Academies and Africa

If you read one article on academies after the Gael Kakuta saga, make sure it’s this one by Andrew Guest. Fulham get a couple of mentions – largely because good things are expected from the two African midfielders who were loaned out to Germinal Beerschot...

Monday morning musings

It’s all about international football this week. 1. How poor did Argentina look on Sunday morning? In a massive home game against their arch rivals, they were horribly flat. You might just have to add Maradona to the list of great players who were poor managers....

CSKA Sofia abandon ‘no foreigners’ policy

In some more Europa League-related news, it looks like CSKA Sofia have abandoned one of the most interesting transfer experiments of recent years. Over the summer, Fulham’s Group E Europa League opponents announced that they would now only be playing with...

Fulham told to increase Janko bid

The Mail on Sunday suggest that Fulham will need to increase their bid if they want to land Austrian striker Marc Janko. The paper says that Red Bull Salzburg want in excess of £4m for Janko, who enjoyed a prolific season last year, scoring 39 goals in 36 league...

That was the week that was

As Friday draws to a close here in London, I thought I’d pen another look back at the week’s football. My first effort got a good response so I might try and make this a regular feature. Let me know what you think. 1. Sadly, there’s only one place to...