Month: November 2009

Like Barcelona, who claim to be more than a club, Jose Mourinho has always cast himself as more than just a football manager. Speaking at a press conference on Friday,…

In the summer of 2009, the usual predictions were cast on the aspirations of clubs in the Barclays Premier League. The Big Four’s greatest threat was said to come from…

There were questions raised over Manchester United’s ability to compensate for Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Carlos Tevez’s absence this season, with critics especially pointing to United being unlikely to compensate for…

What an emotional, mentally draining week its been.  Monsieur Henry’s handball has been talked to death at this stage, im sure some people will be rolling their eyes at another…

The Bundesliga ries to get back to normality this weekend following the death of Hanover goalkeepr Robert Enke. Hanover visit Schalke, while the big game of the weekend is Leverkusen’s trip to struggling Bayern on Sunday.

I’m sure you have heard about Coke Zero – Wayne Rooney’s Street Striker show. We also showed you the little stunt Rooney pulled where he’s dribbling (kind of) through a…

Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg are in fine form on Episode 29 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast.  There’s a host of juicy topics to get stuck into this week…

Following their defeat to Chelsea, I read a couple of articles writing off Manchester United’s title hopes. This feels absurdly early to me, so ahead of this weekend’s Premiership matches…

A short and fun interview with Rio Ferdinand and Wes Brown, courtesy of talksport. Did you know that Wes Brown was playing for United back in 1999? The lad gets…

With performances being well under the required rate, how can Manchester United improve? Should they buy in the summer? If so, who?

So the last international break of the noughties has been and gone, we know who will be lining up in South Africa next summer, and we know that Robin Van…

In the wake of Ireland’s heartbreaking aggregate defeat to France, where Thierry Henry’s handballed assist for William Gallas to score an equaliser in extra time denied a team who had…

Thierry Henry has been called a liar and a cheat. The question is, would you care if it was your captain who did that for your country?

After years of waiting for a promising young player to develop, Wales have perhaps discovered that young players, just like buses, often come all at once. Their 3-0 victory over…

Nine months, 456 matches, and controversy aplenty. And it all comes down to to one game, one high-octane head-to-head for the title. The fourteenth season of Major League Soccer is…

Make sure you listen to this week’s Soccerlens Podcast that discusses Henry’s handball and a lot more. …Or at least if you had just read the reactions from the fans…

Scouting is fast becoming vitally important in the real world of football. With the somewhat categorical inflation of prices that managers have been experiencing during this summer’s transfer window, the need…

Make sure you listen to this week’s Soccerlens Podcast that discusses horse placenta treatment, Henry’s handball and a lot more. Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie headed to Serbia earlier this…

Benfica midfielder Angel di Maria has been the subject of much transfer speculation recently, with Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool all linked with the Argentine international. A ridiculous fee of…

If you fancy a flutter on the World Cup finals tournament this summer, but are not quite sure which market to have a punt on at the moment, then may…

The Brazillians have long been regarded as the Kings of football, widely considered the most stylish, attractive and best football team in the world. The samba stars have produced a…

Join celebrated football pundit, author, radio show host and DJ Andy Brassell every Monday on the Soccerlens Show. England’s second-string lost to Brazil on Saturday in Doha, an event that…

19-year-old Norwegian starlet Jo Inge Berget is contracted to Udinese Calcio, but would rather be anywhere else than in Udine. After a loan spell at his home club in Norway,…

The end of George Burley’s reign as Scotland manager doesn’t signal the end of their troubles. The problems range from the Old Firm to youth systems and they aren’t going to stop anytime soon.

The former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o promised his fellow countrymen that he will buy each of his teammates a £30,000 watch should they qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Last…

A 15-member national football team accompanied by their UEFA-pro coach George Kottan has left for Dubai from Lahore in the hope of playing practice games in the United Arab Emirates…

Although football today is a multi-billion dollar globalised industry which has spread its commercial influence to all corners of the planet, sometimes it pays to look back into the game’s…