This is a well-known fact that Manchester United, especially after new manger took over the charge, is finding it very difficult to attract high profile players and why this is happening to a club like United is not understandable to anyone. Many are calling it a correction period for the league defender where they are trying to reform their squad after Alex reign and it would take some time, therefore they are supposed to lose some short term battles for gaining a long run sustainability. Now, Liverpool manager has copied the long time media running stories and said that United would have to qualify for the Championship league if they want to remain in the aspiring list of good players. This statement from a rival club means a lot for newly appointed manager who is already struggling to secure a respectable leaderboard position. This could also be an intelligent statement issued just before their showdown in English Premier League as Brendan Rodgers still believes United can bounce … [Read more...]

How a higher leaderboard position can psychologically benefit your side is well known to everyone, but how can it shake your moral is obviously not known to many. Chelsea is on the top of league table and they are here for some time now, had there been any other team on the top for so long time, it would have explored this opportunity by issuing exaggerated media statements just to demoralize their upcoming high profile opponents, but this is not with the former Everton manager who is serving his second team with the Blues. Significantly, he has been denying any advantage of being on the top and repeatedly saying that their rank is just misleading as there are others equally competitive teams who are still as likely to win the title as they are. Though, he never said they cannot win the title, in fact, he always said, they are in the better position to take away the silverware despite of their misleading leaderboard position. Who is the next favorite to win the crown? He believes City … [Read more...]

Tax evasions have ever been a blemish over any notable; does not matter where they belong to or how powerful they have been in their area. It holds true across the globe and every sports; we have seen why Spanish media exaggeratedly highlighted Neymar issue and why Barca president had to resign off his high profile job amid several criticism of involvement in tax fraud. It is not the only case of tax evasion in sports fraternity as German club Bayern Munich is another one who has been subjected to tons of unexplained money and who held responsible for this? It was President Uli Hoeness who was convicted of evading tons of money from State authorities just to shed away tax liability. More importantly, the verdict has come on such an important time when Munich is ruling the world and it is also a fact that Hoeness is the man who converted this team into the world leader which is proving its strength in front of the whole world. They are into the last eight of Championship league and most … [Read more...]

It was a dream day for Wolves in the League One cup where they enhanced their own record to nine successive wins in the event and guess what who helped them sustain this feat, it was Bakary Sako who triggered the two goals in the first half itself and created a havoc in the stadium. First goal was a perfect header from Malian international when he capitalized James Henry's pass brilliantly and then he helped Nouha Dicko enhance their lead in the nineteenth minute. Saka again got an opportunity and got a flawless goal to add into his tally. By the half time, they were leading the board by 3-0, or in other words, they had already become the winner by then. Though, Smith put some resistance by scoring a goal in the seventy fourth minute, but it was too late by then to expect anything. Apart from the scorecard, Wolves dominated the field for full ninety minutes; there was not even a single moment when they looked to be losing the touch while Swindon kept fighting until the end. It was … [Read more...]

Would you believe if I say Messi is looking forward for a switch away from Spain? No? You should, if I go with a media reports published just recently in Madrid that says Messi has become so disappointed playing with Barca that he is looking for a seeker who could trigger his 200 million release clause. Apparently, this news is not more than an attention seeker, however those who know the internal atmosphere in Barcelona dressing room, can be convinced a little bit that star forward could soon be a history in Spain. More importantly, newspaper also told about the possible side who could be interested in the four time FIFA Ballon d'or winner though at a record figure and that is League club Manchester City. Anyway, no matter what media is talking about the mindset of Messi, Barca fans can never accept Messi can ever leave them and one such person is no other than newly appointed Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu who says there is no reason 26-year-old Argentine footballer would leave … [Read more...]