Tag: Jack Grealish

• Sobering reality check with betrayal on the way?

  

  To ponder the manner in which the transfer market has evolved since the inception of the Premier League is to trace the rising disconnect between top level sport and reality. Consider that Manchester United nabbed Eric Cantona from Leeds for £1.2m, Roy Keane for £3.75m and Andy Cole for £7m. The latter being considered outlandish […]

  Brendan

  May 12, 2022

  SOCCER

  Alex Ferguson, Alf Inga Haaland, Boylan Talks Sport, Bundesliga, Dortmund, Eastlands, Erling Haaland, Gabriel Jesus, Germany, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, Marcus Rashford, Old Trafford, Paul Pogba, Pep Guardiola, Phil Foden, Premier League, Robert Lewandowski, Roberto Mancini, Roy Keane, Ruben Diaz, SOCCER, Vincent Kompany

• Gap between the great and the good glaringly exposed

  Rotor Volgograd – no, I’d never heard of them before (or since) either. Peter Schmeichel scored what this corner reckons was his only goal for Manchester United against the Russian outfit, in the UEFA Cup. Drawing the encounter on the night and indeed over the two legs. But the minnows went through via the away […]

  Brendan

  September 16, 2021

  SOCCER

  Aaron Wan Bissaka, Boylan Talks Sport, Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jack Grealish, Jesse Lingard, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Mo Salah, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer, Peter Schmeichel, RB Leipzig, Rotor Volgograd, SOCCER, Young Boys