Israel and Palestine are the two States with no so good democratic relations, but that doesn’t mean their soccer players do not want to play with each other - they do - but border restrictions often cause a great distress for both of them especially for Palestinian players who want to visit an Israeli occupied area for soccer events frequently. Last month, many players including FIFA officials were denied on the border to enter within Israel, later Palestinian football association asked for world governing body’s intervention into the matter; perhaps they even requested for a ban. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has ever been a person who loves to expend relations via sports not to contract them and that is why he has promised on many global events that he wants to see both these nations play each other without any political barrier; now his dreams look to be coming true coz he could successfully hold a meeting between both Israeli FA chairman and his Palestinian counterpart at FIFA … [Read more...]

Records seem to be breaking these days as far priciest buying are concerned. Just a day after Real Madrid book Spurs’ midfielder Bale at an unprecedented amount, Arsenal also improved its own record by hiring German midfielder Mesut Ozil at a £42.4m fee which is more than club’s previous best of £15m that they paid to Zenit St Petersburg for Andrey Arshavin back in 2009. This is not a mare coincident that Ozil is being snatched from the Real’s den by the Premier League club; perhaps it is a well-planned long term strategy by Arsène Wenger. Gunners looked to be exaggerated at the end of transfer window coz they also hired a new goalie Emiliano Viviano along with a failed attempt to convince Chelsea to sign their striker Demba Ba. Besides this, there were more high profile unsuccessful attempts as well especially that of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez. Actually, final day of the transfer window was full of surprising events where Real maintained its lead for highest paying club in the … [Read more...]

Many European clubs have until been known for their mounting debts; perhaps many of them were on the edge of a bankruptcy and then European governing body UEFA took a strong corrective action called imposing Financial Fail Play whereby no club could spend more money than its income, which means, almost every club had to shorten its exaggerating buying to meet the strict requirements. These policies had become a headache for many clubs who, initially, did not take these norms seriously, but when UEFA threatened them for immediate sanctions, they had to follow the rules as far as possible. Now, the results are revealing how accurate governing body was coz according to latest financial data of 237 clubs affiliated to UEFA, a total loss has seen a drastic reduction to what it has been before FFP. Accordingly, total amount of loss residing in European clubs’ balance sheets is now €1.1 billion which is around 36% less than its YoY figures. Moreover, overdue payables are also lowered … [Read more...]