How Much Is Gareth Bale Worth?

How much will you buy him if you were desperately in need of his services? Is he really worth the amount current suitors, Real Madrid, are willing to pay so that he swaps the white shirt of White Hart Lane with that of the Santiago Bernabeu? Should he cost more than Cristiano Ronaldo who currently holds the record as the costliest sports star ever bought? The best way to find out is to place his achievements side by side with that of the Madrid no 7 - who has netted a whooping 201 goals in 199 appearances in 4 years since his arrival in the Spanish capital.

Countdown To The EPL (2): Tottenham Hotspur in Focus

Can Tottenham win the Premier League? Do they stand any chance of being crowned the EPL champions by the end of the upcoming season? Find out here as I x-ray their preparations for the upcoming English Premier League season.

Two days ago I promised that I would be reviewing a couple of EPL teams that I felt were the top six clubs in contention for the title (Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Manchester United) and analyze them in readiness for the new league season which is exactly four Saturdays away today.

Today in this series I will review Spurs and predict where they are likely to end up next season if statistics from the past three seasons and the current preseason are anything to go by.

Intriguing Facts About Chelsea You Never Knew

We all claim to know so much about the football clubs we support and we often brag with their "facts" to the fans of other clubs in a bid to show-off and tell them why our team is better than theirs. But how many of these facts are actually correct? How many of them are not made up just to stroke our egos and seem right in the middle of a hot argument? How much do we really know about our clubs? Yes, how much do you know about your club, Chelsea FC? Well this is what I know.





The Club

1. Chelsea is the first - and so far the only - London club to have won the UEFA Champions League. This was a feat it achieved by beating Bayern Munich on their home turf in May, 2012. The match ended 4-3 on penalties in favour of the Blues after 120 minutes of exhilarating attacking football proved indecisive.