Faithful observers of BVB have their timers set for İlkay Gündoğan and Neven Subotić’s eventual return to action, but do not count on the duo to lead the Die Borussen anywhere close to the Promised Land. It should come as no surprise that the abilities of the duo were missed immensely last…

I didn’t really know what had to be. Seeing friend and colleague, Abdul Rehman, the lone occupant of a television in a place full of televisions stubbornly showing grown up men kicking ball, follow Bayern Munich over the years in a country where followers of the Bundesliga are…

According to numerology, wherein the basic notion is that “everything in the world is dependent upon the mystical properties of numbers”, the number 8 resonates with building (power) and at times with destruction (sacrifice). One could also say that the same would apply in football as well. A player wearing the…

What happened in Germany last week would have brought a lot of happiness to the bookmakers. The ring of sizeable money falling into their pockets would have been appealing. A lot of people lost out on their money. What was scripted in the end was a lot different…

I had scripted this article in my head. It was going to be called ‘hit and run’. The Mallorca application had been brilliant. Manuel Pellegrino had dealt with his immense personal pain and brought a Malaga team that has been performing more than it’s worth the past two…

Weekdays, grinding, whining ahead, with nothing much better to do. No reason for excitement unless of course you are a football fan. It’s like a night out on your own roller coaster running around, up, down, up, down. After the Premier League was all but buried, Man City…