Real Madrid has even been one of the finest soccer clubs every player wants to play for for a maximum time in his professional career but not everyone succeeds in doing what Iker Casillas has done playing for the Spanish giant. The 34-year-old Spanish footballer ended his 25-year-old relationship with Santiago Bernabéu side when he decided to move to Porto. It was an emotional moment for the goalie who has so long been the integral part of one one of the biggest soccer playing sides on earth, and like always, he was more than happy to serve them so long. Age used to be his biggest hurdle else he was having two more years in his contract but after three unsuccessful seasons; it was probably the right for him to voluntarily say goodbye to Spanish fans. While on the other side, Portuguese side Porto is happy to have the Real man with them and ready to welcome him when he plays his first game in Portugal. This is not all of a sudden move actually, in fact, rumors were in the air for long … [Read more...]

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter may be facing the heat from every corner but this 79-year-old Swiss administrator seems to be in no mood to take any of the charges levied against him lightly. He seems to be issuing media statements every other day and now he raises another burning issue, the reforms, and alleges there is no one in Europe who seriously cares about future of football, however, a lobby is systematically working round the clock to defame his reputation he earned in decades of service. He clearly said FIFA reform was just an excuse to debar him from world governing body. Notably, he surprisingly added and refused to take responsibility of any wrongdoing done by the others in terms of undue favor during election or otherwise. He intelligently starts making a ground for his defense if any of the arrested FIFA officials is proved to have done any favor in return of money or non-monetary benefits. This is noteworthy that Swiss investigators arrested some fourteen top FIFA … [Read more...]

Liverpool has probably been the only league side everyone expect to show their best every season thanks to their past when they used to be invincible. Last season was arguably their worst in many years when they made several mistakes one after another and could only end their campaign residing on eighth position on the leaderboard, but neither fans nor its well-wishers want to repeat the same hence Reds are getting invaluable advices from every corner about how they can regain their lost pride. Manchester City legend, Peter Barnes, is the next who offers his expert advice to the Anfield side when said they should immediately name new signee James Milner as the captain if they want to confidently begin their next league season. This is a known fact that Brendan Rodgers needed someone who could motivate the team ahead of the league season and after arrival of several new signees it is important too. The outgoing captain Steven Gerrard was one of the best for the job in Barnes eyes too, … [Read more...]

If you are a starlet playing for a big side, it does not mean life will be easier for you, though, you would enjoy best perks of being heartthrob of million of fans but this is also true that media would follow each of your failure more than your successes. Real Madrid is one such side who is known for throwing unaccounted money on players of its liking and when they hired Manchester United’s forward Ronaldo, Portuguese became the world’s priciest player of that time. The 30-year-old has since been proving why he should be given that quantum of money; in fact, he is among the few ones who are still capable of drawing much more salary than earlier. This is not a news that Real star is in tremendous form these days with several unparalleled feats to his name but this is also true he is having some contract troubles with the club bosses and this problem started getting the media space when Bernabeu side hired Bale at another record breaking price. Since, Bale failed miserably to live up … [Read more...]