A couple of years ago, the enduring image of the competition was the Brazilian, standing on the sidelines, his eyes wide in disbelief as Marcus Rashford celebrated an unlikely last-minute winner for Manchester United. This year, Neymar may finally get to replace that with a more triumphant image.
Read MoreBoth Leicester and Manchester are ready to give them a tough fight. Chelsea is in a wobble, but you never know what Lampard and company can bring to the table again. Mourinho and the Spurs will have something to say on where the title goes, and then finally, you just can’t ever take a Pep Guardiola side lightly. Can we fast forward to May 23rd, 2021?
Read More"In the frigid soccer of today's world, which detests defeat and forbids all fun, that man was one of the few who proved that fantasy too can be effective," the legendary Uruguayan football writer Eduardo Galeano once wrote about Maradona. It is difficult to find a better epitaph for the man they called El Pibe de Oro. The golden boy! RIP Diego - We miss you.
Read MoreThe other side of the Jose coin generally happens in that third season when things start to fall apart, and the manager leaves under explosive circumstances. But if he leaves with a trophy under his belt, his legacy as a serial winner will be restored, and Spurs will finally have earned the trophy they've been craving.
Read MoreArguably the most memorable of those came from Argentinean legend Jorge Valdano, who described Modric as a ‘miracle worker who reminds us that space and time exists.’ Modric’s journey from refugee to legend of the game is truly inspirational and a reminder that anything is possible with talent and hard work.
Read MoreThe Liverpool right-back is one of those rare exceptions who made it possible. At the end of the day, he is just a normal lad from Liverpool whose boyhood dream has come true!
Read MoreWhen Ollie Watkins suffered the heartbreak of losing the Championship play-off final to Fulham, the last thing he would have expected was to be celebrating scoring a hat-trick in Aston Villa’s 7-2 win over Liverpool.
Read MoreBut Lukaku had heard all this before. He had lived virtually all his life surrounded by doubters. When he had decided to rescue his family through football as a kid growing up in abject poverty, they had laughed.
Read MoreEvery time he has a chance, he goes back to the place where it all began – Peri. He is still the same kid whose dream has come true and will be an inspiration for the generations to come.
Read MoreWhile announcing himself as a Tottenham Hotspur player on Twitter, Gareth Bale quoted another tweet from seven years ago, thanking Spurs fans as he prepared to leave for Real Madrid.
Read MoreWhen Crystal Palace Academy boss Richard Shaw said the group of players under him wouldn’t make it in the Championship, never mind the Premier League, Tyrick Mitchell must not have been listening. The Eagles were keen to find someone who could go down the Aaron Wan-Bissaka route and establish themselves in the first team, but Shaw made it sound pretty grim in South London.
Read MoreSome of us give up before even trying, but others stand tall and fight for their dreams. Manchester City’s star forward Raheem Sterling knows all about the difficulties one has to overcome to reach the very top. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Sterling moved to London with his mom and sister at the age of four.
Read MoreTypically, being born in a foreign country and spending your early years away from home might seem a little bit daunting for someone aspiring to become a professional soccer player. Borussia Dortmund's teenage sensation Erling Haaland is a perfect example of how challenging family circumstances do not prevent you from achieving greatness.
Read MoreSchools all over the world began shutting down in March due to COVID-19. In the UK, a food voucher program was then implemented providing students with 15 pounds ($19) each week to be used in supermarkets.
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