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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...Roque Santa Cruz to Manchester City and Glen Johnson to Liverpool – Done Deals
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It took almost six months to complete the deal but yesterday Roque Santa Cruz left Blackburn for Manchester City. The transfer fee is reported to be around £18m and Sant Cruz joins City on a four-year contract. The former Blackburn striker said on Man City website: “I’m very happy to have signed for City – it’s [...]
Continue reading...Portsmouth and Newcastle United summer takeovers could be disasters
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
With the credit crunch and the ever increasing debt in football, this summer looks set to be filled with a lot of high profile club buyouts. West Ham have recently been taken over by CB Holdings and Portsmouth and Newcastle look set to be the next clubs to be taken over in the English game. [...]
Continue reading...Football “Franchises” – Right or Wrong?
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In a summer bereft of football, the release of fixture lists this week provide some form of respite for fans starved of action. Away trips are plotted, long weekends at some of the more far-flung fixtures are planned, and best mates are pleaded with not to hold their wedding on a certain date as it [...]
Continue reading...Real Madrid Firesale: Sneijder, Huntelaar, Robben, Diarra, Van der Vaart and Ruud for sale
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
The other shoe has finally dropped. Real Madrid have put up nine players for sale, including their whole Dutch contingent. Joining Heinze, Saviola and Mahamadou Diarra on the transfer list are Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rosten Drenthe, Rafael Van der Vaart and perhaps most surprisingly, the young trio of Arjen Robben, Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Wesley [...]
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...Transfer Rumors (20 May 09): No Manchester City approach for Barcelona’s Messi, Tottenham interested in Aston Villa’s Barry,
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Who’s being linked with moves in today’s transfer gossip pages? In today’s transfer news and rumors roundup, we’ve got a little something from several top European leagues to get you over the Wednesday hump. England Manchester City Deny Messi Move Manchester City are denying that they’ve made an approach for Barcelona star Lionel Messi, after reports [...]
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...Football transfer rumours: Diego Forlán to Manchester City?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Today’s rumours are looking for a comfortable dark place in which to hide Yes, he’s really off now. Off. This time. Going now. Five-goal ace Carlos Tevez really is packing up his little scurrying legs and taking his wounded, puppyish baby-brown eyes off to somewhere else, somewhere better, somewhere his organ grinder can get a few [...]
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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