Two years ago, Barcelona were competing to be the greatest club team of all time. Cruel fate’s intervention means they have been forced to seek a new direction. …Gerardo Martino, a coach whose experience of European football extends to a single season spent as a player at Tenerife over two decades ago, has been given […]

Dynasties in decline
by Omer on July 26, 2013 in Barcelona, Bayern, Champions League, Inter, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United, Milan, Real Madrid

The 100 Best Footballers in the World
by Humaid on December 25, 2012 in Arsenal, Athletico Bilbao, Athletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Bundesliga, Champions League, Chelsea, Continental Europe, Dortmund, English Premier League, Global Football, Inter, Juventus, La Liga, Lazio, Liverpool, Malaga, Manchester City, Manchester United, Milan, Napoli, Newcastle, Real Madrid, Roma, Serie A, Sevilla, Swansea, Tottenham, Uncategorized, Valencia
The Guardian’s 11-strong international panel of experts set about ranking the best footballers in the world, and end up with their top 100. #99 Diego Forlan Age: 33 Nationality: Uruguayan Team: Internacional The striker became the most capped Uruguayan of all time at the 2011 Copa América and is also the country’s record scorer. That seemed implausible when […]

Topping the charts
by Asfand on October 13, 2012 in Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Continental Europe, English Premier League, Finances, Inter, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United, Milan, Real Madrid
Manchester United and Real Madrid sit atop of the global shirt sale charts with 1.4 million shirts sold per season on average over the past five years. United and Madrid are two of the three teams that have managed to surpass the one million mark between 2007-08 and 2011-12, with Spanish titans Barcelona completing the […]

World class “water carriers” – The importance of holding midfielders
by Omer on October 4, 2012 in Barcelona, Champions League, English Premier League, Inter, Juventus, La Liga, Manchester City, Manchester United, Milan, Real Madrid, Serie A, Tactics, Tottenham
Back in the 1990′s, flamboyant France and Manchester United star Eric Cantona derisively labelled Didier Deschamps, the captain of the 1998 World Cup winning French team, a ‘water carrier’. The current Les Bleus coach, who used to play as a central defensive midfielder, did not for sure have the skill and panache of a Zinedine […]

Talented Teenagers in the EPL & The NextGen Series
by Asfand on September 12, 2012 in Arsenal, Aston Villa, Athletico Bilbao, Barcelona, Bundesliga, Chelsea, Continental Europe, Dortmund, English Premier League, Inter, Juventus, La Liga, Liverpool, Manchester City, Serie A, Tottenham
Now that the World Cup qualifiers are finally behind us, we can look forward to a welcome return to club football over the upcoming weekend. If that isn’t exciting enough, we at TKTG thought it would be a good time to get the mouths watering over the talented youngsters that are putting pressure on their […]

Financial Fair Play (FFP)
by Omer on September 7, 2012 in Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern, Bundesliga, Champions League, Chelsea, English Premier League, Finances, Inter, Juventus, La Liga, Liverpool, Malaga, Manchester City, Manchester United, Milan, Newcastle, Real Madrid, Serie A, Tottenham
How exactly will Financial Fair Play affect clubs? What exactly is Financial Fair Play? (FPP). TKTG has two articles which explains how FPP will work and how it affects your club. The Swiss Ramble is an excellent source for all things financial in the football world. He looks in detail at FPP and clubs […]

Signings, departures & possible starting XIs for the 2012-13 Serie A season
by Asfand on August 1, 2012 in Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Milan, Napoli, Roma, Serie A, Transfers
Goal.com gives its readers a detailed look at the ins and outs at each and every Italian top-flight club so far this summer and their respective expected starting formations.
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