Loyalty is something that is almost lost on the itchy-footed players of today, and looking back on the Re Di Roma‘s career is one to saviour. When Francesco Totti finally hung up his legendary AS Roma boots in 2017 at the age of 40, I… Read More »The Legendary Status of AS Roma’s Francesco Totti
It’s an expectable career progression, right? Breaking through the famous Ajax system. Being poached by Real Madrid. Before being shipped off to Spurs. Yeah … completely expected. When talking about some of my favourite playmakers growing up Rafael Van Der Vaart is high up the… Read More »When Rafael van Der Vaart Surprisingly Came to Spurs in 2010
You can usually look back at a player’s career and pinpoint some key areas of progression, and Euro 2004 clearly appears to be extremely important for the impending career of Wayne Rooney … The 2002 World Cup exit to Brazil was a tough pill to… Read More »How Euro 2004 was Essential for Wayne Rooney’s Development!
Given where they once were, where they have since been and where they can still go, we gotta ask ourselves: Are Leicester City Football Club the best run club in England? Well … In 2008 Leicester City hit an all-time low, as they found themselves in… Read More »The Phenomenal Development of Leicester City Football Club
The eagle-eyes amongst you will realise that Juninho Paulista didn’t spend the entire mentioned period in Middlesbrough, but putting both brackets would have looked awkward so, we move … By Middleborough’s promotion into the Premier League in 1995 – purchasing talent from overseas (especially outside… Read More »Juninho Paulista: Boro’s Brilliant Brazilian (1995-2004)
A season which I’m sure many Aston Villa fans will remember fondly for their team’s overall performance, ‘Villains’ the world over must marvel at the striking development of their stopper, Emiliano Martinez. At the age of 17 years of age, after a successful trial with… Read More »The Sudden Rise of Emiliano Martinez