Many fence-sitters fancied a South American side to win it in Brazil - and Argentina are fast looking like the favourites to do so. With Neymar ruled out of the tournament, and Thiago Silva suspended for Brazil's semi-final, Argentina…
It’s obviously dangerous stuff to read too much into opening day fixtures – but over here at FootballFanCast we like to play with fire. However, such was the change in Newcastle against Manchester City when…
Take maximum points from their brace of upcoming Euro 2016 qualifying games and England fans might as well start packing their bags for France already. The convincing 2-0 away victory over Switzerland last month was…
With just one win from six Champions League showings and one point from two games with major group rivals Basel, Liverpool, in truth, deserved nothing more than elimination before the knockout phase. The result at…
The immediate fate of West Ham contract rebel Winston Reid has been open to wide speculation since the summer. The New Zealand skipper is yet to pen extended terms and although manager Sam Allardyce believes…
When Manchester City’s Stevan Jovetic first made the switch to the Premier League in 2013, the bustling Montenegrin striker came with a good record and an even better reputation. The former Fiorentina star had become…
Of the latest batch of transfer rumours from the weekend, Liverpool’s link to Real Madrid winger Lucas Vazquez caught the eye. The 23-year-old wideman has never played for the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu outfit’s first team,…
It was perhaps not a perfect inaugural season for Louis van Gaal at Manchester United but the Red Devils have shown enough improvement this year to suggest they'll be challenging for next term's Premier League…
Throughout the past few Premier League seasons or so, no one player has quite managed to capture the same amount of attention down at Selhurst Park as much as DR Congo international Yannick Bolasie. The…
Just when we thought the transfer sagas were dying down with Raheem Sterling now at Manchester City and Christian Benteke at Liverpool – yes, David de Gea’s uncertain future is still ‘a thing’ – another…