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11 Premier League Transfers That Would Work

August 28, 2012 in Premier League, Transfers

There’s just four days left of the transfer window (yay!) and many Barclays Premier League clubs are still looking to plug gaps in their squads. Some clubs have more business to do than others, but here, I’ve run through a few clubs and suggested one realistic(ish) signing for each which could be crucial in propelling them up the league.

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Disunity – a convenient excuse?

July 4, 2012 in Euro 2012, International

So Spain once again are champions of Europe. It can now be argued that they are one of the finest national sides of all time, alongside the great Brazilian sides of 1958 and the 1970s. It is hard for me to compare this side to those as I wasn’t even a glimmer in my mother’s eye when the great Pele was plying his trade. However, what I can certainly say is that this is the greatest team I have seen since the France side that won both the World and European cups in 1998 and 2000 respectively. The mercurial Fabien Barthez protected by Lilian Thuram, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly and my favourite, Bixente Lizarazu. Up front the pace and finesse of Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka was supported by Youri Djorkaeff and Christophe Dugarry, and what is left to say about Patrick Vieira and Zinedine Zidane that hasn’t already been said?

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Team Profile: France

June 7, 2012 in Euro 2012, International

France are one of those teams that simultaneously holds two different appearances, which make them a delight to analyse. On one hand, you’ve got France, former World Cup and Euro champions, home to some of the most exciting players in Europe. On the other hand, you have France, underachievers, a status obtained not because of a lack of quality, but rather a lack of desire, respect, or even interest.

The French team is a young, exciting one, and should be judged as such; players in their team that play for the bigger clubs in Europe are outnumbered by players making their name at somewhat lesser clubs. And even then, you can feel the focus of the team slowly move away from those players, towards a regenerated team of technically excellent players, leaving the players that carried France from their glory days of 1998-2000 to this tournament condemned to a legacy of underachievement and comparative mediocrity.

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