Quantcast
Channel: The False Nine » The Samba Series
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 15 View Live

Rafael da Silva—Manchester United’s world-class whippet

Chris Clarke of Manchester United fan site and podcast Can They Score? profiles the fuzzy ball of energy and enthusiasm who brought a Samba beat to United’s right-back position… Spotted by Les Kershaw...

View Article



Philippe Coutinho – Liverpool’s no. 10 from Brazil

The Anfield Wrap writer Karl Coppack profiles Liverpool’s current no. 10, Philippe Coutinho… His name is Philippe Coutinho and he’s the next one. Liverpool have had Scottish, English, Welsh and Spanish...

View Article

Lucas Piazón – Chelsea’s ‘New Kaka’ finding his feet in Holland

Joe Tweeds of Plains of Almería and Michiel Jongsma of Opta Johan and BeNeFoot profile Chelsea’s Lucas Piazón… So far Lucas Piazón has struggled to establish himself at Chelsea, as Joe Tweeds writes…...

View Article

Paulinho — Spurs’ English-style Brazilian dynamo

Paulinho is Tottenham Hotspur’s un-Brazilian, Brazilian writes Luke Bushnell-Wye… José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior—or just Paulinho to you and me—has split opinion since his move to Tottenham Hotspur...

View Article

Willian – a Chelsea cult hero… and a decent footballer

Joe Tweeds of Plains of Almería profiles Willian’s encouraging debut season in English football… The twists and turns of Willian’s Chelsea career despite its tender age have been quite magnificent this...

View Article


Gabriel Paulista – Arsenal’s Silent Tornado from Brazil

View image | gettyimages.com The Samba Series returns as Arseblog columnist Tim Stillman profiles Arsenal’s latest Brazilian, Gabriel Paulista… The career path of Gabriel Armando de Abreu has...

View Article

Fernandinho – Manchester City’s Midfield Dynamo

View image | gettyimages.com Stephen Tudor of The Daisy Cutter profiles Fernandinho after two hit-and-miss seasons at Manchester City… Thirty-four million quid was an awful lot of money to be shelling...

View Article

Fernando – Manchester City’s ponderer from Porto

View image | gettyimages.com Stephen Tudor of The Daisy Cutter looks back at Fernando’s difficult first year at Manchester City… Manchester City’s swoop for Porto’s midfield enforcer Fernando Francisco...

View Article


Nenê – a forgotten artefact of Allardyce’s West Ham dynasty

View image | gettyimages.com Charles Pulling profiles Nenê, West Ham’s already forgotten Brazilian from the 2014-15 season… In 2011, workmen expanding a road in eastern China discovered the mummified...

View Article


‘Slight Return’ Pato’s lost weekend in Brazil

Embed from Getty Images As former Brazilian wonderkid Alexandre Pato prepares for his highly anticipated return to European football with Chelsea, Tim Stillman looks back at his wilderness years in his...

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 15 View Live




Latest Images