Jack Lang
Latest articles by Jack Lang
Vinícius Junior: Who the heck is the 16-year-old Real Madrid will pay €45m for?
By Jack Lang published
Real Madrid The Spanish giants have confirmed their mega deal to bring Flamengo's Brazilian wonderkid to the Bernabeu from summer 2018 – and he hasn't even played a first-team game yet
Where are they now? Brazil's 2002 World Cup winners
By Jack Lang published
FFTWATN Jack Lang looks back at the Seleção side that claimed the country's fifth Jules Rimet trophy in Japan and South Korea
Year Zero: The making of Neymar (Santos, 2010)
By Jack Lang last updated
Year Zero The world's most expensive footballer was once just one of many prospects in Brazil. That all changed in 2010. Jack Lang remembers a breakout campaign of tricks, trophies and tantrums
11 times Ronaldinho did something absolutely ridiculous
By Jack Lang last updated
Ronaldinho Happy 39th birthday to the godfather of flair! During his time at the top he tricked and flicked his way to worldwide adulation – and Jack Lang’s picked out the best bits
What Brazil thinks of Neymar’s move to PSG
By Jack Lang published
Neymar Everyone’s had their say on football’s biggest-ever transfer – but what do the Seleção star’s loyal subjects back home think of his record-shattering switch?
Vinicius Junior one year on: how Brazil’s boy wonder is shaping up ahead of his big Real Madrid switch
By Jack Lang last updated
Vinicius Junior One year ago today, Madrid announced the €45m capture of a 16-year-old Brazilian without a first-team appearance to his name. Twelve months on he’s already dividing opinion, writes Jack Lang
Brazil's hire-and-fire culture is more mental than you'd imagine – and it's holding them back
By Jack Lang published
Brazil While Argentine bosses are employed freely across the world, South America's largest country struggles to export coaches. Jack Lang explains why short-term thinking is proving harmful
Brazil's slow-motion enigma: How Paulo Henrique Ganso went from hero to zero and (most of the way) back again
By Jack Lang last updated
Paulo Henrique Sevilla's new signing has enjoyed plenty of highs and endured many lows in recent years, but Jack Lang explains why he might finally be ready to take Europe by storm...
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