Martin Macdonald

Martin Macdonald

Writer

Content writer covering football, formula 1 and movies

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About Martin Macdonald

Martin has been a passionate football fan since a young age. Initially interested in Scottish and English football, he eventually became a Spanish football expert while compiling match reports and doing live text commentaries on La Liga fixtures, particularly in the era of dominance from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Like every football fan of a certain vintage, he has a soft spot for the glory days of Serie A, too.

In addition to his duties with FootballTransfers, Martin continues to write content for MovieMeter and has conducted cast interviews and attended press screenings of new releases, alongside his writing.

He also works in operations with RealTimes Network so contributes to the business across numerous platforms.

Area of Expertise

Over the course of his 15-year career, Martin developed an expansive skillset and has written thousands upon thousands of articles for a variety of media publishers. These range from interviews, to straight news stories, to features, to lists, to live text commentaries.

Experience in the field

Starting at GOAL and Perform Media before moving to RealTimes, Martin was formerly the Chief Editor of MovieMeter.com and has also written for FightFans, GPFans and MSN, in addition to FootballTransfers.

Editorial approach

While it may have been in the case historically that getting something out before anyone is the most important aspect of journalism, Martin believes in getting the facts right and researching to provide in-depth content to our readers.

Profile last updated: 20 April 2026

Articles from Martin Macdonald

Nicolo Barella scores for Italy v Belgium, Euro 2020
  • 24 Apr 2022

The 10 Italy footballers with the highest price tag

Mauricio Pochettino, linked with Man Utd
  • 23 Apr 2022

Why Ten Hag has been chosen ahead of Pochettino at Man Utd

Sergio Ramos has yet to debut for PSG since moving from Real Madrid
  • 23 Apr 2022

Ramos knows he made a mistake leaving Real Madrid - Guti

alex lowry, Rangers
  • 23 Apr 2022

Who is Alex Lowry? Scottish starlet wanted by Newcastle and Man City

Lionel Messi, Xavi Barcelona
  • 23 Apr 2022

Xavi opens up on 'difficult' Barcelona era without Messi

Lautaro Martinez, Inter
  • 23 Apr 2022

What is the transfer value of every Inter Milan player?

Marco Asensio, Real Madrid
  • 22 Apr 2022

Asensio joins Ronaldo's super agent Mendes

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Milan, Serie A, 2021/22
  • 22 Apr 2022

What is the transfer value of every Milan player?

Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund, 2021/22
  • 22 Apr 2022

Haaland given transfer warning by Germany legend

Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe
  • 22 Apr 2022

How Man City could line up with Haaland AND Mbappe

Ajax winger Antony
  • 21 Apr 2022

What is the transfer value of Man Utd target Antony?

Dusan Vlahovic, Juventus, 2021-22
  • 21 Apr 2022

What is the transfer value of every Juventus player?

Andreas Christensen, Chelsea
  • 21 Apr 2022

Another shocker against Arsenal - Will Barcelona regret Christensen deal?

Hannibal Mejbri
  • 20 Apr 2022

Who is Hannibal Mejbri? The French wonderkid tipped for big things at Man Utd

Ryan Gravenberch, Ajax, 2021/22
  • 20 Apr 2022

The 20 Netherlands youngsters with the most potential

Romelu Lukaku, Chelsea
  • 20 Apr 2022

Chelsea transfer flop Lukaku still has Tuchel's trust - here's why

Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona
  • 19 Apr 2022

What is the transfer value of every Barcelona player?

Chelsea's Reece James celebrates scoring against Newcastle
  • 18 Apr 2022

What is the transfer value of Real Madrid target Reece James?

Andreas Pereira playing for Man Utd
  • 18 Apr 2022

Man Utd to miss out on £12m windfall due to underwhelming loan deal

Julian Alvarez, River Plate
  • 18 Apr 2022

How every Man City player on loan is performing this season