Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Transfer Rumors (14 July 09): Man City sign Tevez, Arsenal to replace City-bound Adebayor with Chamakh, Portsmouth accept Sunderland’s £12m Crouch bid, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 15 2009Before I get into today’s roundup, I’d like to give a big thanks to all those, and especially to Shahryar Noon, who make my job all the easier by helping…
Where’s Willer? A Brazilian in the East
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 15 2009Summer in the east. After a short break in June which felt almost as long as the frozen abyss of winter, football across eastern Europe is underway once more on…
FM Staff Attributes Guide
Charlie Rhodes • Nov 16 2011If you had to come up with a list comprising of the fundamental aspects that contribute to success on Football Manager you may not be quite so quick to acknowledge…
Liverpool and Manchester United rivalry to heat up this season
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 14 2009For several season now, Manchester United have dominated the encounters between United and their fiercest rivals Liverpool. Last season’s Anfield game was the first time That Rafa Benitez manager to outsmart Sir Alex in a premier league game. Here’s a look at how in course of the season, a fierce rivalry was brought back to life.
No more signings at Manchester United as Ronaldo money goes to accoutants
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 14 2009Something in me was truly hoping this doesn’t happen… The state of Manchester United debt is known to all fans, but the scale of the catastrophe that is losing Ronaldo,…
Porto keep selling their star players
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 14 2009Lyon have finalised a €24 million deal for the FC Porto forward Lisandro Lopez. The record breaking deal is the largest in club history, and will see the Portuguese striker…
Transfer Rumors (13 July 09): Manchester City sign Tevez, want Arsenal’s Adebayor, Manchester United to stop spending, Chelsea close on AC Milan’s Pirlo and more
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 4 2022Update: Manchester City have signed Carlos Tevez on a 5-year deal. It looks to be a busy week ahead in the transfers world. A lot of money could be set…
FM Player Attributes Guide
Charlie Rhodes • Nov 16 2011It goes without saying but it really is vitally important that you get to know and understand the meaning of each and every player attribute if you want to get…
John Hartson: Get well soon
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 13 2009News today that makes you realise there’s more to life than just football. Former Arsenal, West Ham and Celtic striker John Hartson will undergo chemotherapy after being diagnosed with brain…
The Greatest Brazilian Players of All Time – 90s & 00s
Charlie Rhodes • Oct 25 2022In this third and final part of my look at some of the finest players to have ever been produced by football’s most successful nation, I focus on players who…
The Greatest Brazilian Players of All Time – 70s & 80s
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 13 2009In part two of this series looking at the best Brazilian players of all time, I will be taking a look at the finest Brazilian talents of the 1970s and…
The Greatest Brazilian Players of All Time
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 28 2009In this series I will be looking at some of the greatest Brazilian players to have graced the game of football over the last sixty years, using the 1950s, the…
Transfer Rumors (12 July 09): Sunderland land Man United’s Campbell, Bordeaux after Arsenal’s Silvestre, Everton target M’Bia set for Marseille switch, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Jul 12 2009It’s not exactly a lazy Sunday on the transfer front, as there’s a nice amount of transfer news and rumors to report on from around Europe. We’ve also got a…
Best Players To Start Football Manager 2009 With
Charlie Rhodes • Nov 16 2011If you’re looking to get a head start with FM 09 and you don’t have a Sheikh/Russian billionaire owner to throw mega amounts of money at you then this is the post…
Jermaine Pennant and the British in Spain
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 21 2012So Jermaine Pennant, the forgotten man of Merseyside, has jumped ship for sunnier and warmer shores, namely, Real Zaragoza. Perhaps this move will come as a bit of a shock…