Nasser al-Khelaifi was reportedly displeased that the Premier League published its guilty ruling against Manchester City two weeks ago. However, Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League trip to the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday serves as a reminder that the outcome might have been considerably more severe. The clubs share more than financial backing from Gulf nations. They […]
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Former Birmingham City wide player Jordan Graham has been admitted to hospital following a “serious road traffic accident”. In a statement released by the Professional Footballers’ Association, external on behalf of Graham’s family, it was confirmed that the 31-year-old is undergoing “specialist treatment” after the accident earlier this month. After arriving from Gillingham, Graham made […]
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A single piece of inside information transformed Ian Hart’s life permanently. Hart, a funeral director from Worthing and co-editor of the Brighton fanzine Gull’s Eye, received a call in July 1995 from Crystal Palace director Gordon Lucking. “Gordon had always hoped to become part of the Brighton board, but they did not want him,” Hart […]
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Looking at the bigger picture, it is difficult to ignore the changes taking place at Newcastle, regardless of how anyone feels about them. Despite the club’s public statements, the overall direction is clearly no longer the same. The club is undergoing a transformation, with the owners’ objectives, ambitions and recruitment policy appearing significantly different from […]
Continue ReadingHaving launched his senior playing days at Dinamo Zagreb when he was just 16, the promising Croatian playmaker Alen Halilovic secured a full transfer to Barcelona, staying there for two years before moving on to Hamburg for another two-season stint. Throughout his period at Camp Nou, he featured mostly for the club’s reserve side, then […]
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