Earlier this week Craig Bellamy threatened to retire from football if he was not selected in Manchester City’s 25-man squad for the coming season. Yesterday Craig Bellamy’s future in football took a turn for the worse. Read more

There is one Brazilian whose name has been plastered all over the back pages this week and it’s not Ronaldinho, Robinho or Maicon. Ramires Santo do Nascimento, Ramires as he is commonly known, is about to become a household name. Read more…

What’s the matter with Joe Cole? Perhaps he’s been wearing the title of “England’s Most Technically Gifted Footballer” around his neck for so long that it has started to choke off the oxygen to his brain. That might help explain why he’s decided to swap Anfield for Stamford Bridge. Read more…

Among the post-World Cup chatter, one story in particular has been lost in the shuffle… Thierry Henry has signed with the New York Red Bulls of MLS! While we would not expect this to make international headlines as the “mega-transfer” of the summer, it is curious that even MLS has kept...

We’ve never been ones to shy away from the big debates in football, so here’s one to sink your teeth into: Having watched Spain triumph in South Africa and witnessed their keeper win the final’s most valuable player award, is Iker Casillas now the best goalie in history? Read more…

It just doesn’t sound right, does it? Dirk Kuyt has got no pace, no moves, no finesse, no killer instinct for goal. Yet come Sunday the choppy Dutch winger could find his name being sung from Groningen to Roosendaal. Read more…

If a player has one incredible talent, but all the other parts of his game are simply mediocre, is he still a great player? That’s the question that has followed Rory Delap throughout his career, and will likely dog him long after he hangs his boots up. Read more

When Michael Ballack joined Chelsea in the summer of 2006, he was hailed as the last piece in the jigsaw – a player of such pedigree and vast experience who could take the then-English Champions one step further. How ironic then that the arrival of the burly German captain in West London signalled...

For years the mention of Bobby Zamora anywhere near the words ‘World Cup‘ would have got your teeth knocked out. But following an extraordinary season for Fulham, the idea of Bobby Zamora leading England’s World Cup attack has become not so outlandish. Read more

Saturday’s defeat to Stoke City was West Ham’s sixth successive loss in the Premiership. A devastating run of results sees Gianfranco Zola’s side sit within a whisker of the relegation zone. Only a superior goal difference, albeit dented considerably over the last six weeks, stands...