Jide Michael Olugbodi
Licensed FIFA Agent
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GAME ON! Nineteen games in the 1st week of the Premiership and if I told you I know who would be winning the Premiership, I’d either be guessing or being untrue. So who would be the greatest among the greats, come end of season? KLOPP Jurgen Klopp’s win at the Emirates – a direct title…
Congratulations to Leicester City FC! Starting out with 5000- 1 odds as favourites to win the title (The biggest odds ever!) yet Champions after 36 games! The first league title for Leicester in 132 years and the first league title ever for Claudio Ranieri after 28 years as manager! The first new champions for 38…
ANOTHER LION-DEL MESSI Yes Masherano’s red card was a litmus test of how hungry Barca were for the trophy and were they determined! The sending off meant that Barca had to dig deep and the stars had to work hard. I also saw Gerald Pique, Jordi Alba, Jeremy Mathieu and Dani Alves play long balls…
If United fans felt that the problems created by the exit of Sir Alex Ferguson was an easy fix, reality was served on a cold plate for them on Saturday. Even with serial winner Jose Mourinho, the gulf in class between Manchester City and United since the departure of Sir Alex, was evident once again…
Whichever way you look at it, this was always going to happen: Yaya Toure’s inevitable fallout with Pep Guardiola. When Pep took over at Barcelona several years ago, he cleared the deck at the club, getting rid of superstars Ronaldinho, Yaya Toure, Deco, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, Samuel Etoo and Eidur Gudjohnsen among several others. Who could…
There was a time when managers had a job and not a rolling contract, a time when a team appointed a manager who took a year or two to build his team and pursue a long term vision of the club. The news of Frank DeBoer’s sack at Inter Milan came as a shock…
As all the cameras continue to converge in Manchester, Antonio Conte continues to work without the lights and pressure at the bridge. Chelsea could be the surprise ace in the pack, as media attention continues to shift towards Old Trafford and the Etihad. What Conte has quickly done is establish a back 5/6 players who are…
When Leicester beat Chelsea 2-1 at the beginning of the season, what surprised me at the time was not the score line, but the way Mahrez made a meal of the Chelsea defence continuously and most especially, Cesar Azpilicueta. Twice he dazzled and mesmerised the Chelsea defence and also Azpilicueta, one of the best man…
COMICAL LIVERPOOL That the Manchester teams won again on day 2 of the EPL is no surprise. That Arsenal drew with Leicester does not surprise me either, neither does Chelsea’s win against Watford, even though it was a tough nut to crack for Conte. What surprises me is how Jurgen Klopp thinks he does not…