Real Madrid buys good players and they sell the unneeded ones for even more than they paid to fuel their roster and adhere to Financial Fair Play. Read more »
Soccer Analysis
Real Madrid Always Passing Go
The Southampton Way With Dutch Guidance
The future hangs over Southampton, for better or worse. It’s a constant reminder that becomes a part of supporting a small market team that fans all over the world can relate to. Read more »
The Winter Of Inter’s Content
Intern Milan were never expected to be rebuilt in one day, four months, or a January transfer window. But they may have discovered something more important in the process. Read more »
Kanesanity
How Harry Kane keeps scoring goals, keeps getting new contracts and has become the new (viable) hope for Tottenham and even for England. Read more »
The Riquelme Way
Juan Roman Riquelme's playmaking peers, Zidane, Xavi and Totti, each found a middle ground between their vision and team pragmatism, and were rewarded by winning a World Cup. On talent alone, Riquelme should have been here. Read more »
The Only Adventure Lionel Messi Has Left
Lionel Messi is publicly wrestling with the known unknown of having another crest to kiss following his goals and we’ll be on this watch until he leaves, retires or the trophies return. Read more »
The Season Steven Gerrard Became Steven Gerrard
After his legendary volley in the Champions League against Olympiacos in 2004, Steven Gerrard’s burden for the next 10 years was nothing less than to save Liverpool. Read more »
The Year Of Ronaldo & The Sledgehammer
Carlo Ancelotti’s sledgehammer in the UCL semifinals made sure there were no more pieces of Pep Guardiola and tiki taka left to put back together. Read more »
A Time Capsule For 2014
2014 was a memorable year for Germany, Diego Simeone, Luis Suárez, Carlo Ancelotti, Michael Caley, Steven Gerrard and Mario Götze. Read more »
Xabi In Winter
It looked like Xabi Alonso was nearing the end of his career, but now he's playing the most important and remarkable football to date with Bayern Munich. Read more »
What We Talk About When We Talk About Landon Donovan
Landon Donovan was a Rorschach test for how American supporters perceived their fight within the world soccer framework and the MLS Cup was an appropriate symbolic end to his career. Read more »
Cesc/Alexis Is Bliss
Alexis Sánchez and Cesc Fàbregas were sold by Barça this summer and have become two of the five best players in the EPL, which was the last thing a team facing a transfer-ban could afford. Read more »
Liverpool & Tottenham: The $100 Million Burden
The $100 million hole that Luis Suárez and Gareth Bale left into their sides was a burden as much as opportunity. Neither Brendan Rodgers nor Mauricio Pochettino had worked with a transfer budget of this scale with their previous jobs. Read more »
The Isco Armada
Isco delivering on the genius of his potential this season has given Real Madrid still another gear it doesn’t even need to dominate the soccer universe. Read more »
South American Strikers In Europe: The Defining Quality
The youth academy can provide the organization, technique, and running required of modern defenses and midfields. The magic that wins matches, on the other hand, will be outsourced. Read more »
How Critical Has El Clásico Been In Deciding La Liga
El Clásico is an event in the soccer world unlike any other as no teams have the tradition or the depth of quality as Barcelona and Real Madrid. Read more »
Argentina The Morning After
The lure of European soccer (and money) makes it difficult for Argentine soccer to produce a unified core and nine years after making his international debut, they continue to struggle with getting the best out of Lionel Messi. Read more »
500 Years Of Cristiano Ronaldo
While the world romantically searches for the next Lionel Messi, the next generations of good, great and legendary players will be created with the Cristiano Ronaldo blueprint. Read more »
Mourinho- You Can Go Home Again
The marks we saw from José Mourinho’s first time at Chelsea are here today. But they also have an attack that is much more dynamic and unpredictable than a decade ago. Read more »
Paper Wengers
Arsène Wenger's physical confrontation of José Mourinho was a microcosom of how Arsenal is getting both their tactics and transfers wrong in moving from A to B in an era of relative futility. Read more »