The Premiership is full of colourful characters. From Robinho’s thumb-sucking antics at Man City to Harry Redknapp’s wheeling and dealing at Spurs. But Gary Megson looks to have stumbled upon something completely different. Ivan Klasnic is a man on a mission. Having suffered kidney failure only two...

A peruse through the YouTube archives confirms that Sunderland have acquired themselves the Roy Keane of the Balkans – a tough-tackling, take-no-prisoners central midfielder who might consume most Premiership footballers for tea.  Good for Sunderland.  Because, if as many predict, the Black Cats...

Eager to find the perfect foil for promising target man Carlton Cole, Gianfranco Zola has returned to his homeland to secure the services of the hottest, unknown talent in Italian football, Alessandro Diamanti. Determined to make up for lost time, the former non-league veteran will be looking to bang...

David Moyes has decided to splash some of the cash he’s getting from the Joleon Lescott sale on a crafty Russian midfielder who looks like a dead ringer for Harry Potter. This young lad’s also got some magic up his sleeve – according to his national team coach, Guus Hiddink. And lucky...

When Theo Walcott was thrust into the spotlight during the buildup to the World Cup in 2006, the young teenager was saddled with the burden of being England’s next great hope.  Now with World Cup 2010 on the horizon, the English are once again searching for a golden child and it could well be newly-minted...

Beyond inflating the market with its exorbitant transfer fees, the more significant impact of Real Madrid’s “galactico” project is that they’ve often swooped in and tempted away another club’s star player before that club has come up with a suitable replacement or backup plan.  Liverpool,...

Lost among the hullabaloo of Real Madrid’s recent transfer dealings was the fact that newly-promoted Birmingham City smashed their own club record by spending nearly £8 million on an unknown Latin American named Christian Benitez. Looking for that certain something special in their bid to stay up...

Turning our attention to the top of the table, next up on the list of exciting new Premiership talent is Manchester United new boy Gabriel Obertan. Sir Alex Ferguson will be hoping the young Frenchman’s performances can help soften the blow of losing the double attacking threat of Cristiano Ronaldo...

Continuing our series looking at the new talent coming to the Premiership, we turn our attention to Burnley, who return to the top flight this season after a 33-year absence. Victories over Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal in last year’s Carling Cup suggest that the Clarets are not going to be push-overs...

No Benzema?  No Ribery?  No Kaka?  No problem.  Despite the most high-profile transfer targets turning their backs on the English game, a wealth of exciting new talent is coming to the Premiership next season.  Footy Factor will be taking a closer look at some of these players in the next few weeks. ...