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Will Tottenham see the best of Woodgate?

Jonathan Woodgate’s career has patently not fulfilled its immense potential. Calm, confident and commanding at the back, his talent was such that he made his England debut aged just 19. Ever since, however, a combination of bad luck – club turmoil and changes in management - off-field misbehaviour and, above all, injury has prevented him […]

Tottenham the most attractive option for a disillusioned Fred

Brazilian forward Fred – otherwise known as Frederico Chaves Guedes - will finally have his wish of a departure from Lyons granted during the January transfer window, but the 24-year-old must decide where he wants to play for the next few years, with immediate options in France and England and further offers expected from Spain.
Lyons […]

Abuse Lifts Thin Veil Off Prejudice

Abuse of footballers is like literature; its most interesting aspect is what it reveals about its creator.
So what can we learn about the composers of the unedifying rants, insults, insinuations and single-entendres so unedifyingly aimed at footballers and managers in recent weeks?
The obvious common denominator is prejudice. An irrational hatred of the different; it […]

Odds Stacked Against Ramos

Juande Ramos is the hottest topic in the Spanish Primera Liga in the last few seasons. Rightly so, as he is the man that transformed Sevilla into a footballing force to be reckoned with in La Liga and Europe.
While in the past the city of Seville is better known as the capital of Andalucía […]

Ramos joins Tottenham with top four the sole ambition

Juande Ramos has flown into Luton Airport - by private jet no less - after resigning from Sevilla and the Spaniard now takes up one of the toughest tasks in European football: to break up the Premier League’s top four monopoly.
Unlike in Spain or Italy, it has become an almost impossible task to dislodge the […]