It sometime happens to a player who has a reason to believe that he is not being taken seriously by his manager especially after his impressive performance in the league. We are talking about 27-year-old Roma defender Mehdi Benatia who enthralled everyone with his improved show in just concluded Italian Serie A. In fact, like always, after the league, he seemed to be roared in by the top sides eyeing for the brightest talents around the world and English and Spanish clubs are on top when it comes to snatch good players from the rivals. Another problem Benatia is passing through is unfair treatment from his manager and coach which came into the notice when he accused the team think-tank of treating him like a child. He talked about how he is being disrespected from the team in an interview where he pointed out how his agent had advised him not to sign a deal with Roma, still he signed the five-year contract and in the first year of stay in Italy, he came to know why he should have not … [Read more...]

European champions Real Madrid have continuously been in the news since they won the mega final dramatically in the last week. They undoubtedly won the match with a significant 4-1 margin, but if we could point out one player whose performance changed the outlook of the game, it would surely be the 28-year-old Spanish defender Sergio Ramos who was the scriptwriter for the mega win. Significantly, it was his first mega show in the last season as he could never leave an impact on the field before. His form and style of play could never be at par with the legacy Real enjoy in the field and could only find the net on six occasions in the last seven played games, and after his contribution in the UEFA final, fans are taking him whole heartedly, in fact, also aspiring him for the rest of his professional career. Likewise, Spanish starlet is also not missing the opportunity to capitalize the peak he is enjoying at the moment and told in his recent interview that he would love to spent rest of … [Read more...]

Money seems to have lost its charm; it holds at least true in soccer that is why every other day records break in term of dictating who is the highest paid soccer player. Ronaldo, the Real legend, enjoyed the status of being the priciest player for many years and then Bale, another Real starlet, broke his record and become the highest ever paid soccer pro. Now, there is another such record in the making though not that big but certainly a mammoth one in its own category. Yes, we are talking about a possible deal between League side Chelsea and PSG for 27-year-old Brazilian defender David Luiz. According to the reports in the media, both the high profile sides have been in talks for some time now over the possible switch of Brazilian and more importantly the amount that is being rumored to be involved in the deal is a mammoth forty to fifty million – highest for any defender till date. Though, the talks are just in initial stage and most probably both the sides would tie in a bond in … [Read more...]