The mastering of the midfield has been a fascination for managers past and present, the centre-piece of a successful side and the area where domination is so often translated into tangible results.

Yaya Toure was the latest guest in Rio Ferdinand’s podcast, where he majorly discussed his spell in England and Manchester City. However, the midfield legend also looked upon his time at Barcelona, ...

© David Ramos/Getty ImagesLionel Messi of FC Barcelona (C) holds the Ballon d'Or trophy flanked by his teammates Andres Iniesta (L) and Xavi Hermandez prior the Copa ...

The three midfielders played a key role in Spain's recent successes as they won Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. However, Xavi and Xabi Alonso retired from international football after the ...

© David Ramos/Getty ImagesPedri of FC Barcelona looks on prior to the LaLiga EA Sports match between FC Barcelona and Getafe CF at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys on ...

Jordi Vinyals, who worked as a youth-team coach at Barca until 2015, has hailed the work of the Manchester City boss in nurturing talent at Camp Nou Former Barcelona youth coach Jordi Vinyals believes ...

PSG are arguably the most in-form team in European soccer at the moment. They have won the Ligue 1 unbeaten and are in the French Cup final. The Parisians are also in the quarter-finals of the UEFA ...

It’s safe to say that Barcelona president Joan Laporta and former manager Xavi Hernandez are not on the best of terms these days. The former was sacked at the end of last season to allow for the ...

The World Cup winner has no plans to hang up his boots just yet, but has admitted that a role in the dugout does appeal to him Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta has revealed that his old team-mate Xavi ...

The Englishman is top-scoring midfielder in competition's history with 25 goals He faced some of the greatest European footballers ever across 17 seasons LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off!, available ...