Football: Leander Schaerlaeckens on the latest rumours and results from the...
Eredivisie sides face the usual battle to hold on to star players in the face of foreign wealthIt's that time of year again. A month from today, the transfer window will open for business and unlock...
View ArticleTony Adams vows to reinvest £20m windall from Lassana Diarra's sale to Real...
Tony Adams bristled with bullish intent last night as he insisted he would be able to reinvest in his squad from the £20m windfall that Portsmouth stand to collect from the sale of Lassana Diarra to...
View ArticleLeander Schaerlaeckens: Generation gap foils Gertjan Verbeek as Feyenoord's...
Feyenoord's senior players were the architects of Gertjan Verbeek's sacking, despite the youthful promise at his disposalImagine performing so badly that your club, which under no circumstance can...
View ArticleLeander Schaerlaeckens: PSV lose a manager and promptly rack up their best...
It is no wonder PSV won at the weekend following the departure of Huub Stevens, their worst manager statistically since 1968Another week, another manager. Gone, that is. At PSV this time. Following yet...
View ArticleLeander Schaerlaeckens: Merger mania in Holland as Roda JC and Fortuna...
Cash-strapped regional neighbours consider pooling their resources to form Limburg FC, but fans aren't happyNow we know whether the credit crunch will affect football. It will. Roda JC and Fortuna...
View ArticleLeander Schaerlaeckens on the lessons of Steve McClaren's first season in...
The former England manager Steve McClaren has done well at FC Twente but next season might not be so easyWho's laughing now? Steve McClaren is. Laughing hard. But he mustn't laugh too long, or...
View ArticleEredivisie: Leander Schaerlaeckens on Dutch Football
An away win for Feyenoord was just the tip of the iceberg on another bizarre week in the EredivisieA bizarre week to accentuate a wacky season. As if a year in which Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord have no...
View ArticleDutch wide boys back in vogue while AZ edge nearer to the title
The return of out-and-out wingers to Holland has breathed new life into what was once a lost artCertain things are dying out in the Netherlands. Traditional windmills for example. People wearing wooden...
View ArticleFootball: Leander Schaerlaeckens on Ajax manager Marco van Basten's 6-2...
Ajax's 6-2 defeat to PSV Eindhoven was the latest embarrassment for Marco van Basten in a torrid seasonWe learned a number of things last week. AZ are deserving champions. There's no longer any such...
View ArticleMy Eredivisie team of the year: a shop window for the rest of Europe, by...
The best players in Holland this season provide a snapshot of yet another generation of talent likely to be lost to ambition and the foul economics of footballThere is a feeling of ambivalence when it...
View ArticleWhy Steve McClaren would be foolish to be tempted by Ajax job, writes Leander...
After a superb season with FC Twente, the former England manager is being constantly linked with Ajax despite the denialsWell, at least he got to this final. And only bad luck kept Steve McClaren from...
View ArticleAZ lose to Heracles but Steve McClaren's Twente start with a win
• Heracles shock defending champions AZ 3–2 in opener• Twente win 2–0 with Martin Jol's Ajax also victoriousAZ Alkmaar suffered a disastrous opening to the defence of their Eredivisie title, losing 3–2...
View ArticleEuropa League round-up: Rome's clubs suffer defeat in first match
• Timisoara hold Ajax as Rapid Vienna enjoy big win• Click here for all the results and scorers in each groupAjax's Europa League campaign got off to a disappointing start as they were held to a...
View ArticleLiverpool see off Ajax and Fulham to sign Oussama Assaidi for £2.4m
• Moroccan will be Liverpool manager's third summer signing• Rodgers hoping for 'one or two' more additions to squadLiverpool have beaten Ajax and Fulham to the £2.4m signing of the Morocco winger...
View ArticleLiverpool complete signing of Oussama Assaidi from Heerenveen
• Morocco winger finalises switch from Dutch club• 'He fits our style perfectly,' says Brendan RodgersLiverpool have completed the signing of the Morocco international Oussama Assaidi from the Dutch...
View ArticleWest Bromwich Albion's Yassine El Ghanassy joins Heerenveen on loan
• 22-year-old winger was on loan at the Hawthorns from Gent• 'Yassine has found first-team chances hard to come by'Yassine El Ghanassy has joined the Dutch Eredivisie side Heerenveen on loan until the...
View ArticleUSA winger Robbie Rogers comes out and 'steps away' from soccer
Former Leeds United player releases statement on personal website, saying: 'I always thought I could hide this secret'The former Columbus Crew and USA winger Robbie Rogers has announced that he is gay,...
View ArticleRobbie Rogers: why coming out as gay meant I had to leave football
In February the former Leeds winger revealed his sexuality, then walked away from the game. In his first interview since that decision, he explains his anger, and his hopes for the future• Robbie...
View ArticleCardiff City have signed the midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem
• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lands former United youth captain• Eikrem arrives from Heerenveen for undisclosed feeCardiff City have announced the signing of the Norway midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem for an...
View Article'Cash is king in modern football' – fans react to the 'Atlantic league' proposal
We asked supporters in Scotland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for their thoughts on a proposed breakaway leagueThe reigning Danish champions have won their domestic league, the...
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