By Dave Topp, on February 4th, 2010
For the majority of his career, he has been a wanted man.
When PSV Eindhoven paid 6.3 million euros for his services, it was a Dutch-league record for a transfer fee. Then came his move to Manchester United in 2001, where he broke several records and was named the 2002 PFA Players’ Player of the Year. In 2006, [...]
By Richard Farley, on August 22nd, 2009
Perhaps people are surprised by Arsenal because of their indefensibly low preseason expectations of the club, by two wins and a 10-2 aggregate over Everton (last week) and Portsmouth (today) is classic Arsenal. The Everton result was admitted impressive. Mightly. But their 2-0 over Celtic and their 4-1 win over Portsmouth are [...]