Premier League new boys AFC Bournemouth recently landed Max Gradel after their £7m bid for the Saint-Etienne star was accepted. The pursuit of the striker has certainly been tough for the Cherries as Gradel has actually been linked with the English club since last summer. However, the lure has obviously definitely been more since Eddie
Garry Monk’s Swansea was one of the success stories of the Premier League in the recently concluded season. In his first full season in charge at the club certainly, the Swans finished eighth, their highest-ever position in the Premier League, and recorded a record-breaking 56-point tally. The Wales club did well enough to ensure players
It was another fine season in Le Championnat, with various stories, headlines, sub-plots and the customary English media infatuation with David Beckham and Joey Barton crossing the channel to ply their trade with Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille respectively. While neither – and especially the latter – will feature in the team of the