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14-year-old kid’s design to be Wolfsburg 2012/2013 home shirt

2008/2009 Bundesliga winners VfL Wolfsburg held a competition for the fans to decide what shirt they will wear in the 2012/2013 season. 706 participated, made 1308 proposals and one jersey was chosen. With 34% of the votes, a 14 year old student’s design was selected and he did a mighty fine job with the shirt….

Scoring Stats – The European clubs most reliant on one player

It’s surprising how many teams rely so heavily on one player for scoring.

Scoring Stats – How European Teams Rely On Star Individuals

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored or assisted in nearly half of AC Milan’s goals this year – is this just him, a league-wide (or even continent-wide) trend?

Inter v Schalke: Italians confident of doing the German double

Reigning European champions Inter saw their Serie A title hopes go up in smoke at the weekend, after being humiliated by cross-town rivals Milan, however they will be desperate to bounce back against mid-table Bundesliga side Schalke, a team that stunned Valencia in the previous round of this competition.

Borussia Dortmund’s Brief Dominance Of Europe

Borussia Dortmund’s resurgence at the summit of German football this season has flooded back fond memories of the entity’s heyday in the mid-nineties where they shocked the world and became kings of Europe in 1997. Nobody outside the doors of the Westfalenstadion could have envisaged what was to occur that night in Munich where in…

Jupp Heynckes Appointment Looks To Be Just Another Short-Term Fix By Bayern Munich

Jupp Heynckes’ appointment at Bayern Munich may present a shrewd implementation by Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge but with just a two year contract penned as well as his age of 65 to be considered, is this just another short-term fix by The Bavarians? Louis van Gaal will be stepping down at the end of…

Premier League struggles to compete with merchandise revenues of Real Madrid & Barcelona

The TV income issue in Spain has been well-documented as the rift began to develop between La Liga clubs. Simply put, Real Madrid and Barcelona had individual TV deals making an estimated €1,500 million more than the next club in the last ten years according to Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido. But both the…

Valencia v Schalke Preview

Valencia host Schalke in the first leg of their Champions League second round tie. Valencia, 3rd in La Liga, will be aiming to stifle the in-form Schalke strikers and keep a clean sheet going into the return leg. The Champions League represents Schalke’s best chance for bringing some respectability into a season that saw them flirt with relegation before rising back to the top 10 of the Bundesliga.

Money Talks: Analysing The 20 Richest Football Clubs

When Deloitte release their annual list of ‘Richest Football Clubs’, there’s plenty of debate on English football’s earning power, the individual TV deals negotiated by Real Madrid and Barcelona, Manchester United’s position at the top of the Premier League food chain, insane amounts of debt in the game, and so on. I thought it would…

The Round-Up: Chelsea Debunk Atletico €60m ‘Double Bid’ Claims

Reports in the Spanish press yesterday were carrying quotes supposedly attributed to Miguel Angel Gil, in which Atletico Madrid’s majority shareholder claimed that Chelsea had made a €60 million double bid for striker Sergio Aguero and centre-back Diego Godin. Though it seems Senor Gil may have been telling porkies…