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Zinedine Zidane: The Flawed Genius
While it may seem preposterous to place a footballer alongside the likes of John Nash (schizophrenia, mathematics), Vincent van Gogh (depression, art), Edgar Allen Poe (bi-polarism, literature) and Sir...
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José Mourinho: Unsavoury but undoubted (Part 2)
Following on from yesterday’s look at José Mourinho’s career up to 2006, Ciaran Kelly concludes the Portuguese’s rollercoaster journey up to this point. A Worrying Precedent As one of the world’s most...
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Ronaldinho: The Fallen Star
In a footballing era where so much emphasis is placed on tactical roles, financial turnover and controversial decisions, Ronaldinho, once, served as the perfect antithesis. Not since Paul Gascoigne had...
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Ribéry’s Renaissance
When Cristiano Ronaldo left for Real Madrid on 26 June, 2009 for a whooping £80 million, attention immediately turned to who Manchester United could replace him with. One name constantly reappeared: a...
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La Décima: The milestone to seal Mourinho’s Madrid legacy
Of all of the images that stood out in Real Madrid’s exhilarating 3-2 victory over Manchester City on 18 September, there was a slightly mundane, but incredibly telling, moment after Manchester City...
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Mourinho’s Madrid experience will play into Chelsea’s hands
By the high standards of José Mourinho, the past three years have been an unmitigated disaster. In fact, every sour point in Mourinho’s managerial career resurfaced during his chaotic spell at the...
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Pérez’s final roll of the dice: Galácticos V3.0
In the end, the expected rival to his fallible presidency never materialised. No promises were required: Florentino Pérez won his fourth term as Real Madrid president at a canter in June. This...
View ArticleWhy Rafa Benitez could rejuvenate Real Madrid
In the modern game, rarely has one man divided opinion quite like Rafael Benitez. On one hand, a serial winner, a silver-coated career cementing his place among the managerial elite. On the other, a...
View ArticleRafa Benitez – fallaciously hired and prematurely sacked
Rafa Benitez’s departure from Real Madrid sadly didn’t come as a shock, which is telling, considering he was hired seven months ago and was given a vote of confidence about a month back. Such is the...
View ArticlePochettino becomes front-runner for vacant Real Madrid job
Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez has made Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino his first choice replacement as manager after Zinedine Zidane’s shock resignation on Thursday morning....
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