During my four months with the International Herald Tribune, in Hong Kong, I was reintroduced to Rob Hughes, the IHT’s soccer writer.

I believe Hughes is one of the leading assets of the IHT.

He writers at least three times per week for the IHT during the European soccer season.

He has scads of experience, and knows the game intimately, as well as many of the leading figures inside it.

His columns can be found at this link.

If you like a global view of the game, with an English flavor (and a bit of a tilt toward the Premiership), you can hardly do better than Rob Hughes.