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Iniesta in tears as he announces his departure from the club Barcelona Legend Andres Iniesta held a press conference to announce his departure from FC Barcelona, a club which he joined 22 years ago. The 33-year old Spanish midfielder joined Barcelona's La Masia Football Youth Academy 22 years ago when he was just a 12-years old. He then went to represent the club for 16 seasons winning a total 31 titles. The count will rise to 32, if Barcelona manage to win the La Liga title at the end of the season. He has also won two Euro Cups and a World Cup during his career as a Spanish International. The Football legend is one of Barcelona's most decorated players, having made 669 appearances for the club so far. He has been known for his beautiful style of play, extraordinary sense of passing the ball and his ability for link-up play. All of these abilities earned him the nickname of  El Ilusionista.                       ...

The 2017-18 football season is nearing the end. This summer we will also witness the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. This means new players will emerge during the tournament and the transfer season will pick-up soon afterwards. But, regardless of these events, many transfer rumours have already begun to do the rounds and new developments have emerged in Europe and the UK. Here are some of the note-worthy transfer news and rumours:  Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid?     According to Spanish daily Don Balon , Real Madrid is interested in acquiring the services of teenage sensation, Kylian Mbappe. It also reports that Madrid have prepared a 200 million Euro bid for the French International.                                                                                ...

Mo Salah's majestic performance steam-rolled AS Roma This question has been on the minds of many football fans as they witnessed the performance of the 25-year old Egyptian forward over the course of the season. Sir Alex Ferguson had once told that Inside Forwards are more dangerous than traditional forwards. The Egyptian seems to be trying to prove Ferguson's remarks true. He has shown explosive bouts of pace, exceptional fitness levels, extraordinary shooting accuracy and the form of his life. To put things into perspective here is a list of Liverpool's Top Scorer's in a single season: So, once again, does Mo Salah have a shot at winning the Ballon d'Or? Not Quite Yet! The reason is rather simple- Liverpool as a team have not won any silverware this season as of yet. So does this count? Yes, it does. Despite all his exploits, the team has not been successful in any major competition apart from the UEFA Champions League. Liverpool just won the first-leg...

A total of 3 Premier League titles, 7 FA Cups and 7 Community Shields have been won by Arsenal Football Club in the last 22 years with Arsene Wenger as the manager. He arrived at the North London club in 1996 from Japanese club Grampus Eight. He changed the way the game was played with his idea of possession based free flowing football. He famously signed Thierry Henry from Juventus in the summer of 1999 and introduced the best attacking formations in the league. But it was the Invincible squad of 2003-04 that brought him fame as they finished the league unbeaten with a record of 49 game streak which still stands today. Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry led the team with free flowing football which is rarely seen today. Arsenal moved from Highburry to Emirates Stadium in the summer of 2006. It was after this transition that Wenger saw a complete dip in the club's fortunes as they failed to win a single league title from then on. The club also failed to win a si...

FIFA has nine standing committees and it's Development Committee is in charge of the Technical Study Group. This group is responsible for conducting the analysis of all FIFA tournaments from the World Cup to Futsol. It is also responsible for looking into new structural changes for the game and suggesting new rules and regulations. The most controversial among these suggestions had been suggested in the previous year by the Technical Study Group headed by Dutch legend, Marco Van Basten. He suggested 8 changes to the game to revolutionize it and make it more attractive to the younger generation. But many of these ideas have been termed as rubbish by most of the high profile managers in Europe and around the world. Many of them have criticized Van Basten for introducing rules that have been copied from other sports. These 5 suggested ideas out of the 8 have been severely condemned. Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger warned that removing offside rule would toll the death bell for ...