Why did Roma’s number 10 shirt cause a Twitter storm?
Gerson, Roma’s new Brazilian signing caused quite a stir this week after posting a picture of himself holding his new team’s shirt on Twitter….
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The return of Rivaldo?
Former Barcelona and Brazil Number 10 Rivaldo is contemplating a return to football, just 15 months after retiring from the game. Now 43 years…
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The Trequartista: by Roberto Mancini
As a player, Roberto Mancini is best remembered as a fiery and temperamental, yet brilliant forward for Sampdoria, and later Lazio. One half of…
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Duo in line for Juventus star role
Reports emanating out of Italy claim Juventus are looking to make either Oscar or Isco their long-term replacement for Andrea Pirlo. Earlier this week…
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Rodriguez the key for Rafa’s Real
New Real Madrid coach Rafa Benitez is many things to many men. Lauded as a highly organised tactical genius with a remarkable attention to…
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Exhausted Oscar; a cause for concern?
In this moment, Oscar is my number 10. If somebody tells me that Oscar is not Chelsea’s best player since the beginning of the…
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Next No10 to win Ballon d’Or?
With Eric Cantona hailing Javier Pastore as currently the best player in the world and Mesut Özil stating he believes himself to be a…
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Pirlo ready to meet his ‘Real’ maker
Andrea Pirlo is ready to take on the man responsible for redefining his playing position, whilst also confirming that Juventus will be his last…
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Cantona makes surprising choice
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona recently weighed in on the debate of who he believes to be the best player in the world –…
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Referee outshines Alex during testimonial
It’s not often you see a referee outshine a playmaker when it comes to ingenuity on the pitch, but that’s exactly what happened during…
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Özil to win the Ballon d’Or?
Arsenal and Germany playmaker Mesut Özil is convinced he has the ability to be crowned the world’s best player by winning the Ballon d’Or…
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Reciting Riquelme
The enigmatic and enormously gifted Juan Roman Riquelme retired from football earlier this year, and whilst his on-field craft and guile will be missed…
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A professional view: What it’s really like to face Messi
We’ve all dreamt of sharing the pitch with Lionel Messi. Whether it be daydreaming of being the ‘tiki’ to his ‘taka’ in the build-up…
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Messi: My 2015 motivation
Lionel Messi believes he has weathered the storm and been given fresh motivation from what was the most challenging year of his illustrious career….
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Riquelme calls time
Magical Argentine playmaker Juan Román Riquelme has finally called time on his playing career at the age of 36. A player who captured the…
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Internationals highlight positional poser for Messi & James
Premier Number 10s Lionel Messi and James Rodriguez have spoken on the positional adjustments they are currently experiencing at club and international level. The…
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Lionel Messi: Still unclassified 10 years on
Ten years on from making his first team debut, there’s still no classification for Lionel Messi. “Sc” (sin clasificación): Unclassified. That was the match…
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Two ‘Erik’s’ now putting the 10 in TotTENham
They arrived in London as two of the most highly-rated youngsters in world football. But whilst one enjoyed a breakout campaign, the other endured…
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Impact No.10s of the Champions League Groups
The Champions League group stage is finally about to get underway. As always, we’ll be watching the best players in the world competing for…
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Real Madrid: the place where Number 10s go to die?
World Cup superstar James Rodriguez will be looking to prove that, as a Number 10, signing for the Madrid giants doesn’t necessarily sound the…
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