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Monchi is the master behind the scenes as Sevilla go for yet more glory

22/05/16 01:00

GRAHAM HUNTER – EUROVIEW: Monchi, or Ramón Rodríguez Verdejo to give him his Sunday name, isn’t just the main reason that Sevilla won their fifth Europa League on Wednesday and that Los Rojiblancos are in Sunday's Copa del Rey Final against Barcelona in Madrid. Monchi, Sevilla’s sporting director, is also the only link between this monstrously successful, European-dominant football factory and the time when the club were a humble second division scuffler in Spain. ...read

Robert Lewandowski is a sign of Pep Guardiola's success... Bayern Munich striker was moulded into one of the best

INGOLSTADT, GERMANY - MAY 07: Philipp Lahm (L), Robert Lewandowski and team mates of Muenchen celebrate being Bundesliga champions after beating Ingolstadt 2-1 in Rafinha (front) and team mates of Muenchen celebrate their team's fourth consequtive German Championship after the Bundesliga match between FC Imgolstadt and FC Bayern Muenchen at Audi Sportpark on May 07, 2016 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images)

08/05/16 02:27

GRAHAM HUNTER: We live in a broken world if Pep Guardiola, having added the Bundesliga to his five previous trophies at Bayern Munich, isn’t deemed successful. ...read

Pep Guardiola has mixed memories of the Champions League semi-finals... but he will talk a good game ahead of Atletico clash

FC Barcelona's Josep Guardiola lifts the UEFA Champions League trophy after winning the UEFA Champions League Final match, FC Barcelona vs Sampdoria Genes at Wembley Stadium in London, UK on May 20, 1992. Photo by Henri Szwarc/ABACAPRESS.COM

01/05/16 08:33

It might be wrong to classify the relationship Pep Guardiola has with the Champions League as love-hate, but it has certainly been a fascinating affair — full of trauma and glory. Back in 1992, before their Wembley triumph against Sampdoria, he was a young stripling of a player, barely properly established at Barcelona, but talking like a champion, talking like a warrior of a thousand battles when he assessed what it would take for him and his Dream Team colleagues to lift that big-eared trophy. It was (is!) a competition that Barcelona’s age-old rivals, Real Madrid, hadn’t just won repeatedly but had dominated. ...read

April 2016

Fernando Torres has the fear factor back... rebirth of Atletico Madrid striker could spell misery for opponents Bayern Munich

Pep Guardiola the master mind: Awareness and preparation key to Catalan's success as he gets ready to set up Manchester City 'bunker' to pore over footage of opponents

Real Madrid have a history of big European comebacks, but not under Florentino Perez... now they need one more than ever

Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid in the Champions League Final would be a fitting finish to football's most famous competition

March 2016

Johan Cruyff believed it was more important to improve lives than to win trophies... that's why he was great AND good

Athletic Bilbao's free scoring forward Aritz Aduriz is back in the big time with Spain

Karim Benzema, Jeremy Mathieu and Raphael Varane must dig deep if they want to make France squad for Euro 2016

The 'worst striker in the world' on course for Europe's golden boot... Benfica star Jonas Goncalves enjoys last laugh on his critics

February 2016

AC Milan laid the blueprint for Barcelona but their future looks uncertain after 30 years of Silvio Berlusconi's reign

Thiago Motta is PSG's marmite man... love him or loathe him, the midfielder is still the go-to guy for the big occasion

Massimiliano Allegri has the first audition for potentially being Manchester United or Chelsea's new manager next season

January 2016

Victor Valdes escaped his disgraceful ostracisation at Manchester United by moving to Standard Liege in Belgium

Prolific Gonzalo Higuain proving to be key man in Napoli's title pursuit in Serie A

Lionel Messi will win the Ballon d'Or, but absent friends take the shine off FIFA event

Gary Neville will soon learn about Valencia fans' bitter resentment for Real Madrid when 20-year war resumes in the Mestalla

December 2015

The Basque powerhouse of Bilbao: Why Barca-slayer Aduriz is my man of 2015

Pep Guardiola is a football innovator who has only improved since leaving Barcelona... Premier League clubs should be queuing up to sign him

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