Category: Features
Previewing Italian Sides in Europe 2017/2018 – The Calcio Consultant
With the international break behind us, the European competitions will be front and centre over several midweeks (writes Frank Crivello).
We’ve see [...]
Sexism in Football & Respecting the Women’s Game
By now we've all become familiar with the many crimes that FIFA have been accused of: bribery, corruption, exploitation. Yet the one that can be argue [...]
Rating Every Serie A Team’s Mercato – The Calcio Consultant
The silliness is over, and we can finally just focus on the football. No more who’s going where, just who’s in what team (writes Frank Crivello).
But [...]
Two-Week Takes from Serie A: The Calcio Consultant
Hopefully people will be as hesitant to be as critical of this instalment, just as Serie A officials were hesitant to use VAR (see Roma-Inter, Milan-C [...]
Liverpool Lead Transfer Window Frenzy – Lemar, Van Dijk & Oxlade-Chamberlain
Liverpool's thorough thrashings of both Hoffenheim and Arsenal within a week are significant moments for the English Premier League club this summer ( [...]
Transfers, Europe, & Hamburg Going Top – The Bundesliga Zeitung
As we head into the first international break of the season, it's been another interesting week for the Bundesliga (writes Andy Wales).
It began mi [...]
Oxlade-Chamberlain Exit Adds to Arsenal Woes
In December 2012, Arsène Wenger launched his latest project (writes Chris Weir).
Arsenal had lost Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie , a bitter doubl [...]
Mauricio Pellegrino and Southampton: An Odd Fit
After guiding Southampton to the League Cup final and a respectable 8th placed finish in his first season, Claude Puel’s sacking came as a surprise to [...]
The Young Stars of Italian Football – Davide Calabria – AC Milan
A player from the AC Milan youth system that Italian fans will know well is Davide Calabria. At only 20 years old, he is considered a future star for [...]
The Calcio Consultant – First Impressions of the 2017/18 Serie A Season
The anticipation is over, and we have game week one in the books for the 2017/18 Serie A season, writes Frank Crivello.
Let’s use this edition of T [...]