Ciarán McCarthy

4 days ago | planetfootball.com | Nestor Watach |Ciarán McCarthy

Barcelona and Real Madrid share one of the most heated rivalries in world football – but can you name every player to have been sent off in the fixture since 2009? We’ve given you the club of each dismissed player and the season of their dismissal, but those are the only clues you are getting from us. If this gives you a taste for another challenge, why not try and name every player to score in El Clasico in the 2010s?

5 days ago | planetfootball.com | Ciarán McCarthy

Xabi Alonso has announced he is leaving Bayer Leverkusen and the smart money is on him ending up at Real Madrid this summer. Snatching the Bundesliga title from Bayern Munich with a much cheaper squad showed the Spaniard can be an elite manager, and big clubs such as Madrid have been sniffing around him as a result. Here, we have looked at five players Alonso could sign for the Spanish giants if his expected move to the Bernabeu is confirmed.

6 days ago | planetfootball.com | Ciarán McCarthy

Manchester United have a curious capability of producing huge moments in European football, whether or not they have succeeded in other competitions that season. From super-sub Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirming a treble to Edwin van der Sar saving Nicolas Anelka’s penalty and many more huge moments, United know how to create a European stir. Some lesser stars have cropped up in some big matches for United, and here, we have taken a look at five of them.

6 days ago | planetfootball.com | Ciarán McCarthy

In the Premier League, there have been several players who have represented more than a handful of clubs over their careers. In an era where a lot of money is available to essentially every big club in the world, it’s not uncommon to see players in demand from a horde of clubs, and for them to represent many of them. We have looked into the players who have featured for the most Premier League clubs in their careers. 7.

6 days ago | teamtalk.com | Ciarán McCarthy

Manchester City could see TWO star players snatched by Napoli in the summer, with the Italian outfit advancing in moves for a pair of their stars. City have dropped back from their position of major power in the Premier League this season. Four Premier League titles in a row has been followed by them labouring outside the top four for some of this campaign, and they’re currently third.