What is it that attracts famous footballers to strange foreign lands? This week Robert Pires became the latest player to take part in this ever growing trend, setting off for India’s IPL. The 40 year old former French international retired three years ago but has been tempted out of his rest by the idea of playing outside of Europe for the first time in his already illustrious career. But why?
There is no denying it, Liverpool were left with a giant hole to fill this summer when their talismanic forward Luis Suárez moved on to Barcelona. Of course Liverpool were left with no choice but to sell after Suárez had once again started his dinner prematurely, this time during the World Cup.
In a game utterly obsessed with the worship of attacking talent, here’s a celebration of some of the greatest defenders and defences of the past 25 years.
Another window, another ridiculous splurge on forward-thinking players by Premier League clubs. Of course, one club in particular scaled new heights of ridiculousness.
Once again Jim White of Sky Sports News can pack away that yellow tie, for the next 5 months at least. Another Transfer Deadline day has passed. Sky’s on site reporters can live without the fear of unruly fans shouting <insert generic sexually explicit quote> at them or prodding them in the face with what looked like a large purple vibrating sausage to the more naive of us. As per usual the day didn’t quite live up to the hype that precedes it, not that it ever could. But there were still newsworthy transfer dealings aplenty. Focussing mainly on a tail of two strikers.