The Copa Libertadores may have halted proceedings slightly in the Spanish transfer market but there is still plenty to discuss in the run up to the start of the new La Liga season. In this feature, La Liga Blog scours online Spanish football site Marca and analyses the pick of this week’s transfer news and gossip. … [Read more...]
La Liga Transfer Latest
Proceedings are well and truely under way in this summer's La Liga transfer window and some clubs notably Malaga are already showing the colour of their money with some lucrative additions to their squad this month. In this feature, La Liga Blog scours online Spanish football site Marca and analyses the pick of this week's transfer news and gossip. … [Read more...]
Malaga can challenge at the top of La Liga next season
Malaga CF diehards up and down the Andalucian coast-line were rip-roaring in celebration last week following the news of the high-profile signing of Dutch international Ruud van Nistelrooy. The ex Real Madrid and Manchester United star's capture will go down as owner Sheikh Al-Thani's first notable signing since his acquisition of the club in 2010 and with a myriad of big-name signings no doubt on their way to La Rosaleda this summer, Malaga are poised to challenge at the very top of La Liga in their second season under their new ownership. … [Read more...]
Is Mourinho planning a move away from Real Madrid?
Jose Mourinho – the self-proclaimed ‘special one’ has enjoyed an impeccable managerial career over the years. After winning silverware at Porto, Inter Milan and Chelsea as well as holding the formidable record of never suffering a home defeat in over 150 fixtures for any club managed – failure is not something the 48 year-old will be accustomed to. … [Read more...]
Is Daniel Sturridge ready for an England call-up?
As the England national team look ahead to securing their place in the European Championships next year Liquid Football ponders whether one man - Bolton’s on-loan striker Daniel Sturridge is ready to get his chance in Don Fabio Capello’s England squad when his side face Wales this month. … [Read more...]
David Seaman – Greatest Save Ever?
Arsenal and England legend David Seaman perhaps pulled off one of the greatest saves of all time in his Arsenal side's FA Cup Semi-final tie against Sheffield United back in 2003. … [Read more...]
Brazil 2014 – Who Will Represent England At The Next World Cup?
With the 2010 World Cup now thankfully a long-forgotten memory for the majority of disappointed England supporters, this week Liquid Football hopes to shed some light on the very future of English football and ponders the likely candidates we'll expect to see representing the Three Lions at the next World Cup in 2014 (assuming we get there of course). In South Africa last year we saw just how far England had fallen behind in the footballing world as our European rivals Germany, Spain and Holland outshone Fabio Capello's men at the World Cup in just about every way. Germany looked vibrant … [Read more...]
Is This The Worst Football Miss Of All Time?
Future hosts of the 2022 World Cup Qatar may go down in history as producing the worst ever miss in football. At 0-0 and only seconds left during their Asian Games quarter final tie with Uzbeckistan it seemed Qatar had won it at the death after a goalkeeping blunder left striker Fahad Khalfan with an open goal. Amazingly though the teenager was unable to convert his chance and hit the post from one yard out. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQLylizGmDs[/youtube] … [Read more...]
Liquid Football Goal Of The Week!
After much deliberation Liquid Football HQ has awarded this week's Premier League goal of the week award to French attacking midfielder Samir Nasri for his splendid individual effort against Fulham yesterday for Arsenal in their 2-1 win. … [Read more...]
Madron FC – The Worst Team In Britain?
A village football team, after losing 11 games on the trot and conceded a staggering 227 goals, has been branded the worst football team in Britain. Hopeless Madron FC have suffered a disappointing start to the season and let in 227 goals since the start of the campaign having scored just two goals themselves and also being on the end of a 55-0 thrashing. Stand-in manager Alan Davenport has reluctantly admitted Madron FC are "probably the worst team in Britain" after their terrible run of results but still found time to praise his players for at least 'turning up.' See the boys in … [Read more...]