“It has been difficult from the outside looking in. I am looking forward to working with the players again, to competing again…I want to put Real Madrid back where it belongs.” And here we are: just 284 days after he walked away, 284 days during which two managers were sacked as Real Madrid’s season sank…

Every manager has a set of faithful servants in the team; servants who exude how the manager wants things to be done on the pitch. These players are the reflection of the manager and how he wants the game to be played. Without players like these, a manager is bound to fail. Be it Roy…

For the past 22 years, Arsène Wenger created and cemented the Arsenal philosophy of free-flowing, attacking football. Under the Frenchman, the club’s style of play was, at times, akin to a symphony. Jack Wilshere’s goal at home against Norwich in 2014, Patrick Vieira’s goal which helped win the league at White Hart Lane in 2004,…

The English Football League is a hotbed for young, promising managers plying their trade, trying to work their way up the pyramid. Premier League bosses such as Sean Dyche, Eddie Howe and Chris Hughton all started their prestigious managerial careers in the lower leagues of English football. Don’t be surprised if some gaffers on this…

Everything pertaining to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s appointment as Manchester United’s interim manager catches the eye. The fact that, out of all of Sir Alex Ferguson’s pupils, Ole was the chosen one. The fact that Ole that Manchester United scored five goals for the first time since Ferguson’s last match in charge, and the fact that…

Over the course of this century, Portugal’s three giants have dwindled to two, as Benfica and Porto have combined to form a duopoly. Sporting, on the other hand, have failed to win a league title since 2002. They’ve come close many times, but they’ve never managed to hoist the elusive trophy since Mário Jardel fired them…

Hard work and effectiveness have often defined Giuseppe “Beppe” Iachini throughout his career as a player, and those descriptions seem befitting of the teams that he has coached so far. Coming from the youth ranks at Ascoli from the Marche region in central Italy, the defensive midfielder made his senior debut in the 1981/82 Serie…

“Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.” Those, the words spoken from the fresh-faced, charismatic José Mourinho, in his first press conference shortly after being announced as Chelsea’s new manager, succeeding the “Tinkerman” Claudio Ranieri. What an entrance. Exactly one week before, the then 41-year-old had…