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Sevilla already had one foot in the Copa Del Rey Final and they made sure of that last night with a 2-2 draw away at Celta Vigo. Barcelona now awaits in a repeat of this season’s European Super Cup which was a cracker. Let’s hope for more of the same …

Paris Saint Germain coach Laurent Blanc has signed a contract extension until 2018, the runaway French League leaders are yet to lose a game this season and are an astonishing 24 points clear at the top of Ligue 1. The Qatari owned side won all before them last season at …

Last Sunday I launched a new series called “Ask Real Football Man” in which I’m throwing open the Mailbox to you and aim to answer whatever Football questions you have. The first person to contact me was a lad called Joseph Rietdyk-Johnson. Joseph is in the third year of his …

Last night Chris Lappin from the V2 Football Podcast and myself interviewed Saul Isaksson-Hurst to discuss his work as in individual technical coach with his business PDA Football and working with aspiring academy players. Saul is a football coach with 10 years experience of working in Premier League Academy football …

We now enter two thirds distance of the Premier League season and what a pivotal weekend this could turn out to be, with the Top 4 sides pitted against each other in two key encounters. Here is what I think will happen this weekend Saturday Sunderland vs Manchester United – …

The most rubbery of dead rubbers last night as Valencia took on Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey Semi Final 2nd Leg. Gary Neville’s Valencia nearly managed to restore some pride but Barcelona’s reserve team managed to grab a late equaliser and with that Luis Enrique sets a new unbeaten …

Peterborough crashed out in the cruelest of ways last night as they lost in a Penalty Shoot Out to West Brom The Posh had the better of the first half but couldn’t quite turn that pressure into a Goal But they finally got what they deserved when Jon Taylor scored …

Another piece of news coming out of Africa regarding our man Herve and this time it’s from Morocco The Moroccan Football Federation is looking for a new coach to replace Badou Zaki and would be especially interested in the French Hervé Renard. It’s not the first time that the Moroccan …

Neymar endorses Real Football – no I haven’t managed to sign him up to the blog unfortunately but he did do this Taco Bell advert during the Superbowl. If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days and are yet to see it, then here it is. …

Talk of a European Superleague has once again reared its head over the past couple of days with the European Clubs Association (ECA) demanding changes to the UEFA Champions League The association led by German Karl-Heinz Rummenigge are wanting changes to the way their leading members qualify for the competition. …