Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Arsenal’s lineup more expensive than United’s?
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 1 2010Football can be a funny ol’ game. You can (in your mind) be playing the best football on the planet, and then along comes a team shorn of their best…
The 2009 Soccerlens Awards
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 8 2023And the winners are… The Soccerlens Awards recognise the best websites and the best writers in football.. After the great success of the 2007 and 2008 editions, SL readers and…
Marvellous Montpellier
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 1 20102009, 2 February – Montpellier Hérault Sport Club have just won a tough fixture away in Boulogne, against one of their promotion rivals in Ligue 2. A seemingly easy 3:0…
An Emirates Masterpiece, Part II
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 1 2010Earlier in the week, after we gave by far our most determined, outstanding and tactically superior performance of the season, it got me a thinking. When WAS our last truly…
Transfer Rumors (1 Feb 2010): 20m Man City offer for Real Madrid’s Gago, Tottenham and Stoke battle for James, West Ham talk up Keane loan, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 1 2010It’s the final day of the winter transfer window, and many clubs are thanking the calendar for January 31 falling on a Sunday, as it will allow a number of…
Transfer Rumors (31 Jan 2010): Man United in for Spanish starlet, Tottenham’s Keane set for Sunderland, Everton want dandy Donovan permanently, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 31 2010England United Move For Canales Manchester United are looking to swoop in and land highly-rated Racing Santander prospect Sergio Canales. The 18-year-old attacker is wanted by the likes of Real…
Celtic still 10 points behind, Hibs keep up fight for 2nd place
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 31 2010Rangers are still 10 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League after a 3-0 win over Falkirk at Ibrox. In honesty, it was a pretty flat game…
New Juventus Manager, Alberto Zaccheroni: “I’m Not Rusty, You Will See.”
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 5 2023On Friday, Alberto Zaccheroni was named manager of Juventus FC. Ciro Ferrarra had been a dead man walking for weeks. After elimination by Inter Milan in the Italian Cup on…
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Charlie Rhodes • Feb 3 2010The FA Cup has a poll going on Facebook with its fans voting on their favourite football blog. Naturally Soccerlens is on the list, although with a few big names…
Transfer Rumors (29 Jan 2010): Arsenal pass on Nice’s Remy, Birmingham eye prolific Boselli, Bolton loan Gunners starlet Wilshere, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 20 2012England No Remy Move For Arsenal Arsenal are passing on making a move for Nice forward Loic Remy due to the French club’s staying firm over a £13m price tag…
Hearts sack Laszlo, can Celtic keep up with Rangers?
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 30 2010Csaba Laszlo has been sacked from Hearts by chairman Vladimir Romanov. Laszlo spent 18 months in the hotseat under the eye of controversial Lithuanian Romanov. The Hungarian boss has been…
Could Guardiola really follow Fergie?
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 29 2010Josep Guardiola is being linked with the job at Manchester United, which may be up for grabs at the end of this year or next. The contractual chicanery between him…
Transfer Rumors (28 Jan 2010): Man City enter Johnson race, Tottenham in talks for old boy Kaboul, Fulham back in for Roma striker, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 28 2010England City Move For Johnson Manchester City have made a bid for Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson. (Daily Mail) Analysis: As much success as City have had with producing and molding…
Surely it’s a wind up?
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 28 2010The latest fashionable place to be seen as a football club is in court facing a winding up order. Virtually all of these relate to debts owned to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – i.e unpaid tax.
Podcast: King of Manchester, Barcelona’s kids and gorgeous WAGS
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 29 2010The Premier League’s Big 3 come under Adrian Clarke and Iain Spragg’s microscope in this week’s action packed world famous Soccerlens podcast. As well as that, the co-hosts cover Manchester…