Category - Long Reads

On August 12th 2020, Southampton signed center back Mohammed Salisu from La Liga side Real Valladolid for fee worth 10.9m, triggering his buyout clause.
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October 7th, 2000. Not only was it the day of England’s first 2002 World Cup qualifier against Germany, but it was also the final ever match to be played at...

The birth of the Premier League couldn’t have come at a better time for Chelsea football club. The end of the 1980s had them as a team on the up and the cash...

The 25th of November 1953 is the date when English football realised that its continental counterparts had vastly overtaken what they thought was possible in...

After the 2006 World Cup in Germany, talk of where the young Argentinian duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano would end up began to circulate.
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One definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over and expecting a different outcome. On June 2nd, 2016, Garry Monk was unveiled as Leeds...

Tottenham are set to sign a marauding left-back, who excels at bombing down the channel and whipping a ball across the box. In his career, he has found success...

“I ask myself if the stars shine so bright to make everyone find its own one day.” This quote from the extraordinary Antoine de Saint-Exupéry novella...

There’s no doubt that after his heroics at Euro ’96, Paul Gascoigne was the darling of English football once again. Demonised in the press before the...

Mohammed Salisu – Real Valladolid to Southampton
Considering that Mohammed Salisu hadn’t played one minute of La Liga football before last season...