Behind Closed Doors – how the transfer market really works, and how Arsenal really does.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS – Don McMahon I am less interested in opinions and rumours in the transfer window than I am in reality and hard facts, so I decided to speak with a close friend who used to be a NASL and European scout for a professional soccer team where I live. He kindly agreed …

Home bias in the Premier League is rampant

Ref review 2012-2013: Home/away bias – part 2 . By Walter Broeckx   This article is part of the series of the Referee Review 2013. You can find links to earlier articles on the bottom of this article. ————————————————– After looking at the home/away bias in the more important decisions we now will try to …

Sane clubs like Tottenham and Arsenal do sell when the opportunity is right.

By Tony Attwood Today, Arsenal History Society publish an article on Kolo Touré and points out that Arsenal bought him February 2002 for £150,000 and on 28 July 2009 sold him to Manchester City for a profit of £13,850,000. On 28 May 2013 Manchester City sold him to Liverpool on a free transfer.  Taking into account …