Can Persistence Pay Off for Paco Jémez?
An immensely strong-willed and determined man, the philosophy of Paco Jémez is one which he vehemently defends. A firm believer of playing football in the so-called ‘right way’, Jémez’s possession-based…
Liverpool Tactics – The 3-5-2 Formation & How Reds Could Line-up in Future
Sitting pretty at the top (joint) of the table, Brendan Rodgers must be feeling good about how his side are going so far this season. Recently Rodgers has used a…
Chelsea Determined To Beat Spurs & Arsenal for Jackson Martinez
Chelsea are reportedly interested in signing Porto striker Jackson Martinez in the January transfer window as manager Jose Mourinho is determined to bolster his attacking options. According to reports from…
Socceroos selection: Aussie options for new national boss
Successive 6-0 defeats to Brazil and France proved terminal for Holger Osieck’s tenure in charge of the Socceroos. Australia may have already qualified for the World Cup, but these recent…
Four nations that qualified for the World Cup on Friday
Three more European countries and a South American side booked their spots at next summer’s World Cup in Brazil thanks to victories on Friday night. We look at how these…
Six midfielders England could call on to replace Tom Cleverley
Tom Cleverley has been ruled out of England’s World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland with a calf injury. The 24-year-old trained with the rest of Roy Hodgson’s squad on…
No Way Liverpool can sell their £16m Star in January Or Can They?
Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has been targeted by his former club Zenit St. Petersburg and according to reports from ESPN, the Russian club will make a £16 million bid in…
Three incidents where we needed GoalControl
Following Thursday’s announcement from FIFA that GoalControl will be the goal-line technology at the World Cup next summer, Soccerlens looks back on three notorious incidents when it would have come…
Five German Premier League players looking to emulate Mesut Ozil
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has taken the Premier League by storm. Nobody so far this season has made more assists than…
Chelsea Plotting Sensational Move For £25m Striker in January
Chelsea are looking to bolster their strike department in the January Transfer window and have made Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz as his prime target. The Blues monitored the situation of…
Arsenal should be favourites to beat Chelsea for €20m Striker in January
Quality strikers are in demand in the transfer market these days, therefore all eyes will be on Spanish star Fernando Llorente, whose future has been strongly speculated in the media…
Time for Moyes to change up Man Utd?
It hasn’t been the smoothest of starts for Moyes at United, but he will be given time. It became something of a trademark under Ferguson; flying wingers, clinging to the…
Going Against the Grain: Wilshere’s comments hit home, but not as intended
Jack Wilshere’s comments on Wednesday on what it means to be an English footballer were blunt and hard hitting, “We have to remember what we are. “We are English. We tackle…
Danny Murphy: Five career highlights
Former Fulham and Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy called time on his 20-year playing career today. Soccerlens looks back on five memorable Murphy moments: Boyhood dream Murphy signed for Liverpool, his…
Which European teams can qualify for the World Cup?
Find yourself wondering what the state of play is in European qualifying for next summer’s World Cup? Soccerlens looks at how the road to Brazil is shaping up with two…
