A European football club with Champions League aspirations that you could part own? Where’s the catch?The good news is that there isn’t one
Despite being a complete unknown to many, Nick Culkin was once playing for Man Utd against Arsenal. Sadly, his debut only lasted for two seconds
This feature is part of Virtuoso As we look towards the next El Clásico tussle between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Lionel Messi approaches it as captain of the Blaugrana. The Argentine has…
This feature is part of Virtuoso There aren’t too many occasions in football when one can lay claim to having watched a performance of such breathtaking quality as to be left utterly…
He could once count Xavi, Luís Figo, Rivaldo and Luis Enrique amongst his teammates but Gbenga Samuel Okunowo was never quite in their league at Barcelona. This affable Nigerian, who also played for…
That Real Madrid Castilla were in Europe at all was a minor miracle, but it was made all the more spectacular with two infamous ties against West Ham
Just over 20 years ago, as the team sheets were read out at Old Trafford, Derby County’s new signing, Paulo Wanchope, could still lay claim to being a relative unknown. Signed from Costa…
Though disappointingly there is still a paucity of black managers in today’s game, there is at least a much more balanced dynamic on the pitch. Almost 40 years ago, black professionals were still…
Portuguese, devilishly handsome, full of himself and self-centred. A product of the Sporting Clube de Portugal academy, fond of a step-over or two and a footballer who made his name in the…
MODERN FOOTBALL HAS become so sanitised in this day and age that it’s hard to recall if there was ever a time that top European football players were always so readily approachable. Teams…