Barcelona has ever been one of the most admired clubs across the globe and for that reason it enjoys the biggest fan following as well, but this 2014 year could not add more beauty to its worthy goodwill thanks to some nasty incidents happened with the Spanish giant like Neymar transfer controversy and Messi tax evasion allegations that put them into the headlines for unwanted reasons. President Josep Maria Bartomeu talked about all the setbacks he and his team had to pass through in the year during a Christmas lunch where he was invited and asked to brief the media about his future plans. He undoubtedly accepted that new manager Luis Enrique is very promising and they have lots of expectations from him to boost the glorified status Camp Nou side enjoy in soccer fraternity. Expectedly, media repeatedly asked him to brief them about his plans for upcoming year and if they are looking for a more experienced replacement to the top post and he replied, “2015 is a year that will be very … [Read more...]

Highly successful Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is known to be the man of his words that is why he often tries to be in the news with hottest revelations about his career, his future plans, and sometimes, what he did playing for other sides during initial stage of his career. Knowingly, he has been associated with several sides in his long running career including leading the Spanish giant Barcelona where he used to be descent successful. In his latest discloser, he says he and his former senior Sir Bobby Robson were close to bring Thierry Henry at Camp Nou when he was young. Recently, Henry retired off his professional career after playing a long eight-year spell for Arsenal where he also achieved the feat of scoring highest number of goals and Portuguese latest discloser could only be his attempt to present himself as the only man who can identify promising players in their teen ages. Recalling old days when he used to be the assistant of Robson he apparently made a significant … [Read more...]

If your team is not performing well in the top leagues, promising youngsters often try to make a shift to other sides who could offer them not only a good salary but as well quality exposure to grow utterly. Liverpool is one such side who seem to be missing the next championship league thanks to their under expected performance in the EPL, and in European front as well where they are struggling to enter into the second stage. Under these circumstances, it is difficult for them to keep a hold on players like Raheem Sterling who has recently been in his top form and reportedly few others sides are also interested to bring him into their den. Last October, Reds manager Brendan Rodgers said they are in talk with player’s agent firm Impact Sports Management and possibly they will knock him until 2017. But after looking at their show in current season, it is highly unlikely 20-year-old would like to be with them without an exposure to European league. According to some reports, Real Madrid … [Read more...]

If we point out some brilliant performances in this English season, Manchester United’s last win against Liverpool was one of them with a superb show in every department of the game. Generally, when we talk about who did better in the field, we emphasis over form of strikers as well defenders but last United triumph was characterized by the finest performance by David de Gea as well who saved several powerful strokes fired by the Reds. Even if we forget the last match, Gea has been impressive throughout the season with notable performances in matches against Everton, Arsenal, and Stoke. While everyone is praising role of manager and strikers for United’s coming back in the English topflight, some also held Gea responsible for not conceiving rally of goals. Manager Gaal, obviously, is the man on cloud nine these days with his team comfortably sitting on number three in the leaderboard and many count them to be leading the tally very soon. Actually, David de Gea’s appraisal by United … [Read more...]

How severe every league club manager passes through can never be imagined by anyone except those who have passed through a similar situation in English soccer where expectations are quite high, hence whenever anyone fails to deliver, pressure builds up over him to either quit or satisfy not only the bosses but fans as well. We have seen how instant actions were taken against the top mentors of some big sides when they could not deliver what bosses and fans had expected from them. Liverpool is one such side who is not up to the mark in this season in both domestic as well European front and its boss Brendan Rodgers seems like passing through the same situation Manchester United’s David Moyes or many others have gone through in the past. Though, he has until been denied of any stress over him to perform well, but fans know it is now a do-or-die situation for the Irish if he wants to keep his Anfield job. Former Liverpool great Jamie Carragher is the man who seriously believes that it is … [Read more...]