The apparent fire sale at Southampton has made them a subject of intense scrutiny over the past couple of months. Yet Southampton has endured a lot...
The fact that Angel Di Maria was on sale in the recent transfer window was quite apparent. His eventual destination though was not. PSG looked like...
After the initial phase of the transfer window saw them lose much of their core from last season, things were looking bleak for Southampton, and yet two...
#TalentRadar | A regular feature on our website is the Talent Radar Young Players Team of the Week with the best young players compiled into an...
Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 Liverpool | Two young managers, similar systems, exciting football, insistence on ground play, hard pressing, and quick pace. Both these sides and the...
United’s switch to the 3-5-2 formation has been much talked about by fans and critics alike. One of the major reasons for Van Gaal’s backing of...
Chelsea have been labelled as one of ‘The Contenders’ this season by pundits and fans alike. A major reason is that they’ve had an excellent transfer...
Southampton has had more than its fair share of tabloid inches in recent times thanks to an eventful transfer window. The change in personnel has of...
Jose Mourinho’s side look to be taking shape this season. Ismail Bello has taken an in-depth look at a key area of Chelsea’s system – their...
Angel Di Maria signing, Ferguson’s mistakes, Van Gaal’s issues, United’s commercial appeal and Dumbledore (yes, really!), this article covers it all. For a brief few seconds...
#TalentRadar | A regular feature on our website is the Talent Radar Team of the Week with the best young players compiled into an XI from...
Despite all the selling that took place at Southampton, the side looks in pretty good shape with an experience head at the helm. Andrew Thompson analyses...
Manchester City 3-1 Liverpool | The top two from the previous campaign met for the first time this season. The two fixtures between them in 2013/14...
Everton 2-2 Arsenal | Everton have had the edge against the North Londoners in recent times, with their last meeting at Goodison ending in a comfortable 3-0...
Although many have applauded Liverpool for their excellent business in signing Mario Balotelli, Tyrrell Meertins gives his (negative) opinion* on Super Mario and the transfer. *Note:...
#TalentRadar | Part of our Talent Radar feature involves looking ahead to the new season and informing readers of just who they should watch. Our lists across...
#TalentRadar | A regular feature on our website is the Talent Radar Team of the Week with the best young players compiled into an XI from across Europe’s...
#TalentRadar | Part of our Talent Radar feature involves looking ahead to the new season and informing readers of the young players to watch. Our lists across Europe’s...
Season after season we try, more often than not we are left-red face. Atleast you have to hand it to us for trying! Three Outside of...
In the excitement of the new season, supporters are often guilty of creating over-the-top expectations and landing up disappointed when the clubs fail to meet those objectives....
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across Europe’s top...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across Europe’s top...
Earlier in the start of 2014, we released a list of 100 Best Young Players to Watch-out for in 2014 under our Talent Radar feature divided positionally...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across Europe’s top...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred with a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their year or...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred with a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their year or...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across Europe’s top...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across Europe’s top...
In the excitement of the new season, supporters are often guilty of creating over-the-top expectations and landing up disappointed when the clubs fail to meet those...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred with a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their year or...
While looking ahead to the new season, often expectations and predictions are marred with a clear bias. Every supporter thinks that either it’s their year or...
In the excitement of the new season, supporters are often guilty of creating over-the-top expectations and landing up disappointed when the clubs fail to meet those...
As we move into the new club football season, Outside of the Boot will be publishing regular Tactical Previews of the sides from across Europe’s...
In the excitement of the new season, supporters are often guilty of creating over-the-top expectations and landing up disappointed when the clubs fail to meet those supposed...
#TalentRadar | A regular feature on our website is the Talent Radar Team of the Week with the best young players compiled into an XI from across Europe’s...
Arsenal 3-0 Manchester City | After the frenzy that was the World Cup, the club season is finally back, with Manchester City and Arsenal kicking off...
Manchester City vs Arsenal | Premier League & FA Cup champions collide in the first competitive fixture of the season. Both sides have less that full strength...
Arsenal vs Manchester City | Premier League & FA Cup champions collide in the first competitive fixture of the season. Both sides have less that full strength...
24-year-old Jordan Henderson has grown into a phenomenal player at Liverpool under boss Brendan Rodgers. Mert Conker analyses his role at the club and just why...
Spurs have had a relatively quiet transfer window compared to last season’s buying spree. The focus has been on working with the squad Pochettino inherited and...
As any season winds down to an enthralling finish in an ideal world), most of the attention is drawn towards the top and the bottom. The...
They were bombarded with criticism for their loans last season, but are taking a different approach for the 2014/15 campaign. With Gareth Barry, an ex-loanee, signed...
Every year, in Northern Europe, a few chosen boys get the “call” from some of the most elite football clubs in the world. The call is...
Arsenal have certainly got the cheque book out in recent transfer windows and have already signed the likes of Sanchez, Debuchy, Ospina and most recently...
Spurs’ summer transfer window has been a stark contrast to that of last year. New manager Pochettino certainly has a squad which is well equipped in...
With Luis Suarez’ move to Barcelona completed, Liverpool are having to move quickly to find a replacement and reinvest the funds they are receiving. While they missed...
‘The other Hazard’ is quickly stepping out of his brother’s shadow and making a name for himself. Thorgan, like Eden, is of course contracted to...
After months of speculation and a successful season at the top level, Southampton & England’s young left-back, Luke Shaw, has completed his move to Manchester United...
Wayne Rooney is well and truly an English enigma. Third leading scorer of all time for the most famous English club and fifth leading scorer for...
Rodgers on Raheem Sterling: “I think he is the best young player in European football at the moment. He is 19 years of age and I...
Perhaps no other position in football provides us with as diverse a number of playing styles as the forward. Over generations of tactical development, we’ve...
As Roy Hodgson announced his final 23-man squad for the World Cup, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that Adam Lallana – the Southampton captain...
“Two-Nil down Three-Two upThat’s the way we won the CupWith a nick knack paddy whackGive the dog a boneAaron Ramsey poked one home” The 3,283 days long...
Three big games. Three cup ‘finals’. While one of those games is still in the league format with points to be won & lost, and a...
Despite finishing 2nd in the Premier League table, Liverpool topped the Premier League revenue chart for 2013/14 earning £97 million. Manchester City were second in the...
As some of you who have been following us for sometime may know that we have a special #TalentRadar feature on our site which focuses on...
This list contains the Best Young Players of the Premier League 2013/14 season. Note that the players that qualify as ‘young’ are those that were 21 or...
7th place with 61 points. 6th place with 62 points. That is what Liverpool & Roma’s 2012/13 league position spelled. The unpleasant factor in that is that...
The readers of Outside of the Boot have cast their votes across Europe’s top 4 leagues across 10 different award categories with 4 nominees under each to pick...
This piece features the Top 10 Best Young Players of the month of April, 2014. All the players in this list were 21 at the start...
#TalentRadar Team of the Week includes the Best Young Players of the week across Europe’s top 6 leagues (i.e Premier Legaue, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga,...
The sacking of David Moyes only 10 months and 51 games into his regime has brought an abrupt halt to what was supposed to be...
In a crucial game in the Premier League title race, Liverpool and Chelsea went head-to-head. Liverpool knew that anything other than a loss would have firmly...
These are the Outside of the Boot End of Season Awards for the English Premier League. Each category contains 4 nominees which we have selected based on our...
It was a must win game for Everton if they wanted to stay in the race for the fourth spot, whereas for United it was more...
This season was supposed to be one where Chelsea, after performing admirably in Europe in the last couple of seasons, mount a challenge for, and win...
#TalentRadar Team of the Week includes the Best Young Players of the week across Europe’s top 6 leagues (i.e Premier Legaue, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga,...
#TalentRadar Team of the Week includes the Best Young Players of the week across Europe’s top 6 leagues (i.e Premier Legaue, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga,...
It’s not often that you have Liverpool playing at Anfield, with just four weeks of football left, and have them in the title race. It’s not...
A three horse title race with 5 games to go, it doesn’t get any better than this. Liverpool lead the way, but Sunday’s opponents Manchester City...
The summer is approaching. Fast. The FIFA World Cup in Brazil. And… The dreaded envelopes. Fans of Calcio know what I’m referring to. The decision-making process...
When José Mourinho joined one expected the old spark which the man had ignited in everything Chelsea, in 2007. He was a fan favourite then, and...
In anticipation of the massive Champions League ties in the Quarter-Final stage, we’ve done something special for our build-up. Eight teams, eight experts, each giving us...
#TalentRadar Team of the Week includes the Best Young Players of the week across Europe’s top 6 leagues (i.e Premier Legaue, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga,...
Both teams came into this match to compete for the same prize, the final Champions League spot. Arsenal had to play to maintain their record of...
This piece features the Top 10 Best Young Players of the month of March, 2014. All the players in this list were 21 at the start...
Liverpool fans have been given a lot to cheer for this season, ranging from the sublime goal scoring ability of the clinical “SAS” strike partnership leading...
In anticipation of the massive Champions League ties in the Quarter-Final stage, we’ve done something special for our build-up. Eight teams, eight experts, each giving us...
A crucial game for both teams, with Man City needing to win to go top after Chelsea losing at Palace, and Arsenal needing three points to...
The Manchester derby has grown in importance over the past few years with both sides battling it out near the summit of the Premier League table....
It has been a week since United’s dreadful mauling at the hands of bitter rivals Liverpool. After the loss to Liverpool, it looked like Moyes’ time...
It’s the Battle of London. In one of the most competitive Premier League title races of recent times, four team are vying for the prize with...
Best Young Footballers | The latest feature under our Talent Radar banner compiles a Team of the Week, featuring the best young footballers (U-22) of the week in...
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Arsenal | At the end of a great weekend for any title contender who wasn’t Chelsea, Arsenal made the short journey to their...
Manchester United 0-3 Liverpool | The biggest rivalry in English football took place at Old Trafford; two of England’s most successful football clubs locked horns. But...
The latest feature under our Talent Radar banner compiles a Team of the Week, featuring the best young players (U-22) of the week in Europe’s top 6 leagues...
With City and Arsenal not playing Premier League football this weekend, the Blues of Chelsea had the perfect opportunity to extend their lead and put the...
The latest feature under our Talent Radar banner compiles a Team of the Week, featuring the best young players (U-22) of the week in Europe’s top 6 leagues...
Manchester City have made some stunning progress as a club ever since their financial takeover by Sheikh Mansour, on the pitch and off it. In terms...
It was an opportunity missed for Real Valladolid, only managing to draw 2-2 with Elche in the torrential rain at the Jose Zorilla which leaves them...
Chico Flores: £3m. Jose Canas: Free. Jordi Amat: £2.5m. Just a couple of examples of how Swansea manager Michael Laudrup (at the time of writing) knows...
The dynamics of the rivalry between Arsenal and Manchester United has changed over the past decade but it is a rivalry that still exists. Arsenal came...
Shift the ball out wide. Cross it in. See a Fulham player clear the ball. Rinse and repeat. There’ll be hundreds of thousands of words about...
The latest feature under our Talent Radar banner compiles a Team of the Week, featuring the best young players (U-22) of the week in Europe’s top 6...
Talent Radar is our latest feature, you can know more about it here. Updates and Performance Reports on young talents is one of its features as we...
With just 1 point and 1 place separating the 2 teams coming into the game, it was always going to be a close run affair between...
There are a few games in a season that see teams that are very evenly matched in every aspect, and in the Premier League this year,...
Football analysts view countless reels of footage every week in order to discern the strengths and weaknesses of the team they’re covering, with many column inches...
The match was billed as the biggest Merseyside derby since the 80s. Based on the stats and the positioning of both the sides, it certainly was....
When Sir Alex Ferguson left the club last summer after 26 long and successful years at the helm, he took with him his ability to win...