The Football Addick

There was a lot of hype surrounding Manchester City's 4 big summer signings, Fernandinho for a somewhat inflated £32 million fee, Montenegro ace Stevan Jovetic for £23 million, and Sevilla's attacking duo Jesus Navas and Alvaro Negredo for a combined £35 million fee. With Fernandinho not participating for his country Brazil in this summer's Confederations Cup and Negredo having not signed for Manchester City at this moment in time, all eyes were on Jesus Navas and how he performed for Spain. And didn't he perform. Jesus Navas posing in his new Manchester City strip Navas had received many a critique following his transfer from Sevilla to Manchester City and many had raised concerns to whether he would cut it in the Premier League. He had performed consistently well in LA Liga for a number of seasons, but his goal threat was put to question. No goals in 30 appearances last year is worrying for anyone who is looking for a goal threat especially when Manch...

Goodbye Jonjo, you shall be missed. Everyone that knows me is aware that Jonjo Shelvey is one of my footballing icons. In fact, he's one of my heroes. I took a liking to Jonjo when he progressed through  the ranks at my favourite club, Charlton Athletic, making his debut and excelling in a midfield role from the age of 16. Although he made a £1.8 million move 2 years later to another of my favoured clubs, Liverpool, I believed this was the chance he needed to fulfil his potential and become a world class player. He had all the tools, he had all the belief, he just needed to express his talent on the football pitch in one of the best leagues in the world. Brendan Rodgers (left) had high hopes for Shelvey, but sadly he never delivered But sadly it didn't go according to plan for Jonjo. A highly successful loan spell to Blackpool clustered in between a frustrating stay at Liverpool eventually meant that he was shown the door. The problem is...