Player Focus: Playmaker Payet Takes Over the Creative Reins at Marseille
by Ben McAleer
at Wednesday, Nov 26 2014 16:00
After an impressive World Cup, one would have expected Marseille to fight tooth and nail to keep hold of Mathieu Valbuena. The pint-sized playmaker ranked among the 25 highest-rated players according to WhoScored (7.56) at Brazil 2014, so his departure to Russia for Dinamo Moscow was somewhat of a s...
Team Focus: France Flexibility the Key as Les Bleus Look to 2016
by Andy Brassell
at Monday, Oct 13 2014 12:19
It is beginning to look like a model case study in perfect preparation. France is limbering up for Euro 2016, and things are looking good. If you thought getting set to host a tournament was all about an unseemly last-minute scramble of infrastructure tightening and agonising over selection, think a...
Ligue 1 Top 10 Key Passers
by Paul McKinnon
at Wednesday, Jul 6 2011 10:06
We round off the series of top ten key passers articles by taking a look at Ligue 1. Six of the top seven clubs were represented here, with Rennes the only club to miss out. Some great performances lower down the division have already resulted in some of our featured ten being snapped up by teams fu...
Top Ten Ligue 1 Talismen
by Paul McKinnon
at Tuesday, Jun 28 2011 10:06
Europe All Star Team- Three of the Best: May 2-8, 2011
by Paul McKinnon
at Wednesday, May 11 2011 10:23