Will Quique Flores shine with Al Ahli - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Al Ahli had fired their coach Ivan Hašek after a run of poor results in all competition. Losing from Al Shabab in the GCC Champions Cup ended the Czech manager 2nd stay with the Dubai based club who considered one of the top clubs in UAE Football.

Football Links: Barcelona's anti-football, Manchester United's first title-winning manager and more - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Essential weekend reading while you mull over the insanity of a 400m naming rights deal:

Effects of the Financial Fair Play Regulations - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

On the 27th of May 2010, UEFA announced the approval of the Financial Fair Play(FFP) regulations. The aim of these regulations is to make the football clubs self sufficient. With the advent of these sanctions, every football club has to break even i.

Football on Mars - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

How would you play football on Mars?

A trio of University of Leicester undergraduates have studied just that, looking at how the reduced Martian gravity and light conditions would alter the dynamics of a football game.

In what is effectively a very limited (2-page) study, the authors primarily look at how the reduced Martian gravity and atmosphere would mean that not only 'hit' footballs would travel four times the distance on Earth, but that the lack of air resistance would reduce the player's ability to 'bend' the ball.

Sepp Blatter calls on opera star to aid FIFA - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has asked Spanish opera star Placido Domingo to join a new advisory committee set up to aid the decisions of FIFA itself. Domingo will join Dutch football legend Johann Cruyff and former American secretary of state Henry Kissinger to sit on the ‘council of wisdom' at football's main governing body.

Argentinian football players such as Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria can be witnessed by fans this year. Although national team coach Sergio Batista has dropped Carlos Tevez from the lineup for tactical reasons.

Argentina National Football Team 2011 Schedule:
July 1-24 Copa America
June 1 -Friendly against Nigeria in Abuja
June 5 Friendly against Poland in Warsaw
June 20 Friendly against Albania in Argentina
August 10 Friendly against Romania in Bucharest
September 2 Friendly against Venezuela in Calcutta, India
September 6 Friendly against Nigeria in Bangladesh

Deloitte, an accountancy firm from Great Britain announced the top 20 highest earning football clubs.

Here are the list of football clubs and its corresponding revenue.

1. Real Madrid £359.1m
2. Barcelona £325.9m
3. Man United £286.

Out of the top leagues in Europe (Spain, England, Italy, Germany and France), Barcelona have scored the most goals and maintained highest goals per game ratio. They have scored 67 goals in their 21 La Liga games so far this season an average of 3.19 goals per game. Barca have only conceded 11 goals in their matches; roughly one goal every two games.