Does private life dictate the way footballers perform in the pitch?

With the entire media circus and the furore of the football faithful about Wayne Rooney’s out of pitch antics, the big issue here is that does private life affect the way footballer’s perform. Rumour has it that Sir Alex Ferguson has always advocated most of his players to get married and be committed, responsible individuals, thus his team has always enjoyed a near spotless image outside the pitch until the arrival of Wayne Rooney. Last season John Terry paid a heavy price of being stripped of the England’s captaincy due to his unfaithfulness to his spouse, but paradoxically led his club to a double premiership and FA cup success. Ashley Cole divorced his celebrity wife Cheryl after a string of illicit behaviour with members of the opposite sex. General opinion is that the rich footballers with so much time in there hands fuelled by ladies lining up to get a piece of the action will mean that most will trip up in some way or the other, if sexual addiction is a legitimate term then most of the players mentioned need to some sort of psychological help. Peter Crouch has also been implicated with rather the same vice, but all the above mentioned players still line up in the first eleven of the national colours, so does private life dictate the way footballers perform in the pitch? If so they would not be anywhere near the national and club team line-up. Comments are most welcome

IS THIS THE ANSWER TO ARSENAL’S GOALKEEPING PROBLEMS OR WILL MANCHESTER UNITED BEAT THEM TO IT.

Gianluigi Buffon has confirmed he would be open to a move to the Premier League as he admits there is a possibility he could leave Juventus this summer. Buffon, who is currently the world’s most expensive goalkeeper, is eyeing a move to the premiership which coincides with Arsenal’s goalkeeping problems compounded by Fabianski’s poor show the during the UK Bank holiday Monday game and the inconsistencies of Almunia. The only issue is that Wenger is not attuned to splashing money for big players unlike Sir Alex Ferguson who has been promised money to spend by the CEO and would definitely not be reluctant to find a worthy replacement for Van der Sar.

Is Jose Mourinho a managerial genius?

It is said that will all things being perfect we would have never known the outcome of the game between Inter versus Barcelona on Tuesday night, one thing for sure is that Inter had down their homework especially Mourinho after the emphatic 3-1 win over Barcelona. Mourinho had studied Barcelona well, it could be that he knew them from the time he was an interpreter to the time he constantly came against them as Chelsea manager. His tight, man to man marking and defending almost like a basketball game in addition to having a long ball wing play to out sprint the Barca defences paid massive dividends. In reality it was nothing new as he used similar tactics against Barcelona while at Chelsea. We now eagerly await the return leg to see which tactics he will deploy, but as for now is he considered a genius after toppling his former club, Chelsea, while expected not to.

PROMISING FUTURE PLAYERS

DAVID ALABA
David Alaba is of Austrian nationality, whose mother is from Philippines and father form Nigeria. The 17 year old is currently playing for Bayern Munich after rejecting offers from Inter and AC Milan.


SEBASTIAN COATES
Sebastian Coates is only 19 years old but already is one of the most promising defenders in South America, the Uruguayan defender not only stands at 196cm tall but weighs 86kgs thus packing a massive punch. He currently plays for Nacional Montevideo.



SEBASTIAN BLANCO
Sebastian Blanco is one of the biggest talents currently playing in the Argentinean Primera Division. The 21-year-old is a brilliant creative right-sided midfielder. He is known not only for his talent, but also because he has a special personality, different from most other Argentinean players. He currently plays for CA Lanus.



AFROTO (MOHAMED MOSTAFA SELIM) THE EGYPTIAN MESSI
The 20 year old Egyptian attacker currently plays for Al Ahly of Cairo. He is well known for his eye-catching displays, and speedy and creative trickery. Ironically Afroto is an Arabic term that describes a genie that makes wishes come true or equally a little demon that does not give you rest.



DAVID DE GEA
The Spanish goalkeeper currently stands at 6.3 and has similarities with Van Der Sar. His impressive reflexes and penalty saves makes him one of the most talked about young goalkeepers. He currently plays for Atletico Madrid.

Can he really do it?

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has challenged striker Wayne Rooney to beat former United winger Christiano Ronaldo's United goal record of 42 during the 2007/08 season. The England international, who is currently red hot, took his tally to 30 for the season with a brace in United's 4-0 Champions League win over Milan on Wednesday.

Aserne Wenger still retains his interest on Felipe Melo

After watching Brazil’s Match against Republic of Ireland yesterday, 3 March 2010, Felipe Melo was still imposing a very strong and confident figure within the midfield. Brazil went on to win convincingly especially in the second half by two goals to nil. Felipe Melo’s performance has not gone unnoticed especially with Aserne Wenger the Arsenal’s manager. It seems like when he pinpoints a player a buzz is usually created especially if the player has been slightly established. Arsène Wenger has revealed that he retains an interest in Felipe Melo, the Brazil and Juventus defensive midfielder, as he plans for the longer term without the stricken Aaron Ramsey.
"We were interested in Melo during the summer," said Wenger. "We watched him in Brazil's international at the Emirates, against Italy [in February 2009], when he had an outstanding game. Then he went to Juventus and that team has struggled and certainly he has not had the season that everyone predicted he would. We still think he is a very talented player and with Gilberto Silva, Brazil have a very useful pair in midfield. We are still looking at Melo." Arsenal

PELE, GARINCHA, ZICO, ROMARIO, RONALDO, RONALDINHO...WHO IS THE NEXT BEST FOOTBALLER FROM THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL, DOUGLAS COSTA?



Brazil has always been blessed with players; they have continually churned the best in the game from the likes of Ademir to Carlos Alberto, not to mention the likes of Rivaldo. The standard that they have continually and consistently set has made world football enthusiasts always yearning for the next star to rise from that country. The quest for the next one continues but I would like to mention Douglas Costa who currently plays for Shaktar Donetsk. I am pretty sure with his abundance of talent he will soon be gracing one of the top tier teams within Europe.