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Bayern Munich – Pep Guardiola Trying to Change Too Much & Coming Off as Arrogant
Before playing one league match, it seems that Pep Guardiola isn’t enjoying a honeymoon or grace period with the German press, criticizing him already for losing one title for Bayern Munich and trying to change too much from something that worked close to perfectly last season.
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Favorites to Win the Championship in Top European Leagues
Even though there are plenty of challengers, it wouldn’t be very surprising to see a repeat champion in four of the top five leagues in Europe, with Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Juventus and PSG favorites to claim the title, while Manchester City should be the most likeliest of side in the harder to predict English Premier League.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Manchester United Might Be Interested in Signing Bastian Schweinsteiger
The closer we reach the beginning of the season in the Premier League, the more desperate Manchester United become in trying to find the central midfielder they’ve been craving for. If Cesc Fabregas (who they’ll be launching a third bid for pretty soon) won’t be arriving, maybe Bastian Schweinsteiger will be the next name on the shortlist.
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Biggest Matches of the 2013-2014 Season in Europe
It’s quite easy to signal out the title contenders in each of the top 5 European soccer leagues: Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea in the Premier League, Real Madrid & Barcelona in the La Liga, Juventus and Napoli in the Serie A, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and PSG & Monaco in Ligue 1.
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Bayern Munich – Arjen Robben is the Only Thing Pep Guardiola Didn’t Change
After conquering Europe last season, opening the next one with a loss in the German Supercup was less than ideal, as the changes both forced and unforced on Pep Guardiola seemed to take a lot out of the Bayern Munich we got to know last season, while Arjen Robben, one of the few players without a positional or role change, seemed to be the only one finding life comfortable under the new manager.
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Barcelona, Bayern Munich & Possession That Doesn’t Mean Anything
The players Bayern Munich were missing – Bastian Schweinsteiger, who didn’t start, but did come on in the second half. The players Barcelona were missing? Xavi, Iniesta, Neymar, Fabergas, Pedro, Dani Alves, Busquets, Pique, Puyol, Victor Valdes, and that’s not it, not to mention their new head coach nowhere to be seen. Their streak of winning possession in matches, lasting more than five years is over, but it doesn’t really mean anything.
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Soccer Clubs Spending the Most Money Over the Last Two Seasons
The list of the biggest spending clubs in Europe over the last two seasons consists of two Germans (Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund), two Spanish teams (Real Madrid & Barcelona), two French clubs (PSG & Monaco), two from Russia (Zenit & Anzhi) and three teams from the Premier League (Chelsea, Manchester United & Manchester City).
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Arsenal Trying to Sign Luiz Gustavo
In their never ending search for a defensive midfielder, Arsenal might have come across a solution in the form of Brazilian international Luiz Gustavo, who doesn’t seem to have a part to play in the new European empire of Bayern Munich.
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Best Champions League Teams In the Last Decade
The start of the qualification process to the Champions League in the 2013-2014 season is a good opportunity to look at the last decade and single out the most successful teams in the competition since the beginning of the current format, which is similar to the World Cup, with 32 teams in the group stage, with 16 making it into the knockout stage.
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On Barcelona, Tito Vilanova & Pep Guardiola Airing Out Dirty Laundry
For quite a few years, in a world that seemed to force soccer fans to choose sides in the Barcelona – Real Madrid classico wars, Barca always came out as the squeaky clean club, where everyone are friends, nice and moral. But Pep Guardiola seems to have a lot of feeling harbored against his former club, while Tito Vilanova himself, maybe part of the club’s wishes, attacked the man he used to work under.