatic 7-0 win over Sheffield on Wednesday but also ensured Manuel Pellegrini is not going to rest him for next few games. Notably, central midfielder was brought into the Manchester on one season loan from New York City FC by manager Pellegrini to backup other players like Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, and Fernando, but he later expressed his desires to be a permanent teammate for the League defenders and then Chilean manager reportedly asked to perform regularly if he wants to be an integral City mate. Talking about his age and what he now means for the Citizens, 61-year-old said in a press conference, “For … [Read more...]