Real Madrid want to sign Chelsea defender Antonio Rüdiger on a free transfer next summer. The German is in the final year of his current deal at Stamford Bridge, and, although the Premier League club want to extend his stay in West London, it looks increasingly likely to leave he will free with the two sides far apart when it ...
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5 players who have statues erected in their honour
Sir Stanley Matthews The first ever football knight is the greatest player to have turned out for Stoke City. He played close to 20 years for the Potters over the course of his long and distinguished career during which Matthews came to be regarded as the greatest player England has ever produced. Upon his death in 2000, a permanent statue ...
Read More »5 players who played for more than one national team
Luis Monti The midfielder, whose extensive coverage of the pitch earned him the nickname ‘double wide’ remains the only footballer in the world to have played two World Cup finals with two different national teams. Monti was part of the Argentina national team at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 in Uruguay when La Albiceleste finished on the losing side ...
Read More »Football’s Biggest Controversies – The battle of Berne
Brazil has always been the land of beautiful football. The nation takes great pride in their team playing an attacking form of the game that values individual expression and goals, plenty of goals, above all else. However, at the 1954 World Cup, it was Hungary that had taken the mantle of being the team that enthralled the world with their ...
Read More »Portrait of an iconic manager: Bela Guttman aka Man who cursed Benfica
Bela Guttman is credited with creating the cult of a manager. The Hungarian was a pioneer of his era and introduced many innovations to football management. Not one to remain at one club for a long time, he moved far and wide, but one thing remained constant: he left a legacy everywhere he went. The Hungarian began his management ...
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