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Birthday Brace for Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe is turning 25 today. No-one can deny that he has achieved a great deal in those 25 years! This year he has scored 16 goals in 15 games for Paris Saint-Germain Today, he added 2 goals to his tally. Ligue Un football is pretty entertaining. I hung on to watch Toulouse play in Monaco, Mbappe’s former haunt (the picture above is my first wife at the end of […] Read More
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Newcastle to Acquire Mbappe in January
We hear that representatives of the two teams met at a private location in Paris. We’re talking Newcastle United and Paris Saint-Germain. They met to finalize the top-secret deal (rumored to be in the region of €150million). The January transfer window is approaching and it is well-known that Mbappe, 24, wants to leave PSG. He was a hold-out in the pre-season and did not appear in the team’s first three […] Read More
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Auf Wiedersehen Harry Kane! Come Home Soon!
Personally, I thought he was a homebody. Didn’t think he would want to move his kids (6,5,2, and 3 months) to the continent. Thought the opportunity to beat Shearer’s record would give him pause. But after so many weeks of hesitation, so many months of uncertainty, suddenly he was gone. Gone to Bayern Munich! And, no disrespect to Kane and his supreme talents, distributing from deep, playing deft one-twos on […] Read More
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Why Spanish Football Ignores All the Rules
So we’ve seen the melt down coming for some time. A small number of Spanish super clubs have ruled the European competitions breeding a sense of invincibility, entitlement. So many clubs begin with Real, claiming a magnificent aristocratic heritage. Barcelona have defied the obligations of the balance sheet. Popular sentiment and the voluble Spanish football media dictate policy. But for the fans la juma inflames matchdays. The Real Madrid manager’s […] Read More
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