Jide Michael Olugbodi
Licensed FIFA Agent
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About this time last year, world football focused on an industrial town to the West of Germany; Dortmund. Few months before Borussia Dortmund had won the DFB Pokal Cup (German equivalent of The FA Cup), they had played the previous year’s Champions League final, only narrowly losing to Bayern Munich in extra time, and had…
What a weekend! Never mind the previous hype surrounding the supposed photo finish between Man City and Chelsea, now we’ve gone round the bend and this 200 metres sprint is heating up with 70 metres to go, and lanes two, three, four and five are the ones to watch. It’s Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and…
In football, the most important awards in the dressing room are the ones that your fellow professionals give to you. As the annual Professional Football Players awards were announced on Sunday night, it was prize giving day all over again: DeGea – Ivanovich, Cahill, Terry, Bertrand – Sanchez, Matic, Coutinho, Hazard – Costa, Kane Chelsea…
I truly felt sorry for Jake Livermore when I heard about his positive test for cocaine last week.I have heard some say, ‘Serves him right, he got what was coming towards him. He is a footballer and they are all spoilt anyway, so good for him’The truth is that cocaine is not a performance enhancing…
Congratulations to Cristiano Ronaldo on achieving another landmark in his illustrious career; FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2014.When you look at the players he beat to it: Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuhrer, and the year he has won it; a World Cup year, without taking his own country Portugal past the group stages, then…
Congratulations to Cote d’Ivoire on their success as the AFCON Cup 2015 winners. CAF (Confederation of Africa football) have once again managed to serve us a buffet of different sorts: from last minute venue change, to dubious refereeing, crowd trouble, pitch invasion, farcical scenes and passable football. As Yaya Toure and his colleagues are crowned…
“Finals are not to play, but to win” -Jose Mourinho On the 30th of August 2013, on a clear night in Prague, Jose Mourinho began his second stint at Chelsea FC with his first final: The European Super Cup and the opponents were the mighty FC Bayern Munich.I remember the night very well because Mourinho…
Twenty four points left to fight for in this exciting Premiership season and one thing is certain, whoever wins the Premiership 2014/15 would be worthy champions indeed.Who will be standing on egg shells on the final day of the season? Who will miss out on the Champions League next year? Who will be relegated from…
It’s ironic that with exactly the same number of games played last season, Manchester City trailed Arsenal and Liverpool by just one point, while Chelsea were one point behind Man City. 17 games into this season with one more game played, Manchester City FC are level on points with Chelsea FC, and the chase is…
CHELSEA PAY THE FINES IN THE CONGESTION ZONE With the clock ticking at St Mary’s stadium, Didier Drogba comes on for Mikel Obi. Call it a tactical switch, game management or squad management, Chelsea were playing their third game in six days and the scores remained 1-1. Jose looked ruffled on the sidelines as his…