My stand out player to date in my view has been James Rodriguez of Everton FC. He has taken to the Premier League "like a duck to water". The 29-year-old Columbia attacking midfielder was signed in the offseason from Spanish giants Real Madrid for a fee believed to be around 20 million pounds. He signed on a two-year contract for the Toffees. In the opening four games of the season James has scored three goals and assisted two and in general, has been at the hub of everything that Everton have done well in the attacking third of the pitch. A huge factor getting James to the Premier League was the fact that his old manager who he played under at Real Madrid is the current Everton gaffer. Italian Carlo Ancelotti is the man in question that attracted the flamboyant winger to the Premier League. They had a very good relationship at Real Madrid and they wanted to rekindle that at Everton. James has formed a frightening partnership with Everton duo Rich...
This is a question asked by fans all over the globe. You will have your Messi and Ronaldo lovers in every part of the world we live in today. But just who is the better player? You'll have your biased Barcelona and Juventus fans of course staking their claim to the reasons why Messi is better than Ronaldo or that Ronaldo is better than Messi. This debate will rage on until the day we leave this earth. I am of the opinion that both players are so difficult to separate but if I was to choose, I would pick Messi just purely on the fact I think he is more of a team player than Ronaldo for ninety minutes. The statistics when comparing the two players are remarkable . Let's compare. Please remember Messi is 32 and Ronaldo is 35. In Messi's career to date he has played 856 games, scoring 697 goals and assisting 289 times. That's an average of 1.22 goals a game. I n Ronaldo's career to date he has played 1000 games...