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"I'm in charge of Inter and I try to do what's best for the club."This is what Inter President Massimo Moratti told the awaiting journalists outside his Saras offices on Tuesday evening. As expected for this time of the year, this response was in con...

The two most anticipated dates on next season's fixture list are those of the South Wales Derby, Swansea versus Cardiff. On Saturday November 2nd, Cardiff City will host the Swans in the first of the coming season's two derby matches, with the return...

Norwich City's Premier League run in looks the stuff of nightmares but the Canaries will expect to have secured their top flight status before a sequence that sees home games against Liverpool and Arsenal - on the final day - sandwiched around back-t...

Three quick thoughts from Nigeria's 6-1 rout of Tahiti: 1. Tahiti came to play and in doing so made history. When you have just one professional on your team and you are taking on a nation with a proud footballing heritage -- one in which the spor...

When Paulinho spoke of his admiration for Inter, I was very excited by the prospect of the club signing the Brazilian. He is a player the club have been watching for some time now and recently he has been proving his worth to the Brazilian national ...

Spain dominated its Confederations Cup opener against Uruguay, winning 2-1 on first-half goals by Pedro and Roberto Soldado.

From being heralded as the new symbol of Milan and signing a new contract that would see him remain with the club until 2018, Stephan El Shaarawy faces a completely different scenario four months on. The 20-year-old ended last season as the Rosson...

Sunday afternoon brought the incredible and very disappointing news reported by multiple media outlets that Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley appointed former manager Joe Kinnear as the club's new Director of Football. This preposterous appointme...

For me and many Inter fans, the summer is a time full of optimism and hope, but over the last few seasons it has turned into a time of speculation and frustration instead. Perhaps wrongly I have been fairly optimistic about what this summer's transfe...

Another day, and seemingly little change in the supposed stalemate between Michael Laudrup, his agent Bayram Tutumlu and the Swansea board. This summer's early saga is far from what Swans fans might have anticipated, and even further from what anyone...

Dear Manuel, It is apt in these situations to welcome the new incumbent to the hottest of English football hotseats with a few mots justes. Unfortunately, as the lady that usually does this quite adequately is on holiday this week, spare week in o...

The tournament's Cinderella team, hailing from French Polynesia, will represent not only the Oceania Football Confederation. The Tahitians carry the hopes of all of those who love the pain of rooting for the underdog. Ranked 135th in the world, ...

Youth development is a key part of Mike Ashley's plans for Newcastle United and so far the club have failed to make this work. A fundamental part of the clubs transfer policy is the development of young players, hoping that a number of them will prog...

If Ajax cleans brightest, then City were in need of industrial strength bleach to clean up their Champions League act, once their two games with the Amsterdammers had been played. A dismal and lethargic 3-1 defeat in Holland was followed by a sloppy ...

Norwich City's struggles in front of goal proved an enduring theme of their successful Premier League survival. The Canaries' transfer interest in PSV's Ola Toivonen is a revealing insight into Chris Hughton's close season activity. The Swedish in...

Sergio Ramos was, perhaps understandably, in a defiant mood. Not for the first time, this special generation of Spanish players had just responded to the most demanding questions with a win of deep significance. "We should be given a lot of credit...