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How do UEFA solve a problem like Europe?

December 3, 2012 in Europe

The Champions League is arguably the greatest club competition in the world; a tournament steeped in history, graced by the world’s best players from years gone by, and has offered up some truly memorable games in its 57-year history, if we count the European Cup. It still offers that today, despite being bloated by the group stage. The Europa League, in comparison, has always been the problem child, the one who has not achieved the dizzy heights of its brother, and instead of being loved, it’s seen as a waste of time by both managers and fans. Michel Platini, the head of UEFA, has seemingly noticed this and has had some thoughts about the future of both competitions and has mooted the possibility of combining the two. Is this a good idea? And what else could they do to shake things up a bit?

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Sneijder to Manchester United – A Year And A Half Later

December 1, 2012 in Premier League, Transfers

In the summer of 2011, Wesley Sneijder was as good as a Manchester United player. And then he wasn’t. For whatever reason, the transfer didn’t go through and United moved on and…well, no, they didn’t move on. That’s why they’re back in for him, if you believe the rumour mill. After Inter Milan revealed that Sneijder would not play for them again unless he took a significant pay cut, stories have once again emerged that Ferguson is back in for Sneijder. It does seem to be a case of 2+2 on the face of it, but stories that United have been in touch with Sneijder continued throughout last year, and so it is not surprising that everything seems to have come to the fore after Inter’s ultimatum.

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Here’s my number, call me maybe?: 5 Chelsea manager candidates

November 21, 2012 in Features, Premier League

It is that time of the year again. Chelsea go through a sticky patch and another manager gets given a nice payoff and his P45. I really feel for Roberto Di Matteo, but it always felt like they kept him on as manager because they had no choice; he delivered the one trophy that Roman Abramovich so desperately wanted but it never felt to me that he was the number one choice after the win in Munich. Plus, he was tasked to change the way the team played and to get rid of the old guard, a hugely difficult task that his predecessor Andre Villas-Boas couldn’t do either – I bet the Spurs manager is feeling a bit better about things now. The question that is on everyone’s lips now is what manager will Roman call to step in and take over either temporarily or permanently?

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Serie A Round-up: Juventus looking good as Milan lag behind

October 15, 2012 in Serie A

The new Serie A campaign is only seven games old, but already, the league table has a very familiar feel to it. Predictably, Turin giants Juventus top the league, with Napoli a place behind them on goal difference. However, one standing that looks very unusual is AC Milan in eleventh place. Admittedly, many pundits predicted the Rossoneri to have a tough season, but it is still unusual to see the side so far off the pace.

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Serie A Starts Again!

September 6, 2012 in Serie A

Another Serie A campaign has kicked off after another bizarre summer. Match fixing still looms large over Italian football as the Scommessopoli scandal will affect yet another campaign. Not only has former Siena defender Emanuele Pesoli chained himself to the Italian FA headquarters in protest at being banned, four clubs have started the season on minus points. Even more astonishing is that in Serie B, nine clubs kicked off with a numerical disadvantage. Not only have clubs been docked points because of match fixing, but last season’s unbeaten title winners Juventus will be without manager Antonio Conte after he too was suspended for ten months.

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