Aleks Klosok, Author at Cherwell

Children of the Liverpool Revolution

With Brendan Rodgers’ youthful Anfield revolution underway, Aleks Klosok profiles the seven starlets who are destined to become the future faces of Liverpool’s new-look side

AndrÃ© Villas-Boas: Earning his Spurs?

He’s braver and he’s bolder but still a touch naÃ¯ve. Aleks Klosok is cautiously optimistic on AndrÃ© Villas-Boas’ chances of success at White Hart Lane

Hodgson’s Lions Yet To Roar

Aleks Klosok argues that England will need more than just hard work and industry in their armoury if they are to progress under Roy Hodgson

Euro 2012 Preview: Group D

In the final part of his Euro 2012 preview, Aleks Klosok assesses a group with two traditional powers, a rank outsider and an unknown quantity

Euro 2012 Preview: Group C

Four distinctive coaches, a host of star-studded names and each with a colourful set of supporters. Aleks Klosok on the tournament's most intriguing group

Euro 2012 Preview: Group B

Aleks Klosok turns his attention to the ‘Group of Death’. A group which may not prove to be quite as straightforward as some may think

Euro 2012 Preview: Group A

Aleks Klosok reflects on a group where all four teams will feel that they have a realistic chance of progressing through to the Quarter-finals stage

End of Year Report: The Barclays Premier League 2011-12

Aleks Klosok gives his verdict on the twenty runners and riders involved in one of the greatest Barclays Premier League seasons seen in recent years

Euro 2012: England’s Known Unknowns

With England’s preliminary Euro 2012 squad set to be announced next Wednesday, Aleks Klosok runs the rule over 10 players with an outside chance of booking their seats on the plane to Poland and Ukraine

40 Days and 40 Nights

In 40 days time England open their Euro 2012 campaign against Group D rivals France in Donetsk. Aleks Klosok on the decisions facing manager Roy Hodgson between now and then

Will The GaÃºcho Ride Again?

A poll conducted last week by iG Esportes showed that 63% of Brazilian fans want Ronaldinho GaÃºcho out of the National Team — a mere 6 months after his recall to A SeleÃ§Ã£o. Aleks Klosok looks at the reversal of fortunes of one of Brazilian football’s most iconic playmakers

Third Time Lucky For Hodgson?

After losing out to Kevin Keegan in 1999 and Sven-GÃ¶ran Eriksson in 2000 respectively, Aleks Klosok on why now is the right time for the Football Association to appoint Roy Hodgson as England’s next manager

Eyes On The Prize

With the Group Stages of the 2012 Copa Libertadores, South American football's elite club competition, underway, Aleks Klosok looks at the prospects of the six runners and riders from Brazil

Pulling Power

Aleks Klosok explains why, in the space of just over a decade, Brazilian clubs have gone from being traditionally selling institutions to having the proven financial clout required to compete with European football's elite players

Ruled or Fooled Britannia? – Part Two

In the second part of his look at the presence of Brazilian footballers in the top-flight of English football, Aleks Klosok casts his watchful eye over 5 Samba stars that have failed to cut it in the rough and tumble of the Premier League - some more dramatically so than others

Ruled or Fooled Britannia? – Part One

In 1987 Mirandinha became the first Brazilian footballer to ply his trade in England. In the intervening 25 years, his counterparts have experienced varying degrees of success, with some thriving and others struggling. Aleks Klosok looks at 5 Samba stars that have left a lasting impression on the English game

DenÃlson: Portrait Of A Fallen Star

In 1998 he became the world's most expensive footballer. A mere ten years later, not even Turkish SÃ¼per Lig club Vestel Manisaspor wanted to sign him on a free transfer. Aleks Klosok recounts the rapid rise to and dramatic fall from grace of one of Brazilian football's great underachievers: DenÃlson

Borges: From Zero to Hero

5 years ago he was plying his trade in the Japanese Second Division. This week he returns to his old stomping ground with a Brazilian cap to his name and looking to fire Santos to glory at the FIFA Club World Cup. Aleks Klosok reports on Borges's remarkable career path

SÃ³crates: The Footballer Who Broke The Mould

Widely regarded as the greatest midfielder of his generation, a social activist and a campaigner for democracy in his homeland and a fully qualified doctor. Aleks Klosok pays homage to Brazilian Football's self-confessed anti-athlete: SÃ³crates

Career Extinguished?

At the age of 18 he was one of the most talked about prospects to emerge from South America and yet just four years later his career is very much hanging in the balance. Aleks Klosok considers the promising past, problematic present and uncertain future of Brazilian centre back Breno

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