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Liverpool v Sunderland – Preview – 28 March 2010
Liverpool v Sunderland English Premier League Anfield Stadium – Liverpool, England 28 March 2010 – 16:00 GMT Liverpool looks for a win on Sunday as their Champions League hopes for next season are slowly slipping away. Liverpool v Sunderland Preview Liverpool is four points back of 4th place Tottenham but has played one more game than Spurs. They have only two [...]
Continue reading...Transfer Rumors (15 June 09): Man United after Valencia stars Villa and Silva, Aston Villa close on Tottenham duo, Berbatov and Pavlyuchenko linked with Bundesliga moves, and more
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
We’re already in the middle of June, and though the signings haven’t been coming hard and fast just yet, that doesn’t mean that there’s a shortage of action thus far in the summer transfer window. In this morning’s transfer news and rumors roundup, we’ve got tidbits from England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Greece, [...]
Continue reading...The team for Rome?
Friday, May 22, 2009
Normally teams are announced an hour before kick-off, but not if you’re the Sun. They have the inside scoop on the United team to face Barcelona in the Champions League final and it’s… well… pretty unsurprising. Carlos Tevez is out, Dimitar Berbatov is out, Park Ji-Sung and Ryan Giggs are in. The paper claims it’s a [...]
Continue reading...Wright-Phillips to miss England´s WCup qualifiers
Friday, May 22, 2009
Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips has been ruled out of England’s World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra with a knee injury. Wright-Phillips was expected to be named in Fabio Capello’s squad for the June double-header, but City manager Mark Hughes said on Friday the former Chelsea star is due for a knee operation that will [...]
Continue reading...From bottom to top for Ward?
Friday, May 22, 2009
Not too many players down the years have started the season in England’s bottom tier and ended it in the top flight, but Jamie Ward could well manage the feat. The Sheffield United striker started the campaign for Chesterfield in League Two and netted 12 goals for the Spireites before the turn of the year. The 23-year [...]
Continue reading...Top of the flops: The five worst Premier League signings of the season!
Friday, May 22, 2009
There’s nothing quite like the buzz and thrill of expectancy when your club announces a new signing. Let’s face it, it doesn’t matter if you follow a team in the lowest echelons of the Conference South or one of the European superpowers at completely the other end of the spectrum, you just can’t beat that [...]
Continue reading...Transfer Rumors (18 May 09): Chelsea to make Tevez move, Liverpool and Manchester City after French star Gourcuff, Arsenal to rival Aston Villa for Ajax defender Vermaelen, and more
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Seasons are coming to a close around Europe, and while many big names will make moves in the upcoming summer transfer window, we’re also going to see a few notable managers change clubs in the near future. With that in mind, today’s transfer news and rumors roundup has a little managerial news from around [...]
Continue reading...Walker to Wilkins, Beckham to Baker – Five of the best and worst Englishmen in Italy
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
It’s somewhat rare these days to see an Englishman trying his luck in Europe’s top leagues, especially in the tactical cauldron that is Serie A. In fairness, for many, life seemingly begins and ends with the Premier League where visions of a move abroad are often distorted by what many perceive as the ‘greatest league [...]
Continue reading...Fergie must match Real’s £21.5m to land Valencia
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
With the European football season drawing to a close the attention of the UK press is fully focused on transfer tittle-tattle and Tuesday’s big money move centres around Wigan Athletic winger Antonio Valencia. The Daily Mail ‘exclusively’ reveal that the Ecuador international is set to join Real Madrid after Latics boss Steve Bruce thrashed out a [...]
Continue reading...Learning from history: How Benitez must avoid the mistakes made by Houllier
Monday, May 18, 2009
My Grandad always used to say “The Runners Up in anything are just the first losers”. It is a notion that is unlikely to endear himself to the man who he refers to consistently as “Bennertez”, as Rafa Benitez wakes up today contemplating being the “first loser” of this season’s Premier League. But, clichés and mispronunciations [...]
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Sunday, March 28, 2010
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