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An ode to Juan Mata at Man Utd, a magical square peg in a round hole
Planet Football Having starred for Chelsea, expectations were sky-high when Juan Mata completed his £37.1million move to Manchester United in January 2014….
Every player Barca sold in 2020 & how they’ve fared
Planet Football After a humiliating 8-2 Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich in August 2020, Barcelona decided the time…
Ally McCoist: I look at Euro 96 with regrets and fondness
Local derbies are something of a rarity on the international stage, which ensured the meeting between England and Scotland at Euro 96…
Goal, assist, Golden Boot: Fernando Torres’ coolest cameo ever
As a fresh-legged Fernando Torres scampered away into the cool Camp Nou air in 2012, his compatriots in Barcelona’s star-studded side could…
Copa America 2021: Messi’s last chance for glory with Argentina?
For Lionel Messi, it must feel like he’s climbed out of the frying pan and immediately been engulfed by the flames of…
The 12 academy grads Man Utd released in 2020 & how they’ve fared
While the likes of Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood have established themselves in the Manchester United first team, other academy graduates have to forge…
The Premier League table since Christmas: Arsenal 3rd…
The 2020-21 Premier League season was a campaign unlike any that came before it. Christmas usually roughly marks the halfway point, but…
The 10 Liverpool players loaned out in 2020-21 & how they fared
Liverpool will be glad to have waved goodbye to their disastrously injury-hit 2020-21 campaign, with a disappointing lack of silverware following their Premier…
The story of Joe Dodoo: From Leicester hat-trick to League One
When former Leicester City prospect Joe Dodoo signed for Turkish side Ankara Keciorengucu last summer, he could not have imagined he would…
How Brazilians and England-born players could lead China to Qatar 2022
As footballing mismatches go, there aren’t many bigger. Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States with a population of 170,000, versus…
