Every club wants to unearth their own Pep Guardiola. Barcelona started something when they appointed their former midfielder as coach in 2008 despite having just 12 months experience in charge of their B team. It was a gamble but it paid off for the Catalans. Spectacularly. Under Guardiola’s watch, Barça claimed 14 trophies in four years. Not only did he win three consecutive LaLiga titles, he a...
There is a popular expression currently in use to galvanise Rangers fans around Steven Gerrard’s budding revolution at Ibrox: “Let’s go.” Its simplicity is matched only by its sheer popularity. The club have adorned just about every piece of promotional content with the two words and on social media, you’ll struggle to find tweets from fans of the Glasgow club without each being concluded wi...
Another Rangers revolution is underway, with Steven Gerrard recently announced as the club’s new manager on a four-year deal. The Liverpool legend could not have asked for a tougher debut managerial assignment, and he will need to undertake careful analysis of his squad before deciding which areas to strengthen ahead of the 2018/19 campaign. Several players are out of contract this summer, while o...