Re-Ranking the Ballon d’Or Rankings
Yes, the entire rankings… So, as we all know, the 2023 Ballon d’Or awards have come and past. We all know the ceremony. We all love the ceremony. Sort of. Not really. Anyway, we all have feelings regarding this ceremony and what it has become. And I am sure we all have opinions on Messi’s…
Six Players to Watch in LaLiga This Season
You already know one of them… Note: this article was written October 6th, so stats and performances have not been updated since then. And we are back. After a hiatus, we are back writing about the football world here on SoccerKakis. And we are exactly eight games (or seven for some) into the new LaLiga…
Paving The Way For Regional Football: Albirex Niigata (S) holds Southeast Asia Youth Football Tournament
Albirex Niigata (S) have recently clinched their 6th Singapore Premier League crown and in doing so, have overtaken Tampines Rovers in the overall ranking for Singaporean topflight titles (since 1996). The White Swans are only behind Warriors FC and hold the honour of being the most successful active SPL side. It is hardly surprising given…
An Invite To The Tribe – Minutes With Liverpool’s New Captain Virgil Van Dijk, Diogo Jota, and Kostas Tsimikas
With last year’s visit to the Little Red Dot a roaring commercial success, this year’s return of my beloved Liverpool FC was marked by the same manic activity I personally witnessed in 2022. With the fever pitch at an all-time high following a boisterous welcome at the Ritz Carlton hotel, I was glad to have…
Fixing the 2023 Trophées UNFP
Because the results were a travesty… I fully recognize that this is a very niche topic. This probably does not resonate with many who are reading this. But when some nonsense happens, someone has to be there to say something about it. The Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionels hosts the end of season awards for…
The Complex Legacy of Manchester City’s Treble
How to interpret the history being written in front of our eyes… Pep Guardiola and Manchester City have finally done it. After all of these years, all of the money spent on transfers, and all of the domestic dominance with international failures, Manchester City have won the Champions League for the first time in their…
Champions, At Last!
Napoli’s long-awaited title and the emotions inspired from it… Allow me to indulge in some hopeless football romanticism here. After all, in a sport dominated by money, we all need some time to enjoy the heartwarming underdog tales. Everyone knows the beginning of the story. In the 1970s and 1980s, an enterprising Italian team named…
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