Upcoming Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid is going to be the most awaiting showdown of this season for many reasons: one, it would be the first official game for Suarez for his new side and second, this could be the game when Messi will break the record of scoring maximum number of goals against their arch rivals. Assuming that four times FIFA player of the year award winner would achieve that feat, organizers have planned some innovative things including pausing the game for a moment which is something we have never seen in soccer. Barca sporting director Zubizarreta believes this kind of treatment to a player would be rather ‘strange’ but agrees that this feat is the proudest moment for any player hence can’t be ignored. Messi just trailing by two goals to surpass Telmo Zarra's La Liga record of 251 goals and there is one game in between the famous Oct 25 clash. Actually, there has been a mixed response after National Professional Football League president Javier Tebas said … [Read more...]

Big teams are not big only coz they are having some of the finest talents in contemporary soccer but coz they carry a unique form of confidence that strive each teammate to give his best and Spanish giant Real Madrid is undoubtedly one of them. Almost every top notch Real player has said this off late and now it’s time for the new entrant Toni Kroos who just switched from German side Bayern Munich after months of link-up news. The first thing he observed at Santiago Bernabéu is the positive energy within each player that naturally transforms from one to another during a game. I’m not trying to be a spiritual leader but this is what German teammate was meant to say when he said he saw unparalleled level of spirit with his new side. However, he did not forget to praise Ronaldo for his best form and style of playing and called him the greatest player in the world at the moment. As far talent is concerned, Kroos finds no big difference over here to what he has been used to play with but … [Read more...]

When you are a star player for your club, expectations to perform likewise on international front increase three fold and if at this time you fail to satisfy your home fans, it pains to the core. Chelsea’s highly published Brazilian born Spanish forward Diego Costa is one such player who got lots of publicity for the compliments by Blues manager and later when he proved Mourinho faith by scoring nine goals in seven premier league games, Spanish fans jubilated and expected him to showcase similar form as well during Euro qualifiers. But, unfortunately, he could not score a single goal for his adopted nation until Sunday qualifier at Luxembourg where he netted first goal and eased burden from his shoulders a little bit. Factually, he could only score after playing some five hundred minutes for the La Roja and gave lots of meat to news hungry media guys to unveil his positive side as well. Those, who watched the full ninety minutes of Sunday game, find a new energy within each of the team … [Read more...]

No matter how big have been in your career when it comes to sell something about you, you need some secret insides about your long lasting journey and it proved with many notables who recently wrote something unknown in their books just to sensationalize their product. We are talking about former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp who is ready with his new book “A Man Walks On To a Pitch.” Among other things, he specifically talked about few players who he was very close to bring at White Hart Lane but eventually missed including likes of Luis Suarez and Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira. According to his disclosure, he said to have finalized the talks with both of them and suddenly none of them agreed to switch and decided to remain where they were; he suspected money influence played an important role otherwise Spurs would have been enjoying the services of two greatest players of contemporary soccer. The 67-year-old, who is now in-charge of Queens Park Rangers, considers letdown … [Read more...]

While Liverpool is finding it hard to survive both in English premier league as well Championship league, yet manager Roy Hodgson is not willing to risk his star assets even if they are injured for the time being. The Irish manager extended the contract of 25-year-old former Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge who joined the Anfield side back in 2013 at 12 million pounds. He showed his strength right in the first season for Liverpool and fired 21 league goals ranking himself in line with former Reds starlet Suarez, but after departure of Uruguayan, he was carrying the head responsibilities in Rodgers’ army, hence club bosses decided to offer him some kind of reward by extending his contract. Reportedly, he has signed a new five years contract that would tie him with the Reds until 2019. The revised salary he entitles now is £150,000 a week which perfectly suits his class he exhibited in the last season. Actuary, this deal is not the result of overnight exercise; perhaps, it is the outcome … [Read more...]