- 17 May 2021
Martin Macdonald
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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
- 19 May 2021
How Dortmund almost signed Kylian Mbappe for free in 2016
- 17 May 2021
Who is Wahid Faghir? The 17-year-old wonderkid wanted by Tottenham and Leicester
- 19 May 2021
Thomas Muller admits he could follow Thiago out of Bayern Munich
- 19 May 2021
Todibo slams ‘bogus’ culture at Barcelona
- 17 May 2021
From Pjanic to Trincao: Rating all of Barcelona’s 2020/21 signings
- 17 May 2021
Former Juventus star reveals Karim Benzema almost joined them in 2009
- 19 May 2021
With Roy Keane linked with Celtic, how have his Man Utd team-mates of old fared with management?
- 19 May 2021
Arsenal legend wants the club to go ‘all in’ to sign Jack Grealish
- 19 May 2021
Romelu Lukaku to Barcelona – will it happen?
- 19 May 2021
West Ham say Tomas Soucek is ‘going nowhere’ this summer despite Man Utd interest
- 19 May 2021
Joshua Kimmich eager to play with Messi or Ronaldo at Bayern Munich
- 19 May 2021
Five Arsenal stars set to be victims of summer clearout
- 19 May 2021
Sheffield United owner claims Chris Wilder demanded £4m to resign
- 19 May 2021
Wijnaldum responds to suggestions he has already signed for Barcelona
- 17 May 2021
Football Manager 2021 best players: All the top forwards, midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers
- 19 May 2021
‘Arsenal have to find a way to sign Martin Odegaard’
- 19 May 2021
Ian Wright slams ‘disrespect’ being shown to Ings over Man City links
- 17 May 2021
How would Pau Torres fit in at Manchester United?
- 12 Aug 2021
Beckham: Solskjaer is doing an incredible job at Man Utd
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