A club's colours and kit are a fundamental part of their tradition and heritage; indeed many would recognise a team because of their uniform before their badge. Take my side, Arsenal, and the introduction of their famous white sleeves back n the 1930's. Manager Herbert Chapman introduced white sleeves to the previously all-red Arsenal [. Click to continue reading...

There's no big news to report on the Cristiano Ronaldo front, but fortunately for those who love soap operas, there's something to talk about in regards to one of the summer's other big transfer sagas. Reports are circulating that Ronaldinho is set to opt for a move to AC Milan over going to Manchester City, [. Click to continue reading...

2008/09 will be a season that all faithful Juve fans have been waiting for. Return to the Champions League and a real title challenge awaits them, and with these challenges must come new players. Dario Knezevic chose Juventus to end an embarrassing transfer derby between Juve and Torino (Livorno President Franco Spinelli had sold Knezevic [. Click to continue reading...

Many would agree that allowing the hosts of a tournament free passage into the competition is simply an absurd policy. However, this policy seems to imbue the two major world soccer tournaments today – The World Cup and the European Championships or the Euro, as is more popularly called. In the World Cup, 32 places are [. Click to continue reading...

The final of the Euro 2008 was played last Sunday and most soccer fans are already over it and involved neck deep in the transfer activities that will go a long way in determining the destiny of their favourite clubs in the coming season. It is therefore a good time to look back and try [...] Click to continue reading...

Mike Ashley is not selling Newcastle United this summer. Not only does it not make sense but the news itself is wide off the mark and completely misinterpreted. So far, what the Sun (who seem to have an 'insider' source) are saying is that people from New York based private equity fund, InterMedia Partners met [. Click to continue reading...

The world's greatest nation is surprisingly mediocre when it comes to playing the world's most popular sport. It's not that they keep losing - far from it. Americans have a winning mentality that automatically ensures that whatever team they put out will be competitive. However, when it comes to genuine footballing talent, the US [. Click to continue reading...

It's Friday, and I'm back to give you all the latest top transfer headlines. I've been away for most of the past week, as regular readers can tell (cheers to Ahmed for taking over in the meantime), so I'm still getting caught up, which means that if there are any transfers that need [...] Click to continue reading...

There's precious little to talk about today - most of it hyperbole and conjecture, with the usual scramble across Europe for strikers and desperate pimping of stars no one wants to buy. Andrei Arshavin has his 15 minutes of fame - the Russian was reported by BBC Radio Live yesterday to have agreed to join [. Click to continue reading...

What is it about being English that means that we hype up the ability and chances of our team and players until the expectation is much more than they are actually capable of, criticise them remorselessly when they achieve what they are able to achieve (nothing) and then happily sit back and accept second best? Click to continue reading...

Spain are now top of the FIFA world rankings after winning Euro 2008 last month. It's their first time on top, and just rewards for their excellent efforts throughout the tournament. The ranking system is based on international results over the past four years with more points awarded for wins in major tournaments. Click to continue reading...

There used to be a time when summer was for lounging in peace near a beach. Now, while Ronaldo does the beach thing (after scoring that many goals he deserves it), most of the footballing world is back to work, so hopefully we'll see some transfer action sooner than later. Today's top rumours: Liverpool have offered [. Click to continue reading...

Despite reports yesterday claiming Manchester City were still hopeful of signing Ronaldinho this summer, it appears as though the Brazilian's heart is set on Chelsea, to team up with the manager who guided his country to World Cup glory in 2002. "It is marvellous that Felipao (Scolari) is interested in signing me because he is an [. Click to continue reading...

I've missed plenty over the last several days, but now that Euro 2008 is over, expect the signings to pick up, with a few big names sure to switch teams. England It's official Chelsea have signed Deco from Barcelona. Chelsea will fork over 8.3 million pounds for the Portuguese playmaker, who'll make 92,000 pounds [. Click to continue reading...

It's official - Chelsea have brought in Deco from Barcelona for a sum reported to be 10m Euros. He's the first of the trio of players Barcelona were determined to sell (Ronaldinho seems Milan bound, while there's no serious news yet on Eto'o) and despite his problems last season Chelsea seem to have brought [. Click to continue reading...