Carlos Tevez
An extremely talented striker and a player who has been shrouded in controversy recently due to his ‘ownership’ by MSI. Expect to see a lot more of Tevez on Soccerlens in the future.
Joint-ownership of football players; the future or a financial cloak?
Long gone are the days of simply buying and selling players; due to the extortionate amounts of money that football players are worth modern day contracts are intricate, with many different beneficiaries in every deal. However the latest craze to find its way into European football is joint or part ownership of players. Outlawed in…
Some times the beautiful game is, well, quite ugly
Footballers have it all – fame, fortune and the chance to play the game that they, and we, love. Many prospective talents never make the grade, and the chosen few who play in the Premier League must be regarded as some of the luckiest people on the planet. However, some things can’t be changed; we…
The return of Carlos Tevez
Carlos Tevez is expected to return for Manchester City against Chelsea on Wednesday night after the striker apologised to the club for his behaviour this season. Castrol EDGE Performance data shows that Tevez was extremely important for City before he left the club without leave. Since the start of last season, he has scored…
Champions League Preview: Manchester Plots European Domination
Manchester City get the chance to finally – definitively – emerge from the shadow of their cross-town Red rivals as this year’s UEFA Champions League commences. They’ll do so with a team which, while not having ever competed in the the Champions’ League as a unit, possesses a significant amount of top-flight continental experience. United,…
An Apology for Carlos Tevez
An apologetic … for Carlos Tevez? Just days after a scathing open letter? The same guy writing both? I guess stranger things have happened – remember Julian Faubert once played for Real Madrid. Less than a week ago, I suggested Carlos Tevez finally “end his Manchester hell” and return once and for all to South…
An Open Letter to Carlos Tevez
Dear Carlos Tevez, For five years now you’ve been a shedload of trouble for the entire English Premier League. With this letter, I’d like to invite you to please stop moaning about the loneliness of Northern England and return to Argentina as you have for so long suggested you’d prefer. The biannual farce which into…
Scoring Stats – European Goal Trends
When we first examined the most important marksmen in the Big Four leagues, we looked at which players in Europe were the most crucial to their teams. This was done according to Scoring Stats, a measure of a player’s combined Goals and Assists, measured as a percentage of their team’s total league goals for the…
Tevez: Manchester City have told me I can leave
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has revealed that the club’s multi-billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour has told him he can leave the club if that is to make him happy. The Argentine international has been very unsteady throughout the season and now well into the transfer period, and with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and AC…
Barcelona vs Manchester United – What has changed since 2009?
2008/2009 was all-in-all Barcelona’s season. Pep Guardiola led his childhood club to glory like no other manager had done before him. United on the other hand, weren’t too bad the whole season. They were back again in the UEFA Champions League final to defend the title that they had won last year against Chelsea. 08/09…
Argentina WAGs here
Diego Maradona’s 2010 World Cup antics are still pretty fresh. Cruising through the group stages and the Round of 16 without even firing all their guns. They were thought to be a real contender for the trophy until the Germans ran rampant all over them in the Quarterfinal. Argentina are now preparing to play in…
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