A couple of years ago Wesley Sneijder was on top of the world. Champion of Italy, Europe and very nearly the world, and one of the most desired players in football. Now he is the footballer without a home, edged out by the cost-cutting Internazionale, waiting by the phone with…
Some transfer rumours just have the look of a non-starter from the outset. Take Wesley Sneijder (pictured, right) to Liverpool, for instance. On a reported salary of £200,000 a week, the 28-year-old midfielder is sure to insist on Champions League football should he leave Inter Milan – and his age…
How quickly we forget. Scott Parker was Tottenham’s heartbeat; the player who helped make the concept of professional footballer as role model viable, rather than the sort of bad joke that belongs in a Christmas cracker. He was Footballer of the Year, England captain. His name echoed around White Hart…
Bolton’s Gary Cahill and Blackburn’s Christopher Samba are two of the many central defenders that Arsenal have been linked with this summer. And Martin Lipton of the Daily Mirror feels that, of the two, Cahill is the better option for Arsenal because of his superior technique and because he is two years…
Hear the word ‘Brazilian’ and, in a football sense at least, images of attacking flair, mazy dribbling and sublime technique are conjured. While Thiago Silva, the Paris St-Germain defender may be one of the top centre backs in the world, if a Brazilian footballer is not an attacker then they…
There have been many factors that have contributed to Newcastle’s altogether dismal start to the season. Just one win in seven, lost five out of the last six, have not won away all season, and only four points above the relegation zone; Newcastle are in trouble, let’s not hide from…