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Remember when Ardiles and Villa won the World Cup with Argentina and moved to Spurs? Times really were different, I tells ya! Before I discuss ‘Osvaldo Ardiles’ and you get all ‘that’s not his name’ at me, I completely get that it’s our domestic duty… Read More »Why Osvaldo Ardiles Selected Tottenham Hotspur in 1978
Try and name a better one-season impact than ‘Il Fenomeno’ at Barca … don’t worry, I’ll wait! Before some lad from Madeira named ‘Cristiano’ came along to completely alter the brand behind and public reception to the ‘Ronaldo’ name, there was a man by the… Read More »Ronaldo’s Legendary Season at FC Barcelona (1996-97)
We can all enjoy a brief reminisce of a fabled one-season wonder, and it is due course that we look back on former Blackburn Rovers striker Roque Santa Cruz and his two-year spell at Ewood Park that transformed him into a Rovers idol. Before Michu’s… Read More »Roque Santa Cruz & His Brilliant Blackburn Breakthrough in ’07-’09
Look at the Costa Rican lad’s CV and you’ll see a major disconnect later on. But delve a little deeper, and the true impact of international football becomes clear … It’s interesting to think where Keylor Navas’ career would have been without the World Cup… Read More »Keylor Navas & His Wonderful World Cup 2014 Experience
Before becoming the Real Madrid and Brazil legend that he is considered today, Roberto Carlos struggled to play the way he wanted. We’ve discussed this issue in articles before here e.g. when Andriy Shevchenko moved to Chelsea in ’08. And although Roberto Carlos didn’t have… Read More »Why Roberto Carlos Struggled at Inter Milan in ’95
A popular figure in Asian football, and one who takes his rightful place among the Japanese elite, we remember one of the more strange inclusions in the attacking midfielder’s resumé. Enjoying a globe-trotting career for nearly two decades, Keisuke Honda’s move to Botafogo last year… Read More »Keisuke Honda & His Unusual Botafogo Contract Demands in 2020
Although we pride ourselves on largely being positive here at Ultra UTD, sometimes the games less savoury moments get forgotten when they shouldn’t. Much like this one … Don’t get me wrong, Luis Suarez didn’t invent the idea of cheating at a World Cup to… Read More »The Unforgivable Antics of Luís Suarez at the 2010 World Cup
A player who looked like he was destined to become a one-club man for the longest time, heads were turned all over the world when this headline broke … I honestly never thought I would be writing about Daniele De Rossi and Boca Juniors, in… Read More »Daniele De Rossi & His Bizarre Boca Juniors Move in 2019
I don’t know about you, but I’m one of those people that can watch and re-watch a good YouTube series more times than I can count. And I ain’t changing for nobody! A creator of multiple inventive FIFA series in his time, Spencer Owen (‘Spencer… Read More »The Harsh Real-Life Hammers Career of ‘The Zarate Kid’
Now, I’m all for someone just taking opportunities when they come, especially when any financial gain involved doesn’t directly negatively impact other people. But this … Strictly speaking, Carlos Tevez’ move to China with Shanghai Shenhua didn’t really come as much of a shock to… Read More »‘$820,000 a week?!’ – Carlos Tevez’ Crazy Wage Offer in China (2018)