Here we go again. Another needless round of international friendlies, another needless round of inevitable injuries.

I know who my money is on to come back from the midweek ‘friendly’ exchanges with a niggling injury at the very least – Fernando Torres. Rafael Benitez’s decision to include his star striker in the squad against Manchester City last week may have come as a boost to most Liverpool fans, but for me the timing could not have come any worse.

Depending on whom you are and what your views are, some good news did come out of the recent FIFA get together that was held down in the Bahamas, and no, it wasn’t the resignation of boss Sepp Blatter. FIFA’s congress has decided to take away the age limit on players who want to change [...]

Ledley King is one of those players that has been gifted to have been given more than enough talent and potential, but is plagued by a string of injuries that have meant he will never be able to fulfill his football dreams. King has spoken this morning about his dream to make England’s World Cup [...]

With a few World Cup qualifiers taking place midweek, (Northern Ireland won 3-0 in San Marino and Ireland beat Georgia 2-1 at home) most other teams engaged in some friendly action. David Beckham equaled Bobby Moore’s English record of 108 caps for an outfield player as England hopped over to Spain. Their performance was as [...]