There was a time, long ago now, when Jose Mourinho was an unknown quantity to the Premier League - this charming man straight from Europe's top table, promising to energise a stale division and become your mum's new favourite manager.What a ride it's been. Jose's now on his third English club, an increasingly volatile and curiously tetchy touchline figure. There's a thin line between genius and madness, and Mourinho walks it like a tightrope.Over the years, the Special One has made some genius moves in the market, some questionable acquisitions and some that cannot be classified – such as bringingEmmanuel Adebayor to the Bernabeu.As Mourinho traverses the rocky waters of a Tottenham transfer window, could you name the last 30...
Good news, everyone: we could be seeing a lot more of Lionel Messi in the coming months. After a summer of wrangles over British broadcasting rights for La Liga, the Spanish league has a new permanent home on UK TV screens.Next week sees the launch of La Liga TV, the new 24/7 channel completely dedicated to Spanish football and itstop flight, with exclusive rights to all of the games featuring Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico and co.Launched as part of La Liga’s three-season broadcast agreement (2019-2022) with Premier Sports, La Liga TV will launch their standalone TV channel in the UK from13th January.It got us at FFT Towers wondering just how much longer Messi will continue to grace us with his...
All of these transfersinvolveda Premier League club, but we're only going to tell you which club each player moved to (meaning you have to work out yourself that 2017 transfer to Marseille also involved West Ham).You've got seven minutes to name as many as you can, and once you're done take a screenshot of your score (without any answers in) to send to @FourFourTwo.THEN TRYQuiz! Can you name every player with 6+ Premier League goals in 2019? Tottenham and Arsenal have new managers, Manchester United are in disarray, Manchester City could do with a central defender, and Chelsea have just had a transfer ban lifted. Yes, it's shaping up to be a splurge-tastic January transfer window. Spend! Spend! Spend!While the...
Last night, Real Madrid cantered past Valencia in the first semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup, winning 3-1 to qualify for Sunday's final against the winner of tonight's game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. The format is new this year. Previously a two-legged affair between the La Liga champions and the winners of the Copa del Rey and generally contested at the beginning of the domestic season, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) first broke with tradition in 2018, staging a single game between Sevilla and Barcelona played in Tangiers, Morocco.In 2020, the Super Cup evolved further, becoming a four-team mini-tournament. It also moved even further from home, with the RSFF selling the hosting rights to Saudi Arabia.It’s become much...
1. Morgan SchneiderlinSigned for £24 million, reported salary £100,000 p.wSchneiderlin’s Everton career has been nearing an end for at least two years now but he has still managed to take in five managers in that time. A limp sending off in Lyon in the disastrous 2017/18 Europa League campaign, being booed coming on as a substitute in February 2018, and reports he walked out on training when asked to leave if he was not “prepared to take the session seriously” should have been enough to force a sale a long time ago.Although the Frenchman’s time at Goodison actually started brightly, his attitude has been repeatedly questioned by fans and performances on the pitch have been unerringly lacklustre since that initial...