It’s not just going to Saudi Arabia that’s the issue, it is staying there. Lawyers, guns and money

  By Tony Attwood There is no doubt that Saudi Arabia is attracting some players – but there can be a problem, as a few are already finding out, in that what happens when one arrives might not be exactly what is expected. Karim Benzema was one of the first to find that out.   He …

Why Nottingham Forest’s complaints about referees will get nowhere

    The Problem with Referees How the League and FA are guilty of an appalling dereliction of duty The 61 players Arsenal are buying and 25 being sold. Journalists seem to be slipping. There is, in English football, an Independent Football Ombudsman.   The terms of reference of the IFO is to, “check that due …